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Mechanization and the Child

updated: 
Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 11:07pm
JOCPC: Journal of Children in Popular Culture
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, August 31, 2023

JOCPC is now accepting article submissions for the Fall 2023 issue focusing on the broad theme of the mechanized child. We have kept the theme open-ended and invite works across a wide range of disciplines where researchers are exploring representations of the intersection between the child figure, childhood and mechanization. This may include robotics, automatons, cyborgs, AI, VR, and other emerging technologies, both historical and future forward, real and fictional, and how these are used by, to, on and for children. Born alongside new and emerging technologies, children have an innate fluency with new technologies that often leave their adult counterparts behind, reinforcing the notion of children as symbols of futurity.

The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale

updated: 
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 10:41pm
Journals@MTSU, James Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 1, 2023

The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale (I19) seeks to publish the best scholarship on the century that was, in many ways, the time period in which the modern genres of science fiction and fantasy began, and in which the academic study of fairy tale and folklore has its roots. I19 interprets “the nineteenth century” broadly, using the dates of “The Long Nineteenth Century”—roughly, from the beginning of the French Revolution to the end of World War I—but even these dates are just notable historical markers as they approximately coincide with Romanticism and Modernism, respectively.

Sons & Daughters of Narnia: Tracing CS Lewis's Literary Influence into the 21st Century

updated: 
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 11:31am
Ulster University
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, September 4, 2023

                                                                     

This will be the 2nd Annual CS Lewis Symposium at Ulster University 

To be held: 13-14, November 2023 

Location: Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

*Please Note: this will be an in-person event; at present, we cannot accommodate virtual/remote participation.

Keynote: to be delivered by Dr Malcolm Guite (Cambridge University) and Professor Jerry Root (Wheaton College)

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers (Re)Imagining Tomorrow: Agency and Possibility in Literature and Media for Children and Young Adults

updated: 
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 6:08pm
University of British Columbia, Master of Arts in Children's Literature Program
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 25, 2023

(Re)Imagining Tomorrow: Agency and Possibility in Literature and Media for Children and Young Adults

Call for Paper Proposals

Deadline for Submission: 25 March 2023 

A peer-reviewed graduate student conference - Accepting virtual and in-person presentations

University of British Columbia | Unceded traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Vancouver, Canada | Friday 23 June - Saturday 24 June 2023 

Call For Papers(Open Issue) for Volume 4 Issue 2

updated: 
Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 9:46pm
New Literaria
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

NEW LITERARIA invites the submission of articles, shorter essays, interviews, and book reviews offering historical, interdisciplinary, theoretical, and cultural approaches to literature and related fields for its Volume 4 Issue 2.

 

Submissions should be emailed to newliteraria@gmail.com by no later than 30th May 2023. All submissions must include a cover letter that includes the author's full mailing address, email address, telephone numbers, and professional or academic affiliation.

 

Articles should be between 3,500 and 8,000 words long (including bibliography and footnotes). Book reviews should be between 750 and 1,500 words.

 

Comics on the Couch: Graphic Medicine and Psychoanalysis

updated: 
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 4:50pm
Vera Camden
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, September 15, 2023

The field of narrative medicine recognizes that stories articulate the language of the body. Rita Charon, the founder of the field of narrative medicine, brought both patient and practitioner to a fuller recognition of stories as a source of medical insight and intervention: stories that may take shape in words but originate through bodily drives. Drawing lessons from psychoanalysis about “attention, drives, and relationships,” she reminded us that the nineteenth-century photographs of hysteria captured images of bodies telling stories not yet spoken.

Reading Tolkien in the 21st Century

updated: 
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 4:28pm
University of Bonn
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, April 15, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

Reading Tolkien in the 21st Century
(7–8 September, 2023 – University of Bonn, Germany)

No Longer for Kids: Children’s Literature and Higher Education

updated: 
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 9:04pm
Noah Mullens / University of Florida
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Call for Papers: MLA 2024

Co-sponsored by the Children’s Literature Association and MLA Libraries and Research Forum (non-guaranteed)

Deadline Extended: March 15th

L.M. Montgomery and the Politics of Home

updated: 
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 9:25am
L.M. Montgomery Institute, University of Prince Edward Island
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

L.M. Montgomery and the Politics of HomeThe L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 16th Biennial International Conference
University of Prince Edward Island, 19-23 June 2024

“Oh, I’ve got such a lovely home,” breathed Pat, clasping her hands. “It’s such a nice, friendly house.”
—L.M. Montgomery, Pat of Silver Bush (1933)

It’s the home of my heart, this little room—the spot I love, for here I am happiest.
—L.M. Montgomery, 30 April 1903

Conference hosted by The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Beginnings

updated: 
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 9:17am
The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 18, 2023

The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale will host an online conference via Zoom on March 31-April 1. The theme is "Beginnings," and we will be exploring how, in many ways, the nineteenth century saw the birth of science fiction and fantasy as we know them, as well as the scholarly study of folk and fairy tales.  Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to:

RMMLA Poets and Prose Authors Read their Works in English, Session II Prose

updated: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:28am
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 10, 2023

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

Poets and Prose Authors Read their Works in English, Session II Prose.

 

Audra Spicer, Colorado State University Global audra.spicer@csuglobal.edu

 

Location: Golden/Denver, CO

Dates: October 11-14, 2023

 

Costs:

RMMLA membership: $35/year

Conference registration: $85 by April 1

Friday luncheon: free of charge for presenters ($35 for guests)

Hotel room: $147/night and sleeps four

 

Call for Chapters - Radical Children's Film and Television

updated: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:11am
Noel Brown (Liverpool Hope University)
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, April 30, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS: RADICAL CHILDREN’S FILM AND TELEVISION EDITED COLLECTION

Edited by Dr Noel Brown (Liverpool Hope University)

Deadline for proposals: 30 April 2023

I am seeking chapter proposals for possible inclusion in a forthcoming volume exploring radical children’s film and television. This edited collection is intended as an inaugural volume in the new ‘Children’s Film and Television’ book series, published by Edinburgh University Press.

THE TEXT - CFP:VOLUME V, NO. 2 - JULY 2023 ISSUE

updated: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:10am
THE TEXT (ISSN: 2581-9526
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, April 15, 2023

The Text, an International Peer Reviewed Online Journal of Language,
Literature and Critical Theory (ISSN: 2581-9526)invites original,
unpublished research papers for July 2023 issue.

Indexed in:
1.      ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences)
2.      IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research)
3.      Citefactor (Directory Indexing of International Research Journals)
4.      DRJI (The Directory of Research Journal Indexing)

CharlOz--an interdisciplinary festival celebrating Oz

updated: 
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 3:31pm
UNC Charlotte
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 17, 2023

At this three-day festival, writers, scholars, collectors, and fans will explore The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Written in 1900, Baum's fairy tale incorporated timeless life lessons, and his stories were ahead of their time.

As Oz magic continues far beyond Baum's lifetime, we benefit from fresh Oz interpretations in visual, performing, and literary art. Works like The Wiz, Wicked, Dorothy Must Die, and Amy Chu and Janet K. Lee's Sea Sirens reflect changes in American culture, while incorporating the non-traditional gender roles and diverse characters that Baum ingrained in Oz.

Proposals accepted February 10, 2023, and November 17, 2023

Rebecca Harding Davis at 2023 ALA - Deadline Extended

updated: 
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 10:45am
Rebecca Harding Davis Society
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, January 29, 2023

The Rebecca Harding Davis Society welcomes proposals for two sessions at the next meeting of the American Literature Association. The conference will be held May 25-28, 2023 in
Boston, MA.

 

New Directions in Davis Scholarship (2 panels)

We are interested in proposals that engage in any aspect of Davis’s work. We particularly encourage proposals that address some of Davis’s lesser known works, and we also welcome new readings of the canonical “Life in the Iron-Mills.”

 

 

Please send a 200-250 word abstract to Aaron Rovan (ajrovan@gmail.com) by January 15, 2023.

 

 

 

Perceptions of the Asian Family in Literature, Film, and Media

updated: 
Sunday, January 22, 2023 - 3:56pm
Bernard Wilson / Gakushuin University Sharifah Aishah Osman / Universiti Malaya
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 31, 2023

CFP FOR EDITED COLLECTION (2023)

Working Title for Proposed Volume:  The Asian Family in Literature and Film: Traditions, Traversals, and Trajectories

 

Editor:

Dr. Bernard Wilson

Department of English Language and Culture,

Department of International Social Sciences,

Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Dr. Sharifah Aishah Osman

Department of English

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Universiti Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

 

Pippi to Ripley: Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture

updated: 
Friday, January 20, 2023 - 9:48am
Katharine Kittredge/Ithaca College
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, January 22, 2023

Keynote:

Michelle Ann Abate, Ohio State University

 Funny Girls: The Forgotten History of Feisty Young Female Characters in Classic American Comics

Norm and Transgression in the Fairy-Tale Tradition: (Non)Normative Identities, Forms, and Writings

updated: 
Monday, January 16, 2023 - 8:51am
Alessandro Cabiati / Brown University
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

 

Norm and Transgression in the Fairy-Tale Tradition: (Non)Normative Identities, Forms, and Writings  

 

Brown University, 7-9 June 2023 

Conference Organisers: Alessandro Cabiati (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Brown University) and Lewis Seifert (Brown University)

 

Keynote Speakers

Maria Tatar (Harvard University)

Anne E. Duggan (Wayne State University)

Laura Tosi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

General Call for Papers - Volume 6 Issue 2 Winter Issue

updated: 
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 12:23pm
Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies (LLIDS), an open-access peer-reviewed academic e-journal, invites original and unpublished research papers and book reviews from various interrelated disciplines including, but not limited to, literature, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, history, sociology, law, ecology, environmental science, and economics.

International Conference on Poetry Studies: "Poetry Between Creation and Interpretation"

updated: 
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - 4:56pm
London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 20, 2023

Poetry is a constant, being produced by all known civilisations from ancient to modern times. Throughout its extensive history, the individual art of high emotions sublimated into perfect language has approached a vast array of subject matters, including love, war, social issues, the beauty of nature, etc. A particular exercise of the mind and soul, and a unique way of apprehending reality, poetry is a self-sufficient universe that intensifies and enlarges life experience. Pointing to inner knowledge rather than real circumstance, it activates different layers of perception, sweeps away human thoughts, feeds emotions and soothes suffering.

20th-Century BIPOC Writers for Young Adults: Re-casting the History of the Genre

updated: 
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - 4:19pm
Amanda Greenwell (Central Connecticut State University) and Kiedra Taylor (University of Connecticut)
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

MLA 2024 (Philadelphia, PA, January 4-7)

20th-Century BIPOC Writers for Young Adults: Re-casting the History of the Genre

Deadline Extended! Fairytale Area at PCA National Conference

updated: 
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 10:23am
Popular Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Deadline Extended!

The Fairy Tales Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA) seeks paper presentations and panels for the PCA's annual conference, April 5-8, 2023. We are interested in as wide an array of papers as possible, so please do not hesitate to send a submission on any fairy tale, legend or nursery rhyme related subject. Discussions of fairy tale monsters and shifts from oral to literary to visual (filmic, artistic, etc.) versions of tales are especially welcome. Creative pieces that retell or critique fairy tales or use the tales to comment on some aspect of culture or history will also be considered. 

 

Comics Arts Conference San Diego

updated: 
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - 10:16am
Comics Arts Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

The Comics Arts Conference is now accepting 100 to 200 word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for a meeting of scholars and professionals at Comic-Con International, in San Diego, CA, July 20–23, 2022.  We seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and welcome the participation of academic and independent scholars.  We also encourage the involvement of professionals from all areas of the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, retailers, distributors, and journalists.  The CAC is presently scheduled to take place in person and does not accept virtual presentations.  The CAC is designed to bring together

Call for papers on fairy tales, legends and nursery rhymes

updated: 
Monday, January 2, 2023 - 5:04pm
Popular Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

 

 

DEADLINE EXTENDED!

 

The Fairy Tales Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA) seeks paper presentations and panels for the PCA's annual conference, April 5-8, 2023. We are interested in as wide an array of papers as possible, so please do not hesitate to send a submission on any fairy tale, legend or nursery rhyme related subject. Discussions of fairy tale monsters and shifts from oral to literary to visual (filmic, artistic, etc.) versions of tales are especially welcome. Creative pieces that retell or critique fairy tales or use the tales to comment on some aspect of culture or history will also be considered. 

 

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