Cultural Constellations:  A Journal of Literature and Art

Cultural Constellations seeks original, previously unpublished submissions for a literary journal published by University of Maryland Global Campus Europe. Managed and edited by faculty representatives of UMGC Europe’s Book Club and Military Community Writers group, we offer a platform for writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and for visual artists. Our goal is to nourish the magic of artistic expression by offering a passage through which the literary arts may thrive and blossom. Journal themes will focus on art, literary expression, and culture. 

“Rethinking the Humanities: Past, Present, and Future” 

We invite proposals for the second HEL (History of the English Language) and Writing Studies thread at the 13th Studies in the History of the English Language (SHEL) conference at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey, October 17-20, 2024.

The HEL and Writing Studies thread will explore ways in which the study of language change and variation can contribute to rhetoric and writing studies, and vice versa. When proposing, keep in mind that the history of the English language extends from the origins of the language to very recent history, so proposals that engage contemporary language use through a historical lens are welcome. 

The Spanish I (Peninsular Literature before 1700) permanent section of the Midwest Modern Language Association seeks proposals for the upcoming MMLA conference in Chicago (November 14-16, 2024). Proposals on any topic related to Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature are welcome. Also, we seek proposals that specifically engage with the MMLA conference theme of “Health in/of the Humanities.” Please submit a 250-word abstract and a brief bio to John Giblin at john.giblin@uky.edu by April 15th, 2024. Papers may be in Spanish or English. 

Dear colleagues,

Please see the below CfP for the edited collection:

Neurodiverse Narratives in the 21st Century

Rachel Milne and Shelby Judge (eds.)

We are requesting papers for an international conference organized by the Laboratorio per lo Studio letterario del fumetto at Ca’ Foscari University and the International Comparative Literature Association Standing Research Committee on Comics Studies & Graphic Narrative.

The conference will be held at Ca' Foscari University, Venice, ITALY, 13-15 November 2024

Gender in Science Fiction Comics and Graphic Novels

Structurally, the book will be divided into themes that correspond to the most relevant aspects of the movie and the flexibility of our contributions. Following a “mixtape” model, this edited collection may present sections on episodes, keywords, geography, and intertextuality. Potential contributors are invited to consider their distinct vantage point on American Fiction  in a granular (episodic) or holistic (style) approach. Our model is supported by other book-length projects on television series highlighting that our interdisciplinary approach is valuable. 

The Henry James Society is organizing a panel for the Modern Language Assocation Convention in New Orleans in January 2025! 

The topic is "Seeing Things: Perception and Palpability in Henry James." How is sight in James tied to the physical body, material world, and felt relations? How do language and style play with sensation, cognition, and embodiment? Proposals on Alice and William are welcome. 

Please submit 300-word abstract + short bio to tkill@unc.edu and sarah.wadsworth@marquette.edu by 3/14/2024. 

We invite abstracts for a proposed panel session for the upcoming National Women’s Studies Annual Conference, taking place in Detroit, MI, November 14-17, 2024. Following the theme, “The Journey Not Only the Arrival, Critical Connections Not Only Critical Mass: (Re)Thinking Feminist Movements,” we solicit submissions that consider the critical connections between reproductive justice movements in the Americas, with a specific focus on how these movements are represented in the ever-fruitful field of speculative fiction.

Roe v. Wade to La marea verde: Reproductive Legislation and Activism in Speculative Fiction

The Modernist Long Poem and Its Discontents

19-20 September 2024

Venue: École Normale Supérieure & NYU Paris

Keynote Speaker: Virginia Jackson (University of California, Irvine)

                    Rachel Blau DuPlessis (Temple University)

Organizers: Richard Aldersley (NYU), Mantra Mukim (CYU Paris/CNRS), Samantha Lemeunier  (ENS)

Multispecies South Asia

A wide range of other-than-human subjects—animals, plants, microbes, among others—animate contemporary South Asian lived experiences. Relationships formed across species boundaries— whether brief or long-lasting, utilitarian or altruistic— are imbricated in  the intersectional operations of race, caste, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and indigeneity. From quotidian instances of touching, witnessing, and other forms of interacting with other-than-human subjects to exceptional, contextually specific use of them to bolster anthropocentric concerns, the ubiquity of multispecies coexistence is uncontested. 

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 26 MARCH 2024

Keynote Speaker: Professor Paul Crosthwaite, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature at The University of Edinburgh.

The Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies (CCLS) invites proposals for a one-day, in-person symposium to be held on 13 June 2024 at Waterside Campus, University of Northampton, UK.

Resources for American Literary Study (RALS), a journal of archival and bibliographical scholarship in American literature, invites submissions for our upcoming 2024 issues. Covering all periods of American literature, RALS welcomes both traditional and digital approaches to archival and bibliographical analysis. 

Call for Abstracts: 5th World Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education

Dates: May 13 - 14, 2024

Venue: ARCOTEL Wimberger Wien, Neubaugürte, 34-36, 1070, Vienna, Austria

We cordially invite researchers, academicians, and scholars to submit their abstracts for the 5th World Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education, which will take place on May 13 - 14, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. This conference is a premier platform for presenting emerging trends and research in a diverse array of subjects related to arts, humanities, social sciences, and education.

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