Gender-based violence is a worldwide issue with an extended past that is predominantly an outcome of social norms and power disparities. In countries as different as Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Nicaragua, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, studies find that violence is frequently viewed as physical chastisement—the husband’s right to ‘correct’ an erring wife (Heise 1999). Unfortunately, it is one of many societal concerns that literature has long addressed. According to the analysis of a report by CARE and International Rescue, gender-based violence has arisen amid the pandemic and quarantines (Haneef and Kalyanpur 2020).

EXTENDED DEADLINE

The 7th conference on prescriptivism will be held at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence from June 26th to June 28th, 2024. Previous highly successful conferences have been held in Sheffield (2003), Ragusa (2006), Toronto (2009), Leiden (2013), Park City, Utah (2017) and Vigo (2021) demonstrating that the study of prescriptivism attracts scholars worldwide. The theme of the 7th Conference will be "Transmitting Prescriptivism and Norms" and will focus on how prescriptivism has been transmitted in different ways down the ages to the present day.

Dear friends and colleagues.

Please note we are extending the deadline for this CFP. We invite all who are interested to submit an abstract

Call for Papers: The Space Between Society Annual Conference

INNOVATION AND RE-INVENTION IN THE SPACE BETWEEN 

JUNE 13-16, 2024 | DAYTON, OH, USA

Is the ‘culture war’ a distraction from ‘real’ issues? Conventionally, ‘culture-warring’ has been conceptualised as a cynical political technique to divide people according to mere ‘cultural’ differences rather than material interests. Yet, as Judith Butler once remarked in a 1998 essay, this framing of certain issues as part of a ‘culture war’ presumes that “the distinction between material and cultural life is a stable one.” Other writers, such as Amardeep Singh Dillion, have also challenged this common-sense distinction between ‘culture wars’ and ‘class struggle.’ In the field of cultural studies, scholars have repeatedly stressed that the realm of culture is central to the political and material life of post-industrial societies.

In Germany, drag is a hot topic ... again. Through the spread and visualization of diverse, subcultural manifestations that long ago left rigid binaries such as king and queen behind, e.g. during the international festival go drag! in Berlin in October 2022, and through its entry into pop culture, not least thanks to the first broadcast of Drag Race Germany in fall 2023, drag is experiencing an upswing in Germany.

Like no other, Marcel Proust was able to depict Paris, from the Belle Epoque to the interwar period, as the stage of a vast mundane theatre on which the last scions of aristocracy who were also successful writers like Robert de Montesquiou, Élisabeth de Clermont-Tonnerre, Anna de Noailles, Marthe Bibesco, Carmen Sylva, Elena Vacaresco, Aurélie Ghika, and Ludmila Savitsky enacted their glamorous lives by turning them into striking performances.

Bodies in Motion: Reassessing Materiality through Space and Time

16th annual Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference

The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

March 29-30, 2024

Keynote lecture to be delivered by: Kirsten Pai Buick, University of New Mexico

17th ESSE Conference

26-30 August 2024 in Lausanne, Switzerland

Seminar 33

Convenors:

Sibel Izmir (Atilim University, Turkey)

sibeleceizmir@gmail.com / sibel.izmir@atilim.edu.tr

Claus-Peter Neumann (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)

cpneuman@unizar.es

Liminality and Border-Crossing in Contemporary English-Speaking Theatre [in person]

February 19, University of Vienna & online

Nowhere is the changing landscape of higher education more evident than in Florida. From changing student demographics and enrollment to discussions surrounding academic freedom, our institutions of higher education are at the forefront of many political and philosophical conversations. Oftentimes, the intellectual and creative work of the faculty, staff, and independent scholars that support these institutions continues to challenge and further these conversations. However, there is more fluidity in Florida than merely the political situation: our natural environment is in a state of flux as our population is growing at an exponential rate.

We are pleased to announce that the 40th International Conference on Psychology and the Arts will be held at the Center for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS), University of Zagreb, Ul. don Frana Bulića 4, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 26-June 30, 2024. CAAS is an educational establishment located in a region with a rich history that dates back to around the 6th century. CAAS was founded by the University of Zagreb as a public academic institution for international scientific programs and postgraduate studies .

International Shaw Conference Dublin June 5 th -7 th 2024

Venue: MOLI, UCD Naughton Joyce Centre, 85 St Stephen’s Green, St Kevin’s Dublin

CALL FOR PAPERS

“Johnson-Reed 100 Years Later”:

Critical Reflections on the Global Legacy of US Immigration Quotas, 1924-2024

This international conference is organized by the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Debrecen, Hungary in partnership with the American Hungarian Educators Association to mark the 100th Anniversary of the US Immigration Act of 1924.

Date: August 22-23, 2024

Venue: Debrecen, Hungary, Main Building of the University of Debrecen