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The Handbook of Trans Cinema

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 4:33pm
Douglas Vakoch
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Chapter proposals are invited for The Handbook of Trans Cinema. We seek a broadly international group of scholarly contributors. 

Explorations: A Journal of Language and Literature

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 3:37pm
Jacek Gutorow / University of Opole
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

Explorations: A Journal of Language and Literature is a peer-refereed online journal published by the University of Opole, Poland (for more information and the current issue see http://www.explorations.uni.opole.pl).

For the next issue of the journal, to be published in December 2025 we invite articles addressing language and literature related topics in an original and innovative way. Each submitted article will be peer-reviewed by academic experts selected from relevant fields of research.

Contributions are expected by June 30, 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by September 30, 2025.

“To be or not to be”: Trauma, Crisis, and Shakespearean Fragments

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 2:07pm
ESRA - European Shakespeare Research Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

ESRA conference, Porto, July 9-12, 2025 (https://esra2025.com

Seminar 2: “To be or not to be”: Trauma, Crisis, and Shakespearean Fragments

Organizers: Richard Ashby, King’s College London, UK (richard.ashby@kcl.ac.uk), Natalia Khomenko, York University, Canada  (khomenko@yorku.ca), and Georgina Lucas, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (g.lucas@napier.ac.uk).

Bloomsbury's Critical Plant Studies Book Series

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 11:44am
Bloomsbury Books
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Critical Plant Studies, a book series published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, calls us to re-examine in fundamental ways our understanding of and engagement with plants, drawing on diverse disciplinary perspectives. A sampling of topics appropriate for this series includes but is not limited to:

East Asian National Memories As Manifested in Popular Culture Gender Dynamics

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 11:10am
Volume: East Asian Pop Culture Studies 2015-Present
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, December 14, 2024

East Asian National Memories

As Manifested in Popular Culture Gender Dynamics

2015 to the Present

FINAL Extended Deadline! Saturday, Dec 14, 2024, midnight PST

MAs, PhDs in progress, and PhDs are welcome to apply~~

***Although we're open to all East Asian topics, we'd especially appreciate proposals focused on Chinese arts & issues.

ContactEastAsianPopCulture2025@gmail.com

 

Schedule:

Bloomsbury's Environment and Society Book Series

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:11am
Bloomsbury Books
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Environment and Society, a book series published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Books, is seeking proposals covering a broad range of topics in environmental studies from the perspectives of the social sciences and humanities. Learn more about the 30 books already in the series on the publisher’s websitehttps://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXES

Transpoetic Dialogues with Daniela Catrileo

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:11am
University of Southern California
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, February 1, 2025

 

Transpoetic Dialogues with Daniela Catrileo University ofSouthern California

April 15, 2025 CallforPapers

 

 

2025 ASDP NATIONAL CONFERENCE

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:11am
Asian Studies Development Program
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Network Asia: Past, Present, and Future, March 6-8, 2025 at The Westin Georgetown Hotel in Washington, DC

We invite papers and panels from all disciplines and across all frameworks that engage with the historical, contemporary, and future of networking Asia. This includes papers and panels that reflect on relational complexity and plurality and how the global Asias and trans-Asia approaches to Asian studies are bridging area studies and ethnic studies, and those that explore how best to foster science-informed and diversity-enhancing collective action that equitably addresses issues of global concern like data governance and climate change.

Theatre Annual, 2025 CFP

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:10am
Peter Reed, Theatre Annual
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, February 15, 2025

Deadline: February 15, 2025 THEATRE ANNUALA Journal of Theatre and Performance of the Americas Call for Articles 2025 Issue  Theatre Annual is the oldest theatre periodical continuously published in the United States. It is dedicated to examining theatre and performance of the Americas. We construe “America” broadly to include North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean Islands. Articles may treat work in these geographic areas or work from these areas that is presented elsewhere in the world.

University of Southern Mississippi CFP - Mississippi Graduate Student Conference

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:10am
University of Southern Mississippi English Graduate Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 17, 2025

The University of Southern Mississippi’s English Graduate Organization (EGO) invites abstracts and proposals from graduate students in Mississippi for its annual spring conference, a two-day, in-person event on April 4th and 5th at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. 

Connections beyond Humanities: Understanding Relatedness in a Changing World

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:10am
Annual MCLS Graduate Conference, University of Alberta
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, January 19, 2025

    In the Anthropocene, the pace of human development outpaces that of natural evolution, disrupting ecological balance

and transforming humans from a biological existence into a potent geological force. The superiority of humans often leads to

simplifying and exploiting other forms of natural entities as mere resources, neglecting long-term impacts on our planet. This

mindset further creates a divide between humans and non-humans. However, the advancements in science and technology have

blurred the line between nature and culture. Nature is no longer an external backdrop but deeply intertwined with human

Call for Papers | Journal Special Issue | Reimagining the Ocean: The Blue Humanities in French and Francophone Studies

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:09am
Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics (JCLA)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 31, 2025

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND AESTHETICS
Vol. 48, No. 4, Winter 2025
Special Issue | Call For Papers

Reimagining the Ocean: The Blue Humanities in French and Francophone Studies

Guest Editors: Keith Moser (Mississippi State University, USA) and Isaac Joslin (Arizona State University, USA)

Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2025
(150-250 words, send to both kam131@msstate.edu and ijoslin@asu.edu)
Final paper submission deadline: July 15, 2025
(Manuscripts in 5,000–10,000 words adhering to the MLA 9th edition)

CFP: Media Fields IX Graduate Conference

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:09am
Media Fields Editorial Collective, UC Santa Barbara
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, January 12, 2025

Keynote speaker: Diana Flores Ruíz (Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington)

Keynote roundtable: Moderated by Bishnupriya Ghosh (Professor of English and Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara); other roundtable participants from UCSB to be announced

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“A Song Called Teaching”: CWC Annual Conference, 10-11 April 2025

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:08am
Centre for Writing and Communication (CWC)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 6, 2025

 

Call for Papers

 

A Song Called Teaching”: CWC Annual Conference, 10-11 April 2025

 

Organized by Centre for Writing & Communication, Ashoka University, Sonepat, India

 

Mythic Muse: Writing Poetry with Mythology

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 9:08am
London Arts-Based Research Centre
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 15, 2024

Final Portfolio Presentation Due on March 5, 2025) 

Course and final presentation 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

Dragons in Fairy Tales

updated: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 12:59am
Rachel L. Carazo
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 20, 2025

I have several chapters for this collection, but I am looking for four or five more. Please send abstracts or inquiries by January 20, 2025. Chapters will be due by July 15, 2025.

All topics about dragons will be considered. 

Please be advised that dragons are the primary focus of the collection. I have received several abstracts about fairy tales in general, and I apologize for any confusion caused by the CFP. All chapters must discuss dragons in some way.

Please send abstracts and a brief bio to Rachel Carazo at rachel.carazo@snhu.edu

College Professors Who Homeschool: Expertise, Theory, and Practice

updated: 
Monday, December 9, 2024 - 6:07pm
Dr. Heidi M. Williams
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, December 30, 2024

Call for Proposals (CFP): College Professors Who Homeschool: Expertise, Theory, and Practice

Deadline for Submission: Nov. 29, 2024 DEADLINE EXTENDED: Dec. 29, 2024

As the homeschooling movement continues to grow, with close to 4 million documented homeschoolers in America (NHERI), college professors who choose to educate their own children at home bring a unique and valuable perspective to this educational approach. We invite college professors from various disciplines to contribute chapters to an upcoming collection on "College Professors and Homeschooling: Bridging Academic Scholarship and Home Education."

8th World Conference On Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education May 13 - 14 , 2024 | Vienna, Austria

updated: 
Monday, December 9, 2024 - 1:15pm
Eurasia Conferences
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Call for Abstracts: 8th World Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education

Dates: May 22 - 23, 2025

Venue: ARCOTEL Wimberger Wien, Neubaugürte, 34-36, 1070, Vienna, Austria

CPD Accreditation

As a Certified CPD Accredited Provider (Provider Number #785414), this conference offers 18 CPD credit hours, providing attendees with valuable recognition for their professional development. Verification is available at https://thecpdregister.com/view/eurasia-conferences-816429.

Connections Conference 2025: Landscapes

updated: 
Monday, December 9, 2024 - 3:49am
UC Davis English Graduate Student Association
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 21, 2025

The UC Davis English Department is hosting its third annual student-led Connections conference under the wide-ranging theme of “Landscapes.” Organized by the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA), the Connections 2025 in-person conference examines the concept of landscape in its broadest sense—not only as a physical terrain but also as a cultural, social, political, and literary construct.

ReFocus: The Cinema of Dariush Mehrjui

updated: 
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 10:04pm
ReFocus
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 31, 2025

***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.

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