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Victorians and AI

updated: 
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 1:59pm
Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Perhaps the most relevant question we are facing today, both in and out of the university, is how to deal with AI. In academia, different disciplines handle this question in a myriad of ways, some insisting that to not embrace AI in the classroom is harmful to the students, while others believe the utilization of AI must weaken critical thinking skills. Regardless of the differing opinions on how to use it appropriately, no one disagrees that it is here to stay.

10th Annual Siedlce Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature

updated: 
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 1:58pm
University of Siedlce
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, September 15, 2025

 

10th Annual Siedlce Forum for Contemporary Issues

in Language and Literature

to be held online for the purpose of presenting unpublished research findings in English

on November 13th-14th, 2025.

The leitmotif of the conference is:

Totality and fragmentation

in literature, linguistics, philosophy and culture

REMINDER: DEADLINE EXTENDED: “A Day”: 2nd Annual Goth Music and Subculture Conference

updated: 
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 4:27pm
Noah Gallego, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, July 11, 2025

“A Day”: 2nd Annual Goth Music and Subculture Conference

 

NEW Deadline: July 11, 2025 

Conference Date: August 16, 2025 

Format: Online (via Zoom, Pacific)

Abstract: 150 words + 100 word biographical statement + Time Zone

Submit to: Noah Gallego, California State Polytechnic University @ noahrgallego@gmail.com 

Contact: Noah Gallego @noahrgallego@gmail.com

 

CreArte Latino Arts & Humanities Conference

updated: 
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 2:43pm
CreArte Expo
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Call For Proposals

The CreArte hybrid conference seeks submission of proposals for papers, panels (3-4 papers), roundtables, workshops, and performances. We invite proposals from artists, educators, academics, and public scholars who examine various forms of Latino/a/e/x artistic expression, including but not limited to film, literature, music, visual arts, and dance, and how these artistic expressions have impacted the direction of society, broadly. Our hybrid conference is held in association with the CreArte Expo Latino Cultural Festival, a weekend-long celebration where attendees immerse themselves in Latino/a/e/x culture through literature, film, music, dance, cosplay, dance, comics and much more.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NEPCA 2025's Philosophy, Belief, and Pop Culture Area

updated: 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 1:57pm
Northeast Popular & American Culture Assoication
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday, October 9th – Saturday, October 11th. We are seeking proposals for panels and presentations for this year’s conference, including proposals for the Philosophy, Belief, and Pop Culture Area.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NEPCA 2025's Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Area

updated: 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 1:56pm
Northeast Popular & American Culture Assoication
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday, October 9th – Saturday, October 11th. We are looking forward to another engaging and rewarding conference for new and seasoned members alike. We are seeking proposals for panels and presentations for this year’s conference, including proposals for the Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Area.

I Cine Bárbaras – Conferência Internacional de Cinema e Audiovisual

updated: 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 1:56pm
XX Element Project Associação Cultural
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, July 11, 2025

Encontra-se aberta a chamada de trabalhos para o I Cine Bárbaras – Congresso Internacional de Cinema e Artes Audiovisuais , que decorrerá nos dias 23 e 24 de outubro de 2025 , na Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário do Porto , reunindo investigadores e profissionais que trabalham nas áreas do cinema e dos estudos audiovisuais.

EAPSU 2025: Threat Assessments

updated: 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 10:20am
English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Hosted in-person and online at Slippery Rock University October 23-24 (online) and 25 (at Slippery Rock University’s main campus)

Presenters must be instructional faculty or students at a PASSHE institution - proposals from outside the PASSHE system cannot be accepted

Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People

updated: 
Monday, June 9, 2025 - 4:56am
University of Münster
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People An online conference hosted by the University of Münster
11-12 February 2026

In January 2025, just four days into the new Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced that they had ended the so-called “Book Ban Hoax” by dismissing 11 pending civil rights complaints related to book bans in public schools and eliminating the position of Book Ban Coordinator – a position created by the Biden administration to address intellectual freedom violations in schools and federally-funded institutions.

Memory and Reparation: Healing the Past for a Better Present and Future

updated: 
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 7:34pm
University at Buffalo (UB) Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

We invite papers that explore the theme of memory and reparation, and demonstrate the interconnectedness of the past, present, and future by focusing on any of the four spheres of reparation: economic, political, cultural, and psychological.

Please send your 200-word abstract in French or English to sawuni@crimson.ua.edu ( Sawel Awuni)  and to ldjamess@iu.edu (Lolonyo Djamessi)  , along with the title of the paper, your email, your institutional affiliation, and a brief one-paragraph bio. Please send your submission by September 30. Thank you!

History and Popular Uses of the Past – NEPCA Virtual Fall Conference 2025

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:27pm
Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The History and Popular Uses of the Past Area invites submissions for the Northeast Popular Culture Association’s (NEPCA) annual conference to be held online October 9 – 11, 2025.

 

This area welcomes proposals that explore the interconnection between history and popular culture. Proposals that examine how history is used and appropriated in popular culture are of particular interest. Some suggested topics for this area may include:

Beyond the Comic Strip: Exploring Graphic Narratives, Creative Inquiry, and Arts-Based Research

updated: 
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 7:23pm
London Arts-Based Research Centre
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 2, 2025

 

 

Beyond the Comic Strip: Exploring Graphic Narratives, Creative Inquiry, and Arts-Based Research

A Transdisciplinary Conference

Online, June 24-26, 2025
Proposal deadline: June 2, 2025

Fees:
£100 (for both presenters and attendees)
Prices exclude eventbrite fees

 Conference Page: https://labrc.co.uk/beyond-the-comic-strip-2025/ 

 

Call for Papers:

Child's Play in Popular Culture: History, representations and consumption

updated: 
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 9:45pm
PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Call for Papers

Child's Play in Popular Culture: History, representations and consumption

PopCRN – The Popular Culture Network invites scholars to explore the diverse representations of childhood in popular culture at a virtual symposium to be held online on 30 April – 1 May 2026.

From dolls and board games to digital playgrounds and interactive media, the concept of play has been a defining aspect of childhood across cultures and historical periods. Popular culture has both shaped and been shaped by children’s play, reflecting broader societal values, anxieties, and technological advancements.

"Sin City": Las Vegas in Popular Culture

updated: 
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 9:45pm
PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, February 28, 2026

"Sin City": Las Vegas in Popular Culture

PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) will be holding a free virtual symposium exploring the many faces of Las Vegas in popular culture. The conference will be held online on 30-31 July 2026.  

Las Vegas, a city of spectacle, excess, and reinvention, has been depicted in myriad ways across popular culture. From its neon-lit casinos and extravagant performances to its depictions as both a playground for high-stakes drama and a symbol of the American Dream, Las Vegas occupies a unique cultural space. This symposium seeks to examine the diverse representations of Las Vegas through a multi-disciplinary lens.

“Living in a Material World”: The 1980s in Popular Culture

updated: 
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 9:45pm
PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, July 31, 2026

Call for Papers

“Living in a Material World”: The 1980s in Popular Culture

 

PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) will be holding a free virtual symposium exploring the 1980s in popular culture to be held 26-27 November 2026.

The 1980s was the decade of excess, technological innovation, and political upheaval. This conference aims to explore both the popular culture of the 1980s and how the 1980s have been depicted in the popular culture of other eras.

Exploring and Celebrating The Rocky Horror Picture Show in Popular Culture

updated: 
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 9:45pm
PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, August 31, 2025

PopCRN is delighted to announce a conference dedicated to the cult phenomenon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This free, online event will be held on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th of November 2025.

Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture – NEPCA Online Fall Conference 2025

updated: 
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:45pm
Northeast Popular and American Culture Association (NEPCA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area invites submissions for NEPCA’s annual conference to be held online from Thursday, October 9th, to Saturday, October 11th, 2025.

We encourage panel proposals as well as individual submissions.

Papers are generally 15–20 minutes in length. We also encourage works in progress, and informal presentations. 

This area considers the intersection of politics, civic life, and popular culture. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Political actions that involve pop culture, including banning or attacking elements of pop culture

“One cannot have too large a party”: a 250 años del nacimiento de Jane Austen

updated: 
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:33pm
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 23, 2025

La Cátedra Extraordinaria Virginia Woolf

El Colegio de Letras Modernas 

El Departamento de Letras Inglesas

 

Convocan al Coloquio

 

“One cannot have too large a party”: a 250 años del nacimiento de Jane Austen

 

NEPCA 2025 - Storytelling and Narrative (Virtual Conference!)

updated: 
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:15pm
Kristi Gatto
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

 

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday, October 9th, to Saturday, October 11th, 2025.

Virtual sessions will take place via Zoom throughout the day on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Registration will open up in mid-July. 

The Storytelling & Narrative area explores the multifaceted nature and role of storytelling and narrative. We invite submissions from all theoretical and methodological perspectives. Submissions should have a connection to how storytelling and narrative plays a role in popular culture including, but not limited to, topics such as:

CFP: 2025 Dress and Body Association Conference, 1-2 Nov (Abstracts due: July 1)

updated: 
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 3:36pm
Dress and Body Association Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

2025 Dress and Body Association Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Dress and Body Association invites submissions for the organization’s sixth annual conference, which will be held on November 1-2, 2025. Consistent with our long-term goals for inclusivity and sustainability, all activities will be 100% online.

Join our Google Group to learn about opportunities and converse with members of the DBA year-round! Email to request membership: dress.body.assoc@gmail.com.

Comfort and Joy: Locating Hope in Dress and the Body

XXVIII Generative Art Conference

updated: 
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 3:36pm
XXVIII Generative Art Conference / ARGENIA
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

XXVIII Generative Art conference.
topics: Human Culture & AI in GA worthiness. The theme of this conference focuses on how to preserve human complexity, with Generative Art and AI.
Art, poetry, music, architecture, and historical cities need generative ideas to adapt to the deep new demands of our fast-changing times.
Our field of interest is to identify these possibilities and relate the most advanced creative approaches of Generative Art and AI.
We will be happy to present your generative approach. This can be done through generative ideas that could safeguard specific identities of Art, Nature, Environments, and History.

Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 4: Embodied Spirits

updated: 
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 3:30pm
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

Submissions to VICFA 4: Embodied Spirits

Scholarly and creative proposals are welcome and are handled through the same process.

This season, Academic and Creative Proposals will submit via the same portal.

 

Submit your proposal here: https://form.jotform.com/251195173129154

 

Mediterranean Crossings: A Studia Mediterranea Conference

updated: 
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 3:25pm
Studia Mediterranean Center of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Mediterranean Crossings: A Studia Mediterranea Conference

 

Location: The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Split, Croatia

Dates: September 19-20, 2025

Abstract submission date: June 25, 2025

 

Keynote speaker (virtual): Anna Kornbluh (University of Illinois at Chicago)

 

*note: this is a hybrid conference, but there will be no recording and the conference is only open to registered participants

 

CFP: The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture – NEPCA Virtual Fall Conference 2025

updated: 
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 3:24pm
The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

CFP: The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture – NEPCA Virtual Fall Conference 2025

Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2025 5pm EST

 

Contact email: 

Hannah Sophie Schiffner, h.schiffner@zeppelin-university.net 

Protichi Chatterjee, protichichatterjee@gmail.com

 

The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture Area invites submissions for NEPCA’s annual conference to be held online October 9 – 11, 2025.

 

Anglistics conference

updated: 
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 3:23pm
Anglistics organizing committee
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, September 15, 2025

First Anglistics International
Conference on Continuing Education
in Philological and Related Studies in
the English Language (ONLINE)
September 25-26, 2025
Deadline for proposals: September 15, 2025
The First International Conference on Continuing Education in Philological
and Related Studies in the English Language invites academics, researchers,
educators, and postgraduate students to come together to explore English
philology in all its dimensions. This event will be held entirely online and aims
to foster dialogue and intellectual exchange on the dynamic linguistic,
literary, and cultural landscapes of the English language. The conference,

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