twentieth century and beyond

Sonnets from the American: A Symposium and Critical Anthology

updated:

Monday, April 6, 2020 - 11:35am

Johns Hopkins University/Stevenson University

deadline for submissions:

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Symposium:

Saturday, October 3, 2020: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. (NOW WILL CONVENE VIRTUALLY, due to COVID-19), Co-organized by Dora Malech (Johns Hopkins University) & Laura T. Smith (Stevenson University)

Critical Anthology:

Sonnets from the American: An Anthology of Poems and Essays (under contract with the University of Iowa Press)
Co-edited by Dora Malech & Laura T. Smith

II International Conference From Manuscript to Digital: World Wide English Literature and World Wide Literatures in English

updated:

Monday, April 6, 2020 - 11:36am

University of Lincoln, Universidade de Lisboa, and Universidad de Jaén

deadline for submissions:

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to share with you the first CFP for the II International Conference From Manuscript to Digital: World Wide English Literature and World Wide Literatures in English, organized by University of Lincoln, Universidade de Lisboa, and Universidad de Jaén. The conference will be held in Jaén (Spain), 1-3 December / 2020.

Thematic pannels:

From Manuscript to Digital: World Wide English Literature and World Wide Literatures in English

1. (Re)read and (re)interpreted in a global age

2. Facing the new map of Europe

3. In the digital post-modern age

Contemporary Literature and the Environmental Imagination

updated:

Monday, April 6, 2020 - 11:36am

Ghent University

deadline for submissions:

Friday, May 15, 2020

Contemporary Literature and the Environmental Imagination

International Conference
Ghent University, Belgium, 7-9 December 2020

Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Gabriele Dürbeck (University of Vechta) and Professor Kate Rigby (Bath Spa University)

Confirmed writers: Gisèle Bienne and Francesca Melandri

Hurry, Linger: The Times of Modernism (MSA 2020)

updated:

Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:48pm

Carly Rubin and Chelsie Malyszek/Modernist Studies Association

deadline for submissions:

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Modernist Studies Association Conference

Brooklyn NY, October 22-25, 2020

Katherine Mansfield Critical Journal Tinakori

updated:

Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:46pm

Katherine Mansfield Society in association with Edge Hill University

deadline for submissions:

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Tinakori:

Critical Journal of the Katherine Mansfield Society

Editors: Kym Brindle and Karen D’Souza

Love

‘About Love. Well each of us thinks differently’

Letter from Mansfield to Dorothy Brett [20 April 1921]

"Cognitive Modernisms"--Special Issue of MFS (Modern Fiction Studies)

updated:

Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:52pm

Paul Armstrong, Brown University

deadline for submissions:

Friday, January 8, 2021

Cognitive Modernisms

Guest Editor: Paul B. Armstrong, Brown University

Deadline for Submissions: 8 January 2021

Modernism has long been associated with an interest in consciousness, psychology, and the inner life, but critics have also long disagreed about how to understand this interest and what to make of it. The recent proliferation of cognitive approaches to reading and literature has renewed interest in questions concerning the modernist preoccupation with consciousness but has spawned new controversies about how to address them.

Life Writing as Political Voice

updated:

Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:45pm

PAMLA

deadline for submissions:

Sunday, May 17, 2020

City dwellers have a unique opportunity to see and engage in group political activities that those in more rural areas do not. Their everyday lives can be impacted by political demonstrations whether they are actively participating or not. The perspectives that we usually get are from the government, press, or political leaders. These accounts miss how people actually experience and understand the protests they see and/or participate in. As such, examining the life writing of those who participated or observed city protests can be intriguing and add a personal element to group politics. This panel will focus on the experiences of those who planned, participated, and/or observed protests in various cities. Ideas to be examined include personal vs.

In Passage seeks contributions for its third issue

updated:

Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 12:57pm

University of Boumerdes

deadline for submissions:

Thursday, May 14, 2020

In Passage: The International Journal of Writing and Mobility, the electronic journal of the Faculty of Languages & Literatures of the University of Boumerdes, seeks contributions in English or French for its third issue, to be released in December 2020. The subjects addressed by In Passage include, but are not limited to:

- Literary genres and movements

- Travel literature and intercultural contact.

- Nomadism.

- Writing and sexual identity

- Code switching/code mixing

- Multilingualism and Multiculturalism

- Translation issues

- "Digital writing" (SMS language, social networks)

International Online Conference on European Studies

updated:

Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 12:56pm

London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

deadline for submissions:

Friday, May 15, 2020

International Online Conference on European Studies27-28 June 2020organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

The conference aims to explore Europe from a variety of perspectives. It will consider its political, social and philosophical dimensions as well as the cultural and intellectual life of Europe. Proposals can demonstrate both national and regional expertise, refer to the past or present, or offer a comparative analysis.

CFP: PAMLA 2020 Special Session-Cyberpunk and the City

updated:

Monday, March 30, 2020 - 2:45pm

Melanie A. Marotta, Morgan State University

deadline for submissions:

Monday, June 1, 2020

Call for Papers: Special Session-Cyberpunk and the City

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference

Thurday November 12 to Sunday November 15, 2020, at the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Conference Theme: "City of God, City of Destruction" (https://pamla.org/2020/conference-theme-city-god-city-destruction)

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