Care can be understood as a situation-based variable with multitudes of meanings. With its initial theoretical footing in western feminist thought, care pervades defined epistemic boundaries; it is fundamentally relational, philosophical, and practical at the same time. We care for things, we care for people, we care for the tangible and intangible. It can be a necessity, a commodity, or even an imposition and yet the limited understanding of care relegates it as a form of dependency. This leads us to a series of structuring questions: Do we care about care itself? Is ethics of care different from caring itself? If yes, why are we not talking about it? More importantly, who decides what and how much to care about something?

I have several chapters for this collection, but I am looking for four or five more. Please send abstracts or inquiries by January 20, 2025. Chapters will be due by July 15, 2025.

All topics about dragons will be considered.

Please send abstracts and a brief bio to Rachel Carazo at rachel.carazo@snhu.edu

Popular Culture Association: British Popular Culture 

Call for Papers

The British Popular Culture area of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) is now accepting submissions for the 2025 national conference to be held April 16-19, 2025, in New Orleans, LA!

Academics at all stages in their careers, as well as independent scholars, are encouraged to apply. We particularly encourage submissions by graduate students. 

AIRBORNE GOTHIC

ASLE 2025 Panel Organized by the Society for the Study of American Gothic

July 8-11, 2025

University of Maryland, College Park

Call for Papers: 8th APEEN Conference Energy Flexibility for a Just Transition

Website: https://apeen25.gapeer.ubi.pt

The University of Beira Interior welcomes the 8th Annual APEEN Conference on Energy Flexibility for a Just Transition to be held on the 10th and 11th of April 2025. The conference will take place on the Campus of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Beira Interior in the city of Covilhã – Portugal. The conference is organized by the Management and Economics Department, and GAPEER in association with the APEEN.

The Kurt Vonnegut Society invites proposals for presentations at the 36th annual American Literature Association conference in Boston, MA, 21 May 2025 - 24 May 2025. You can learn more about the conference from the ALA's general call for papers: Call for Papers. 

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies (JOFIS) ISSN: 2009-7395

In honour of the 250th anniversary of the publication of La Physiologie du Goût (The Physiology of Taste), the editorial team of JOFIS is pleased to announce its next call for papers for the spring 2025 issue dedicated to the legacy and influence of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, one of the most renowned figures in the history of food writing and gastronomy.

Mission Shakti

Thoughts on Women Empowerment

Sub Themes :

Here are some sub-themes for the  call for papers on the book titled  Mission Shakti: Thoughts on Women Empowerment. These are just indicative points . The book is not limited to these themes only . The authors can select any appropriate theme in commensurate with the main topic.

1. Education and Empowerment: Exploring the role of education in empowering women and promoting gender equality.

2. Breaking Gender Stereotypes: Challenging traditional gender norms and stereotypes that hinder women's empowerment.

** Call for Proposals **

Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference

Saturday July 12 – Sunday July 13, 2025

University College London

This is the 28th Annual Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference.

Closing Date for Submissions: Sunday January 19, 2025*
Send proposals to: conference@greatwriting.org.uk

The conference will be held in person. 

CFP FOR EDITED COLLECTION (2025)

Call for abstracts for papers for edited collection on the effects of ageing populations and generational disparities in Asian societies as represented in literature, film, and other forms of media

Working Title for Proposed Volume: 

Ageing Asia: multimedia representations of ageing and older adults in Asian societies

Editors:

Dr. Bernard Wilson

Department of English Language and Culture,

Department of International Social Sciences,

Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders (STAB) 2025

Graduate Conference of the Dept. of English, General Literature and Rhetoric

Binghamton University, New York

Conference theme: (Re)Placement

Date: March 29, 2025

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Naima Mohammadi (University of Pittsburgh)

In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political

 I must listen to the birds

 and in order to hear the birds

 the warplanes must be silent.

– Marwan Makhoul, Palestinian Poet 

Soap Opera and Serialized Storytelling

Following successful conferences in Seoul (2004), Cape Town (2006), Melbourne (2009), Belfast (2012), Belo Horizonte (2015), Hong Kong (2018) and Barcelona, (2021), IATIS is pleased to announce its call for panel, paper, roundtable, workshop, and artistic initiative proposals for its eighth conference to be held at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 10 – 13 Dec 2025.
Conference Theme

Call for Papers