Special Issue on “Aemila Lanyer and the Body”

Explorations in Renaissance Culture (Fall 2025)

Guest editor: Brice Peterson

The editor invites 300-word abstracts for a special issue of a journal dedicated to exploring the topics of body and embodiment in Aemilia Lanyer’s Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.

Dibur, Stanford University’s Comparative Literature Journal, is calling for contributions for its December 2024 - January 2025 double issue.  You will find below a description of the issue’s theme as well as submission instructions. We will receive 250-word abstracts and a short bio until June 15. The deadline for submitting the accepted article for peer review is September 1st, 2024.

Issue Editors :

Olga Nedvyga (Assistant Professor, Hispanic Studies, University of Montreal)

Victoria Zurita (Visiting Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Montreal) 

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The Locations of Value 

Since the Modern age, democracy stands as the characteristic Western form of government. We cannot consider such a political regime as just one among other possible ways of understanding the organization of power. Rather, it is the accomplishment of a certain culture and a certain anthropological vision. As a matter of fact, in its multifaceted variants, democracy is the most evident outcome of modern political thought, rooted in the theoretical bedrock of the natural law doctrine.

Not being seen for who one is has always been a problem in society; conversely, having difficulty seeing what is hidden beneath surface appearance is a constant challenge. This traditional session will explore how characters’ identities are both concealed and revealed in literature, television, and film. A variety of approaches are possible, including (but not limited to) the questions that follow: When/why do characters find it difficult to let themselves be seen for who they are? When do plots rely on a character’s mysterious identity, and how do both characters in the story and the audience discover (some) of the hidden truths?

Call for Articles

L’Histoire: A Social Sciences Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 1

About L'Histoire: https://www.voyagesintothepast.com/l-histoire

Voyages into the Past is pleased to announce the call for papers for the first issue of Volume 3 of L'Histoire. We have been thankful for the contributions we have received in the past, and we encourage individuals who are interested in the social sciences and creating discussion and discourse to send in their writings. 

Issue Theme: Fluid Borders: Exploring East and South Asian Interactions 

The early modern world was shaped by significant cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia. This roundtable seeks to broaden the scope of Renaissance studies by exploring the immense contributions of East, Southeast, and South Asia to global developments in Europe and beyond. We invite presenters to examine the dynamic interactions between Asian and European societies, emphasizing the multi-directional flow of ideas, goods, and artistic practices.

Mythos and Masks: Eugene O’Neill in Ancient and Modern Contexts

Conference on Race, Racialization, and Resistance: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Humanities ● Call for Abstracts  
Seattle University, April 25 – April 27, 2025 (Friday through Sunday)
  
Full Name/Name of Organization:   
Seattle University

There will be no registration fee for this conference.

The funding for this conference is provided by the Mellon Foundation, for the “Race, Racialization and Resistance in the US” curricular project at Seattle University.
    

As an aesthetic and cultural movement, Afrofuturism began with Mark Derry’s 1993 essay, “Black to the Future.” Derry poses a difficult question: “Can a community whose past has been deliberately rubbed out, and whose energies have subsequently been consumed by the search for legible traces of its history, imagine possible futures?” The clear answer is a resounding, “YES!” Not only can Black folk imagine possible futures, but they can also write, paint, and sculpt them into being. In this special issue we invite contributors to explore what these possible futures look like. How do Afrofuturist artists reimagine a world where Black folks can be/are free? What is the cost of such freedom? 

The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its 2024 annual conference this Fall as a hybrid conference from Thursday, October 3 – Saturday, October 5. Virtual sessions will take place on Thursday evening and Friday morning via Zoom, and in-person sessions will take place on Friday evening and Saturday morning at Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts.

Call for Papers: Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration

Special Issue: ‘Casteism Across Borders: Mapping the Diasporic Reproduction of Caste Discrimination and Anti-Caste Struggles’

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/transitions-journal-of-transient-migration#call-for-papers

Guest editors: Dr Vikrant Kishore, Dr Stephen Goulding, Dr Ratan Lal

Newly launched by Chongqing University and De Gruyter, Digital Studies in Language and Literature (DSLL, ISSN: 2943-0607) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary publication dedicated to advancing research on the intersection of digital technology, language, and literature.

DSLL welcomes all submissions in line with the aims and scope below. Accepted articles will be published via fully sponsored Open Access through a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) License, so your research will be freely available for all to read and download.

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Call for Papers
Small Forms in Circulation: Infrastructures, Practices, Publics

Humboldt University of Berlin, November 28-30, 2024
Submission deadline: June 12, 2024

Acceptance letters in August

Usually, the narratives around food habits and culinary practices are structured around individual tastes. However, the narratives can be and need to be structured much beyond individual tastes. Historically, it has been observed that individual and collective food habits and culinary practices are driven by various social, cultural, gendered, sexual, racial, caste, geographical, commercial, and political factors. These factors provoke us to go beyond the stereotypical scientific narratives of consumption and unpack the various social dynamics and power structures that are associated with our daily food habits and culinary practices.