Robert Hacke Award Deadline Extended to March 15
Charleston Conference Announcements
Call for Submissions, Special Issue of the Critic
on Literature of the Sea
1999 CEA Board Members || 1999
National Award Winners || 1999 Robert Miller Prize
Thirty-First
Annual CEA Conference Calls for Papers
What Is the Award?
CEA is accepting applications for the Robert Hacke Scholar-Teacher
Award. The award provides $500 to help support a CEA junior teacher who
is involved in a scholarly or pedagogical project related to English studies.
The recipient of the $500 award will be announced at the annual CEA meeting
in April. The grant will run from May of 2000 to June of 2001.
Who Can Apply?
Those persons who are adjuncts or who hold the rank of instructor or
assistant professor in a post-secondary institution, including community
colleges, and who are members of the CEA at the time of application are
eligible to submit project proposals.
When Is the Deadline and How Does One Apply?
Applicants must provide to the evaluating committee through the office
of the Executive Director the following documentation by March
15, 2000:
1. A detailed rationale (maximum length five pages) for the project, including title, purpose and goals, methodology, proposed results, and work schedule.The recipient will be expected to attend the annual spring meeting to receive the award. At the end of the award period, the recipient will submit a report on the completed project to the Executive Director, who will present it to the Board of Directors.
2. A complete vita.
3. Three letters of recommendation, including at least one from a CEA member.
Address applications or inquiries to
Bob Hoskins, Executive DirectorRobert E. Lee Hacke was a man with a genius for friendship and an equal genius for organization. Bob served as Executive Secretary of the CEA from 1978 to 1981. He was an individual committed to the advancement of the profession and CEA.
College English Association
Department of English
MSC 1801
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Guest Editor: Jill B. Gidmark
University of Minnesota, General College
140 Appleby Hall
128 Pleasant St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-0855
Fax: (612) 625-0709
E-mail: gidma001@tc.umn.edu
The guest editor invites essays devoted to the analysis of the sea as theme, symbol, or setting within any genre and period of literature: prose (fiction, creative nonfiction, science, history), poetry, drama. With a topic as vast as the briny deep, the guest editor encourages submissions on any aspect of maritime literature, including but not restricted to the following:
Address inquiries to the guest editor at the address above. Submit completed essays to the guest editor in care of the CEA Publications editors at the address below. Special guidelines:
Eleanor Green, Ohio Northern University
Louis Pratt, Florida A & University
Epifanio San Juan, Washington State University
The following awards were given during the Thirtieth Annual CEA Conference
in Philadelphia:
 
Bill Sullivan and Earl Wilcox |
Barbara Brothers |
John Shawcross |
Philip J. Eagan was one of the recipients of the 1999 Robert Miller Prize for "Beyond Academic Advising: The Stages of Student Anxiety and Advising Help for Undergraduate English Majors" in the CEA Critic 61.1 (Fall 1998). The Robert Miller Prize recognizes the best article appearing in the CEA Critic in the past year.
The dawn of the third millennium projects us into the future. Papers on literature, composition, pedagogy, film, television, and popular culture may explore innovative ideas, themes, strategies, theories, etc. or revisit old issues with an eye toward future innovations. Ideas about past eras, ideas, techniques, etc. should finally project these into the future of the profession.
Proposals of 500 words are due by October 15, 1999. Notification of acceptance will be made by October 15, and all presenters must be members of CEA by November 15, 1999.
Proposals for single-focused sessions or forums (60 minutes) should include: curriculum vitae for the organizer; phone number, e-mail, and address of organizer and all participants; an overview of the planned session; and a description of the target audience.
The following stipulations apply to all presenters:
Bonnie Braendlin
2000 CEA Program
Chair
Department of English
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
32306-1036
Queries: (850) 644-2044
FAX: (850) 644-0813
E-mail: bbraendlin@english.fsu.edu
CEA invites you to submit proposals of 500 words for conference papers on Stephen Crane’s life and work to be given in one or two panels at the Charleston CEA Conference in 2000 – the centennial of Crane’s death. There will be one panel on his novels and short stories, while a second panel might deal with his poetry, his nonfiction, or his life.
Please send proposals by 15 October 1999 to
Ronald J. Nelson
James Madison University
English Dept., MSC 1801
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
e-mail: nelsonrj@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-3755 or 6202
FAX: (540) 568-2983
Presenters must be members of the College English Association by 15
November 1999.
Presentations devoted to the celebration and discussion of the sea as theme, symbol, or setting within imaginative literature: poetry, prose, drama.
Papers on the following topics are especially encouraged:
Jill B. GidmarkDeadline for receipt: September 15, 1999
University of Minnesota General College
140 Appleby Hall
128 Pleasant St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455Phone: (612) 625-0855
Fax: (612) 625-0709
E-mail: gidma001@tc.umn.edu
