We are looking for 500-word abstracts for a theme-based special issue of critical essays on the short stories of the queer Canadian writer and performer Ivan Coyote to be published in 2025. The full articles should be approx 7000 words. The deadline for the articles is October 1st, 2024. There will be a peer-review process. Any questions should be sent to anna.fahraeus@hh.se.

In the evolving landscape of social media Hills’ (2017) concept of an “always on” digital space illustrates a transformative shift in behaviour and communication online. These digital environments often exhibit cyclical toxicity that permeates online discourse, which necessitates a focused examination. For instance, Le Clue’s (2023) research demonstrates the concerns surrounding the functioning of online communities and reveals an alarming unchecked spread of toxic rhetoric, intolerance, and hateful speech. The significance of the research conducted for this collection lies in its potential to offer insights into the impact of contemporary communication. 

International Seminar:

Date: October 30–31, 2024

Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Conference: Tribute to Cid Corman: From Japan to the US and the World, 1924–2004

Our Conference (in a hybrid format, both in person and online) aims at celebrating the life and work of US poet Cid Corman, bringing to light his crucial contribution as a poet, editor and translator of two shores (Japan and the US, also within the European, French and Italian traditions), in his role bridging the gap between cultures in English and in Japanese.

Contributions:

Issues to address are not limited to the following,

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 60 Years of Star Trek: Influence and Impact

CFP: Media Values 

The Velvet Light Trap, Issue 95 (to be published Spring 2025) 

CFP: Chapters for an Edited Collection, Shakespeare and Misogyny

                                The Department of Letters and Foreign Languages at Tamanghasset University

                                                                                   In collaboration with

              The Linguistic and Literary Practices in the Desert of Algeria and Their Extensions in the Sahel Region Research            Laboratory and the Interdisciplinary Approaches to English, African (Sub-Saharan) and Algerian Literary                                                                                                      Texts PRFU Project 

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

CALL FOR PAPERS

Nostalgia

A hybrid/virtual student conference hosted by the University at Albany

March 15th, 2024

10 am- to 4 pm EST

Official site: http://egsoalbany.weebly.com/conference.html

“Nostalgia," coined in 1688 by physician Johannes Hofer, originally described a medical condition marked by a painful longing for one's native land. Over time, nostalgia has evolved, encompassing both personal and communal aspects, with debates ranging from its temporal significance to its political and rhetorical dimensions.

Greetings, campus!

William and Mary’s Journal of Global Premodern Studies, Noetica, is seeking submissions from you! We emphasize the highest level of erudition in undergraduate scholarship of the premodern past. Our journal is interdisciplinary and welcomes submissions of original research from all of the humanities, including Literature, Religion, Philosophy, Art, and History.

CFP opened until fev 12th.

Dates of the Conference: 13th, 14th, 15th March

Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona.

MLA 2025 (9-12 January)

New Orleans, LA, USA

Panel: Performing Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in Medieval and Renaissance Drama 

The Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS) has a guaranteed session at the 2025 MLA Annual Convention (9-12 January). New Orleans, LA, USA–the location of the 2025 conference–boasts a rich history forged through the comingling of diverse ethnicities, races, religions, and identities. In concert with this history of New Orleans, the MRDS panel organizers seek papers that analyze cultural and linguistic mixing on Medieval and Early Modern stages. Possible topics include (and are not limited to): 

DEADLONE EXTENDED: The Comics Arts Conference is now accepting 100 to 200 word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for a meeting of scholars and professionals at Comic-Con International, in San Diego, CA, July 25–28, 2024.  We seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and welcome the participation of academic and independent scholars.  We also encourage the involvement of professionals from all areas of the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, retailers, distributors, and journalists.  The CAC is presently scheduled to take place in person and does not accept virtual presentations.  The CAC is designed

Reclaiming Legacy: From Foundations to Futures in Coalitions & Communities

This year’s conference theme encourages papers, presentations, and original creative works that explore topics concerned with the intersecting of generational work and identities; what do we build our studies on and what do we leave for the next generation of our identified coalitions and communities?

Submit proposals that speak to the representation and/or involvement of these communities in literature, media, art, games, technology, politics, etc.