cfp.english.upenn.edu

In what ways do artistic constructions of the body appear in literature?

Visions of Egypt: Literature and Culture from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
6-7 September 2013
Venues:
Hull History Centre (6 September)
Staff House, University of Hull (7 September)

This conference focuses on the influence of cultural ‘legacies’ within current humanities research.

The long British nineteenth century (1789-1914) appears to have the long global twentieth century (including the first decades of the twenty-first) in its thrall.

“All great art is born of the metropolis” - Ezra Pound

Tuesday 14th May 2013
Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Issue 19: Surface/Depth

‘There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.’
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories
Call for Proposals, due May 1

Editors:
Amy L. Stone, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Trinity University

Keynote speakers include: Dr Kate Macdonald (Ghent University, Brussels) and Dr Nicola Humble (University of Roehampton, London)

Literary Dolls:The Female Textual Body from the 19th Century to Now

University of Durham, International Women’s Day, 8th March 2014