THE BILLY JOEL SYMPOSIUM

A Two-Day Academic Conference Presented by the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame

Stony Brook, NY | June 6–7, 2026

OVERVIEW

American Literature Association: 37th Annual Conference
May 20-23, 2026
Chicago, IL

The San Francisco State University CINE Colloquium is proud to announce the call for papers for Chronically Online, the 27th Annual Graduate Research Conference, hosted by the San Francisco State University CINE Colloquium. Submit your work and join us April 24th and 25th, 2026 in person and online for a multidisciplinary deep-dive into all things nerd. See below for conference description and instructions to submit proposals.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Proposals must be submitted by January 9th, 2026 to be considered.

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Midnapore College (Autonomous)
International Seminar
on
“Aestheticism in Art and Literature” (সাহিত্য ও শিল্পে নন্দনতত্ত্ব)
To be organized by
Department of Bengali & Cultural Section
in collaboration with IQAC
on 13 January 2026
Mode: Hybrid(Online & Offline)
“The purpose of art is the realization of aesthetic bliss (Ānanda)” - Abhinavagupta.

Edited Collection – Critical Perspectives on the “Flanaverse” of Mike Flanagan 

In recent decades, research on authority and trust in the US has seen a considerable increase across various disciplines (cf. Leypoldt and Berg 2021). However, in comparison, there has been much less scholarship on aspects of gender since Anette Baier dedicated her influential 1994 collection of essays Moral Prejudices on trust (and related issues)to her “women students, past, present, and future.” Our workshop addresses this lacuna, both from a theoretical perspective, and in the light of current cultural, social, and political developments in the US, and of (once again) contested definitions of gender(ed) identities, practices, performances, and ethics.

Spectral Boundaries: Gender and Sexuality in Asian Horror Cinema

Dr. Soumyarup Bhattacharjee

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

The British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) is pleased to announce our first graduate conference, New Work in Contemporary Literary Studies, which will take place at the University of Leeds on May 20th 2026. This will be a hybrid conference.

Participants will be invited to contribute to a special issue of the soon-to-be relaunched journal Alluvium, to be published after the symposium. 

In Traditional African Festival Drama in Performance, Austine Anigala(2006)draws on the Ukpalabor festival of the Ebedei people in Southern Nigeria to argue for the performance and dramatic potential of the indigenous African festival. This provocative work is against the backdrop of polemics initiated by scholars such as Ruth Finnegan (2012) and Michael J. C. Echeruo (1973) about the dramatic limits of indigenous African festivals. Recall that Echeruo (1973) called for a re-examination of how indigenous festivals are referred to as drama.

The 2026 International Postgraduate Comparative Literature Conference (IPCLC 2026), hosted by the Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies (MALCS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), brings together postgraduate students and emerging scholars from Hong Kong and beyond for a day of cross-cultural conversation. Taking place in person at HKU on May 26, 2026, the conference offers a supportive forum for sharing work in progress, building scholarly networks, and testing new comparative methods across literary, cultural, and media studies. Featuring themed panels, a keynote lecture, and Best Paper Award(s), IPCLC 2026 invites participants to consider how comparison can sharpen our understanding of urgent questions in the humanities.

The 1st Symposium on the Chinese Translation of the Greek Septuagint
（第一屆中文七十士譯本翻譯學術研討會）

Hong Kong, 22-24 April 2026 (Wed to Fri)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme: Towards a Chinese Translation of the Greek Septuagint: Opportunity and Challenge   

The conference aims to explore both opportunities and complexities involved in rendering the Greek Septuagint into Chinese. Participants are encouraged to present research on the following themes:

Call for Proposals: Edited volume on screenwriter, actor, director, and comedienne Elaine May

***EXTENSION*** Abstracts now due by January 25, 2026.

SCREEN STORYTELLERS

The Works of Elaine May

Edited by Jonathan Winchell

This edited volume on the works of Elaine May will be a book in the SCREEN STORYTELLERS series published by Bloomsbury Academic. Seeking 250-word abstracts for previously unpublished chapters on Elaine May’s work as a screenwriter and comedy writer. Final chapters will be 3,000-3,500 words, written for an audience of student readers.

The SCREEN STORYTELLERS series is designed for students, professors, and enthusiastic

Call for Papers: Special Issue, The Comparatist

Topic: Reistance and Refusals

General Editor: Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College)

This Collection invites original research that advances the field of gender economics from theoretical, empirical, or policy-oriented perspectives. We welcome contributions examining how public policies—such as taxation, welfare, investment, and public services—affect gender equality, as well as studies addressing inclusive economic growth, social equity, and sustainable development. Research on undervalued or unmeasured economic activities, including unpaid care and domestic work, is particularly encouraged. Papers exploring gender representation across industries, labour regulations, income distribution, and the gendered division of labour are also highly relevant.

Trans Studies, a book series published by Bloomsbury Academic, is seeking proposals for books that provide leading-edge scholarship on transgender and nonbinary topics from any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, and biological sciences. Bloomsbury’s Gender & Sexuality Studies list pioneers the publishing of innovative scholarly research from the Global South, and from marginalized gender identities and sexualities across global and transnational contexts.

The Comics Arts Conference is now accepting 100 to 200 word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for a meeting of scholars and professionals at Comic-Con International, in San Diego, CA, July 23–26, 2026.  We seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and welcome the participation of academic and independent scholars.  We also encourage the involvement of professionals from all areas of the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, retailers, distributors, and journalists.  The CAC is presently scheduled to take place in person and does not accept virtual presentations.  The CAC is designed to bring together

4th International UTAD Theatre Research Conference

“Borders & Boundaries”

Hosted by:
Turkish Society for Theatre Research (UTAD), Marmara University, Department of English Language and Literature
Conference Dates: 10-12 September 2026
Venue: Marmara University, İstanbul, Türkiye

Call for Papers.

Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes seeks short articles or extended essays (1,500-3,000 words) on American (US) theatre at the United States semiquincentennial (250th anniversary). 2-3 sentence abstracts should be submitted by February 2, 2026 and essays/articles before April 6, 2026 to Harvey Young (issue editor) at cfadean[at]bu.edu. 

Call for Papers

Ege University
20th Cultural Studies Symposium
“AI & Cultural Production”
6–8 May 2026 | Faculty of Letters, Izmir, Türkiye

Artificial Intelligence has distinctly shifted from being a technological tool to a shaping factor in present-day cultural practices. Ranging from AI-related literature, music, and visual arts to AI-enabled storytelling, translation, and co-creative practices, AI confronts traditional concepts of authorship, creativity, agency, and responsibility. Furthermore, AI raises critical moral and political considerations with respect to power, bias, labour, and representation.

A Two-dayInternational Conference 

Plates of Memory, Palates of Change: Memory, Identity, Community, and Millennial Transformations

28–29 March 2026

Call For Papers

Modernism Remodelled

A Transdisciplinary Conference

 Conference Webpage: https://labrc.co.uk/2025/10/22/modernism-remodelled-2026/

Oxford University (and online)

February 28-March 1, 2026

Fees: £180 (in person)
£100 (Online)

Abstract Deadline: January 18, 2026

**Participants interested in attending the conference without presenting a paper are also welcome.

Call for Presentations

'It is not down on any map; true places never are' - Herman Melville

Family, Power, and the Politics of Capital: A Symbolic Reading of HBO’s Succession

Shohini Sen

Research scholar

NorthCap University

Dr. Chetna Karnani
Assistant Professor
The NorthCap University, Gurugram, India

Dr. Gouri Kapoor

Assistant Professor
The NorthCap University, Gurugram, India

Abstract :