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PAMLA 2025 Panel (standing session): Gothic II

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 7:34pm
Melanie A. Marotta, College of William & Mary / Pacific & Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA 2025 Conference)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

Gothic writers embrace the genre for its inclusive and representational nature. The genre is, in effect, a palimpsest as it prominently features both the past and memory. The creators in the genre continue to create plots that center on women, queer, transgender, and racialized characters and create stories that address societal inequalities. The environment (the Ecogothic) also continues to be a prominent character in the genre.

WILLIAM JAMES PRIZE: CALL FOR PAPERS

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:33pm
William James Studies / William James Society
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2025 YOUNG SCHOLAR PRIZE

The William James Society (WJS), in conjunction with William James Studies, would like to announce that it will be offering its annual Young Scholar Prize to the young scholar (within five years of the Ph.D.) who submits the essay that best explores the thought and work of William James.

The prize will include: (1) the opportunity to read the paper during the WJS session at the meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy in March 2025, (2) $750 to subsidize travel to that meeting, and (3) publishing the paper in William James Studies.

WILLIAM JAMES STUDIES: CALL FOR PAPERS

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:33pm
William James Studies / William James Society
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Call For PapersThe William James Society and its peer-reviewed journal William James Studies invite article submissions from scholars with diverse interests and approaches to the life and work of William James. We are particularly interested in articles that reflect William James’s work (psychology, philosophy, metaphysics, etc.) as it intersects with modern concerns and interpretive contexts. The William James Society is a multidisciplinary professional society that supports the study of, and communication about, the life and work of James and his ongoing influence in the many fields to which he contributed. William James Studies can be found on several subscription databases, including the Modern Language Association.

DEADLINE EXTENDED - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: La (r)évolution sera queer: Queer Resistance in the French and Francophone World

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:31pm
Olivier Le Blond
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Dear colleagues,

Following the roundtable La (r)évolution sera queer: Queer Resistance in the French and Francophone World which took place at NeMLA in March 2025, we decided to put together an edited collection of essays addressing the diverse, multifaceted, and malleable concept of queerness and its revolutionary and revolutionizing aspects. We're looking for scholars interested in exploring the queer as a “floating signifier”  (Bernini, Lorenzo. Queer Theories: an Introduction : From Mario Mieli to the Antisocial Turn, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020) and “queering” as an action, an exploration, and a process. 

The Coppolas and American Zoetrope (PAMLA, roundtable)

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:27pm
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) (Annual Convention, 122nd, November 20-23, 2025, https://www.pamla.org)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

Francis Ford Coppola’s long and distinguished career, from Dementia 13 in 1963 to Megalopolis and his Kennedy Center Honors and American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement award in 2024-25, we celebrate not only in its own right, but in its broader cinematic context as well. On the one hand, we have his filmmaking family and their cinematic endeavors, including those of his daughter Sofia, son Roman, father Carmine, wife Eleanor, sister Talia Shire, and nephews Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage. On the other hand, we have the Coppola studio, American Zoetrope, from its 1969 establishment to the present, and its extended roster of domestic and foreign filmmakers and films.

Ursula Le Guin’s “The New Atlantis” at Fifty (PAMLA, roundtable)

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:27pm
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) (Annual Convention, 122nd, November 20-23, 2025, https://www.pamla.org)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

PAMLA will meet during the fiftieth anniversary of Ursula Le Guin’s “The New Atlantis,” and of her rare achievement: winning the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards simultaneously, for The Dispossessed, which appeared the year before. It would seem an auspicious occasion to explore her retroactively provocative contributions to what has since come to be known as clifi, and her oeuvre more generally.

All disciplines and approaches welcome.

Don DeLillo’s White Noise at Forty (co-sponsored by the Don DeLillo Society) (PAMLA, roundtable)

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:27pm
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) (Annual Convention, 122nd, November 20-23, 2025, https://www.pamla.org)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

PAMLA will meet during the fortieth anniversary of Don DeLillo’s celebrated novel, White Noise (1985). His ninth of eighteen, it begins the two periods that make up the work for which he is best known—the first including Libra (1988), Mao II (1991), and Underworld (1997), the second The Body Artist (2001), Cosmopolis(2003), Falling Man (2007), Point Omega (2010), Zero K (2016), and The Silence (2020). Interestingly, this developing body of work is punctuated by Noah Baumbach’s recent film adaptation of White Noise (2022).

History and Popular Uses of the Past – NEPCA Virtual Fall Conference 2025

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:27pm
Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The History and Popular Uses of the Past Area invites submissions for the Northeast Popular Culture Association’s (NEPCA) annual conference to be held online October 9 – 11, 2025.

 

This area welcomes proposals that explore the interconnection between history and popular culture. Proposals that examine how history is used and appropriated in popular culture are of particular interest. Some suggested topics for this area may include:

C19 2026: Talking About Slavery

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:26pm
Geoffrey Kirsch
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, August 1, 2025

Talking About Slavery: Abolitionism, Censorship, and Free Speech

The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists Biennial Conference

March 12-14, 2026, Cincinnati, OH

 

 

Courtesans, Consorts and Outcasts

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:22pm
Suparna Sarkar & Abhishek Chowdhury
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Call for Book Chapters
Courtesans, Consorts, and Outcasts
Prostitutes in patriarchal society serve as mirrors to societal norms, embodying contradictions
of desire, power, marginalization, and agency. While often reduced to stereotypes (seductress,
victim, or social menace), their portrayals reveal deeper truths about gender, class, and
cultural values. This volume seeks to explore the multifaceted representations of prostitutes
across literary traditions—from ancient Sanskrit ganikas and Greek hetaerae to Victorian
"fallen women" and postmodern sex workers—to interrogate how these figures challenge,
reinforce, or transcend societal boundaries. This project fills a critical gap in scholarship by

Literary Sidekicks: For Critical Insights volume under contract

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 2:22pm
Laura Nicosia
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 23, 2025

We seek submissions for a Critical Insights volume, under contract with Salem Press, exploring the evolving role of sidekicks across literary and popular culture. From Sancho Panza and Don Quixote to Robin and Batman; Queequeg and Ishmael to Patrick and SpongeBob; John Watson and Sherlock Holmes to Ethel and Lucy; Jim and Huck to Goose and Maverick—sidekicks have often served as more than mere comic relief or supporting characters. They shape plot, provide emotional resonance, sharpen protagonists’ identities, and offer subversive alternatives to mainstream narratives. Some of the sidekicks far outshine their counterparts.

Call for Book Chapters (Peter Lang series)

updated: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 5:12am
Bidisha Pal and Biraj Biswas
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

Call for Book Chapters

(Peter Lang International Academic Publishers)

Call for Chapters for the anthology Performing Dalits: Theatre of the  Marginalized Communities of Bengal

 

Beyond the Comic Strip: Exploring Graphic Narratives, Creative Inquiry, and Arts-Based Research

updated: 
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 7:23pm
London Arts-Based Research Centre
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 2, 2025

 

 

Beyond the Comic Strip: Exploring Graphic Narratives, Creative Inquiry, and Arts-Based Research

A Transdisciplinary Conference

Online, June 24-26, 2025
Proposal deadline: June 2, 2025

Fees:
£100 (for both presenters and attendees)
Prices exclude eventbrite fees

 Conference Page: https://labrc.co.uk/beyond-the-comic-strip-2025/ 

 

Call for Papers:

CFP: “Provocations” Essays for American Gothic Studies

updated: 
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 7:21pm
American Gothic Studies/Society for the Study of the American Gothic
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

UPDATED: SEEKING ESSAYS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS, SEE DESCRIPTION AND LIST BELOW

CFP: “Provocations” for American Gothic Studies

American Gothic Studies is seeking short essays for its “Provocations” section. These pieces (2,000 words) are meant to question conventional wisdom, tackle compelling issues, or advance new theses about the American Gothic as an academic field or pedagogical subject. Please note that they are not traditional essays.

At this time, we are interested in essays that revisit, interrogate, and update older concepts and terms. Some examples might include (but are not limited to) the following:

Indian Trans Cinema: Film, Television, and Web Series Exploring Transgender Themes

updated: 
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 3:06am
Bloomsbury Publishing
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The response to our CFP for Indian Trans Cinema has been so strong that we have expanded it into The Handbook of Indian Trans Cinema: Film, Television, and Web Series. Proposals are due July 1, 2025.

We seek a nationally diverse group of contributors from countries worldwide.

We especially welcome additional chapters on the following 16 themes, for which we already have over 40 confirmed chapters:

Theme 1. Historical Cinema

Call for Chapters - Voices of Change: Women in 19th and 20th Century Indian Print Culture

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 10:56am
Voices of Change: Women in 19th and 20th Century Indian Print Culture
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, May 30, 2025

The narrative of women in Indian print culture reflects a dynamic interplay of struggle and achievement, where, despite significant contributions, women's voices were frequently marginalized, and societal expectations and institutional barriers often constrained their roles. This complex history underscores the ongoing need for a more inclusive historical narrative that fully acknowledges the diverse and critical roles women have played
in shaping print culture in India.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:24am
University of Konstanz, Germany
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, June 8, 2025

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 8 June, 2025

Call for Papers

International and Interdisciplinary Conference "Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism"

4-5 September, 2025

VIRTUAL GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM ON PREGNANCY LOSS

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:17am
The Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, The College of fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, The Sasso Corbaro Foundation for the Medical Humanities
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Friday October 24, 2024

Holocaust Memory in Central Europe

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:06am
The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

The “Central European Memory of the Holocaust in a Multicultural and Multidimensional Perspective” [CEMORY] project team at the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations (Jagiellonian University in Kraków) and the editorial team of The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series invite you to submit articles for 2/2026 thematic edition.

“Central European Memory of the Holocaust in a Multicultural and Multidimensional Perspective” [CEMORY] project is funded under Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV).

The topic of The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series 2/2026 is: "Holocaust Memory in Central Europe".

CFP PAMLA 2025-Italian and Italian American Foodways

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:06am
PACIFIC ANCIENT & MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

Please consider submitting an abstract for PAMLA 2025--Italian and Italian American Foodways.

The conference will take place in San Francisco, CA, from Nov 20-Nov 23, 2025. The extended deadline for abstracts is June 30th, 2025.

Food inside and outside of Italy has long served as a locus for the construction of identity, either in the way it can represent belonging to or exclusion from a particular group. It is also a strong evocative trigger, forcing the individual or community to remember a distant memory or to recall a painful one.

In this vein, we invite presentations exploring PAMLA's 2025 theme of "Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion" as represented through food in Italian and Italian American media and literature.

Veterans Studies Panel, PAMLA 2025

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:06am
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 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.

A Gathering of Horrors, Terrors, and Monstrosities

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:06am
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

PAMLA: A Gathering of Horrors, Terrors, and Monstrosities Panel, 11/20/25-11/23/25, San Francisco

Lonesome Dove at 40: McMurtry, Mythmaking, and the Reimagining of the American Southwest

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:03am
Abel F. Fenwick (University of Arkansas)
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, August 1, 2025

Lonesome Dove at 40: McMurtry, Mythmaking, and the Reimagining of the American Southwest

A Larry McMurtry Symposium

November 14–15, 2025 Southern Methodist University | Dallas, Texas Co-Sponsored by SMU English’s Narrative Now Initative and the Clements Center for Southwest Studies

Organizers:

Dr. Christopher González
English, SMU
[ctgonzalez@smu.edu]

Dr. Ariel Ron
History, SMU
[aron@mail.smu.edu]

Abel Fenwick
English, U of Arkansas
[fenwick@uark.edu]

 

Atras Journal: Call for Papers - Varia Volume 7, issue 1, January 2026

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:03am
University of Saida, Dr. Moulay Tahar
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Atras Journal: Call for Papers - Varia

Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026

Atras Journal is now inviting scholars from around the globe to submit their unpublished manuscripts for publication. The journal aims to contribute to the body of knowledge by publishing original papers in the fields of literature, gender studies, cultural studies, linguistics, education, language studies, translation, social sciences, and arts. Researchers are invited to submit their manuscripts in English, Arabic, and French.

Presentation 

T&T VIII: ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CLASSROOM

updated: 
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 9:03am
Dr. Margaret Barrow / Borough of Manhattan Community College, English Department
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, November 15, 2025

T&T VIII: ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CLASSROOM

APRIL 17-18, 2026

 

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