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South Central Modern Language AssociationThe 2007 SCMLA conference will take place in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Hilton Hotel situated off Ridgeway Center Parkway near I-240 and Poplar. The Departments of English at the University of Memphis and Rhodes College will co-sponsor the gathering, and Reginald Martin (Univ. of Memphis) will serve as local arrangements chair. This year's theme is "Currents," and highlights will include the plenary address by Rita Felski, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English at the University of Virginia, and a keynote address by Jack T. Cooper, director of jazz studies at the University of Memphis.The 2006 SCMLA meeting was held in Dallas, Texas, at the Renaissance Hotel and drew about 450 attendees. Sponsored by Texas Christian University, with additional support from the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University, Jill C. Havens (Texas Christian Univ.) served as local arrangements chair. Thursday night's keynote speaker, Doug Steward, Associate Director of English Programs for the Modern Language Association of America, delivered a keynote address on issues of academic freedom, and Emily Toth, a.k.a. Ms. Mentor of the Chronicle of Higher Education and Louisiana State University, gave Friday night's plenary address on selling her Inside Peyton Place: The Life of Grace Metalious to Sandra Bullock and Twentieth-Century Fox for a feature film. The theme "Cultural Roundup" was reflected in many of the ninety-eight regular, allied, and special sessions. The following prizes were awarded to members: SCMLA/HRC Fellowship, Katherine Arens (Univ. of Texas, Austin); SCMLA/Newberry Fellowship, Julianne Newmark (Univ. of New Mexico). The Kirby Prize for Best Article Published in the South Central Review went to Patricia Yaeger (Univ. of Michigan), for her article "Ghosts and Shattered Bodies, or What Does It Mean to Still Be Haunted by Southern Literature," Spring 2005 (22.1). The SCMLA Annual Book Award went to Sophia Andres (Univ. of Texas, Permian Basin), for Pre-Raphaelite Art of the Victorian Novel: Narrative Challenges to Visual Gendered Boundaries (Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2005). The prize for the best paper in historical literary/cultural studies was awarded to: Hazel Delores Duboise (Texas Tech Univ.). The 2008 SCMLA conference will take place in San Antonio, Texas, on 6-8 November at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel. Special session proposals on any topic, including those related to the convention theme "Borders," will be accepted until 18 February 2008. To request forms for proposing special sessions, contact the SCMLA office (405 325-6011; fax: 405 325-3720; scmla@ou.edu). To join SCMLA, please contact Piers Frazier, SCMLA, Baker B47, Univ. of Oklahoma, 104 4th St., Norman 73019 (405 325-6011; fax: 405 325-3720; scmla@ou.edu). You may also download a membership form at http://www.ou.edu/scmla/. The Web site features our online Newsletter, which includes current calls for papers, deadline and grant application information, and details on all upcoming conferences. The South Central Review publishes articles, interviews, and book reviews written in English on any aspect of literature, literary history, film, and cultural studies. Manuscripts and editorial correspondence should be addressed to Richard J. Golsan, Editor, South Central Review, Dept. of European and Classical Languages and Cultures, Texas A&M Univ., College Station 77843-4215. Current SCMLA Executive Committee members are President, Hester Baer (Univ. of Oklahoma); Vice President, Frieda H. Blackwell (Baylor Univ.); Past President, Jill T. Jones (Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ.); Executive Director, Grady C. Wray (Univ. of Oklahoma); South Central Review, Editor, Richard J. Golsan (Texas A&M Univ. College Station); American Literature Representative, Richard S. Pressman (St. Mary's Univ.); English Literature Representative, Dan Ransom (Univ. of Oklahoma); French Literature Representative, Philip G. Hadlock (Univ. of South Alabama); German Literature Representative, Erika Nelson (Univ. of North Texas); Russian Literature Representative, Marita Nummikoski (Univ. of Texas, San Antonio); Spanish Literature Representative, María I. Duke dos Santos (Texas A&M Univ., Commerce); At-Large Representative, vacant until Fall 2007; At-Large Representative, James B. Kelley (Mississippi State Univ., Meridian). GRADY C. WRAY Executive Director
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