International Conference | Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture

Universidad de Valladolid, Spain | November 24–26, 2025

THE CULTURE OF ATTRACTIONS: PAST AND PRESENT

International Scholarly Conference

10–12 September 2025

Faculty of Humanities, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,

Collegium Maius, Fosa Staromiejska 3, Toruń, Poland

We cordially invite scholars specializing in various disciplines such as cultural studies, cultural

anthropology, theatre and performance studies, film and media studies, and related disciplines, to

participate in an international, transdisciplinary research conference. This conference, organized by the

Research Group on Performance Studies and Drama Translation at Nicolaus Copernicus University

In Living Color:

 Exploring the Complexities of Colorism in the Twenty-First Century

Under Contract with Bloomsbury Publishing

Edited by

Amir A. Gilmore, Washington State University

Vikki Carpenter, Heritage University

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line, the question as to how far differences of race-which show themselves chiefly in the color of the skin and the texture of the hair

This year’s Latinx Literature and Culture session welcomes paper proposals centering on any aspect of Latinx literary studies, cultural studies, and film or media studies. Topics could include but are not limited to: the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, migrancy and the diaspora, Chicanx/Latinx Feminisms, Queer Latinidades, Translation Studies, Central American and Caribbean studies, Chicanx/Latinx Poetics, and anything else that may broadly fit under the umbrella of Latinx/Chicanx studies. We welcome proposals that maneuver through disciplinary boundaries and thoughtfully engage with a variety of artifacts (theatre, performance, popular culture, children’s literature, memoirs, and autobiographies).

CFP

Edited Collection of Critical Essays

“Fearful Performances: Stardom, Skill, and Style of Acting in the Horror Film”

Call for Book Chapter Proposals (

Call for Abstracts!

Camping and Philosophy: Big Ideas in the Great Outdoors

Edited by Joshua Heter and David O’Hara

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

CFP: NCS 2026

This roundtable seeks to host a discussion of Chaucer’s position in the study of Anglophone literature beyond the North Atlantic and Australia. We will hear about the institutional and vocational challenges faced by Chaucerians in what Braj Kachru called “the expanding circle,” i.e. countries in which English serves as a major second language. How is Chaucer scholarship beginning to take hold, or even spreading, in new ways and in new contexts? What opportunities do these contexts present for the teaching and study of Chaucer and Middle English? What role do translations of Chaucer play in teaching and scholarship? Participants will open with brief prepared remarks in order to allow ample time for conversation and discussion.

Call for Book Chapters: “Matrilineal Family Saga Beyond Western Modernity”

We are excited to invite researchers, writers, and practitioners to contribute a chapter to an upcoming book entitled Matrilineal Family Saga Beyond Western Modernity. This interdisciplinary collection aims to explore diverse perspectives on matrilineal family structures across cultures, examining how they challenge and expand beyond the frameworks of secular Western modernity.

Focus and Themes

Texts at Work

Labor in the Liberal Arts

The New York College English Association and

The Pennsylvania College English Association

October 3-4, 2025

SUNY Alfred State

Keynote presentation: Dr. Rose Zaloom, Content Writer, Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Call for Papers

Abstracts are invited for the Romanticism section of the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA), scheduled for 20-23 November 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA, at the InterContinental Hotel.

The Romanticism session seeks papers that examine any aspect of Romanticism, whether English, German, French, or in other languages (although we ask that papers and proposals be primarily in English). We welcome but do not require paper proposals attuned to some facet of the conference theme, "Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion.”

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

FEMSPEC announces an open call for theoretical and creative speculative texts, as well as film and television reviews.

Here are texts that we have available:

STRANGELOVE COUNTRY by Harlan Wilson

THE BLACK UTOPIANS by Aaron Robertson

THE FEMALE HYPNOTIST: STORIES from the VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN ERAS, ed. Donald K. Hartman

KINSHIP IN THE FICTION OF N.K. JEMISON, edited by Berit Astrom & Jenny Bonnevier

DISCOVERING CLASSIC FANTASY FICTION, edited by Darrel Schweitzer

CRAWDADDY, film by Kassandra Voss

We will consider other 2024-2025 publications and releases and will consider longer, comparative reviews of important fantasy, sci-fi, and horror films released since 2020; please inquire.

Editors Lisa Hopkins and Katherine Walker seek contributions from scholars at any stage of their careers to contribute to an edited collection titled The Arden Handbook to Shakespeare’s Worlds (for more on The Arden Shakespeare handbooks, see this link).