In today’s rapidly changing global landscape, hospitality emerges as a pivotal focus in academic discourse, especially within Western geopolitical contexts. Hospitality, as a mode of conduct, garners both ardent enthusiasm and staunch opposition. As a concept, it presents both notable limitations and diverse modalities. This multidimensional notion encompasses a right, a privilege, an obligation, an act of sympathy, and an expression of charity. It shapes and is shaped by various environments, from tangible spaces and places to non-places and heterotopias (as articulated by Marc Augé). Its expansive research potential warrants a thorough, interdisciplinary exploration.

Call for Papers

ReFocus: The Films of Chor Yuen

Editors: Jessica Siu-yin Yeung, Tom Cunliffe, and Raymond Tsang

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) 77th Annual Convention

October 10-12 (Thur.-Sat.) at the Westgate Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada

Join us in Las Vegas this October, where we will defy the odds and time, and you can learn how to read some of the 418 (and counting) letter runes found in the first third of Beowulf.

This groundbreaking, ninety-minute session is the first of its kind in teaching how one can detect and decipher between two alphabets that use the same letters, with one being just a letter and the other being a letter that represents a word. Unlike Odin, you will not have to give up an eye.

All attendees will receive a letter rune chart.

Call for Papers

Special Issue: Towards Global Public Literary Humanities

For Public Humanities (Cambridge UP)

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-humanities

Edited by Tim Lanzendörfer and Pavan Malreddy (Goethe University, Frankfurt)

Plant Studies in Indian LiteratureCall for Book ChapterDeadline Extended: 12/05/2024 Introduction: Indian literature is a rich and diverse tapestry woven from the threads of countless languages, cultures, traditions, and encompasses a vast array of literary forms, genres, and themes, reflecting the complex tapestry of Indian society, its history, spirituality, and cultural heritage. From the ancient Vedas to contemporary works exploring modern Indian identity, Indian literature offers a window into the soul of a nation characterized by its diversity and complexity.

The Department of English of the Faculty of Letters is pleased to announce its International Conference The Olfactory Story of Perfume in Literature, Psychology and the Arts, which will be held online and onsite on 11-12 October, 2024.

“Throughout history we have sought to express ourselves in many different ways, and one of the most beloved forms of expression is the Alchemy of Scent.” (Huib Maat)

Call for Presentations – The Solarpunk Conference 2024: Rays of Resilience

Solarpunk is a growing subculture, existing across various veins of human endeavors, such as fiction, media, politics, technology, agriculture and urban planning and development. Solarpunk imagines an accessible, equitable world either without systemic barriers, or with those barriers in the process of disassembly, while championing intersectional social and climate justice. Drawing on ideas from permaculture, post- and trans-humanism, social ecology, and anarcho-socialism, while reacting against late stage capitalism, Solarpunk declares that our world is worth saving, and that saving it is possible.

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for an upcoming edited book entitled “Violence

and Postcolonial Marginalities in South Asian Literature” to be published in Lexington Books,

Rowman & Littlefield, U.S.A. This edited book aims to explore the intricate intersections of

violence and marginality within the context of South Asian literature.

Postcolonial literature, with its diverse voices and narratives, has been instrumental in

articulating the complex realities of societies grappling with the repercussions of colonialism

and other forms of precarity. In the context of South Asia, a region marked by rich cultural

Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association 2024 (Palm Springs, CA)

Conference Theme: Translation in Action 

November 7-10

THEORY’S OTHERWISE TEXTURESMATHEW ARTHUR • ALANA BREKELMANS

Abstract

Fantasy and the supernatural, broadly defined, shape many popular narratives and universes—from Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, from World of Warcraft to The Witcher, from classical and medieval tales of monsters and dragons to the worlds of N.K. Jemisin, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Nnedi Okorafor, and Ursula K. Le Guin. As a genre, fantasy engages with questions of rhetoric, identity, and power in multiple ways, across media, subgenres, and cultural traditions; the enchantment of fantastic and supernatural narratives casts a persistent and global spell.

This panel considers a range of topics related to popular music defined and considered broadly. Though not limited to such inquiries, papers might address questions such as

· How do we see cultural forces at work in the inspiration of popular musical songs, albums, tours, artists, texts, and memes?

· How has popular music influenced, supported, challenged, and otherwise complicated cultural practices, beliefs, and norms?

· Where and how do we see the gravity of popular music extended to the domain of other arts and media?

· How does popular music manifest the intertextual and intersectional realities of (post)modern life?

We kindly invite Authors to submit proposals to a special issue of The Polish Journal of Aesthetics - "Rhythms of Artwork and Beyond: Humanity, Sociality, and Nature" Vol.