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The Humor Studies Caucus of the American Studies Association is seeking
papers for the 2012 ASA Conference:



"Dimensions of Empire and Resistance:

Past, Present, and Future"



November 15-18, 2012: Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico



http://www.theasa.net/annual_meeting/page/submitting_a_proposal/



Proposals on any aspect of American Humor will be welcome, including, but
not limited to:



Stand-Up Comedy

Jokes

Wit

Merriment

Literary Humor

(both high- and low-brow)

Richard Pryor

Film

Satire

Will Rogers

Comedy Jokes

Risibility

Sitcoms

Laughter

Mark Twain

Dirty Jokes

Lenny Bruce

Ventriloquism

the Circus

Marietta Holley

subtle humor

broad humor

Margaret Cho

regional humor

transnational humor

ethnic humor

and even puns…



Proposals due by: January 13th



Panels will be assembled for submission by the January 26 deadline.



Proposals should be no more than 500 words and should include a brief
CV.  Please
include current ASA membership status.



Proposals should be sent to Tracy Wuster: [log in to unmask]



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*Call for Papers*

*Mark Twain Circle Sessions*

*American Literature Association Conference*

*San Francisco, CA*

*May 24-27, 2012*



The Mark Twain Circle of America invites proposals forconference sessions
(80 minutes per session) or individual papers (15-20 minutes) for the 2012
ALA conference (San Francisco; May 24-27).  The topics are entirely open,
provided that they’re Twain-related.  Send your proposal (abstract, 1-2
pages) to Jim Leonard by January 7, 2012, at the following address:
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*Call for Papers*

*Special Joint Session: Henry James and Mark Twain*

*American Literature Association Conference*

*San Francisco, CA*

*May 24-27, 2012*



The Mark Twain Circle and the Henry James Society invite proposals for a
conference session tentatively titled “Getting Real: Henry James and Mark
Twain,” at the 2012 ALA conference (San Francisco; May24-27).  Papers may
focus on James-as-Realist, Twain-as-Realist, or both James and Twain; or
they may address American Realism in general.  Send your abstract (1-2
pages) to Jim Leonard by January 7, 2012, at the following address:
[log in to unmask]  John Carlos Rowe ([log in to unmask]), 2012
President of the Henry James Society, will serve as contact person for the
session on the Henry James side.

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