film and television

Star Wars 50 Years: Pasts, Presents, and Futures

University of Leicester
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, November 1, 2026

Conference Call for Papers

The Star Wars 50 Years academic conference will be held by the University of Leicester and the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space at Space Park Leicester on 21-22 May 2027 in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the original release of the film on 25 May 1977 in the U.S. We are now inviting proposals for conference presentations.

Conference Organisers:

2027 PCA Conference - Neurodivergent Studies

Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, October 31, 2026

Neurodivergent Studies – Popular Culture Association 2027

 

“Neurodivergent just means a brain that diverges.” – Kassiane Asasumasu, Radical Neurodivergence Speaking

 

Necrocapitalism and Neoliberal Politics: Contemporary Literary and Cultural Responses in India

Ravenshaw University
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, October 10, 2026

Call for Papers

 

Title of the book: Necrocapitalism and Neoliberal Politics: Contemporary Literary and Cultural Responses in India Publisher: The contract has been signed with Springer Nature

 

Deadline for submission of full paper: 10 October, 2026

Volume editors:

 

Abhijit Maity

Assistant Professor, Lady Shri Ram College for Women

University of Delhi, India

 

Dr. Joydev Maity,

Faculty,

Department of English, Ravenshaw University, India

 

CFP: Serial Killers: Fact into fiction (Peter Lang) – Urgent chapters required

University of Worcester
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Urgent chapters are required for an upcoming collection, contracted to Peter Lang, Oxford. From existing chapters, this edited collection already clearly represents the areas of fact, fiction, and “inspired by”, with specific consideration to (fictional) serial killers, mass murderers, and their real-life counterparts.

At present, there are one or two areas of the collection that still require chapters – these will need to be delivered by 30 November 2026. Finished chapters should be approximately 2,500 words. I am welcoming abstracts of 250 words in the first instance, with no set deadline for abstract submissions – abstracts will be considered on a rolling basis until the chapter spaces are filled.

MYSTERY & DETECTIVE FICTION AREA, PCA 2027 BOSTON

Popular Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, October 31, 2026

The Mystery & Detective Fiction Area of the Popular Culture Association invites proposals for the annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, March 24-27, 2027, to be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place (110 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA). The deadline for submission is October 31, 2026.

CFP: Spectator Issue 47.2: “Inconspicuously Fabulous”

Raymond Kyooyung Ra / University of Southern California
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 20, 2026

This issue’s oxymoronic title, “Inconspicuously Fabulous,” calls attention to the generative tensions, limitations, and potentials of visuality as they pertain to minoritarian subjects. What does it mean to present oneself in and as excess while remaining unseen or unnoticed? Like madison moore, who offers a critical queer-of-color reiteration of economist Thorstein Veblen’s concept of “conspicuous consumption” as grotesque public display of economic power and prestige, we think through negotiated visibility as a survival strategy, or a pleasurable and simultaneously risky method of living as a spectacle in the margins.

International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences

North South University
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

PAEDEIA: NSU Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences, and LawCall for Papers

Vol. 2, 2026

*"Online First" publication upon acceptance

*Expected print publication in December 2026

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Roundtable: Asian Americans in 21st Century Film and TV: Visibility and Authenticity?

Northeast Modern Language Association, March 6-9, 2027, Newport, RI (USA)
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

This roundtable will examine Asian American representation in 21st-century television and film, to engage in conversation on if or how films or TV shows that feature or foreground Asian American characters have realized the aspiration of a more authentic, nuanced, and diverse representation.

Modern Voices, Past Lives: The Cultural Afterlife of Early Modern Women

Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Description: Since the 1990s, there has been an ever-growing list of adaptions on early modern women, from Elizabeth (1998) to The Tudors, to Reign, to Mary Queen of Scotts (2018), to the countless depictions of Anne Boleyn. Each of these productions attempt to negotiate a happy medium between maintaining historical accuracy and entertaining a modern audience who may not be familiar with or care about the complicated politics of the early modern world. Adaptions of early modern women are not limited to the screen, but can also be found in music, art, and pop culture.

"Memory, Trauma and Recovery" 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference

InMind Support
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, September 4, 2026

Conference: 24-25 September 2026 (online, via Zoom)

Scientific Committee:
Professor Wojciech Owczarski – University of Gdańsk, Poland

Marzia Dessi  - The European Graduate School [EGS] Saas Fee, Switzerland

Professor Ryan Habermeyer -  Salisbury University, USA

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CFP:

Journal of Humanities (JH)

Journal of Humanities
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

The Journal of Humanities publishes original research articles, scholarly opinions, and reviews in classics, fine and performing arts, communication, literature, linguistics, theology, and philosophy.  While maintaining a pluralistic and non-partisan approach, the journal prioritises studies focused on Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa, aiming to foster critical and theoretical debates within the humanities across the region. (part of the African Journals Initiative AJI by Pluto Journals and the African Books Collective)

ISSN: 1016-0728 (print)  |  ISSN: 2948-0094 (online)

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Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences,

North South University
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
  • PAEDEIA: NSU Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences, and LawCall for Papers

Vol. 2, 2026

*"Online First" publication upon acceptance

*Expected print publication in December 2026

 TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER, PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK Submit

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