Sitting with Discomfort and Bending Decolonial Mastery: The Affective and Transformative Possibilities of The LiteraryOrganized by Miriam Sbih and Flora Roussel Recent studies and pedagogical practices concerning the teaching of socially, politically, and emotionally difficult concepts (racism, colonialism, and sexism to name but a few) increasingly foster and deeply reflect on the implications of a vulnerable posture within the learners (Brantmeier; 2013). While these educational experiences can lead to emotional and physical discomfort for the person who confronts them, a vulnerable perspective allows us to overcome this initial discomfort and take advantage of it.

Call for papers

Wanderings of the Subject, Wanderings of the Novel

For a Comparative Approach of Novelistic Innovations Between 1890 and 1939

Conference organized in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), on April 20-21, 2023

This thematic issue of LINGUACULTURE deals with mobility and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia from a humanities perspective, with a focus on the English speaking world. We invite contributions in the fields of literature, language, cultural and translation studies, as well as interdisciplinary approaches dealing with the past or present movement of people and ideas between the two continents, especially in relation to the Anglophone world, highlighting from individual experiences to larger societal phenomena. Papers that focus on representations of intercultural encounters (e.g.

Call for Papers: 4th Art Nouveau International Congress

Call for Papers deadline 16 May 2022

Congress will be held in Barcelona, 29 June to 2 July 2023

Theme strands of the Congress:

1) The Art Nouveau Movement and National Identities (Art, Society and Thought)

2) The Decorative Programmes of Buildings (Homes, Hospitals, Factories, Institutions, etc.)

3) Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Art Nouveau Worldwide

4) Research and Doctoral Theses in Progress

http://www.artnouveau.eu/en/4th_congress.php

Call for Papers

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

44th Annual Conference, February 22-25, 2023

Marriott Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.southwestpca.org

Submissions open on August 15, 2022

Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2022

Handbook on Gender and Digital MediaProposals for chapters (500 words) must be submitted by Jan.

New Abstract Submission Deadline:  22 October 2022

Papers reporting on original investigations and critical analysis of research and developments in the field of drama and theatre are invited for the 45th Comparative Drama Conference, hosted by Rollins College in Orlando, Florida, to be held March 30-April 1,  2023 .

Why do we do what we do in the field of literary studies? Why does it matter? To whom? What redemptive or transformative work does literature do? When? Where? How? We invite reflection and conversation about the different kinds of work literature does to and through writers, readers, teachers, thinkers, and scholars. Our topic is intentionally broad as we seek to inspire, encourage, and celebrate the creation, interpretation, and appreciation of literature from any historical period and any genre. Our format is inclusive with panels for professors, graduate and undergraduate students, as well as scholars from multiple disciplines including English, Modern Languages, Theology, Education, Psychology, Science, and Humanities.

What do the words “Arab” and “Arabic” mean today? What have they meant historically? What continuities and ruptures do they signify in contemporary discourses of the Middle East? In a world in which conflict, migration, transnational movements, the blurring of borders, and (self-)translation have become everyday realities for millions of Arabs, these questions have attained new urgency. In this seminar, we explore the relationship between the Arabic language and Arab identity and community in the transnational contexts that have long defined both.

Call for paper and panel proposals on all areas of Jewish Studies regardless of discipline, geographical focus, or time period.  The WJSA usually includes panels about Jews in the American West, pedagogical aspects in Jewish Studies, and contemporary Jewish issues.  It welcomes panels devoted to the major anniversaries of events in Jewish history or important Jewish individuals in 2023, for example:

Travel and Wonder, 1450-1750

Conference 27-28 April 2023 to be held at the University of York

                                            Call for Papers

The People, Planet and Prosperity for a Sustainable Future Conference will bring together international researchers and educators from multiple disciplines to examine and discuss methods, applications, theories, ideas and practices intended to insure the flourishing of all persons and communities with a focus on underserved, underprivileged and economically disadvantaged populations. 

Social Sciences and Humanities:  Track Chair – Contact Dr. Cheryl Edelson cedelson@chaminade.edu

Submissions from all fields of Humanities and Social Sciences are invited to submit.

Special Issue “World Mythology and Ecocriticism: Remembering Nature as a Sacred Teacher”

A special issue of Humanities.

We are seeking chapter submissions for an edited anthology on Anne Brontë and the question of female artistry. Though interest and scholarship in Anne has grown in recent years, the youngest Brontë sister is still the least known and researched. Her bicentennial in 2020 was interrupted by the pandemic, and so there was not the same celebration and promotion of her life and work as her sisters.

This anthology seeks chapters on the question of female artistry as it relates to Anne’s life and work. Topics may include (but are not limited to):

• The art (paintings, sketches, etc.) of Anne Brontë

• Anne Brontë’s artistry as an author