MMLA 2025 Milwaukee, WI

Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies permanent section

Deadline for submission: March 31st

The Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies Permanent Section of the Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) seeks abstracts in line with this year’s conference’s theme: "The Humanities is Where Hope Lives."

We are looking for papers that respond to the conference's theme from the perspective of postcolonial and/or decolonial studies. 

From the conference’s website,

The Harold Pinter Review invites essays that consider the influence and effects that Harold Pinter’s plays have had on modern drama generally, including such aspects as style, staging, subject matter, characterizations, structure, and tone.  We also invite essays that consider the stylistic and thematic relations between Pinter’s work and that of another contemporaneous playwright. 

The process of coming out is often framed as a moment of self-realization, a turning point where individuals gain profound insight into their sexual orientation or gender identity. This panel seeks to explore how literature, film, television, and video games depict the mental, psychological, and emotional processes that LGBT individuals undergo as they recognize and articulate their identities. 

UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 16, 2025

Dates: May 9–10, 2025

In celebration of 50 yearsof scholarship and community, the 50th European StudiesConferencewill offer both online and in person panels at theUniversity of Nebraska Omaha and welcomespaperson European topics in all disciplines. Areasof interest include art, anthropology, history, literature, education, business, international affairs, religion, foreign languages, philosophy, geography, performing arts, and current issues in cultural, political, social, or economic areas of study. 

Graduate students are invited to apply for the Best GraduateStudent Paper Award in the amount of $250. Deadline to submit their paper for consideration is1 September 2025. 

We are seeking chapter abstracts on Zadie Smith’s short stories, non-fictional prose, The Embassy of Cambodia and The Fraud to be added to the confirmed chapters of a collection of essays on Zadie Smith to be published by an international publisher. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words.

Contact mail: ataberkc@metu.edu.tr

Once again we invite you to join us in reflection on the contemporary literary culture. We understand it as an integral part of the global socio-cultural communication with its characteristic infrastructure and a dynamic system of relations between authors and audiences (to refer once more to the foundational principles of Stefan Żółkiewski and the complementary suggestions by Janusz Sławiński1) This time, we are interested in the question of collaboration, cooperation and participation in texts and discourses functioning in contemporary literary culture.

Seeking chapters about African films featuring transgender themes as part of a global survey for The Handbook of Trans Cinema. We already have over 50 confirmed chapters by prominent scholars exploring trans films from 6 continents, including the chapter "Trans Cinema from South Africa," and we welcome the following high-priority chapters on African films:

Seeking chapters about Latin American films featuring transgender themes as part of a global survey for The Handbook of Trans Cinema. We already have over 50 confirmed chapters by prominent scholars exploring trans films from 6 continents, including chapters devoted to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela. We welcome the following high-priority chapters on Latin American films:

Deadline Extended to 3/14

Fermentation and Literature 

Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus

April 24th-25th with optional visit to winery or brewery on Saturday the 26th

The 1516 German Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) limited the ingredients of beer to barley, hops, and water. Yet, this restriction overlooks the invisible and essential agent behind fermentation: yeast. Only centuries later was yeast recognized as the microorganism that drives fermentation. Prior to its discovery, fermentation was often attributed to divine or spontaneous forces, with no understanding of the microbiological agents at play.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 14, 2025

•  The symposium offers the flexibility of both in-person and virtual participation.
• In our commitment to accessibility and inclusivity, we are pleased to offer free registration for all accepted presenters.
• For any questions or concerns, please contact the symposium organizers at kurulsekreterya@diyanet.gov.tr

 URL: https://etkinlik.diyanet.gov.tr/

Important Dates:

Abstract Submissions Due

March 14, 2025

Deadline extended: March 15, 2025.

28th Southern Writers/Southern Writing Graduate Student Conference 

University of Mississippi

July 26th-27th, 2025

Call for Submissions

Intersecting Ecologies: Environmental Studies in the U.S. and Global South

This special sessions (non-guaranteed panel) invites proposals on the presence of technologies in Gothic fiction and its role in biological, social, or textual (re)production—interdisciplinary proposals considering other forms of media including film and television welcome. Please submit 250-word abstract and brief bio by March 16th, 2025 to Amory Zhao (asz28@cam.ac.uk)

 For the CfP on the MLA website, please click here: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webprogrampreliminary/Paper30550.html 

Latinx Marxisms: Revolutionary Nationalism, Socialism and Communism in Latina/o/x History, Politics & Culture, edited by Jaime Acosta Gonzalez, Ben Valdez Olguín, Jennifer Ponce de León.