POSTGRADUATE ENGLISH Postgraduate English (UK): A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English in the UK and Europe. Papers are invited for issue no. 5 of this new journal (March 2002) for a deadline of 18 January 2002. Postgraduates in English in the UK or in any European country are welcome to submit papers concerning any aspect of English Studies of up to 7,000 words. Previous issues have included discussions of, among others, Salman Rushdie, Shakespeare and the fiction of the First World War, while issue 4 includes papers on J.G. Ballard and Frederick Douglass. All papers are refereed by members of our editorial board, and should conform to MLA guidelines in presentation. PAPERS SHOULD BE DESPATCHED NO LATER THAN THE DEADLINE OF January 18 2002. UPDATING FROM THE LAST ISSUE: we also invite contributions on the experiences of postgraduates applying for jobs and/or research fellowships as they near the end of their doctoral theses. This will add to our "Forum" section on postgraduate experience in the UK and Europe, which already includes pieces of academic journalism on teaching, publishing and other issues of interest to postgraduates. All e-mails and postal correspondence should be addressed to Richard Brewster (editor) at [log in to unmask] or: Department of English Studies University of Durham Hallgarth House 77 Hallgarth Street DURHAM DH1 3AY England Issue no. 4 (September 2001) now available on http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dng0zz5/journal1.htm ********************************************************* British Association for Romantic Studies To advertise Romantic literature conferences, publications, jobs, or other events that the BARS members would be interested in, please contact Sharon Ruston <[log in to unmask]> or Fiona Price <[log in to unmask]>. Also use these addresses to register any change in your e-mail address, or to be removed from the list. Messages are held in archives, along with other information about the Mailbase at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bars.html *********************************************************