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Teaching Medievalism
Deadline for Submissions: December 1
Session: February 28, 2:00 pm (Central)
Using Contemporary Theory to Teach the Middle Ages
Submission Deadline: December 1
Session February 7, 2:00 (Central)
See ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) listing for submission portal: https://www.acla.org/literature-and-international-development.
Paper proposals cannot be accepted via email.
ACLA conference will take place May 29–June 1, 2025, via Zoom.
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“Literature, whether handed down by word of mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality…What better preparation can a people desire as they begin their journey into the strange, revolutionary world of modernization?" (Chinua Achebe, “What Has Literature Got to Do With It?”)
The Mid-Atlantic Review seeks scholarly articles, position papers, short fiction, poems, and pedagogical reflections for its Special 2025 Issue focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the span of a year or two, generative AI has posed unprecedented challenges to and opportunities for higher education, the humanities, and the arts. Intellectual, pedagogical, and artistic engagement with this emerging technology is vital in our current world and this issue of The Mid-Atlantic Review encourages such engagement. We are also looking for original photographs or artwork related to the Mid-Atlantic region. Ethically produced AI art related to the Mid-Atlantic region would be of particular interest for this issue.
Julia Kristeva’s landmark essay, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (1980), will have its 45th publication anniversary in 2025. In that time, its influence has been wide ranging, whether on women and gender studies broadly, on the fields of feminist, psychoanalytic, queer, horror/gothic, and disability theory, as well as on media studies. For this roundtable session we invite proposals that consider any aspect of the influence of Powers of Horror, past and present.
“We’re people, not parts of people. Even with what little they gave us these are our lives. no one gets to just turn you off” - (Severance, S1.8)
SCRC welcomes 15-20 minute papers on all aspects of Renaissance Studies for its international conference which will be held, for the first time, in coordination with the Saint Louis University 12th Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies June 9-11, 2025.
Submit 300 to 500 word abstracts on the SLU Symposium Site (accessible via the SCRC website, here: https://southcentralrenaissanceconference.org/scrc-2025-st-louis-univers...). Deadline December 31, 2024.
International Conference on "Precarious Wetlands in Anthropocene: Representations in Literature, Cinema and Media"
Conference Date: 12-13 December 2024 (Virtual)
Organised by: School of Liberal Arts and Humanities & CoE-Literature Studies, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
Concept Note
Call for Papers
Mystery / Detective Fiction Area
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
46th Annual Conference, February 19-22, 2025
Marriott Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2024
Call for Papers
Disability Studies Area
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
46th Annual Conference, February 19-22, 2025
Marriott Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2024
Nurturing Curious Minds: Approaches to Assessing and Enhancing Critical Thinking and Writing in Higher Education
13 – 14 June 2025
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/cts2025/
We invite abstracts for a two-day symposium that aims to gather educators, researchers, and practitioners from all disciplines to share their experiences and contribute to the ongoing dialogue on improving the critical thinking skills of university students.
Aside from panels, our symposium will feature two keynote speakers.
Please submit 200-300 word paper proposals through the online submission portal provided by the ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association), which can be accessed through the original listing here: https://www.acla.org/revolt-or-reinvention-citizenship-contemporary-literary-imagination.
Paper proposals cannot be accepted via email.
The ACLA conference will take place May 29-June 1, 2025. This conference is virtual.
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The Works of Amy Sherman-Palladino
Edited by Patricia Prieto-Blanco (Lancaster University, UK) and Cristina Pérez Ordóñez (Universidad de Málaga, Spain)
Book Series: Screen Storytelling, Bloomsbury. Series Editor: Anna Weinstein
In How Societies Remember (1989), Paul Connerton writes that the present “distort[s]” the past, and vice-versa, in our collective memory” (2). These distortions can be instrumentalised by politicians seeking to mobilize people behind a nostalgic vision of the past. Conceiving of nostalgia as a “superimposition” of the past over the present, Svetlana Boym explores how it creates a multi-temporal memory-scape that one longs to recover – but which, paradoxically, has never and can never exist (The Future of Nostalgia, xiv). Similarly, Joseph Roach describes how societies seek replacements for figures from the past via a process he calls “surrogation,” which is virtually always doomed to fail (Cities of the Dead, 2).
Textiles and the texture of ideas in early modern Europe (1589-1801): How the craft and its products interacted with philosophy, literature and the visual arts
Joint project: University of Naples L’Orientale - Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse. Two joint conferences will be organized:
1. Conference 1: Textiles: The texture of ideas in early modern Europe (1589-1801). Designs, patterns, craftsmanship and the early modern imagination – Will be Held at Procida Island (University of Naples L’Orientale), 8-14 September 2025.
2. Conference 2: The circulation of textile designs, patterns, skills and representations in early modern Europe – Will be held at Université de Haute Alsace – Mulhouse, June 2026.
Call For Papers
MEJO: The MELOW Journal of World Literature
ISSN 2581-5768
Volume 9, February 2025
Echoes of the Earth: Interplay of Literature and Landscape
Throughout history, terrestrial landscapes have captivated human curiosity, serving as a significant muse for creative practitioners. Whether it be the enigmatic allure of towering mountains, the mystical charm of dense forests, or the vast expanse of oceans, the natural environment has served as a symbolic platform for portraying human existence, emotive expression, and contemplation of the human condition.
Call for Papers
Taylor Swift & Swiftie Studies
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
46th Annual Conference, February 19-22, 2025
Marriott Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2024
A Critical Companion to George A. Romero
Part of the Critical Companion to Popular Directors series edited by Adam Barkman and Antonio Sanna
The fields of medical and health humanities often aim to intervene in socially embedded systems of care and advance health justice. This roundtable explores ways to work toward that goal through pedagogy, research, and community partnership.
Call for Book Proposals
Peter Lang Book Series
Theatre of the Marginalised: Dalit and Adivasi Performance Traditions in South Asia
In a 2023 article, the Black British writer Derek Owusu describes the transformative experience of reading D. H. Lawrence’s St Mawr (1925) as simultaneously an awakening to language and to a wider sense of connectedness. ‘I don’t have the words to describe what happened to me while turning the pages of that short story,’ he writes, ‘but I know language became something three-dimensional, and everything around me seemed connected by an unexpressed narrative.’
Call for Papers
Courtesans as Agents of Resistance: Unveiling Marginalized Voices in India (Tentative Title)
The “Themes of (R)evolution in Atwood’s Works and Adaptations” panel at NeMLA 2025 (March 6-9, Philadelphia) invites proposals for 20-minute papers exploring themes of revolution and evolution in Margaret Atwood’s texts, adaptations, and real-life crossovers. In what ways has Atwood’s works sparked revolutionary change—or not? What role does evolution play in her texts?
Please submit an abstract (250-300 words) and a brief bio (<100 words) by September 30th through the NeMLA portal for consideration: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21213. Please reach out to Riley Thomas at riley.thomas@temple.edu with any questions.
Women Filmmakers: Genre and Gender in French, British and US Cinema and TV Series
3-4 July 2025
University of Le Mans, France
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Migration, Diaspora, and Critical Nostalgia in Modern Arab American Literature
Apply here: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19317
The complexities of migration, diaspora, and critical nostalgia provide a lens through which to explore identity, belonging, and cultural memory. In the context of Arab American literature, these themes take on added significance, reflecting the multiple experiences and narratives of individuals and communities navigating the intersections of Arab and American senses of un-be-longing.
Potential topics for exploration include, but are not limited to:
Call for Book Chapters for Edited Volume
Performing Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights on Identity and Existence
Deadline for Abstract Submissions has been extended to October 31, 2024
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” (Baldwin 2).
Third Culture: Studies in Global Childhoods and Cosmopolitan Identities (Third Culture: Studies in Global Childhoods and Cosmopolitan Identities (uwi.edu) is a new, open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of cultural and social issues related to complex cosmopolitan identities arising from mobile global childhoods which transcend conventional categories of migrancy and diaspora.
Call for Chapter Proposals
Editor Dr. Sotiris Petridis invites chapter proposals for an edited volume titled Animated Diversity: Queer Representations in Children’s Audiovisual Narratives. This book seeks to explore the increasing visibility and significance of queer identities in children’s animation, television, and film. The objective is to evaluate the cultural, educational, and social ramifications of this trend while analyzing the incorporation of LGBTQIA+ characters and themes into children's media.
Russell Crowe’s talents were globally recognized in the early 2000s after he appeared in a slate of well-received films – L.A. Confidential, Gladiator, and A Beautiful Mind, among others – that earned him critical acclaim. Nevertheless, in the years following these productions, he has continued to be a part of numerous projects with international and creative appeal. Alongside his films are his associations with Roman soccer teams – established in Spera’s (2023) chapter in my recent volume on Gladiator (https://vernonpress.com/book/1213) – his social media presence, and his musical performances.
The twentieth anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000) was an important moment in film history, for it not only marked a great film and work of art, but it also reminded audiences how peplum and historical epics still mattered. The edited collection “A Hero Will Endure”: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of ‘Gladiator’ (2023) provided insights on the film two decades after its release.
Yet now there is a sequel with a November 2024 release. This CFP therefore serves to build on the work done in the 2023 essays and provide a further avenue of exploration for connections between the two films as well as innovative readings of Gladiator 2 on its own.
Topics include, but are not limited to: