CFP: Altered Animals: Posthumanism and Technology in 20th and 21st Century Discourse and Narratives

According to Descartes’ views of animals, animals are to be perceived as “automata” and “void of reason” (Discourse on the Method). As he explains, “were there such machines exactly resembling organs and outward form an ape or any other irrational animal, we could have no means of knowing that they were in any respect of a different nature from these animals” (Discourse on the Method). Contemporary animal studies scholars have moved past this outdated approach, instead accepting that animals exhibit cognition, sentience, emotion, and a myriad of demonstrations of intelligence.

The Department of English Language and Literature at Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) invites submissions for 'Acts of Literary Creation,' an undergraduate conference to be held Friday, April 19 April, 2024. Submissions for online and in-person presentations are welcome. 

From storytelling and architectural design to moviemaking and economic production, the act of creating is intimately tied to our senses of self and community. What is creativity? What constitutes a creation? What constitutes a creature? What are the political implications of the act of creation? How might an attention to creativity impact our understandings of the history of literary thought?

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

The Kay Boyle Society (https://kbs.hypotheses.org/) invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 2024 American Literature Association in Chicago, IL, 23-26 May 2024.

The Kay Boyle Society invites proposals for papers examining any aspect of Kay Boyle’s life and work that provide fresh insights.

Call for Papers: Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook

Special Issue: 'Female Trajectory in Film and Media' (2025)

This special issue of Northern Lights focuses on the ‘Female Trajectory’. The goal of this collection is two-fold: presentation and interpretation of narrative plots (in film /fiction/popular culture/new media, etc).

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/northern-lights-film-media-studies-yearbook#call-for-papers

1st Aesthetix International Conference on Indian Arts and Literature(Entire proceedings to be published in the Aesthetix Journal of Indian Studies)(March 9- 10, 2024)

Organized by

Aesthetix Journal of Indian StudiesIn Collaboration WithCalifornia Institute of Integral Studies, USAGovernment Brajalal College, BangladeshVenue: VirtualOnline Platform: ZOOMKey Features

• Open Access

• Double-Blind Peer Review

• Plagiarism Check

• Systematic Archival and Preservation

• Standard Publication

• Aims and Scope of the Conference

Theme of the Conference

Call for chapter proposals for edited volume

Warscapes: Mediating Militarized Environments

Edited by Cortland Rankin (Bowling Green State University) and Brady Fletcher (University of Rochester)

The organizing committee of 2024 ELLAK international Conference invites submissions for the special session titled the Enormity of Contemporary Violence. The conference will be held at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, on December 12-14, 2024, under the theme of “Rethinking the Global English Studies.”
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Survey and Call for Proposals on

 Great Expectations

 for a new volume in the MLA’s Approaches to Teaching World Literature series

Approaches to Teaching Dickens's Great Expectations,

ed. by Michelle Allen-Emerson and Peter J. Capuano

This survey is designed to gather information about the methods and materials used by instructors when teaching Dickens’s Great Expectations. The purpose is to develop a new volume on the topic in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature.

Disability Studies in Eastern Europe: ReconfigurationsKraków, 16-17 May 2024  The Research Platform “Disability Studies in Eastern Europe: Reconfigurations” (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) invites paper submissions for a conference held on May 16-17, 2024 in Kraków. The main objective of the Platform, launched in 2022, has been to create an academic network of researchers investigating disability in post-socialist states.

Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (CSLC) Annual Symposium
Dreaming Archives: Materiality, Spectrality, and Transcultural Memory

University of Southern California
February 22nd and 23rd, 2023

Keynote Speaker:

The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, a publication of the L.M. Montgomery Institute and the Robertson Library at the University of Prince Edward Island, invites submissions (written, visual, or audio-visual) for a special collection on the topic of “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery.” This collection will be published starting in November 2024, as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Montgomery’s 1874 birthday.

The 9th Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

Theme: Revitalizing Indigenous Languages, Cultures, Cuisines, Histories, and Religions

Conference Overview

Call for papers: Chapter proposals for edited collection #TrueCrime: Digital Culture, Ethics and True Crime Audiences

Proposals due by Thursday 1st February 2024.

Two Day ICSSR sponsored International Seminar on Myth, History and Culture organized by DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, VASANT KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, ADMITTED TO THE PREVILEGES OF BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI-221010

Dates :22-23 January 2024

Sub themes:

Myths and Reality Myth and History
Mythopoeia: Myth Making and Retelling
Indian Myths, Legends and Fables
Myths and Symbols in Art and Philosophy

Psychological and Social Dimensions of Myths Myth and Film Studies
Folklores, Orality and Culture
Orient and Occident Myths: Similarities and Differences
Myth, Religion and Rituals

IMPORTANT DATES