Call for Papers

Literary Friends and Rivals: Hospitality and Literary Networks in Spain and Latin America

98th South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Convention

Thursday, November 5 - Saturday, November 7, 2026

Atlanta, Georgia

American Comparative Literature Association 2027 Annual Meeting

University of Houston

May 20-23

The Poverty of Literature

Organizer:

Gabriel Quigley, University of Victoria (gabrielquigley@uvic.ca)

Call for Papers 

dialog Special Issue No. 48

Theme: Truth in Question: Literature, Narrative, and the Politics of Knowing

dialog, a fully peer-reviewed, bi-annual international journal of the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, invites submissions for its forthcoming special issue (No. 48) on “Truth in Question: Literature, Narrative, and the Politics of Knowing.” The journal provides a forum for interdisciplinary research engaging literature, culture, and critical theory.

                                                           Call for Chapters

            The Routledge Handbook of Hip Hop and Sport, Culture, and Activism

- Call for Presentations -  Celebrating Possibility and Empathy in Honors Education
 Summer Call Deadline for proposals:July 31, 2026 11th Annual NSFMIH Honors Conference*Theme: Possibility!  Sharing the Many Possibilities in Honors EducationThursday October 22 -  Friday October 23, 2026  (in person)Young Honors College, Oakland University, Michigan [With my apologies for any cross-posting, emails to those in changed roles and the like!] Proposal Format:  150 word proposal / 100 word biographical note (single person); multiple folks (250 word proposal / 200 word bio note, total)

CALL FOR CHAPTER CONTRIBUTIONS

Gender and Health in South Asia

An Edited Volume

Edited by Dr. Sakshi Srivastava & Dr. Pratyusha Pramanik, Assistant Professors Chandigarh University

Call for Papers

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan has expressed interest in this book project.

On June 8th of this year, FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to challenging gender through speculative means in any genre, lost our founder and Editor-in-Chief Dr. Batya Weinbaum.  Dr. Weinbaum founded the journal in 1997 to fill a scholarly niche at the intersections of feminist theory and scholarship and literary scholarship in the realm of speculative fiction.  Since publishing the journal's first issue in 1999, Dr. Weinbaum has served as Editor-in-Chief and as the head of the volunteer collective that manages the journal.  The journal was the fruit of her creative effort, and it is thanks to her vision and leadership that the journal has published academic scholarship and creative writing for over 25 years.

The idea of home is curious concept for African Americans. Though integral to the development and sustainability of the United States, the social death and cultural trauma of slavery render this country inhospitable to Black bodies and the psyches that inhabit them. African Americans are both at home and homeless. This tenuousness places them in a liminal space in which identity is simultaneously self-asserted and assigned, multifaceted, while limited, a fount of agency and a tool for impotence. The intersectional nature of Black femininity further complicates notions of identity and American hospitality. Black men have unsuccessfully employed patriarchy as an intraracial tool to combat the aforementioned social death.

Haryanvi Dalit theatre occupies a highly marginalised position within the broader landscape of Indian theatre. It may aptly be described as “the marginalised among the marginalised,” as it has remained largely excluded from both mainstream theatre studies and Dalit cultural historiography. Haryanvi Dalit Swang theatre was active long before the Dalit Panther Movement, but it received little attention due to its lack of publication and translation into English. This book seeks to recover, document, and critically examine the neglected legacy of Haryanvi Swang, with particular emphasis on its Dalit traditions and practitioners, thereby contributing to a more inclusive understanding of Indian theatrical heritage.

Conference online: 27-28 August 2026 (online)

CFP:

Call for Papers
NeMLA’s 58th Annual Convention – “Empowering Communities”
March 6–9, 2027 | Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island 

Panel Title: Female Grief in Literature and the Arts

Primary Area / Secondary Area: Comparative Literature / Women’s and Gender Studies 
Modality: Hybrid
Organizers: Beatrice Fiducia, Maria Irene Fiducia

This panel explores gendered expressions of grief across literatures and historical periods through an interdisciplinary and comparative lens.

Food in Literature, Film and Culture

Consortium: An International Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies is pleased to invite original and unpublished research articles for its Sp

This special issue will be edited by Dr. Sabuj Sarkar, Editor-in-Chief, Consortium: An International Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies.

Dear Colleagues,

"Interface" calls for papers for a conference on the topic: “Creativity before and in the Age of AI: Literature, Languages and Cultures in Times of Instability”

Conference Date: November 27-29, 2026

Conference Place: National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Abstract Submission Deadline: September 26, 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, in contemporary digital society, have drastically evolved from statistical tools to principal instruments of knowledge production, validation and dissemination. Large language models (LLMs), automated search systems, and predictive algorithms increasingly dictate what society knows, how knowledge is validated, and who is recognized as an expert/authority. This shift demands a rigorous critique from the perspective of the sociology of knowledge to evaluate how power, inequality, and social structures are embedded within these automated epistemic tools.

Faster than society gathers wisdom: Video games and/as speculative Fiction

(McFarland, Studies in Gaming Series)

 Editor:

 Marc A. Ouellette, Old Dominion University (mouellet@odu.edu)

In her 1991 article “Scolding Brides and Bridling Scolds: Taming the Woman's Unruly Member,” Lynda Boose describes Kate’s final speech in The Taming of the Shrew as “a textual moment in which, in Althusserian terms, the play quite overtly ‘interpellates,’ or hails, its women viewers to an imaginary relationship with the ideology of the discourse being played out on stage.” This panel builds on Boose’s reading by examining texts that both assume an audience of women and interpellate the reader in a meaningful way. During a period when relatively few women were literate, texts that hail women had to find a way to reach their audience. Boose’s stage example is one way to attract women’s attention.

Inspired by Ronald Hutton’s work in “The Making of the Early Modern British Fairy Tradition” (2014), this panel explores gendered figures in early modern folklore texts. The study of early modern folklore features significant crossover: fairies may also be familiars, witches can be wise women, and fairyland could be, as Hutton explains, the “embodiment of hedonism, summed up in its characteristic activity of song and dance.” Panelists are invited to explore texts and records that capture folk traditions in early modern literature and culture. Papers are welcome to explore a wide variety of topics with questions of gender at their heart. 

Poetic Responses to Prisons and Policing (SAMLA Panel #19707)

The 19th Edition of the International Conference Innovation in Language Learning takes place:
on 11 November 2026 | Online Event
on 12-13 November 2026 | in Florence (Italy)

The event brings together educators, researchers, practitioners, and project managers from all over the world to exchange insights, share expertise, and explore innovative approaches to language teaching and learning.

Join us onsite in Florence, Italy, or online from anywhere in the world — as a Presenter or Listener — and be part of an inspiring global dialogue on the innovation in language education.

Call for Papers: Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies

Special Issue: ‘Rapa Nui Now’ – Issue 14.2

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-new-zealand-pacific-studies#call-for-papers

Public Humanities is an international open-access, cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of humanities scholarship and public life.

The journal invites submissions for the upcoming issue, Musical Commemorations and Contestations in Postcolonial Contexts, which will be guest edited by Bart Paul Vanspauwen, Ana-María Alarcón-Jiménez, and Livia Jiménez Sedano.

Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2027

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Sovereignties in Crisis: Human, Environment, Technology, and the Pharmakon

2026 Situations International Conference

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, October 22-23, 2026

Keynote Speakers: Koonchung Chan (Hong Kong Baptist University), Yuk Hui (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Featured Speaker: Winnie Yee (Hong Kong University)

Call for Papers: The Legacy of Norman Bates: Essays on the Psycho Franchise

Editor: Shane H Weathers, Bowling Green State University

Editors Introduction:

62nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 13 - 15, 2027)

Kalamazoo, MI, USA

Hybrid Session (Virtual and In-person session)