5.0597 CFP--MLA Medieval Spanish; Folklore Society (2/123)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 15 Jan 1992 20:19:08 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0597. Wednesday, 15 Jan 1992.

(1) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 92 23:18:38 PST (23 lines)
From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Re: 5.0564 CFP: MLA Computers Studies Session

(2) Date: Mon, 06 Jan 92 22:30 PST (100 lines)
From: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 213-458-9811 <ENQ8BKG@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Subject: American Folklore Society

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 92 23:18:38 PST
From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Re: 5.0564 CFP: MLA Computers Studies Session (1/17)

Taking a cue from Paul Fortier's note, let me also mention
the following:

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Modern Language Association's Division on Medieval Spanish Language
and Literature will be organising three sessions at the
1992 Convention to be held in New York City, December 27-30, 1992:

(1) General session, any topic; (2) Pilgrimage, Travel, and Exploration;
(3) The Nature of Evil.

People presenting papers at the MLA Convention MUST be members of the
Association. Please send full papers or abstracts
no later than March 15, 1992 to Professor Barbara Kurtz,
Department of Modern Languages,
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61761


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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 92 22:30 PST
From: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 213-458-9811 <ENQ8BKG@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Subject: American Folklore Society


AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY

Founded in 1888, the American Folklore Society is the
American learned and professional society for folklorists. It
offers an intellectual and social forum for the field of
folklore through an annual meeting, publications, specialized
activities of interest-group sections, various prizes and awards,
and other services to its membership.

The JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE is a lively forum for
recent work in this field. Recent issues have treated such
topics as Gospel quartets, the Greenwich Village Halloween
Parade, the zombi, cowboy poetry gatherings, Latinismo and
heritage politics, nocturnal death syndrome among the Hmong,
folklore in Richard Wright's "Black Boy", and reviews of a wide
range of books, exhibitions, films, and records.

The Annual Meeting will be held October 15-18, 1992 in
Jacksonville, Florida. The call for papers will appear in the
February Newsletter.

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY AND GUIDE TO THE FIELD

The DIRECTORY has been compiled from members' responses and
submissions from folklore programs and organizations throughout
North America. The DIRECTORY contains:

* alphabetized name and address entries for 1200
folklorists, most of which also contain telephone and
E-mail information and areas of interest

* detailed descriptive entries for academic and public
programs in folklore

* indexes to the member directory entries by interest
area and place of residence

The Directory is available for $10 to members of the American
Folklore Society, and for $15 to nonmembers, with a 10% discount
on orders of 10 copies or more.

To order the Directory: Send a check made payable to the
American Folklore Society and marked "1992 AFS Directory" to

Book Orders Department (EM)
American Folklore Society,
1703 New Hampshire Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20009.

-----------------------MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION--------------------

Membership in the American Folklore Society brings the following
benefits:

* JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE (quarterly)

* NEWSLETTER (bimonthly)

* reduced registration rates for the Annual Meeting

* discounted prices on volumes in the PUBLICATIONS OF THE
AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY series; the Society's
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY AND GUIDE TO THE FIELD; and the
"Folklore" volume of the annual MLA INTERNATIONAL
BIBLIOGRAPHY

* right to vote in Society's elections and to hold
Society office

* right to be considered for Society prizes and awards

* access to various kinds of low-cost insurance offered
to Society members by outside insurers

To become a member of the American Folklore Society:

regular member $50
student member $20
partner member $20 (partners of members do not receive
publications)
sustaining $75
patron $100
life member $800.

Send a check made payable to the American Folklore Society to

Membership Department (EM)
American Folklore Society,
1703 New Hampshire Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20009.


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