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Special Session panel for 2019 MLA conference:
Panel seeking papers regarding science fictional depictions of biopolitical control of human/non-human life; papers regarding emotional, spectral, spiritual life welcome. 300-word abstract and brief bio by 15 March 2018; Jennifer Jodell (jodel002@umn.edu).
Critical Essays on Arthur Machen
edited by Antonio Sanna
Mermaids, giants, gorgons, harpies, dragons, cyclopes, hermaphrodites, cannibals,amazons, krakens, werewolves, barbarians, savages, zombies, vampires, angels, demons– all of those inhabit and represent our deepest fears of attack and hybridization, but also our deepest desires of transgression. Frequently described in antithetical terms, monsters were frequently read in the past as holy inscriptions and proofs of the variety and beauty of the world created by God, or as threats to civilization and order. These opposing views on the monster show the radically different values that have been assigned to monsters since they started to permeate the human imagination in manuscripts, maps, and books.
Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha 2019
“Faulkner’s Families”
July 21-25, 2019
Announcement and Call For Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
Second SCREEN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEWZEALAND AOTEAROA (SSAAANZ) CONFERENCE (2018)
The Uses of Cinema
Film • Television • Screen Media
School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University, Melbourne
November 21–23, 2018
The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies welcomes abstracts for papers that pursue an intertextual approach to any aspect of literature, film, or performance related to Australia or Aotearoa/New Zealand. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Indigenous issues, immigration, health and well-being, and Australian identity. Comparative projects with other cultural traditions are also encouraged.
Please note that we would like to be included in the MLA theme, so papers that correspond with it are particularly encouraged. See: https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2019/2019-Presidential-Theme
The Graphic City — Urban Studies After The Visual Turn
…From the rear platform of a fast ‘El’ train,
I watched the city’s undulating lights
And felt about my heart the antique pain
That man has always felt for beauty’s signs.
And often I was wildly moved to test
Myself against the city’s gleaming lines,
To feel their edges touch my bare brown breast!
—from “Song of New York” by Claude McKay (1926)
At the time of his death in November 2016, Leonard Cohen had published two novels, eight poetry collections, and several volumes of selected works. In his better-known role as a singer, he had produced fourteen studio albums (which he once claimed to be hardly different from his books of poems), including You Want It Darker, released in October 2016 just before his death. Beloved by fans around the world for his “golden voice” and its signature mixture of the holy and the profane, Cohen was mourned at the moment of a perceived shift in global politics. Cohen died on the eve of the 2016 presidential elections and did not see Donald Trump’s victory.
The WMS is seeking submissions for the following session, co-sponsored with The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, for the 2019 MLA Convention. Please note that this session is not guaranteed (and is subject to approval by the MLA):
This session seeks new perspectives on publishing William Morris and his circle. Topics might focus on Morris as publisher, on illustrations, on printing, or on the physical format of the book. We especially welcome papers that address publications outside of the Kelmscott Press, and/or that feature book history or digital humanities approaches.
This special issue (spring 2019) will be devoted to genetic translation studies (involving both translators’ drafts and author-translator correspondence) with English as a source- or target-language.
CALL FOR PAPERS
2018 MMLA Conference’s MVSA-Affiliated Panel
Kansas City, Missouri
November 15-18, 2018
“Consuming Cultures”
In keeping with the MMLA conference theme, “Consuming Cultures,” the Midwest Victorian Studies Association panel welcomes proposals that explore methods of cultural consumption in 19th century Britain.
The myriad possible topics include methods of cultural consumption, production of materials to be consumed, and cultural and social expectations that govern, control, or recommend consumption, including the following:
CFP for the 9th Annual Conference of the South East African Languages and Literatures Forum (SEALLF) from October 5th to October 6th, 2018, Department of English and Foreign Languages at Norfolk State University, Norfolk VA, USA: Celebrating Chinua Achebe & African Languages, Literatures, Arts and Cultures beyond the Continent: The 60th Anniversary of Things Fall Apart.
Deadline for submissions: May 29, 2018
Notification of acceptance date: June 30, 2018
Romantic Exchanges, 1760-1840
British Association for Romantic Studies Early Career and Postgraduate Conference
University of Glasgow, 15–16 June 2018
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Gerard Carruthers (University of Glasgow)
Dr Susan Manly (University of St Andrews)
SCMLA Film 1: English-Language Film (3/31/18; 10/11-14/18)deadline for submissions: 31 March 2018 Currently accepting conference paper proposals for the English-Language Film panel of the South Central Modern Language Association SCMLA conference to be held 11-14 October 2018 in San Antonio, TX. http://www.southcentralmla.org/conference/
Topic is open. Please submit an abstract of approx 300 words to Scott L. Baugh scott.baugh @ttu.edu by 31 March 2018.
For more information on SCMLA and the annual conference, visit http://www.southcentralmla.org/