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<DIV>Dear Woolfians,</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark your calendars for early June 2014! Pamela Caughie and I are thrilled to invite you to Chicago for <STRONG>Virginia Woolf: Writing the World</STRONG>, cosponsored by Northern Illinois University and Loyola University Chicago and taking place at Loyola's Lakeshore Campus.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=5>Call For Papers</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>The 24th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, co-sponsored by Loyola University Chicago and Northern Illinois University, will take place in Chicago, USA, 5 - 8 June 2014. "Virginia Woolf: Writing the World" aims to address such themes as the creation of worlds through literary writing, Woolf's reception as a world writer, world wars and the centenary of the First World War, and myriad other topics. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">We invite proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, and workshops on any aspect of the conference theme from literary and interdisciplinary scholars, creative and performing artists, common readers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and teachers of Woolf at all levels. <B>Please see the attached PDF for more details.</B> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Deadline for proposals: 25 January 2014<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = "O" /><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">For more information about the conference, including the keynote speakers, go to </SPAN><A href="http://www.niu.edu/woolfwritingtheworld/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">www.niu.edu/woolfwritingtheworld/</SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Best wishes,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Diana</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN style="WORD-WRAP: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">
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<DIV>Diana L. Swanson, Ph.D.</DIV>
<DIV>Associate Professor of Women's Studies & English<BR>Faculty Associate of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies</DIV>
<DIV>Faculty Associate of Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy
<DIV>Northern Illinois University</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>DeKalb, IL 60115<BR>815-753-6611<BR>dswanson@niu.edu </DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>