Narrativas latinoamericanas sobre el miedo, siglos XX y XXI
La historia del continente latinoamericano ha estado marcada por numerosas manifestaciones de violencia, guerras, dictaduras, revoluciones y exilios. Estos fenómenos han dejado una honda marca en las narrativas producidas en el continente, en especial a lo largo de los siglos XX y XXI. Una de las formas más visibles de estas huellas es la del miedo que deja impreso en el panorama afectivo de los individuos y ciudadanos. Este miedo que aparece de maneras tan diversas como frecuentes en la literatura del continente, no obstante, no ha recibido la suficiente atención por parte de la crítica.
Teaching Writing in English at the Decolonial Turn in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Call for Chapters
Teaching Writing in English at the Decolonial Turn in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
an edited collection with The International Exchanges on the Study of Writing Book Series
from The WAC Clearinghouse
Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2025
Contact: decolonialwritingbook@gmail.com
Renaissance Ecologies – 7th Conference of the Nordic Network for Renaissance Studies
Established in recent decades as a research area in its own right, the study of ecology in the Renaissance has diversified into several distinct but related fields. The conference aims at taking stock of the broad range of meanings, creating conversations between the existing areas and inquiring into possible directions onward. We suggest a range of both literal and more metaphorical conceptions of ‘ecology’ in which nature, broadly defined, may be considered both an object of study and an agent of change or stasis.
Speculative Imaginaries & Counter-Futures in the Middle East & North Africa
CFP: Special Issue of Postmodern Culture:
“Speculative Imaginaries & Counter-Futures in the Middle East & North Africa”
Co-Editors:
Veterans Studies Panel, PAMLA 2025
Veterans Studies is a growing field of research that addresses the significant impact of military personnel transitioning from active duty to civilian life with an emphasis on the veteran experience. This session invites papers that explore the many facets of military life exhibited in literature, theater, film, and poetry written about or by military veterans as well as scholarly explorations of the veteran experience. We welcome proposals both related to the conference theme, "Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion," and those not related.
CFP PAMLA 2025--ITALIAN CINEMA STANDING SESSION
Please consider sending an abstract for the Standing Session on Italian Cinema PAMLA 2025. The extended deadline is June 30th, 2025.
Moviegoers in Italy have long gone to the cinema to make sense of Italian history, particularly in regard to socio-political issues and questions. For the 122nd edition of the PAMLA conference, we would like to ask presenters for the “Italian Cinema” session to think about Italy’s cinema as a mode of collective history-making, but also a collective space where structured forms of forgetting also occur. We thus invite proposals related to this year’s theme, "Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion,” as well as those unrelated.
We have also extended the topic to include Italian American Film and TV series.
The 53rd Annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture
The 53rd annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900 (LCLC) invites submissions of critical, creative, and hybrid work exploring 20th- and 21st-century literature and culture. We welcome submissions in English, Spanish, French, and, occasionally, other languages. We encourage group proposals that cross institutional, disciplinary, and/or experiential boundaries.
Indigeneity in the Global South
Concept Note
Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture – NEPCA Online Fall Conference 2025
The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area invites submissions for NEPCA’s annual conference to be held online from Thursday, October 9th, to Saturday, October 11th, 2025.
We encourage panel proposals as well as individual submissions.
Papers are generally 15–20 minutes in length. We also encourage works in progress, and informal presentations.
This area considers the intersection of politics, civic life, and popular culture. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
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Political actions that involve pop culture, including banning or attacking elements of pop culture
Special Issue: Visibilizing Intersectional Girlhood(s) in Contemporary Anglophone Cultural Manifestations
In recent years, girls have been progressively gaining increased visibility in popular culture. 2023 has been considered by different media outlets as “the year of the girl” (Firth 2023), which became especially noticeable on social media. Trends like girl math or girl dinner filled sites such as TikTok or Instagram where girls may find a space to express themselves and connect with other like-minded people. The release of Barbie (2023), Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour (2023-2024) or more recently Charli XCX’s album brat (2024) have all interpellated girls and worked as grounds for connection through enacting girlhood.
On Speaking Obscenely: Queer and Trans Cultural Production in an Atmosphere of Censorship
Abstract
This session at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA 2025) annual conference explores the relationship between queer and trans cultural productions and the politics of censorship and obscenity.
Description
Borderland Cartographies in the Global South: Postcolonial Cinema, Identity, and National Allegories
Call for Papers: SAMLA 97 – Atlanta, GA (Nov 6–8, 2025)
Session ID: 19280
Title: Borderland Cartographies in the Global South: Postcolonial Cinema, Identity, and National Allegories
Session Type: Special
Area: Film Studies / Asian / Asian American Studies
DEADLINE: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT BY JULY 15, 2025.
DEADLINE: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT BY JULY 15, 2025.
Demeter collection on Trans Parenting edited by Charlotte Beyer, Liana Cusmano, and Allie Robbins
We have had a couple of spaces open up in our collection on trans parenting. As such, we are seeking contributors who are keen to engage critically and/or creatively with this topic and invite further chapter proposals.
SAMLA 97: Late Pynchonian Epistemologies
The 97th annual SAMLA Conference is taking place Thursday, November, 6, through Saturday, November, 8, 2025, at the Wyndham Atlanta Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. For more information, see https://southatlanticmla.org/.
CONGIST’26 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis
CONGIST’26Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis
Date: 13-15 May 2026
Venue: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul, Turkey
https://congist.istanbul.edu.tr/en/content/congist-2026/call-for-papers
A Gathering of Horrors, Terrors, and Monstrosities
PAMLA: A Gathering of Horrors, Terrors, and Monstrosities Panel, 11/20/25-11/23/25, San Francisco
Pacific Northwest College of Art(PNCA) Symposium 2025
Call for Proposals
Beyond Boundaries: Visions of Ecological Futures
2025 PNCA Symposium
October 2–4, 2025
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) at Willamette University
511 NW Broadway, Portland, Oregon
European Journal of American Culture *Open Call for Papers*
European Journal of American Culture *Open Call for Papers*
The European Journal of American Culture (EJAC) is an academic, peer-reviewed journal for scholars, academics and students from many disciplines with a common involvement in the interdisciplinary study of America and American culture, drawing on a variety of approaches and encompassing the whole evolution of the country.
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Songs in Shakespeare: proposal for a special issue of Cahiers Élisabéthains
Songs in ShakespeareProposing a special issue of Cahiers Élisabéthains for July 2027 We are seeking abstracts to include in our proposal for a special issue of Cahiers Élisabéthains on the topic of songs in Shakespeare. If the proposal is accepted, the issue will be published in print in July 2027. Proposals on any aspect of songs in Shakespeare will be considered, but we are particularly interested in the dramatic questions, “What can songs do in Shakespeare?” and “What can singing mean to characters in Shakespeare?”. Topics might include analysis of the songs in one play or across various plays; songs and sonnets; meter and music; birdsong; singers’ voice changes; non-English songs; missing songs; performance history.
Call for Essays: Experimental Horror Edited Volume
Please direct any general inquiries to Erica Tortolani at etort.phd@gmail.com.
Mothers, Mothering, and Motherhood in the King Universe
Dr Conner McAleese invites proposals on representations of motherhood in any of Stephen King’s fiction.
Over the past fifty years, King’s works have been adapted, discussed, academically investigated, and, of course, read to an extent that few authors have ever been before. However, one aspect of King’s writing has yet to be given scholastic attention – the mothers of Stephen King’s fiction.
Call for Papers: ‘Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power, and the Digital Media Landscape'
Call for Papers: Journal of Digital Media & Policy (JDMP)
Special Issue: ‘Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power, and the Digital Media Landscape’
#JDMPJournal
Guest Editors:
Brighton Nyagadza, York St John University, London Campus, United Kingdom
Abu Bashar, Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain
Eugine Tafadzwa Maziriri, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Tamer M. Alkadash, Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain
View the full call here>>
SWCCL 2025
The Department of Languages and Literature and the College of Liberal Arts at Northeastern State University will be hosting the Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature annual regional meeting on October 24-25, 2025 at Northeastern State University’s campus in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
The general theme of this year’s conference is “Anger in Literature.” Negative emotions are everywhere in literature and popular culture, but are not always directly addressed. Anger can be both righteous and shameful, redemptive and crippling. Part of the theme is to explore the uses of anger (and associated emotions) in terms of a Christian worldview.
American Nightmares II (Return to Salem): The Biennial Symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic
Call For Proposals AMERICAN NIGHTMARES II: RETURN TO SALEMTHE BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN GOTHIC March 19th – 21st, 2026Salem, Massachusetts Keynote Speaker: Victor LavalleKeynote Speaker: Siân Silyn Roberts Conference co-director: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan UniversityConference co-director: Jennifer Schell, University of Alaska FairbanksWith the kind support of the American Literature Association Please join the Society for the Study of the American Gothic for our second biennial symposium!
Call for Papers: 'Disney Across the Globe'
Call for Papers: Studies in Comics
Special Issue: ‘Disney Across the Globe’
Special Issue Editors:
Edited by Katja Kontturi (University of Jyväskylä)
Eva Van de Wiele (University of Ghent and Antwerp)
Architectures of the Apocalypse
The word apocalypse contains a paradox. In common usage, it means, “a disaster resulting in drastic, irreversible damage to human society or the environment, esp. on a global scale; a cataclysm” (OED); but the word’s roots come from the ancient Greek for “unveiling."
Apocalypse contains both end and beginning, annihilation and exaltation. The apocalyptic promises death and destruction, yes, but also, knowledge and transformation. The apocalypse is above all a threshold. Thus, as an object of inquiry, apocalypse calls for the examination of perspective and perception, as much as of semiotics and the historical.
NON, A JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE SEXUALITIES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, Issue 3
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A JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE SEXUALITIES
IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS
Issue 3 – 2025
Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Sonic Palimpsests: Sound, History, and Speculative Listening PAMLA 2025 Conference | San Francisco, November 20–23
This panel invites scholarship that explores how sound—broadly understood as an aesthetic, material, and theoretical force—functions within and shapes literature, music, performance, and visual media to riff on history and modulate experience. We seek contributions that investigate how sound operates both as a method and a site of creative invention—where dominant narratives are unsettled and histories that resist closure come into audible presence. Sonic form becomes a space where the unfinished, the fugitive, and the refused emerge through rhythm, echo, distortion, repetition, and resonance.
Call For Papers (Edited Collection): Rebuilding Saigon: 40 Years of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (working title)