The Function of Humour
A Transdisciplinary Conference

Conference Date: January 28-30, 2025 
Format: Online Virtual Conference
Fees: £100 for non-members (excluding Eventbrite fees)
15% discount for LABRC Members
Proposal deadline: 29 December 2024

Conference Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/humour/

“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” – Mark Twain

(Also, it’s a pretty good excuse to host an academic conference where people can laugh while learning!)

***Extended Deadline*** 

Nothing on Leila (1997) please!!!

ReFocus: The International Directors Series, published by Edinburgh University Press invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to submit papers for a title dedicated to the influential works of Dariush Mehrjui (1939-2023), a seminal figure in Iranian cinema. Known for his profound impact on the New Wave of Iranian cinema, Mehrjui’s films blend social commentary, philosophical inquiry, and aesthetic innovation. This title aims to explore the multifaceted dimensions of Mehrjui’s oeuvre, examining his contributions to film art and his role in shaping Iranian and global cinema.

Topics of Interest

Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/mythic-muse/

Mythic Muse: Writing Poetry with Mythology
An 8-week poetic inquiry course blending creative writing with research

When: 7 Wednesdays from January 15-March 5 (no class on Feb 19), 2025
19:00-21:00 (London Time)

Where: Online

Course Overview:

For sign-up forms, consult: https://beyondtrauma.yolasite.com/ 

The Beyond Trauma Conference (June 9, 10, & 11, 2025; Nice, France) aims to gather an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to share their research (ethnographies, theories, and clinical practice) on post-traumatic states from resistance and resilience to retribution and growth. More specifically, we propose to focus less on trauma and PTSD and more on modes of healing that so often involve the arts for trauma survivors. 

Conference online: 23-24 January 2025

CFP:

Call for Papers for WLA’s guaranteed panel at the 2025 American Literature Association Meeting (Boston, May 21-24) This year’s general call seeks proposals related to any aspect of the study of Western literature, regardless of period.  Papers on single texts or single authors are welcome, though comparative, transnational, and/or multiethnic approaches are especially encouraged. Graduate students are encouraged to apply. For consideration, please submit an abstract (250-400 words) to Travis Franks (travis.franks@usu.edu) by DECEMBER 31, 2024.

This call has expired!

The Human Catalyst: Ecological Crises and Their Cinematic Echoes

The Fourth International Conference of the Modernist Studies in Asia Network (MSIA) 

MSIA 2025 – Modernism and Language 

June 26-27, 2025 

Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea   

Keynote Speakers 

• Rebecca Walkowitz (Barnard College, Columbia University)
• Janet Poole (University of Toronto)

Call for Papers

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. John Carlos Rowe, the USC Associates’ Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative Literature, the University of Southern California

Dr. Lan Duong, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Studies, the University of Southern California

Dr. Long Bui, Professor of Global and International Studies, the University of California, Irvine

Dr. Pheng Cheah, Professor of Rhetoric, the University of California, Berkeley

Call for Papers: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers, Astronomy, and Gender

UPADTE 

Dear Scholars, Educators, and Practitioners,

Due to numerous requests, we are pleased to extend the submission deadline for abstracts for the book Soft Skills Unscripted: Lessons from Literature and Films to 30 January 2025.

We kindly urge all contributors to carefully review the theme of the book and ensure that your abstract aligns with the subject. The anthology seeks to explore how literature and films provide valuable insights into soft skills development, bridging the gap between academic perspectives and practical applications.

 We look forward to receiving your thoughtful and subject-relevant submissions. For more details

Warm regards,

Editorial Team

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Long T. Bui, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, the University of California at Irvine 

Dr. Patricia Pelley, Associate Professor of History, Texas Tech University

Dr. Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Professor of English and Asian American Studies, the University of Texas at Austin

Special Guest Speaker

Ms. Callie Wright, Education Director, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

The 2024 TTU Symposium on “Transnational American Studies Revisited”

The Comparative Literature Program at Texas Tech University will host its 2024 annual symposium on “Transnational American Studies Revisited” on April 12-13, 2024.

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, Professor of English, and Director of American Studies Program, Stanford University, USA

Dr. Alfred Hornung, Professor and Chair of American Studies, Editor-in-chief of Journal Of Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany

This American Studies Association 2025 panel seeks papers that consider the role of children and childhood in histories of medicine. From experiments across medical, scientific, and social scientific disciplines to issues of consent and privacy to interventions that delimit trajectories of child development, histories of medicine have helped shape childhoods–its bounds, temporalities, and norms–and children have helped to shape medicine–its protocols, rationales, and knowledges.