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Willa Cather and the Readerly Imagination

updated: 
Friday, February 9, 2024 - 10:48am
Willa Cather Foundation
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 1, 2024

Willa Cather and the Readerly Imagination

In her own time as in ours, Willa Cather’s books created vibrant and varied communities of readers. Cather’s literary works detail numerous acts of reading, and she herself was an avid reader with an acute awareness of the reading public. The 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference seeks to celebrate and explore both the act of reading Cather and the presence of reading and readers within Cather’s fiction and letters. The conference will be held Thursday, June 6 – Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Red Cloud, Nebraska.

The directors invite papers on a variety of topics related to Cather, readers, and reading, including but not limited to the following areas.

 

Women Writing War: Visibility and Representation in South Asian Literary Fiction

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:40pm
Aparajita De/University of the District of Columbia
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Women Writing War: Visibility and Representation in South Asian Literary Fiction Abstracts solicited for an MLA 2025 session to explore women's role in writing violence in S Asia. How has the question of visibility and representation affected women's voice and agency? 250-word abstracts, 100-word bios.

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Aparajita De, University of the District of Columbia (de.aparajita@gmail.com )

Literary Druid - Regular Issue April 2024

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:34pm
Maheswari Publishers (The publishing unit of PANDIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST- TN32D0026797)
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Literary Druid is a journal that fosters research and creative writing in English. It welcomes all nationals to contribute for learning and research purposes. The perspective of Literary Druid is to create a niche platform for academicians and patrons to share their intellect to enrich the English language and Literature. I welcome all to learn and share.

CFP: SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL STUDIA POLENSIA - CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR THE 2024 ISSUE

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:33pm
Roberta Matkovic/Faculty of Humanities of Pula/Pola
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 26, 2024

The scientific journal Studia Polensia, published by the Department of Italian Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of Pula/Pola, Croatia, is seeking articles for the 2024 issue. The journal publishes theoretical, research and methodological articles in Italian, English and Croatian languages in the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary research. The journal follows Open Access politics for all of its content. By submitting an article to the journal, the author implicitly accepts its publication under the license Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The Authors retain their copyright of the work.

Mythmoot XI: The Resilience of Imagination

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:33pm
Signum University
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 31, 2024

“In a time of destruction, create something”

Maxine Hong Kingston

This year, our theme is “The Resilience of Imagination.” Imagination intrinsically ties into stories and the creative work that creates the world and characters contained within said stories. Imagination does not limit itself just to writers though – anyone who creates or interacts with art relates to imagination. What does imagination mean in a story? How do you use imagination? What does it encompass?

Decolonizing African Cinema in the Age of Media Streaming: Conference in Honor of Onookome Okome

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:32pm
Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah/ University of Warwick
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 30, 2024

CfP: Decolonizing African Cinema in the Age of Media Streaming: Conference in Honor of Onookome Okome

Date: May 22–24, 2024

Venue: University of Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract Deadline: March 30, 2024

Feedback: April 15, 2024

Registration: May 1 – 21, 2024

Keynote Speaker: Professor Sheila Petty, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance,University of Regina, Regina, Canada

First Lead Paper Presenters: Dr. Peter Sylvanus Emaeyak, Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Beyond the messy millennial woman: televising perfection, imperfection and resilience

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:32pm
Laura Minor (University of Salford) and Claire Perkins (Monash University)
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Call for Papers: ‘Beyond the messy millennial woman: televising perfection, imperfection and resilience’

 

Abstracts are sought for a proposed special journal issue, for which strong interest has been secured from a Q1 cultural studies journal.

 

Special issue editors: Dr Laura Minor (University of Salford) and Dr Claire Perkins (Monash University)

 

Deadline for abstracts: March 28, 2024.

 

 

Coping with Reality through Storytelling as a Performative Act

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:31pm
Faculty of Letters, University of Oradea, Romania
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, June 1, 2024

In Somebody Telling Somebody Else: A Rhetorical Poetics of Narrative (2017), James Phelan suggests a transformative approach to narrative theory, shifting the focus from seeing narrative as a mere structural entity to understanding it as a rhetorical act. In this act, the narrator strategically utilizes storytelling tools to achieve specific goals for specific audiences.

History of Translation of Tribal Literature in India

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:30pm
Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature University of Calcutta
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, February 18, 2024

The Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, University of Calcutta

organises

A Two-Day National Seminar

on

History of Translation of Tribal Literature in India

March 21-22, 2024

Concept Note

State Authoritarianism, Anti-Feminist Movements, and Transnational Feminist Futures

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:30pm
National Women’s Studies Association
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 15, 2024

State Authoritarianism, Anti-Feminist Movements, and Transnational Feminist Futures

 

Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024

Organizers: Anat Schwartz (California State University) and Iqra Shagufta Cheema (Graceland University)

 

We invite paper proposals for the 2024 National Women’s Studies Association’s annual conference in Detroit, MI. The papers may focus on any aspect of the transnational relationship between state authoritarianism, anti-feminist movements, and feminist connections.

 

Joint Graduate/Undergraduate Conference: Digital Games as Cultural and Literary Narratives

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:30pm
American Studies Departments of Turkey
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 31, 2024

 

AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENTS OF TURKEY JOINT GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE 

May 16-17, 2024

Online Conference

Digital Games as Cultural and Literary Narratives

Hosted by

Hacettepe University’s American Studies Department

In collaboration with

the American Studies Departments of Ankara University, Atatürk University, Başkent University, Bilkent University, Dokuz Eylül University, Ege University, Haliç University, and İstanbul University

 

Call for Papers

 

Cultural Appropriation, Pedagogy and Higher Education Debates, Dilemmas, and Future Directions

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:30pm
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi and Dr. Marthinus Conradie
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 15, 2024

Cultural Appropriation, Pedagogy and Higher EducationDebates, Dilemmas, and Future Directions Editors: Dr. Taiwo Afolabi and Dr. Marthinus Conradie Call for Papers Based on the article titled, The fear of cultural appropriation is the beginning of wokeness in learning? Reflections from teaching in Canada (Afolabi 2023), this edited volume investigates cultural appropriation within the context of higher education across cultures and disciplines. In this call for chapters, we proceed from three foundational principles.

Beyond Borders: Trends in World Children's Literature and Children's Literature in Translation

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:28pm
Master of Arts in Children's Literature, University of British Columbia
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Beyond Borders: Trends in World Children’s Literature and Children’s Literature in Translation

Call for Paper Proposals

Deadline for Submission: 10th March 2024

A peer-reviewed graduate student conference on children’s literature, media, and culture

 

University of British Columbia | Unceded traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Vancouver, Canada | Friday 21st June - Saturday 22nd June 2024

 

pt-en translators: absinthe literary magazine

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:28pm
University of Michigan
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 1, 2024

Call for translators: ABSINTHE literary magazine

 

Absinthe: World Literature in Translation invites submissions of original English-language translations of Brazilian literature for its 30th issue, to be published in December 2024. 

 

Absinthe publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Owned and operated by the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, Absinthe is edited by graduate students. This issue will be edited by Júlia Irion Martins and Sam McCracken.

 

Modern Language Review

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:27pm
Modern Humanities Research Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

The English Editor of Modern Language Review (https://www.mhra.org.uk/series/MLR), the flagship journal of the Modern Humanities Research Association (https://www.mhra.org.uk), and one of the oldest in its field, invites original and compelling contributions from emerging and established scholars on any aspect or period of Anglophone literature. 

Contributions can take two forms:

Mothers, Mothering, and Climate Change

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:26pm
Demeter Press
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 15, 2024

Call for Chapters

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection entitled:

Mothers, Mothering, and Climate Change

Editors: Carolina Toscano and Sarah Marie Wiebe

Please submit proposals by March 15th, 2024

 

CFP - Michelle Yeoh - Everything and Everywhere on Global Screens

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:26pm
Lisa Funnell/Mohawk College, Wayne King Tung Wong/University of Sheffield, Dorothy Wai Sim Lau/Hong Kong Baptist University
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 15, 2024

CFP: Michelle Yeoh - Everything and Everywhere on Global Screens

 

Edited by: Lisa Funnell, Wayne King Tung Wong, and Dorothy Wai Sim Lau

 

"The Humanities Project 2024: [Re] Telling Our Stories"

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:24pm
Humanities Education and Research Association
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 16, 2024

 


 


 

 

 

Submissions are encouraged from educators at all levels (including undergraduate/graduate students) as well as all those with an interest in the arts and humanities. Proposals for papers, panels, or workshops (150-200 words) must be submitted through the conference e-submission links.

 

Undergraduate Research Award Prize e-Submissions

 

Undergraduate students may apply for only one of the two undergraduate prizes.

 

Panels involving student award applicants will be recorded for judging purposes. 

 

 

 

John Clare Panel at MLA Convention New Orleans

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:23pm
John Clare Society of North America
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 15, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS

The John Clare Society of North America invites paper proposals for its guaranteed panel at the Modern Language Association Convention in New Orleans, January 9-12th, 2025. Scholarship on any aspect of Clare’s poetry, prose, life, and sphere of influence is welcome.

Abstract and short bio by 15 March 2024 to Erica McAlpine at erica.mcalpine@ell.ox.ac.uk

Mothers, Mothering and Trauma/Intergenerational Trauma

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:22pm
Lamees Al Ethari, PhD and Maria D. Lombard, PhD
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 1, 2024

Call for Papers

Mothers, Mothering and Trauma/Intergenerational Trauma

Edited by Lamees Al Ethari, PhD and Maria D. Lombard, PhD
March 1, 2024: Submission of 250–400-word abstract

Gothic Wilde: MLA 2025

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:22pm
MLA 2025 Convention
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 16, 2024

The Oscar Wilde Society invites abstracts for a special session at the 2025 MLA Convention in New Orleans, LA, Jan. 9-12 2025.

CFP Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, Duke U., Sept. 19-21 2024

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:22pm
Michaelle Vilmont/ NCFS Duke
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 15, 2024

                                                                                                Call for Papers                                                                           2024 Semicentennial Colloquium NCFS                                                                         Producing and Receiving the 19th Century                                                                                      Deadline: March 15, 2024 The 2024 Semicentennial Colloquium of the Nineteenth Century French Studies Association, welcomes submissions on the theme of “Producing and Receiving the 19th Century,” and will be held at Duke University in Durham, N

Call for Chapters: The Multiverse in Popular Culture [Update]

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:21pm
University Press of Kansas
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, February 29, 2024

The University Press of Kansas has expressed interest in publishing a book of essays about representations of the multiverse in popular culture.  The theory of the multiverse – the premise that our known universe if merely one iteration of an infinite number of alternate universes – has recently emerged from scientific obscurity to become a common trope of popular fiction.  Everything Everywhere All at Once won 2022’s Academy Award for Best Picture, multiversal timelines are a central feature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and representations of parallel realities in television shows such as SlidersFringeDr.

Queer Political Assemblages 4.0

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:21pm
Department of English, Jadavpur University
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, February 25, 2024

‘Decolonization’ is now a buzzword in academics as well as in contemporary South Asian politics, meaning different things to different people – from decolonizing the mind to literally demolishing colonial monuments: in many cases, the emotion associated with decolonization is grossly misplaced. If decolonization amounts to ethnic cleansing or for that matter, igniting communal animosity through distortion of history, leading to more fractures than harmony in society, that form of aggressive decolonization is certainly not desirable. Therefore, ‘decolonization’ needs to be understood in all its nuances, which are often whitewashed in order to advance divisive political agendas.

CFP: Preface, Prelude Prologue: Lewes Depot Cinema 5th June 2024

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 3:20pm
University of Sussex
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Call For Papers

Preface, Prelude, Prologue

an interdisciplinary symposium

5th June 2024

Venue: Screen 2, Depot Cinema, Lewes, UK (in person)

Next to Lewes railway station at Pinwell Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2JS

Please see this link for further information: https://lewesdepot.org/visit/travel

Submission deadline: 3rd March 2024 

Societal Sidelines: Exclusion and Resilience in the Early Modern World

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 2:59pm
University of Tokyo
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 19, 2024

Call for Papers

Societal Sidelines: Exclusion and Resilience in the Early Modern World

International Symposium at the University of Tokyo, Japan

July 13-14 2024

 

Paper proposals are now being accepted for ‘Societal Sidelines’ symposium, to be held this July in hybrid format at Kojima Hall, University of Tokyo. For full consideration, please submit your abstracts (350 words max.) to nora.baker@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp by April 15th, 2024.

 

Call for Editorial Assistants and Editorial Review Board Members

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 2:58pm
Essence &Critique: Journal of Literature and Drama Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 15, 2024

Call for Assistant editors and Editorial Review Board Members

Essence &Critique: Journal of Literature and Drama Studies is seeking candidates for Editorial assistants. The term of office is expected for a period of two years.

Journal page: https://www.journalofcritique.com/

POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

Editorial assistants 

Gender and Ecology

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 2:56pm
Women's Link Journal, Jamia Millia Islamia
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 1, 2024

Call for Papers

Women’s Link

A Bi-annual Peer Reviewed International Journal

Women and Ecology

(Vol. 31, Issue 2- July 2024)

Oxford English Graduates Conference 2024: (Re)vision

updated: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 2:55pm
University of Oxford
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 8, 2024

From the ghostly sight of Julian of Norwich and Hamlet's 'mind's eye' to the rapturous idyll of Coleridge's Xanadu and the apocalyptic prophecies of Yeats's 'The Second Coming'-vision, its constraints, and revelatory possibilities have served as a creative wellspring for writers across time. Indeed, amongst the oldest and most formative motifs across literature is the visionary author, whose prophetic (in) sight transports us beyond the mundane. Meanwhile, simply adding the prefix 're' reminds us of another central yet undersung facet of authorship: revision. What drives textual (re)visions, and how do these in turn shape reception? We seek to explore literary

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