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Call for Papers: Children and the Great Hunger in Ireland
Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, in partnership with the Irish Heritage Trust at StrokestownPark, is hosting an international conference,
The Martineau Society will be hosting its annual conference in Hull, England from July 24 to July 27, 2017. The Martineau Society conference is an interdisciplinary conference that focuses on the lives, work, and contributions of the Martineau family, including its two most famous and influential members, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and James Martineau (1805-1900).
Started by Norwich Unitarians in 1994, the Martineau Society encourages scholarship on the Martineau family and their nineteenth-century context as well as their continuing influence. Topics may include, but are not limited to the following:
Papers are invited for the SHARP affiliate session at the 2017 South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Convention. Potential topics include print culture, history of the book, authorship, publishing history, ephemera, illustration, publishers’ archives, production, circulation, and reception. Papers addressing this year’s convention theme,“High Art/Low Art Borders and Boundaries in Popular Culture,” are especially welcome. What connections can be made between print culture/book history and the diverse world of popular culture? How has print culture reflected popular taste from the early modern world to the present?
Possible topics include:
Genre fiction
Sensation fiction
Science fiction
Gothic
Editor: Dr Richard Warren (Royal Holloway, University of London).
War, Disability, and Embodiment
NACBS 2017
November 3-5 2017 Denver, Colorado
War, Disability, and Embodiment
NACBS 2017
November 3-5 2017
Denver, Colorado
Travel, Translation and Communication 19th-21st July 2017
Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London
Keynote Speakers:
Anne-Marie Beller (Loughborough)
Mary Hammond (Southampton)
Catherine Wynne (Hull)
Exhibition:
‘Picturing The Mass Market: Popular Late Victorian Periodicals’ Curated by John Spiers
Reading Group:
‘Travels of the Mind and Body’ Hosted by Chloé Holland and Anne-Louise Russell
Call for Papers
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Space and place in Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture
Keynote Speaker: Dr Marie-Luise Kohlke (Swansea University)
Friday June 23, 2017, Lancaster University
This conference responds to the genre of neo-Victorianism from the perspective of space and place. It aims to probe how a focus on space and place can enhance our understanding of the contemporary engagement with the Victorian past.
2017 is the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. Austen has become one of the most discussed and beloved literary figures; indeed, her status as one of our most beloved literary figures has often influenced the ways in which her life and works are discussed within critical circles.
10th International Conference of the Hellenic Association for the Study of English (HASE)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of English Language and Literature
23-25 November 2017
“Beyond the Ruin: Investigating the Fragment in English Studies”
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Apostolos Lampropoulos, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne
Carl Lavery, University of Glasgow