(In)Visible Adaptation: Diversity and Inclusion

Association of Adaptation Studies Conference

23-24 June 2022, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Portugal

As concerns related to diversity and inclusion storm our world, rightfully emerging in
contexts as diverse as policy making and media content production, for the 2022
edition of the Association for Adaptation Studies Conference we intend to question
how these trends present new challenges for Adaptation Studies, both in practical and
theoretical terms.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of suggested areas for the submission of abstracts:

Thanatic Ethics: The Circulation of Bodies in Migratory Spaces

International Conference:

Bodies on the Edge: Life and Death in Migration.

Venue: Maison Française of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Dates: April 28 to 30, 2022

Language: English

Deadline for submitting proposals: 15 December 2021

Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2022

Call for Papers

France and Louisiana: “A Special Relationship?”

Bordeaux Montaigne University, France

June 7-10, 2023

On June 7-10 2023, Bordeaux Montaigne University will host an international conference that will explore various aspects of the 300+-year-long relationship between France and Louisiana.

The Rutgers English Diversity Institute (REDI) is now approaching its fourteenth year! This program is designed to encourage students from diverse cultural, economic, and ethnic backgrounds to consider graduate study in Literatures in English.

Verge: Studies in Global Asias invites proposals for special issue 10.2, which will be published in Fall 2024.

At first, America was convinced of its utter illegitimacy as a purveyor of “art” music. In the 19th century, as musical life developed in the United States, and while large American cities built concert halls to house their newly-formed symphony orchestras, the repertoire and the most popular artists remained overwhelmingly European: thus, the Swedish soprano Jenny Lind (1820-1887) – a friend of Felix Mendelssohn, a collaborator of Giuseppe Verdi, and a key figure of the Bach Renaissance – made a deep impression when she toured the country in 1852-2.

ASMCF-SSFH Postgraduate Study Day 2022

Call for papers - Images: Past & Present 

A virtual study day to be held on 23 April 2022

Keynote: To Be Confirmed

What happens when the images come into the world? With or without its consent, civil society has been constantly imaged, recorded, documented, archived and exhibited. This omnipresence of images created, circulated, and displayed merits an analysis of the multiplicity of its forms and its roots.

• Venue: Padua (Italy);
• 5-6 May, 2022 (dual mode - in presence and online)

The International Doctoral Conference in Linguistic, Philological and Literary Studies of the University of Padua (Italy), now in its fourth edition, joins this year the rich range of different initiatives and projects aimed at celebrating the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Padua. The aim of the Conference is to provide a fruitful opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange and discussion among young scholars on the themes of adaptation and non-adaptation.

For its Virtual 7th Biennial Conference hosted by Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, on 24-26 February 2022, the Forum of the International Association for Word and Music Studies (WMAF) invites contributions, including 20-minute conference papers, performances and presentations in alternative formats, on the theme of Words, Music, and Environment, as well as submissions for general panels on current word and music research. 

Concise Collections on Teaching Eighteenth-Century Women Writers and Artists, a new series launched by ABO: Interdisciplinary Journal on Women in the Arts 1650-1830, seeks proposals of 300 to 500 words for brief essays on

Teaching Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea

guest editor, Jennifer Keith

 For Students by Students! 

An International Conference on Literature,  Culture and Foreign Languages 

 March 12-13, 2022– online 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

If you are interested in 19th, 20th Century and Contemporary Literature or Language  and Culture, or if: 

You want to test your presentation skills in a culturally diverse (and accepting)  environment, and 

You can present in English

You simply want to listen to presentations from the comfort of your home, and  connect with people on these subjects from all around the world, 

THIS CONFERENCE IS FOR YOU! 

Proposal Requirements: 

Call for Papers

 Call for Conference Papers

‘Neo-slave Narratives’

Hosted by University of Greenwich, at its Maritime Campus, and Co-organised by the University of Greenwich and the University of Liverpool

 16th and 17th June 2022

The grotesque and bizarre have accompanied many lyrics and melodies throughout the decades. Whether it is used to fit the Gothic narrative of bands such as Bauhaus and The Cure, or to serve as a device to create buzz surrounding the artist/band, such as the monstrous element of Lady Gaga’s early persona, the shock factor of audiovisual aesthetics has played a pivotal role in the development of contemporary soundscapes.

 Call for Papers: Special Issue, The Comparatist 

Topic: Reason

General Editor: Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College)