theory

Space and place continuously serve as sources of inspiration in video games and various other interactive media, within which they have a specific way of representing and operationalizing fear and dread. Interactive works can turn fear into a set of narrative and game design sequences that are problems and solutions for the experience of playing and reading. For example, how to structure attention, limit knowledge, choreograph movement, regulate pace, and distribute safety and danger.

1st International Congress on Theory and Historiography of Gender Studies at FES Acatlán

Colloquium Dates: November 9–13, 2026

MODALITY: Hybrid

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Seminar on Theory and Historiography of Gender Studies of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán (FES Acatlán-UNAM) proposes a space for reflection and discussion on new perspectives in women’s and gender studies within their diverse historical and social contexts. In this regard, we invite researchers from the social sciences and humanities to submit papers with a gender perspective (faculty members, researchers, and students currently working on their theses).

“Rhetorical Theory” (Standing Session)
Seattle, WA, Nov. 20-23
Chair: Dr. Ryan Leack (USC)
Email: leack@usc.edu

Abstract

This panel will explore recent movements in rhetorical theory writ large, either in connection with or apart from composition theory and practice. Special attention will be given to proposals that engage with the conference's theme.

Description

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/CHAPTERS

maurer.press
Frankfurt am Main

Body and Mind:Contemporary Studies on Language and Literature — Volume 10, Maurer Press, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

We invite chapter proposals for Body and Mind, the tenth volume of the Contemporary Studies on Language and Literature series. This peer reviewed academic volume investigates the evolving relationships between corporeality, cognition, identity, and culture—relationships that have become increasingly central to contemporary scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Abstracts are invited for a traditional panel session to be held at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, scheduled for 5-7 November 2026 at the Wyndham Atlanta Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, USA. 

This session intends to explore the theme of “hospitality” in the works of Joseph Conrad in order to highlight how Conrad’s relationships both reflected and influenced his literary output throughout his career. Some relationships were more enduring than others, but all had an impact, often a profound impact, on his life and writing.

RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

68th Annual Conference

“Making the Renaissance Political Body”

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for our 68th Annual Conference, to be held at California State University, Fullerton on Saturday, September 26th, 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS

Names of Proposed Editor(s) and academic affiliation:

Prof. Om Prakash Dwivedi, Director, Faculty of Humanities & Liberal Arts Chandigarh University Uttar Pradesh, India 

Dr. Madhurima Nayak, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Chandigarh University Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. Debajyoti Biswas, Department of English, Bodoland University, India

Aim & Intellectual Scope of Issue

**Call for Papers, Reviews, and Creative Pieces**

Gothic Nature: New Directions in Ecohorror and the EcoGothic

Issue VI: Unthemed Issue

Deadline for abstracts and pitches: 25th July 2026

‘You cannot adapt to extinction’. —Vanessa Nakate

‘The development of ecocriticism itself can been read as a type of Gothic story. If imagined figuratively as if it were a horror film, the field of ecocriticism is at a point where it is confronting the monster that has been hidden in the basement’. —Tom J. Hillard

Call for Book Chapters

Theme: Prisms of Interpretation: Analysing Literature in English

Multani Mal Modi College is pleased to announce a call for chapter contributions for an upcoming book publication. The theme of the proposed volume is:

‘Prisms of Interpretation: Analysing Literature in English’

Contemporary social, ecological, technological, and existential crises compel a rethinking of what it means to exist, to coexist, and to take form in a posthuman world.

Society for the Study of Affect (SSA)
#MAKE: Methods, Atmospheres, Knowledges, Energies
Vancouver, BC, October 23 to 25, 2026

Abstracts due May 29, 2026
Submit here: https://affectsociety.com/make/conference/?submit=paper&stream_id=10

S16. Insurgent Residues of Extraction

Artificial Intelligence, Faith, and Epistemic Coherence

Session Organizer: Dr. Houman Mehrabian (University Canada West)

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Alfred Hermida (University of British Columbia) & Dr. Kathryn Huether (University of California, Los Angeles)

Spring 2026 'Theory Today' Workshop w. Prof. Eugenie Brinkema. 

Eugenie Brinkema’s research in film and critical theory focuses on violence, affect, sexuality, aesthetics, and ethics in texts ranging from the horror film to gonzo pornography, from the body of films dubbed “New European Extremism” to works of literature and continental philosophy. She is the author of The Forms of Affect (2014) and Life-Destroying Diagrams (2022), among many other essays and articles.   

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Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare: Information, Interpretation, Conspiracy, and the Struggle for RealityCall for Papers and PresentationsDetails