Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Conference The 28th annual conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals will be held in Chicago, 12-13 September 1997. For further information, contact Barbara Quinn Schmidt, English Department, Box 1431, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville , Edwardsville, IL 62026; e-mail: bschmid@daisy.ac.siue.edu. The Wyoming Conference on English The University of Wyoming is pleased to announce that Joseph Harris, Sara R. Horowitz, and Ira Shor are the invited speakers for the 25th Wyoming Conference in English. For more information contact Kathy Evertz at (307)766-6486 or KEVERTZ@UWYO.EDU. Conference information and updates may be accessed via the internet at http://www.uwyo.edu/a&s/engl (click on 1997 Wyoming Conference on English). Western Literature Association Conference The 32nd annual Western Literature Association Conference will be held 15-18 October 1997 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Western Literature Association welcomes papers, readings, and proposals for sessions that explore and define various traditions and influences shaping the literatures of the American West. How do new western writings relate to more traditionally canonical works? What are some of the distinctive themes or formal characteristics of the several western literary traditions? What are the historical terms in the development of these traditions? Featured speakers include Rudolfo Anaya, Louis Owens, Denise Chavez, and Kate Horsley. Submission date for all papers and proposals is 15 June 1997. Each paper or presentation is limited to fifteen minutes reading time. Submit manuscripts of no more than ten double-spaced typewritten pages and a 125-word abstract to: Gary Scharnhorst, President, WLA, Department of English, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131; phone: 505-277-6347; fax: 505-277-5573; e-mail: gscharn@unm.edu. The University of Nevada, Reno's Sixth Annual Summer Institute The Sixth Annual Summer Institute on Reading and Writing in the West: "Mining Gold and Metaphors: Science, Technology and the American West" will be held 13-25 July 1997. Registration is limited to 30 participants. For registration information, contact the Division of Continuing Education, University of Nevada, Reno; phone 702784 -4046. For additional information about the workshop content, contact Stephen Tchudi or Stephen Adkison, Department of English/098, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557; phone: 702-784-6689; or Stephen Lafer, Curriculum and Instruction/282, University of Nevada, Reno; phone 702-7784-6381; e-mail (Stephen Tchudi) stuchu@powernet.net or (Stephen Adkison) adkison@ scs.unr.edu or (Stephen Lafer) lafer@unr.edu. The Camargo Foundation The Camargo Foundation maintains a study center for the benefit of scholars who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures. Applicants to the Camargo Foundation may include members of university and college faculties, including professors emeriti, who wish to pursue special studies while on leave from their institutions; teachers in secondary schools, public or private, benefiting from a leave of absence in order to work on some pedagogical or scholarly project; graduate students whose academic residence and general examination requirements have been met and for whom a stay in France would be beneficial for completing the dissertation required for their degree; writers, visual artists, photographers, and composers with specific projects to complete. For informational brochure and application form write to The Camargo Foundation, Richard Boloch, 125 Park Square Court, 400 Sibley Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101-1928; phone 613-290-2237. American Women Nature Writers The Westbrook College Campus ofthe University of New England invites the submission of proposals for individual papers or thematic sessions on American Women Nature Writers for an interdisciplinary conference 19-21 June 1998. The conference program committee welcomes submissions on any aspect of women and nature writing. Those submitting individual proposals should send a onepage abstract and one-page vitae. Session proposals should include a description of the session theme, abstract for each paper, name of session chair, and one-page vitae for each participant. Send proposals by October 15 to Elizabeth De Wolfe, American Studies, University of New England, Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, ME 04103. Rhetoric Society of America Thirtieth Anniversary Conference The Rhetoric Society of America announces a call for papers for its 30th Anniversary Conference, "Rhetoric...