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Structured along the theme A Journey Into Islamic Values which promises a succinct yet informative day detailing the intrinsic aspects and values about Islam. Organized by: Islamic Society, University of Essex

The purpose of this conference is to explore different critical, cultural and historical encounters with Blake and to relate these to his own beliefs, ideas and values. Organized by: University of Manchester

WINDS OF CHANGE: SETTING SAIL FOR MANITOWOC *Deadline for conference proposals: Friday, November 16* The 2008 WAAL Conference Planning Committee invites proposals for sessions. Proposals and recommendations for presentations, panels, workshops, and poster sessions are welcome. Whether you’re a returning WAAL conference attendee or a new WAAL member please consider the opportunity to discover everything that WAAL 2008 offers by being an active participant! The Winds of Change are constant in academic libraries. Today continuous changes in our users, technology, staff, environments, etc. create challenges and opportunities for libraries. Changes that you are experiencing in your library can lend itself to many great topics for a WAAL presentation, panel, workshop, or poster session. Below are just a few topic areas ideas: •Methods in training and engaging student workers and staff •Discovering new methods of outreach and marketing •Identifying trends in collection development and acquisitions •Understanding how libraries work together •Mentoring programs that engage staff and/or students •Workplace ergonomics If you are interested in planning or presenting a program related to these suggested topics or another topic of your choice, please draft a brief proposal which details: 1.Abstract of the program (300 words or less) 2.Presenter names(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information 3.Format (presentation, panel discussion, poster session, etc.) 4.Equipment needs Send your programming ideas and suggested speaker names to Sheila Stoeckel sstoeckel@library.wisc.edu by November 16th.

The congress intends to discuss educational and cultural acquisitions of European Turks and to evaluate the future on the basis of preservation of social and cultural values and orientation to society lived in and to improve new point of views about the problems.

The congress intends to discuss educational and cultural acquisitions of European Turks and to evaluate the future on the basis of preservation of social and cultural values and orientation to society lived in and to improve new point of views about the problems.

A triennial international conference (since 1978); papers on British and American literature, general and applied linguistics, translation and cultural studies, TESOL; selected papers will be published by the Jagiellonian University Press.

The 7th LATT Conference will be held March 26-29, 2008 at Virginia Tech. While abstracts on any aspect of Latin American Theatre may be submitted the general focus of the conference will be the question of the term itself "Latin American Theatre" and what that rubric has come to mean in cultural, political and geographical terms since the first LATT conference was held in 1982. the objective is to erase artificial regional and national frontiers, incorporate theatre people working in many regions and in different languages, and at the same time channel the dialogue toward some of the larger cultural issues that now engage Latin American and US Latino/a theatre scholars and practitioners, such as translation, adaptation, migration and the effects of globalization on cultural identities.

The objective of the third postgraduate symposium is to explore the current relevance of theory to the practice of translation. Organized by: University of East Anglia

This two-day conference offers an opportunity for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciples, publishers, authors and policymakers from all sectors interested in to meet, network and share experiences. The conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people. Suggested themes include: Young people, the Internet and censorship Access to citizenship, health and other information for young people Pressure groups and censorship The role of information literacy Publishers and censorship Media literacy Authors for young people and censorship Media reaction to censorship Graphic novels and manga and ‘crossover’ novels Library selection policies The history of censorship