cultural studies and historical approaches

The American Studies Association of Korea

The 54th International Conference

“America, Nation of Great Divide and Tolerance”

Organized by The American Studies Association of Korea (ASAK)

Venue: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Date: September 20-21, 2019

The American Studies Association of Korea (ASAK) is pleased to announce an international conference on “America, Nation of Great Divide and Tolerance” to be held in Seoul, South Korea, from September 20 to 21, 2019.

CALL FOR PAPERS

“Towards Climate Justice. Eco-Strategies for Survival”

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics No. 58 (3/2020)

Editors:

Thomas Dutoit (University of Lille, France)

Aleksander Kopka (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

Katarzyna Szopa (University of Silesia, Poland)

Submission deadline: March 31, 2020

We intend to propose a panel for the 22nd Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association at the University of Macau (29th July to the 2nd August 2019) on the topic of "Global Narratives of Slavery." The conference theme is Literature of the World and the Future of Comparative Literature, and our panel would fall under the sub-theme of "Conversations across Differences." Our aim is to put literary scholars working on systems of slavery and unfree labor migration in different regions and periods into conversation with each other--for example, trans-Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and trans-Saharan narratives of slavery (by which we mean not only narratives written or produced by the enslaved themselves, but also the legal, historiographic

Martineau Society Conference 2019

Manchester, England    07/23/2019-07/26/2019; deadline 05/06/2019

The Martineau Society will be hosting its annual conference in Manchester, England.  The Martineau Society conference is an interdisciplinary conference that focuses on the lives, work, and contributions of the Martineau family, including its two most famous and influential members, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and James Martineau (1805-1900).

Started by Norwich Unitarians in 1994, the Martineau Society encourages scholarship on the Martineau family and their nineteenth-century context as well as their continuing influence.  

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Identifying Value(s) in Literature, Culture, and Society 20 ─ 21 June 2019