Call For Book Chapters

Mahesh Dattani's Plays: Language and Culture

Editors:

Niladri R. Chatterjee (Department of English, University of Kalyani), Nibedita Mukherjee (Department of English, Sidho Kanho Birsha University, and Nilanjana Chatterjee (Department of English, Durgapur Govt. College)

Scope of the Book:

Resources for American Literary Study (Penn State UP), a journal of archival and bibliographical scholarship in American literature, is inviting submissions for its upcoming 2021 double-issue. Covering all periods of American literature, RALS welcomes both traditional and digital approaches to archival and bibliographical analysis. For full consideration for 2021, please submit by March 1, 2021.

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL

Université des Antilles et Le Mans Université

7 – 8 – 9 décembre 2021

Schoelcher, Martinique 

« Décoloniser les mémoires de l’esclavage »

“The book always aims at installing an order, whether it is the order in which it is deciphered, the order in which it is to be understood, or the order intended by the authority who commanded or permitted the work.” (Roger Chartier, The Order of the Book)

If, according to Roger Chartier, “the book always aims at installing an order,” what does it mean for the book to be out of order? Is it broken? Is it committing some kind of transgression? Is it still a book? What is a book supposed to do, and what does it mean when it falls short of its perceived functions – or overshoots them? 

The theme of decay and regeneration captures our current global moment of political uncertainty, environmental catastrophe, public health crises, and mass protest. In the past few years, we have witnessed a once-in-a-century pandemic; global protests in response to police brutality; a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season; the largest wildfires in recorded Amazonian, American, and Australian history; the continued resurgence of fascist political ideologies; and the potential collapse of liberal democracy as we know it. 

In the past decades, video games have established themselves as a global entertainment medium enjoying ever-increasing sales and profits. What was once a contested form of entertainment, now benefits from a level of social acceptability comparable to that of more traditional media such as the cinema. The popularity and cultural capital of video games calls for an inquiry into their contribution to the construction of cultural identity. While this avenue of research has begun to gain momentum, as proven by the increasing number of academic publications on gender identity or sexual orientation, less attention has been given to colonialism and colonial subjects in the context of today’s neoliberal postcolonial and postcommunist world.

CALL FOR PAPERS

NYU CINEMA STUDIES STUDENT CONFERENCE

February 19-20, 2021 

nyuconference2021@gmail.com

Symposium

Researching the Influence of Feminist Film Theory

on 21st Century Films and TV Series

Université Toulouse 2 Jean-Jaurès

November 19th, 2021

https://marvell.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2020/10/20/cfp-scrc-2021-virtual-con...

Exploring the Renaissance 2021: An International Conference, March 25-27

The Andrew Marvell Society invites proposals for 15- to 20-minute papers to be presented at the 2021 South Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) on any aspect of Marvell studies. Proposals are welcomed on all topics.

59nd issue of Anglica Wratislaviensia (University of Wroclaw, Poland)

Deadline for submissions: April 4, 2021

Submissions are now being accepted to the 2021 edition of Anglica Wratislaviensia, an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually in print form as well as online. We welcome work that focuses on a wide spectrum of topics within linguistics, the English language and literature-oriented disciplines, literary and cultural studies, with focus on empirical and well as theoretical approaches.

Research articles are typically between 4,000 to 6,000 words.

The Area for Esotericism, Occultism,and Magic at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association invites paper proposals for a special online panel at this year's all-online conference.  This panel will focus on the prominent and pervasive role and significance of esoteric, occult, and magical themes, aesthetics, imagery, conceptions, and content in gaming media.  This is intended to encompass games themselves (board games, table-top/RPG, console/PC, live-action RPG, alternate reality games, simulations, etc.) as well as tie-in media of any type (books, films, television, internet series, etc.).  Of equal interest is the reception and application of games and game-like systems or content within esoteric, occult, and ma

EXTENDED DEADLINE: JANUARY 20TH, 2021

UPDATED: 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

McKenzie Wark - The New School

Tom Gunning - University of Chicago 

Eugenie Brinkema - MIT

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CALL FOR PAPERS

NYU CINEMA STUDIES STUDENT CONFERENCE

February 19-20, 2021

nyuconference2021@gmail.com

The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, a peer-reviewed publication of the L.M. Montgomery Institute at the University of Prince Edward Island, invites scholarly articles and creative work (written, visual, or audio-visual) on the topic of “L.M. Montgomery and Mental Health.” Abstracts due 15 February 2021; Submissions due 2 August 2021

For more information go to https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/mentalhealth_cfp

The (B)end of (Hi)story: beyond postmodern narrative