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Dear colleagues, I am very happy to announce that Ontological Exhaustion Vol. 1, Special Issue of Angelaki, which was advertised here as a CFP, has been published online! A printed book with Routledge as well is upcoming in the next few months.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Displaced Dialogues: Performance and Identity in Dalit and Tribal South Asian Diaspora
Introduction
Concept Note:
Storytelling, from the metamorphic narratives of the Indian epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana and Ovid’s ancient transmutations to the evolving interfaces of the present, has been an act of survival through transformation. Metamorphosis is the underlying imperative of the twenty-first century; it is not just a biological inevitability but a relentless ontological pulse beating beneath the surface of our global narratives. We inhabit a world amid a grand moulting, where the traditional mediums of storytelling, like the printed page, the physical body, and the ancestral soil, are being reshaped under the pressures of a planetary crisis.
Call for Panel Proposals
Renaissance Conference of Southern California (RCSC)-Sponsored Panels for RSA Philadelphia
Renaissance Society of America Conference
Philadelphia, USA March 11–13, 2027
CFP Deadline: August 15, 2026
RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
68th Annual Conference
“Making the Renaissance Political Body”
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for our 68th Annual Conference, to be held at California State University, Fullerton on Saturday, September 26th, 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for Articles
OTAGO GERMAN STUDIES (OGS), Vol. 33 (https://otagogermanstudies.otago.ac.nz/ogs)
University of Otago – Dunedin | Ōtepoti
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Daniel Spoerri: Collecting, Consuming, Conserving
Retrospective and Prospective Views
The editorial board of OTAGO GERMAN STUDIES invites submissions for a forthcoming
edited volume dedicated to the life and work of Daniel Spoerri (1930–2024), the Swiss-born
Call for Papers
Journal of Avant-Garde Studies (JAGS), Open Issue
Editors-in-Chief: Éva Forgács, Benedikt Hjartarson, Cecilia Novero, Sami Sjöberg
Published biannually by Brill
About the Journal
TYCA Northeast
61st Annual Conference
2026 Call for Proposals
October 2 - 3, 2026
Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square
25 S Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603
Proposal Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2026
Submission Link: https://www.tycanortheast.org/
Conference Theme: Meeting the Moment: Connecting the Past, Present, and Future in English Studies
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
– Franz Kafka, letter to Oskar Pollak, 27th January 1904
We are delighted to announce that Errant is now open for submissions to its fifth issue.
Call for Papers
The Playful Monster
24–25 September 2026
LFA 2026: ADAPTATION/NATION
LITERATURE/FILM ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Elon University, Elon, NC
October 1st – 3rd 2026
Disability and Horror: A Companion
Call for Chapters
SEEKING BOOK CHAPTER AUTHORS: Women and social media through a global lens - edited collection (under contract)
We are seeking authors for an interdisciplinary edited volume examining women’s roles in social media as both producers and consumers across global contexts. This collection explores the personal, political, social, and economic dimensions of this digital activity through the examination of global regions.
Chapters are organized by region. Remaining regions include:
Each chapter will contain the following sections:
The Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program, along with the Department of English and the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of Rochester are pleased to announce an upcoming undergraduate conference on horror, to be held October 23-25, 2026. The conference will featuring a keynote address by the University of Rochester’s own Jason Middleton, author of numerous articles on horror films, co-editor (with Aviva Briefel) of Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work (U of Texas P, 2023), and a featured expert on the AMC series Eli Roth’s History of Horror.
The Aquatic Presence-Absence in World Literatures
Critical Language and Literary Studies (CLLS) invites original, unpublished research articles for a themed issue to be published in Fall 2026. The theme is examining aquatic presences and absences in world literatures.
Handbook of Religions and Migration: Global and Multi-Tradition Perspectives (Springer)
Editors:
İhsan Çapcıoğlu, Ankara University
Fadime Apaydın, University of California, Riverside
Nevfel Akyar, Manisa Celal Bayar University
Editorial Note: In line with our editorial commitment to developing a major reference handbook comparable to leading works in the field, the submission deadline has been extended briefly in order to further strengthen the volume’s global, multi-religious, and cross-traditional comparative dimensions.
REMINDER: Submission deadline June 15th!
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC AT PCAS/ACAS 2026
The Southern Gothic is not merely a regional offshoot of the Gothic tradition—it is a dynamic cultural mode shaped by the histories, violences, mythologies, and contradictions of the American South. Rooted in hauntings both literal and structural, the Southern Gothic interrogates race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, ecology, labor, memory, and the ongoing afterlives of history. Its borders—like its landscapes and bodies—are unstable, porous, and contested.
Call for Chapters
Edited Volume: Rethinking M.R. James: Antiquarianism, Horror, and the Supernatural
Editor: Dr. Sakti Sekhar Dash, Fellow of Social Science Research Council
Introduction
Creative Textual Reuse & Research (PAMLA Conference in Seattle, November 2026)
"Melville Revivals"
PAMLA 2026
November 12-15, 2026
Seattle, Washington (Hyatt Regency Seattle, 808 Howell Street)
William Faulkner and Louise Erdrich
A Conference Sponsored by the Center for Faulkner Studies
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
October 22-24, 2026
Perhaps the most relevant question we are facing today, both in and out of the university, is how to deal with AI. In academia, different disciplines handle this question in a myriad of ways, some insisting that to not embrace AI in the classroom is harmful to the students, while others believe the utilization of AI must weaken critical thinking skills. Regardless of the differing opinions on how to use it appropriately, no one disagrees that it is here to stay. Living through the development of this world-changing technology means that we are the ones facing the question of what it means to live well in the age of AI.
Join the 2026 Graduate Conference at the University of Verona and explore how identities are shaped, challenged, and reimagined through language, literature, and culture.
“(De)Constructing Identities: Inclusive Practices of Naming” invites emerging scholars to engage with some of today’s most urgent debates on inclusion, representation, and power.
From feminist and queer studies to postcolonialism, disability studies, translation, and cultural memory, the conference offers a rich interdisciplinary dialogue.
Participants will investigate how naming practices influence social perception, identity formation, and political discourse across languag
Call for Papers (FINAL CALL - May 31, 2026)
Journal of West Indian Literature Special Issue on Caribbean Health Humanities
November 2027
Special issue editors: Jarrel De Matas and April Shemak
Small Screens, Big Stories: Storytelling, Seriality and Mobile Screen Culture
Evolution of Story IV
Deadline for chapter-track abstracts: 1 June 2026
Online symposium-only track open until March 2027
The CCCC’s 2027 Convention (April 14-17, 2027 in Miwaukee, WI) invites us to “imagine and design” our preferable, potentially even preposterous, writing futures; this panel imagines those futures through place-based education (PBE).
Dear Colleague, We invite you to contribute to a forthcoming edited volume, A Global Companion for Anti-Racist Education and Solidarity Work. This volume brings together educators, researchers, and community practitioners engaged in the everyday work of confronting racism and cultivating more just educational environments. Rather than treating anti-racist education as abstract or purely theoretical, this volume centers practice. We begin from the premise that some of the most generative forms of anti-racist work are already unfolding in classrooms, schools, community organizations, and local movements.
We invite you to submit scholarly or creative work to the 91st Annual Conference of the Indiana College English Association. As a regional affiliate of the College English Association, anyone in our region (Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky) is encouraged to participate.
RADIATION: Connection Across Distance
A Cross-disciplinary Conference
Arnolfini, Bristol, UK 12 – 14 Nov 2026
Call for Papers (Rolling Basis)
Karto-Teka Gdańska
An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the University of Gdańsk and the Pomeranian Philosophical-Theological Society, Karto-Teka Gdańska invites submissions on an ongoing, rolling basis for future online-first publication.
Founded in 2017, Karto-Teka Gdańska is an international, peer-reviewed journal committed to interdisciplinary dialogue across the humanities, philosophy, history, theology, cultural studies, and related fields.
Scope and Focus
Over the last years, there has been a burgeoning debate about the Eastern multicultural space, ranging from Eastern Europe, Middle East and South Asian countries to the Far East, which has been intrinsically coupled with significant cultural and economic dynamism; however, such diverse and multi-layered areas have also been the subject of all sorts of misrepresentations and misinterpretations. Future trajectory of the Eastern mind-set might provide a basis for the emergence of new civilizations in this new century and new millennium. This section attempts to explore the outcomes of the various encounters between Eastern and Western cultural conventions in relation to literature, arts, social sciences, media studies and other fields, by carefully examining
PAEDEIA: NSU Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences, and LawCall for Papers
Vol. 2, 2026
*"Online First" publication upon acceptance
*Expected print publication in December 2026
Call for papers
Architectures of Deceit:
Impostors and Con Artists in Contemporary Film and Media
The Indian diaspora is the largest diaspora community in the world, with an approximate population of 35.4 million. From the migration of the indentured labour force during the colonial period to the mass immigration of educated Indians to overseas countries in the late twentieth century, the Indian diaspora has indeed become a global phenomenon. Expanding migration circuits, job and business opportunities, shifting lifestyles, skilled and semi-skilled labour force, among others, have resulted in significant socioeconomic mobility, especially over the last 25 years. Besides making significant contributions to varied fields, the Indian diaspora has also arguably brought changes in how others have traditionally seen India.
The Literature and Popular Culture area for the 2026 Northeast Popular Culture Association conference is accepting paper and panel proposals from faculty and graduate students. NEPCA’s 2026 virtual annual conference will be held from Thursday, October 15-Saturday, October 17, 2026. Sessions will take place on Zoom through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. More information on the conference can be found here: https://www.northeastpca.org/call-for-papers
250-word abstracts are due by June 15, 2026 at 5 pm.
Setting the stage: a theatre and performance dissertation writing group
Writing a dissertation can be lonely: we want to change that. Many of us first fell in love with theater because — through exploratory rehearsals, late-night tech runs, and joyful opening nights — we found camaraderie and connection, both of which can feel distant in graduate school. If theater is best practiced with others, how can our research and writing processes be shaped by the same commitment to community-building?
This panel title borrows from the article "Granola and Guns: The Rise of Conspirituality" hosted on McGill University's Office for Science and Society that attempts to define and locate in American society a perplexing mindset that blends countercultural mystical thinking and conservative paranoia. "Conspirituality," which PennState defines as "a belief system that blends new age spiritual beliefs and conspiracy theorizing," has also been branded the "crunchy-to-fascism" pipeline, demonstrating how an openness to crystal healing, chakra opening, sonic baths, and celestial alignment has led many—often well-to-do white women—towards "Pastel QAnon," anti-vaxx, and an embrace of alt-right beliefs.
This edited volume explores the interrelations between disability and addiction within Japanese literary literature. By focusing strictly on literary representations—and excluding media studies—this collection aims to examine how embodiment, social normativity, and deviance are negotiated through culturally specific frameworks.
The editors invite contributions for the following four sections
1. Disability in Japanese Literature (3 Articles)
Names of Proposed Editor(s) and academic affiliation:
Prof. Om Prakash Dwivedi, Director, Faculty of Humanities & Liberal Arts Chandigarh University Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Madhurima Nayak, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Chandigarh University Uttar Pradesh, India
Prof. Debajyoti Biswas, Department of English, Bodoland University, India
Aim & Intellectual Scope of Issue
Whether we teach at an R1 university, liberal arts college, community college, or other institution, our work as scholars depends upon our students. Within the context of generative AI, declining support for the Humanities, and the rapidly changing landscape of higher education, this roundtable places pedagogy at the center by inviting participants to share practical, classroom-tested approaches to teaching the Renaissance at the college level.
Call for papers for the online conference
“Metalinguistic awareness in additional language learning: current issues and future directions”
Conference dates: September 30-October 1, 2026
Call For Papers
Indigeneity and Sustainable Foodways: Planetary Challenges
from the Global South
Editors:
Shreyasi Dasgupta, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur
University
Sayan Mazumder, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur
University
Debashree Dattaray, Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
CFP NEPCA Monsters & the Montrous Area 2026
The Monsters & the Monstrous Area of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (a.k.a. NEPCA) seeks proposals for inclusion in NEPCA’s 2026 annual conference.
The event will run as a virtual conference from Thursday, October 15th, through Saturday, October 17th. Virtual sessions will take place via Zoom throughout the day on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Registration will open up in mid-July. The registration fee is expected to be around 50 USD.
FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to challenging gender through speculative means in any genre, seeks submissions to our blog, available at BLOG | Femspec
Those interested in publishing on the Femspec blog do NOT need to be subscribed to the journal.
Call for Articlesfor the 12th issue ofCurrents: A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review
on the theme of
Home, Homecoming, Homesickness
INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL CONFERENCE
SILENCE(D): ILLUSORY ABSENCES AND DENIED PRESENCES
University of Florence (Italy), 26th-27th October 2026
Link to the call for papers (in Italian and English): https://www.dottoratolinletcult.unifi.it/upload/sub/News/CallForPapers_Silcenced_UNIFI%20(1).pdf
Synchronicity and Intuition: Exploring Meaningful Coincidences and Inner Knowing
an online transdisciplinary conference
June 15-16, 2026
Online, Via Zoom
Proposal deadline: May 15, 2026
Fees:
£100 (for both presenters and attendees)
Prices exclude booking fees
Conference Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/2026/03/16/synchronicity/
CFP:
Actors, Acting, and Activism: Performing Eugene O’Neill’s Plays
This panel explores how Latin American and Latine writers, filmmakers, and artists engage environmental elements as dynamic forces shaping human experience, identity, and social life. Grounded in the environmental humanities, the panel examines how cultural production renders visible the entanglements between ecological conditions and forms of movement, including migration, displacement, circulation, and transformation across human and more-than-human worlds.
“A population does not renew itself only through the cycle of births and deaths, but also through the interplay of inward and outward migration.” – François Héran