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Dis/Trusting the Institution(s) of Literature
University College Dublin, Ireland
17-20 June 2025
Keynote Speakers – Sarah Brouillette (Carleton University)
Christopher Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation)
Simone Murray (Monash University)
Call for proposals exended!
Proposal Submission Deadline: January 24, 2025
Join us in New Orleans, LA, on April 11
Delgado Community College is excited to host the 2025 Louisiana Gateway English & Math Success Symposium (LaGEMSS). This symposium invites educators, administrators, and practitioners to share innovative practices, research, and strategies to improve student success in gateway English and Mathematics courses.
Symposium Tracks
LaGEMSS welcomes proposals that focus on the following areas:
Reflections and Refractions: Contemporary Anglophone Fiction and the Atlantic Poetics of WaterJournal: Atlantic Studies: Global CurrentsGuest Editors: Andrea Carosso and Valentina Romanzi (University of Torino) We are inviting proposals for a limited number of contributions to a Special Issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, titled “Reflections and Refractions: Contemporary Anglophone Fiction and the Atlantic Poetics of Water.” The issue focuses on the new directions that anglophone fiction is exploring to express its “aquatic” imagination.We seek articles addressing new trends and currents of anglophone narratives focusing on the
CFP: The 27th Annual University of Florida Critical Theory Reading Group/MRG Conference
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 17, 2025
“Rethinking Institutions”
The Critical Theory Reading Group/MRG, University of Florida
March 27-29, Gainesville, FL
Keynote speakers: Michael Hardt and Kathi Weeks
Nicole LaRose Alumni keynote speaker: Wesley Beal
The 2025 Marxist Reading Group Conference invites submissions for “Rethinking Institutions” to explore the manifold issues endured by global institutions and reimagine the former for the present and future.
The London Arts-Based Research Centre
Women who Create: the Feminine and the Arts
A Transdisciplinary Conference
Conference Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/women-who-create-2025/
March 29-31, 2025
Where:
March 29-30: In person participation at Cambridge University & online
March 31: Fully online
Call for Papers
Cost: 185 GBP (in person)
100 GBP (Online)
Abstract: Deadline February 15, 2025
Special Issue Call for Papers Bandung: Journal of the Global South Brutalism, Remaindered Life and World-making in the Precarious Global South: Representations in Fiction and Film
Objective
This special issue focuses on the critical practices that give rise to the notion of ‘brutalism’ and ‘remaindered life’ in the global South. Tied centrally to the militarized nature of neoliberalism, the concept of brutalism and remaindered life will be analyzed to understand how the divisive nature of neoliberalism is not only exploitative but aims to retain, even heighten the cultural supremacy, economic superstructure, and political power of the global North.
Call for Book Chapters
Title: Becoming A Human-Animal: Interpretations of the Therianthropes in the Folk Arts of India
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Editor: Thakurdas Jana, Department of English, Bhatter College, Dantan, India
About the Book
Following the inaugural Henri Nouwen Lectureship, the Henri Nouwen Society, in partnership with the Oblate School of Theology, is pleased to announce an Academic Symposium dedicated to the life, work, and enduring influence of Henri Nouwen, a profound thinker and writer whose contributions to theology, spirituality, and pastoral care have inspired countless individuals and communities. This symposium aims to bring together scholars and practitioners to explore and critically engage with Nouwen’s rich body of work.
This is a call for chapter proposals on the late Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days reality TV series (2005-08) on the FX Channel for the FX Reader, an anthology of FX's best original TV series, which is under a two-volume book contract with Syracuse University Press. In each 30 Days episode, Spurlock, or some other person or group of people, would spend 30 days immersing themselves in a particular lifestyle or environment with which they are not familiar, which include such topics as working for minimum wage, being in prison, a Christian living as a Muslim, and others.
Special issue on AI in Art and Designing
We are pleased to announce a special issue on AI in Art and Designing, and invite you to submit your original and unpublished research articles on this emerging and exciting topic. The special issue aims to explore the impact, challenges, and opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, such as machine learning algorithms, on the creation and enhancement of digital artworks and designs. The special issue also welcomes critical and theoretical perspectives on the role and implications of AI in art and designing, as well as ethical and social issues related to AI art and design.
South Asian Expressions: Reimagining Narratives, Histories, and Cultures
South Asian literature presents an intricate and layered depiction of the life, history, and identity of the people within their geopolitical spaces of belonging and beyond. These narratives delve into the socio-political complexities, cultural tensions, and resilient identities shaped by colonial legacies and postcolonial realities. Addressing themes such as the impact of British colonialism and the upheavals of national and cultural divisions, this body of literature intricately portrays intersections of gender, caste, religion, and class, capturing the evolving dimensions of South Asian identity.
Call for Participation:
Visual Culture Papers
American Studies Association (ASA)
November 20-23, 2025 | San Juan, Puerto Rico
**As the ASA has extended the deadline for its general CFP, the Visual Culture Caucus is also extending its call until January 24.**
Call for Papers:
The Turn to Podcasts as a Mass Campaign Medium
Special Issue of The Journal of Radio and Audio Media
Dr. Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Prof. Kim Fox, American University in Cairo
Dr. Aram Sinnreich, American University
The Journal of Radio and Audio Media (JRAM), the world’s premier radio research journal, is published semi-annually by the Broadcast Education Association. JRAM is dedicated to radio research and the new technology redefining radio’s traditional use.
The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University is seeking guest editors for the Spring 2026 issue of its online journal, Rejoinder (https://irw.rutgers.edu/rejoinder). Rejoinder features work at the intersection of scholarship and activism that reflects feminist/queer and social justice perspectives and is currently published once a year. Guest editors will be responsible for the overall shape of the issue, and Rejoinder staff will advise on the process.
The Function of Beauty: A Transdisciplinary Conference
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
— Khalil Gibran
Conference Dates: April 24-25, 2025
Location:
Day 1-Pembroke Lodge (Richmond Park, London) / Online (Hybrid Format)
Day 2- Online only
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 1, 2025
Cost: 180 GBP (in person)
100 GBP (Online)
Submissions are being accepted on an ongoing basis for upcoming issues of Catholic Library World.
Catholic Library World is the official journal of the Catholic Library Association. Established in 1929, CLW is a peer-reviewed association journal. CLW publishes articles focusing on all aspects of librarianship, especially as it relates to Catholic Studies and Catholicism. CLW articles are intended for an audience that is interested in the broad role and impact of various types of libraries, including, but not limited to academic, public, theological, parish and church libraries, and school libraries.
Call for Papers: Performing Imaginary Futures: Utopian (and Dystopian) Performativity
Cultural Studies Association (CSA) 2025 Annual Conference
29-31 May 2025
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
Imaginary Futures: Utopias, Dystopias & Protopias of Cultural Studies
The Performance Working Group of the Cultural Studies Association invites proposals for individual papers and pre-constituted panels for the 2025 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference.
Appel à participation pour le numéro 10/2026 de la revue Topiques. Études satoriennes
Topiques des Orients et de l’Occident
La SATOR projette de consacrer un numéro spécial de sa revue en ligne TOPIQUES. Études satoriennes aux « Topiques d’Orients et d’Occident ». La SATOR s’est jusqu’à maintenant assez peu aventurée au-delà des limites de la culture européenne. Mais le travail est engagé[1] et l’objectif de ce numéro spécial de la revue TOPIQUES est de poursuivre sur cette lancée. Ce numéro sera coordonné par Jean-Pierre Dubost (UCA) et Claudine Le Blanc (Univ. de Paris – Sorbonne nouvelle).
Un)welcome Imaginaries: (Non-)Fiction Literature on Fundamental Rights
International Interdisciplinary Conference (online)
12-13th December 2025
Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland)
Call for papers
The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University is seeking guest editors for the Spring 2026 issue of its online journal, Rejoinder (https://irw.rutgers.edu/rejoinder). Rejoinder features work at the intersection of scholarship and activism that reflects feminist/queer and social justice perspectives and is currently published once a year. Guest editors will be responsible for the overall shape of the issue, and Rejoinder staff will advise on the process.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Abstracts now due January 30, 2025
Soil/Soiling
An interdisciplinary, graduate-student conference hosted by the Department of English, Brandeis University
Howells Society CFPs for ALA 2025 (Boston)
The W.D. Howells Society will host two panels at the American Literature Association’s 36th annual conference, which will meet at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, May 21-24, 2025 (Wednesday through Saturday of Memorial Day weekend).
PANEL 1: HOWELLS & OTHERS
Call for Papers: Hopkins as Classicist
A Special Issue of The Hopkins Quarterly
The ‘difficulties’ of the old Greek philosophers, Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, ‘cannot be pooh-poohed: some perhaps are really resolved, but generally they exist still’.
This special issue of the Hopkins Quarterly seeks to understand the invigorating influence of classical thought on Hopkins’ intellectual life.
Call for Papers
Languages, Territories, and Contexts:
Linguistic-educational policies today
Catholic University ‘Our Lady of Good Counsel’, Tirana, 22-24 May 2025
To mark the conclusion of a biennial research carried out by four Italian Universities (Siena, Turin, Florence, and Naples “L’Orientale”), the scientific committee of the PRIN 2022 Project Monsters, Sorcerers, and Witches of Northwestern Europe: The Medieval and Early Modern Construction of Otherness in Literature for Popular Audiences invites abstract submissions for a three-day international conference, to be hosted at the University of Siena on 9-11 July 2025.
Volume to be Published in December of 2025
The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies (JAMS) is excited to announce the call for papers for our sixth volume, to be published December 2025.
The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies is a double-blind peer reviewed, open-access journal published by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. JAMS is dedicated to publishing scholarly works concerning anime, manga, cosplay, and the fandoms related to them. As an open-access journal, JAMS aims to reach an audience of scholars both inside and outside the academe, encouraging public engagement through the digital humanities.
This year the Latina/o/x Literature & Culture Society welcomes submissions focusing on diverse topics including literary genre, single authors, children’s literature, speculative fiction, comparative analyses, as well as cultural studies approaches. The society also encourages a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary prisms, and a variety of panel types, including traditional paper sessions, roundtable discussions, and sessions dedicated to the teaching of Latina/o/x literature and culture.
There are countless anthologies and textbooks for college-level students, but few supplying actual examples modeled after the types of essays students create in early composition courses such as English 100, 101, and 102.
The goal of this project is to publish a textbook for early-level undergraduate students that:
Provides sample essays on various topics that they can use as models of exemplary writing
Shows the norms of each essay genre
Models proper formatting of in-text citations, including a works cited or reference page
Conference online: 13-14 February 2025
CFP:
UC Irvine Comparative Literature Graduate Student Conference 2025
Conference Date: April 3 & 4, 2025
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Tracy McNulty (Cornell)