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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
The Final Frontier: Race, Ecology & Colonialism in Space Opera
Edited by Mikail Boz & Cenk Tan
Editors’ Introduction
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED!
REIMAGINING FRANKENSTEIN IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Cross-Cultural Adaptations in Visual Culture
Edited by Cenk Tan & Defne Ersin Tutan
Editors’ Introduction
Since September of 2025 the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University has housed a new publication called The Pittsburgh Review of Books (or PRoB), available at http://www.pghrev.com
Edited by author and Public Humanities Special Faculty Ed Simon, PRoB is a home for engaged, creative, and interdisciplinary cultural criticism and analysis across the humanities. The tone of the publication is similar to other para-academic publications intended for both specialists and a general audience. Currently we are particularly interested in analysis that intersects with breaking news that can be produced by scholars quickly.
Studiolo is a series of essays on objects, books, and early technologies, written in the spirit of the chockablock Renaissance study from which it takes its name and published monthly at the Pittsburgh Review of Books (http://www.pghrev.com)
Call for Papers (proposals)
CONTRIBUTION TO EDITED VOLUME (Please read the full CfP before sending a proposal)
Mediated Masculinities in European networks: Discourse and performativity in the Information Age
Deadline for abstract submissions: February 15, 2026
Notifications of acceptance: March 1, 2026
Deadline for first draft after notification of acceptance: April 15, 2026
The paradigmatic scene in a Western – witnessed in numerous movies, such as High Noon (1952), The Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), or Tombstone (1993), as well as in classic western novels, such as Louis L’Amour’s The Lonesome Gods (1983) or Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove (1985) – is that of a confrontation between a sheriff and a bandit: it suggests the forces of civilization taking hold on the frontier, even if tentatively, and ultimately a triumph of the order imposed to protect those in need of protection.
CALL FOR PAPERS
TWO DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on “CINEMA: A WAY OF LIFE ? ” (Virtual)
Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds
Special Issue 3/2026
“Save State: Ethics, Politics, and Poetics of Game Preservation”
Guest Editors: Paweł Frelik (University of Warsaw), Magdalena Kozyra (SWPS University), Tomasz Z. Majkowski (Jagiellonian University)
International Journal of Digital Humanities (IJDHS)
ISSN : 1832-624N 2974-5962 (Print)
https://flyccs.com/jounals/IJDHS/Home.html
*** January Issue***
Scope
Latina/o/x Literature and Culture Society, ALA, Chicago, Illinois, May 20-23, 2026
This year, the Latina/o/x Literature & Culture Society welcomes submissions focusing on diverse topics, including literary genre, single authors, children’s literature, speculative fiction, comparative analyses, as well as cultural studies approaches. The society also encourages a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary prisms, and a variety of panel types, including traditional paper sessions, roundtable discussions, and sessions dedicated to the teaching of Latina/o/x literature and culture.
August 3-5, 2026
Southern Utah University - Utah Shakespeare Festival
The Wooden O Symposium is a cross-disciplinary conference exploring the impact of Shakespeare's plays on culture and history, from his time to the present. This face-to-face conference aims to foster research in the field of Shakespeare Studies and to provide connections between academia and professional theatre productions through our partnership with the Utah Shakespeare Festival. The Wooden O Symposium limits participation to 25 presenters to ensure robust conversation and feedback as we strive to create a community of scholars engaged with the work of Shakespeare.
February, 26-28, 2026 at Freed-Hardeman University
The Tennessee Philological Association (TPA) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Conference to be held at Freed-Hardeman University February 26-28, 2026.
The organizers the University of South Carolina Beaufort's Interdisciplinary Studies Conference, "Balm: Binding Art, Life, Medicine," invite proposals for this year's event. This interdisciplinary conference on Narrative Medicine and Health Humanities will be held virtually on Thursday, March 26th and on the Bluffton campus on Friday, March 27th. We are extending the submission deadline from February 1st to February 15th to allow undergraduate scholars to generate potential contributions. Topics of Interest
We welcome interdisciplinary proposals that explore, interrogate, or illuminate the central theme, including but not limited to:
Joyce Studies Annual Call for Papers.
JAMES JOYCE; OR, THE IMITATION MACHINE
The development of Large Language Models (LLM) that can output language resembling human-made work have reinvigorated questions regarding the machine in literary production and scholarship.
Crossroads of Literary Creation:
Fact, Fiction, and Everything In-between
A Transdisciplinary Conference
Online, February 11-12, 2026
Conference page: https://labrc.co.uk/2025/12/06/crossroads-of-literary-creation/
Participation fee: £100
Prices exclude eventbrite fees
Call for Papers:
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie” – Stephen King
“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.” – Doris Lessing
Call for Papers and Workshops: “History up for Debate: Literature, Storytelling and the Imagined Past”
1-2 July 2026, University of Salzburg, Department of English and American Studies, Unipark Nonntal
Conference within the Framework of the Salzburg Conferences on English Literature and Culture (SEC)
Organisers: Dorothea Flothow, Julia Hartinger, Sarah Herbe, Christopher Herzog, Eva-Maria Kubin, Markus Oppolzer, and Elisabeth Schober
Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture is seeking reviews for upcoming issues. The journal welcomes reviews of a wide range of queer media and cultural artefacts. Like other academic journals, Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture publishes reviews of recently released books on queer subject matter. Consistent with the journal's overall focus, however, we also strongly encourage the submission and publication of reviews pertaining to significant films, musical recordings, plays, television series, video games, exhibitions, and related cultural artefacts that are of relevance to queerness in its various forms.
***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN. 15th 2026***
Medieval Engagements with Disability
This edited volume aims to explore the concept of veleno, that is poison, in its material and symbolic
dimensions, examining how it functions as a cultural construct and/or a discursive category within
Italian literature—considered in dialogue with cultural practices and discursive uses of language—
from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period.
Across Italian cultural history, poison operates on a threshold between pharmakon (in its Derridean
sense) and toxin, between language that heals or contaminates, between scientific knowledge and
moral accountability. Far from being confined to medical or chemical meanings, poison emerges as a
Call for Papers
New European Trends in Ecocriticism and Climate Change Literatures
Conference Dates: 28-29 May 2026
Venue: Centre for European Studies (CEUROS), University of Limerick
Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026
Conference Overview
European literary and cultural studies are witnessing a significant shift as climate change reshapes how texts imagine and articulate human–environment relations. This conference focuses on new ecocritical directions emerging within European contexts, including innovative theoretical approaches, evolving narrative forms, and the growing integration of environmental justice into cultural analysis.
Call for interest (sign-up below) in a Society for the Study of Unconventional Prose Fiction from the US, 1950-2001.
We're creating a scholarly society for studying unconventional US fiction from the era usually called "postmodern" - sign up here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_n10FmXmaJ1fNmIfzTlozM7udW4RgEMZcpWu4lGWIzs/ - and see below for more details...
Proposing a panel or panels on postmodern-era US Fiction for this year’s American Literature Association Conference, which will happen in Chicago from May 20-23.
ALA 2026: Society for the Study of American Travel Writing CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline, January 21, 2026
Society for the Study of American Travel Writing
American Literature Association 37th Annual Conference
May 20-23, 2026, in Chicago, IL.
A one-day symposium hosted by the Contemporary Intimacies, Sexualities and Genders (CISG) Research Group at Manchester Metropolitan University.
22 April 2026 10-4, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6EB.
Special Issue on Brutalism in the Global Novel
Guest Editors: Om Prakash Dwivedi, om_dwivedi2003@yahoo.com and Madhurima Nayak, madhurimanayak@gmail.com, both of Chandigarh University, India
Critical Studies on Bianca Pitzorno, edited by Anna Finozzi and Dalila Forni
Reminder: CFP due soon. Please reach out with any questions!
Special Issue, Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film Call for Papers:
Adapting Thackeray
Hello,
The University of British Columbia is currently seeking educational materials to populate our Pop Pedagogies Archive page. This will be an open-access resource library for educators teaching students at a variety of levels. We are looking for contributions of teaching materials relevant to the intersection of popular culture and education. Submissions can range from course syllabi to individual lesson plans and unit outlines. All contributors will retain the rights to their submitted materials.
Beauty and the Revival of Faith will take place on 8-10 May, 2026, at the Archbishop’s Palace, Southwell, Nottingham, U.K.
Humour in Arts-Based Research
Conference Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/2025/11/22/humour-2026/
Conference Date: January 28-29, 2026
Format: Online Virtual Conference
Fees: £100 for non-members (excluding Eventbrite fees)
15% discount for LABRC Members
Call for Papers:
"Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing." – Mark Twain
We are pleased to announce the 5th Hawaiʻi International Conference on English Language and Literature Studies (HICELLS 2026), which will be held at the Univrsity of Hawaii at Hilo on March 13 - 14, 2026. This year's conference theme is "Teaching and Learning English Language and Literature in a Changing World: Global Trends and Transformative Practices," aims to explore the emerging global trends in English language teaching and literary studies, including curriculum innovation, assessment practices, digital integration, and multilingual education.
Call for Papers for an Anthology
“The Colours of Pride: Queer Identities in Literature and Culture”
Submit to minimelow2025@gmail.com
Submissions close on 15 January 2026
Submit your paper to: minimelow2025@gmail.com
Papers are invited for an anthology to be brought out by a reputed international publisher on the theme, “The Colours of Pride: Queer Identities in Literature and Culture.”
The Department of English and Communications at South Carolina State University invites proposals for 20-minute individual papers, panels of 3–4 presenters, roundtable discussions, and creative performances or multimedia presentations for the 2026 SC State Intersectional Studies Remote Conference (ISC), which will be held on Friday, March 27, 2026 via Zoom. In addition to proposals from faculty affiliated with higher education institutions, we welcome proposals from independent scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students from all fields and disciplines.
Reminder! Please submit by January 15, 2026BWWC 2026: Call for Papers
A small forest area that holds ecological, historical, cultural, religious and spiritual value, and is protected by the local community, can be understood as a ‘Sacred Grove’. The term ‘sacred’ signifies the importance of these groves as they protect different species despite depletion of forest areas around them. The prohibition to collect or remove any resources from these sacred groves conserve plants, parasites, animals, herbs, and even maintain the water and soil compositions (Khan et al, 2008). As a result, these sites serve as living records of geographical and ecological past, making them invaluable spaces for scientific research.
International Conference
Women Filmmakers and New Feminist Cinemas in France, Great Britain, and the USA in the 21st Century
21-22-23 October 2026, Université Toulouse 2 Jean-Jaurès, France
The Literary, Interdisciplinary, Theory, and Culture Organization (LITCO) at Purdue University invites participants for our sixth annual symposium, “Memory, Identity, and Transformation Throughout Literature, Theory, and Culture.” We are interested in scholarly projects that discuss past, present, and future intersections of memory, identity, and transformation, including readings that challenge or rearticulate these themes as conceptual categories. We welcome papers that interact with these themes within the scope of their scholarly arguments or discuss texts that deal with their various manifestations on a literary, political, social, or cultural level.
The African American Literature and Culture Society invites abstracts (of no more than 250 words) for presentations at the annual conference of the American Literature Association (http://americanliteratureassociation.org/). We will also consider a limited number of panel proposals (of no more than 500 words).
Call for Papers
Philip K. Dick at 100: Fiction, Philosophy, and Cultural Afterlives
Edited Volume (Centenary Collection)
Editor:
Ercan Gürova, Ph.D.
Ankara University, Turkey
“Under consideration for publication by a reputable international academic publisher.”
The Philosophy & Literature Workshop at Stanford and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins welcome submissions for the 7th annual Philosophy & Literature Graduate Conference to be held in person on May 15-16th, 2026 at Stanford University. This year’s conference topic, “Chrōnos, Tempus, Time: Temporality in Philosophy, Literature & the Arts” brings together doctoral students and scholars that work at the intersection of philosophy, literature, the arts, and media studies.
Description
The Medieval Comics Project would like to organize a session on comics for the 46th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum to be held at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire, on Friday and Saturday, 10-11 April 2026.
Presentations can be in-person or remote.
Possible topics might include
“comics” of the medieval and/or Renaissance eras
comics adaptations of medieval and/or Renaissance literary texts
comics depictions of medieval and/or Renaissance historical events
Call for Book Chapters
Trauma and Mental Health in the Writing Workshop:A Theoretical and Practical Toolkit for Teachers
Edited by Jennifer Case
Under Contract with Bloomsbury Academic
Call for Proposals –- Oxford Handbook of the Harlem Renaissance
We're now accepting proposals for our 2026 conference and Volume IV of the Board Game Academics journal through March 15, 2026. If you or someone you know has an idea for a presentation or article about using tabletop gaming to contextualize, historicize, and challenge the ideologies rooted not just within gaming materials but also in their communities at large, please contact us.
Share with the world how you are using tabletop games to support more experiential pedagogies, enhance clinical practice, and engage with students and colleagues.
Text and Texture: Rethinking Materiality in Adaptation Studies
[Edited Collection]
The GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences, alongside collaborating institutions, Jadavpur University and Hansraj College, University of Delhi, invite scholars to the two-day national conference on “Embodied Justice: Memory, Violence, and Resilience in India”.
Concept Note
The Palgrave Handbook of Virtual Reality Literature (Re-CFP)
Anik Sarkar and Ratul Nandi
Note: This is a call for additional essays.
About the book:
The Margaret Fuller Society invites proposals for a panel at ALA 2026 about teaching in difficult times. As we head into the spring 2026 semester—the mid-point in an academic year when students and educators read U.S. literature amidst rising book bans, closing degree programs and DEI offices, and even the dismantling of the Department of Education—many of us are facing existential crises about how to do what matters to us most. How to support our students? How to sustain our disciplines? How to teach in ways that do justice to our subjects? The most basic day-to-day parts of our teaching lives have never felt more vulnerable—or more urgent.