Call for Papers
Beauty and the Sublime in Gestation and Coming into Being:
Art and the Aesthetics of Pregnancy and Birth
2026 Virtual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Pregnancy and Birth 
June 4-5, 2026​
Co-Keynote Speakers: Lauren Bice, DNP, CRNA and Sheila Lintott, PhD  The Society for the Study of Pregnancy and Birth (SSPRB) is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for its second international virtual symposium, Beauty and the Sublime in Gestation and Coming into Being: Art and the Aesthetics of Pregnancy and Birth, a virtual event that will take place online across two half day sessions on June 4th and June 5th, 2026 (to facilitate participation across time zones).

Lisez l'appel à propositions en français sur le site du CLC: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/literatures-in-canada/2026-conference/index.html

ALECC and CLC 2026 20th Anniversary Conference: Cross-Pollinations

16-20 June, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

We are now accepting research articles, scholarly papers, creative writing, artwork, photography, and reviews for our 2025 issue of

1890: A Journal of Undergraduate Research.

1890 provides undergraduate students the opportunity to demonstrate their interests and abilities in various disciplines by accepting works of research, creative writing, poetry, reviews, and art.

GENDER AND SOUTH ASIAN VISUAL CULTURES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Deadline for 250-word proposals: November 2, 2025 Association for Art History Annual Conference, April 2026Cambridge, UK This panel aims to explore the relationships between women and visual culture in twentieth century South Asia, challenging the oppressive structures that inform postcolonial subjectivities and engaging with practices that inaugurate new visual grammars.

The Area of Education, Teaching, History and Popular Culture is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Popular Culture Association National Conference to be held April 8-11, 2026 in Atlanta, GA.

Educators, librarians, archivists, scholars, independent researchers and graduate students are encouraged to apply.  Undergraduates are reminded that there is an entire area devoted to undergraduate presentations in which they should submit.  Undergraduates who wish to present a paper, panel or round table must do so under the supervision of a faculty sponsor, who must be included in the proposal submission.

3rd ICCPA
East Asia on/as  the Global Stage
5-7 Desember 2025
Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

Concept Note

From Unit Chairs:

• Aaron Grizzell, Ph.D. Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation
• Julius Bailey, Ph.D., University of Redlands

The religious experience is of significant and acute concern among our varied African diasporic communities and is worthy of close academic exploration and study. The American Academy of Religion - Western Region (AAR-WR) Black Religion and Theology Unit’s mission is to further the development of scholarly research and discussion about the black religious experience; encourage the broadening of Black religion as an academic endeavor; and engage in discourse, from the African diasporic perspective, about religious and theological expression. 

This virtual symposium invites papers that explore how mental disability and technology intersect in
literature, film, and media.
By mental disability, we include conditions such as mental illness, neurodivergence, emotional
distress, and psychological differences as represented across cultures.
By technology, we refer broadly to scientific, digital, or mechanical systems (such as medical
instruments, typewriters, social media, surveillance systems, and artificial intelligence).
We invite submissions that consider questions: How do technologies shape the way we think about
madness, desire, emotion, and care? How do literature and media represent the mind as a kind of machine,

Special Topics CFP: The Profession

CEA 2026/DECLARATIONS

March 26-28, 2026

Hilton Charlotte University Place

SUBMISSION  DEADLINE NOVEMBER 1, 2025

JOIN US IN THE QUEEN CITY

On May 20, 1775—a year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence—the citizens of North Carolina declared their own independence from Great Britain in the Mecklenberg Declaration. Today, more than 250 years later, North Carolinians continue to celebrate “Meck Dec” and their history as "a free and independent people."

Call for Papers, Women’s Literature and Gender Studies at CEA 2026

March 26-28, 2026, Charlotte, NC

Hilton Charlotte University Place

In the spirit of public proclamation and historic resolve, the College English Association announces its 55th annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, and our theme, DECLARATIONS. The CEA conference features papers, panels, and roundtables that address our discipline from multiple perspectives.

Submit your proposal electronically by November 1, 2025, at www.cea-web.org

Annual National Popular Culture Association Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS:

PCA CONFERENCE 8-11 April 2026, Atlanta, GA

The Vampire Studies Area of the PCA welcomes papers, presentations, panels, and roundtable discussions that cover all aspects of the vampire as it appears throughout global culture.

In this special issue of Science Fiction Film and Television, the editors warmly invite contributions that engage with the spaces of New Horror and digital media.

                                                                             Time of the Wolf:
                                                           Visual/Textual Culture of Ethical Impasse

CFP: International Conference on French Theory and Contemporary Screen Studies

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

June 11 & 12, 2026

Keynote: Prof. Sarah Cooper (King’s College London)

Deadline for abstracts: 12/01/2026

Applicants notified of acceptance: 12/02/2026

Vulnerable Bodies:

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vulnerability in Nineteenth-Century History, Literature, and Culture

Edited Volume

Call for Contributions

Miriam Läpple, PhD (University of Koblenz)

Dr. Sarah Schäfer-Althaus (University of Koblenz)