MFS: Modern Fiction Studies
Announcements

International and Interdisciplinary Conference: "Censorship: Phenomenology, Representation, Contexts"

The German Department of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne will be organizing an international and interdisciplinary conference on censorship 7-9 September 2000.

Papers are invited on the relationship of censorship to literature, film, art, and music, as well as contributions on the legal, sociological, historical, political, psychological, and philosophical aspects of censorship. Papers of a comparative nature are also welcome. The conference will focus on three main areas: the Phenomenology of Censorship: Definitions, Typologies, and Practices; Censorship and Representation; and Social, Political, and Historical Contexts.

Proposals for 30-minute papers (written either in English or in German) including a one-page abstract should be submitted by 1 March 2000. A selection of the papers will be published.

Please address proposals and queries to: Dr. Beate Mueller, School of Modern Languages, University of Newcastle, Old Library Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU England; Tel: 0191/2227512; Fax: 0191/2225442; Email: < censorship.conference@ncl.ac.uk>. For further information as well as the registration form, see the conference homepage at <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/censorship.conference/>.

International Conference on George Gissing

A conference on the works of Victorian novelist George Gissing will be held 9-11 September 1999 and hosted by the English Department at the University of Amsterdam. Its setting will be the newly restored Doelenzaal, a splendid example of seventeenth-century Dutch architecture in the heart of the old city which is within walking distance of some of the world's greatest art collections, housed in the Rijksmuseum, the Municipal museum, and the Van Gogh museum. The aim of the conference is to further the international exchange of research on George Gissing, whose reappraisal has been intensified by the recently completed publication of his collected correspondence and by the publication of the Gissing Journal. For more information, please contact Bouwe Postmus, English Department, University of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 210, 1012 VT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. fax: (+31) 20 5253052 tel: (+31) 75 6283406 Alternatively, information may be requested via e-mail (B.P.Postmus@let.uva.nl).

Woolf Studies Annual

Woolf Studies Annual publishes articles on the work and life of Virginia Woolf that represent the breadth and eclecticism of critical approaches to Woolf, and particularly welcomes any new perspectives. The journal will also publish long book reviews. Among likely contexts of inquiry for writing on Woolf are: adaptations and performance; art history; autobiography; Bloomsbury affiliations; common readings; cultural studies; definitions of modernism(s); feminism(s); gay and lesbian studies; genre studies; literary history; manuscript materials and revisions; peace studies; pedagogy; philosophy; popular culture; postcolonial/empire studies; philosophy; postmodernism; psychoanalysis; race; science; translation; travel narratives; women's studies; Woolf and other arts/artists/writers. This list is not a limit, but an opening and invitation in the effort to generate a journal that represents the best of the conversation among Woolf's readers. Articles should be no longer than 8000 words or 30 pages (letter-quality type only) and use most recent MLA style; no identifying references should appear in the paper; a separate sheet with author's name, address, telephone number, and contribution's title should accompany the manuscript. Only those submissions accompanied by a stamped SAE will be returned. Three copies of the manuscript and an abstract of up to 150 words should be sent to: Mark Hussey, English Department, Pace University, One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038. Further inquiries and ordering information for the first and second issues should be addressed there.

Toni Morrison Society

An invitation is extended to all individuals interested in joining the Toni Morrison Society. The Society has been established to initiate, sponsor, and encourage critical dialogue, scholarly publications, conference programs, and special projects devoted to the study of the works of Toni Morrison. Those who would like to join should send name, address, telephone and fax numbers, areas of interest, and membership dues to Carolyn C. Denard, Department of English, University Plaza, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Membership dues are $20 for Regular Membership and $10 for Student Membership. Checks should be payable to the Toni Morrison Society.