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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).

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)

“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

 

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.

Webs of Wonder

updated: 
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 3:18pm
Stony Brook English Graduate Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Webs of Wonder
37th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 28, 2025

Keynote Speaker:
Kyla Wazana Tompkins
University at Buffalo

Bridges and Borders: The Archive

updated: 
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 12:11pm
Bridges and Borders Graduate Student Conference, Department of English in collaboration with the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Applied Linguistics
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, February 17, 2025

Bridges and Borders: The Archive

April 11-12, 2025 | Proposals Due by February 17, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) and on Zoom 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Abdulhamit Arvas (University of Pennsylvania) 

Bridges and Borders is an annual, interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference presented by the Carnegie Mellon University Department of English in collaboration with the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Applied Linguistics.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

National Cinemas of Agriculture (Panel at ASLE 2025)

updated: 
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 12:30am
Stacey Baran / University of California, Davis
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 20, 2024

ASLE 2025: Collective Atmospheres, July 8-11, 2025

University of Maryland, College Park

Panel: National Cinemas of Agriculture

This proposed panel at ASLE 2025 seeks proposals that explore ideal of national cinema in the global landscape, with specific emphasis on the cinematic representations of agriculture, rural life, and their connections to (post)colonial and Indigenous foodways.

AI in Collecting

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 9:10pm
Popular Cultural Asscociation PCA/ACA
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, December 15, 2024

The “Collecting and Collectibles Area” of the Popular Culture Association invites papers on “AI in Collecting” for the National PCA/ACA Conference to be held April 16-19, 2025 in New Orleans, USA. We would especially like to encourage submissions that contribute new directions and calls to the existing scholarship on “AI in Collecting” and particularly address how collections/collectibles and their galleries/museums respond to the recent digital shifts and the tectonic evolution of AI technologies.

Possible topics for presentations include but are not limited to:

Mutations and Permutations of Care

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 8:54pm
University of Iowa
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, January 5, 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS

Mutations and Permutations of Care

 

Graduate Student Conference

Hybrid modality

Hosted By: Graduate students of French and Francophone World Studies

Department of French & Italian, The University of Iowa

Conference Dates: Friday, April 4 through Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location: University of Iowa campus (Iowa City, Iowa) and on Zoom

Abstracts Due: Sunday, December 15, 2024 ** EXTENDED TO SUNDAY, JANUARY 05, 2025 **** 

 

"Existence Precedes Essence": (Post)Colonial Reconciliations

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 2:50pm
International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) - In-person, Seoul, Korea, 28th July 2025 - 1st August 2025
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

In the Humanities, notions of coloniality and postcoloniality are usually entangled with nation states that are, by nature, multilingual and multicultural. The societies of each of these nations are further stratified based on hierarchies of economic and social-political classifications. In other words, motivated and maintained by and through power and notions of telos, differences of race, sexuality, caste, and religion exist in differing ways. Literatures of these differences then occupy their space(s) under the larger category of ‘postcolonial literature(s)’.

American Experimental Fiction

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 2:44pm
Jonathan Bayliss Society
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, January 25, 2025

The Jonathan Bayliss Society invites proposals for a roundtable on American experimental fiction. Beginning at least as early as Moby-Dick, American experimental fiction flourishes in the work of Stein, Burroughs, Pynchon, Gass, and Bayliss, and continues today with such writers as Giannina Braschi, Karen Russell, Colson Whitehead, Lance Olsen, and Mark Danielewski. Such writers disrupt conventions of genre, style, syntax, diction, propriety, narrative form, page layout, and much more. We are interested in papers devoted to particular works or authors as well as more wide-ranging or theoretical approaches to the topic.

Irresistible Decay: Discourses of Death in Life from the 18th Century to Today

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 12:45pm
Airelle Amédro; Enrica Leydi - University of Warwick
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, December 22, 2024

While we received a high volume of truly exciting submissions for the conference Irresistible Decay: Discourses of Death in Life from the 18th Century to Today, we are extending the deadline to further the interdisciplinarity of the event! As such, we are encouraging abstracts analysing contemporary discourses or intermedial representations of death in life across fields including (but not limited to): queer and sex studies, human rights, criminology, sociology, and medical humanities.

Terrifier 2025

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 10:47am
University of Warwick
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 13, 2025

Terrifier 3 (in cinemas at the time of sharing this call) has defied all expectations, attracting widespread commercial and critical success, and becoming the number one film in the USA. Since the creation of Art the Clown in the short film The 9th Circle in 2008, the Terrifier franchise has gone from strength to strength, challenging some of the fundamental assumptions underpinning Hollywood filmmaking over this period. Damien Leone’s films, boasting low budgets, a grindhouse aesthetic and an impressive level of envelope-pushing gore (bolstered explicitly by practical effects), have turned Art and Sienna into modern horror icons and continued to unashamedly appeal to genre fans.

 

Astrology in Focus: Navigating Art, Psyche, and Knowledge

updated: 
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 8:40am
London Arts-Based Research Centre
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 20, 2024

Astrology in Focus:
Navigating Art, Psyche, and Knowledge
A Transdisciplinary Conference
January 12-14, 2025

Conference page: https://labrc.co.uk/astrology-2025/

Call for Papers:

Proposal Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024
Proposal Form: https://forms.gle/cJAzkPYfKhJJNbWK7
Format: Online
Plenary Speakers: TBC
Fee: 100 GBP 

“Astrology represents the sum of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity”, Carl Jung

Mosaic Outlooks: New Directions in Studies of Scottish Literature, Culture, and Society

updated: 
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 9:40pm
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, October 31, 2025

 

Ex-position Feature Topic Call for Papers

Mosaic Outlooks: New Directions in Studies of Scottish Literature, Culture, and Society

Guest Editors: Kang-yen Chiu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Shu-fang Lai, National Sun Yat-sen University

 

Publication Date: June 2026 (Issue No. 55)

Submission Deadline: October 31, 2025

 

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The Affordances of Frustrating Narratives (proposed panel for MLA 2026 in Toronto)

updated: 
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 2:50pm
Isidora Cortes-Monroy & Daniel Aureliano Newman / University of Toronto
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

To what ends do narratives fail? If narrative is our way of making sense of the world (Herman 2004), why frustrate sense-making? Well-known in experimental fiction and film (from Sterne, Stein and Rankine to Caché and The Stanley Parable), frustrated narratives also occur, intriguingly, in texts with more practical, didactic or ideological aims: documentaries, journalism, political discourse, advertising, etc. And despite our rich conceptual vocabulary of frustrating narratives—“weak narrativitiy” (McHale 2001), plot “perversion” (Roof 1996), “antinarrative” (Rose 2012), “unnarratability” (Abbott 2003; Warhol 2005)—much remains to be explored about the motivations, readerly dynamics and impacts of narrative frustration.

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