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Composition Studies invites proposals from potential guest editors for an open-access, digital, special issue to be published in summer 2026! This is an open call, and we are especially interested in special issues that would benefit from the ease of circulation afforded by open-access, digital publication.
The Charles Olson Society will sponsor panels at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, to take place in Louisville, Kentucky, February 16-21. 2026 marks the Centenary of poet Robert Creeley’s birth, and the Charles Olson Society will welcome abstracts pertaining to any aspect of Creeley’s life and work. Creeley was a central poet in the development of Black Mountain Poetry, and along with his life-long friend and companion in verse, Charles Olson, Creeley greatly influenced the development of American poetics after World War II. As he said, “I write to realize the world as one has come to live in it, thus to give testament. I write to move in words, a human delight. I write when no other act is possible.”
This year’s conference theme invites participants to reflect on “regeneration in the sense of bringing forth… a new entity that is more powerful, vigorous, efficient, and healthier.” This selection of terms immediately evokes vitalism—a philosophy of regeneration centered on dynamism, productivity, energy, life force, creativity, and strength. Vitalism emerged in response to mechanistic and materialist accounts of life; though often dismissed by the end of the nineteenth century as a pseudo-science, vitalism has endured as a complex and influential philosophical framework from the twentieth century to the present. Authoritarian regimes in the early twentieth century appropriated vitalist ideas and imagery in support of fascism.
Pasados Special Issue: Against the Past/Contra Pasados
Co-edited by Jesse Alemán (University of New Mexico) and Evelyn Soto (Rutgers University—New Brunswick)
Deadline: January 15, 2026
2026 marks the centenary of Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories, the first anglophone magazine devoted to what Gernsback originally called ‘scientifiction’. To commemorate and critically explore what many regard as the birth of genre science fiction, the autumn 2026 issue of Foundation (no. 153) will present a series of articles that investigate and re-evaluate the history of the pulps.
Call for papers
Undisciplined Anthropologies: Practices, Trajectories, and Imaginations Beyond “Method”
Cultures and Societies Department, University of Palermo, Italy
Institut Français, Palermo, Italy
International Conference
30th, 31rst October 2025
Institut Français Palermo
Via Paolo Gili 4, 90138, Palermo
Deadline for abstracts: September 25th, 2025
Hello Tech Comm Colleagues,
We, the guest editors of a special issue of Technical Communication Quarterly, invite you to submit a proposal on the topic of "Responding to the Changing Landscape of the Technical Communication Workplace in the 21st Century." For convenience, the full text of the CFP is below. It is also attached. Please feel free to distribute widely. We are happy to take questions about the special issue. Our emails are included in the CFP. Proposals are due October 1, 2025. See the CFP for submission instructions.
All our best,
Laura Vernon and Diane Martinez
Call for Proposals: A Special Issue of Technical Communication Quarterly
Literary criticism is often treated as a secondary act, the intellectual afterimage of the work it addresses. This seminar proceeds from the opposite premise: criticism can be understood as a compositional art, a practice that gathers elements from different media, genres, and historical moments in order to propose a world in which the work might live. The critic does not merely interpret but constructs, weaving together forms, narratives and temporalities to re-situate a work within a newly configured cultural space, animated by the critical desire to imagine and construct more just and inhabitable worlds.
The forthcoming non-thematic issue proposes to engage in an interdisciplinary manner with the varied
ways in which women continue to face discrimination and marginalisation in the socio- economic, cultural
and political arena. Around the world, millions of women, irrespective of their age groups, social classes,
locations or cultures face a series of risk factors ranging from physical and psychological violence, sexual
abuse and coercion to human trafficking. Women’s vulnerability is little addressed in the developmental
policies of governments and the capitalist expansion of market economies. We invite papers that critically
NeMLA 2026 will be held in Pittsburgh, PA from March 5-8.
NeMLA 2026 will be held in Pittsburgh, PA from March 5-8
Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature
Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.maurer.press
We invite contributions for the next volume of our series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume is dedicated to exploring feminist perspectives in literature and culture, providing a platform for work that highlights the diverse ways feminism continues to shape literary scholarship.
Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature
Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.maurer.press
Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature
Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.maurer.press
Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature**
Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.maurer.press
We invite contributions for the next volume of our series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume will explore current directions in language and linguistic studies, language pedagogy, and applied linguistics, with the goal of highlighting innovative approaches to teaching, research, and practice.
Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature
Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.maurer.press
We are delighted to invite contributions for the upcoming third volume of our book series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume turns its focus to postcolonial approaches in literary studies, bringing together scholarship that explores the cultural, political, and historical dimensions of literature shaped by colonial encounters and their legacies.
JOIN CEA IN THE QUEEN CITY On May 20, 1775—a year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence—the citizens of North Carolina declared their own independence from Great Britain in the Mecklenberg Declaration. Today, more than 250 years later, North Carolinians continue to celebrate “Meck Dec” and their history as “a free and independent people.” In the spirit of public proclamation and historic resolve, the College English Association announces its 55th annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, and our theme, DECLARATIONS.
At a time when any strides that may have been made towards reproductive rights have been thrown into serious question, motherhood—its lived reality, its spectre, and its implications for theory—remains a fraught and undertheorized field. As Adrienne Rich put it in 1976, “we know more about the air we breathe, the seas we travel, than we do about the nature and meaning of motherhood”—and this statement continues to be true nearly fifty years later despite the proliferation of media, both fictional and nonfictional, that takes motherhood as its object. The very definition of “motherhood” continues to be contested even as its boundaries expand and encompass an increasing number of subject positions and relational modes.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Dime Novels and Juvenile Series Books area is accepting proposals for presentations at the next PCA/ACA annual conference, to be held in Atlanta, GA from April 8-11, 2026.
Panel Title: Queer Gothic as Resistance: Subverted Classed and Gendered Binaries in 21st-Century Fiction
Conference: Queer–Class Relations Conference
Dates: April 17–18, 2026
Venue: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Presentation Mode: Online
Panel Chair: Faham Zeeshan (fahamzeeshan82@gmail.com)
Co-Chair & Convener: Dr. Muhammad Numan (UMT, Lahore) (muhammad.nauman@umt.edu.pk / nauman.sa18@gmail.com)
Call for Contributions and Book Reviews for PSA Newsletter #33:
The Decolonial Caribbean
Bureaucratic Modernism
Edited by Alexandra Irimia and Jonathan Foster
Both modernist literature and modern bureaucracy reshaped how societies imagined authority, individuality, and the written word. Modernist authors not only depicted bureaucracy—they absorbed and transformed its textual forms, procedural rhythms, and rationalized aesthetics. This volume takes that convergence as its starting point, asking how the rise of administrative culture in the early twentieth century influenced modernist style, and how modernist experimentation in turn reframed the experience of bureaucracy.
Translation Networks in the Decolonising World, 1950s–1970s
King's College, University of Cambridge | 24–25 April 2026
Note: All abstracts must be submitted through the Annual Meeting and Membership portal at https://www.xcdsystem.com/asecs/member/
You do not need to be a member to submit an abstract through the portal; however, you must be a member of ASECS to present at the conference. The panel chair cannot submit the abstract on your behalf.
Call for Book Proposals
TP Open Books, an open-access initiative by Tarjomeh-Pazhouhan Publications, is currently seeking proposals for original scholarly works in the field of Translation Studies. As part of the broader Tarjomeh Pazhouhan publishing initiative, this Open Access series extends our long-standing commitment to advancing translation research by making knowledge freely accessible to all.
We welcome original book-length contributions that engage with a wide range of topics and methods in Translation Studies, including but not limited to:
With the increasing popularity of game studies, academic departments are striving to accommodate potential students. This panel is designed for participants to share their approaches to teaching game studies, either at the undergraduate or graduate level. This will be in roundtable format, and participants are encouraged to bring materials (syllabi, course packets, other media). A multiplicity of approaches is welcome, whether participants teach in game design, critical studies, or pedagogy/rhetoric.
To participate, submit a syllabus for a course you have taught recently or are about to teach in academic year 2025-2026. Also, note that this proposed panel needs to be approved in October by the Program Committee.
Remembering the Middle Ages: Memories of the Medieval Across Time and Space (Roundtable) (Hybrid)
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI), Thursday, 14 May, through Saturday, 16 May, 2026
Co-sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture, International Arthurian Society-North American Branch, International Association for Robin Hood Studies
Co-organized by Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College; Siân Echard, University of British Columbia; and Alexander L. Kaufman, Ball State University
https://samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19446
This panel seeks papers that explore how American literature has shaped--and been shaped by--knowledge of the natural world, from the transcendental reflections of the 19th century to contemporary ecofeminst and ecocritical perspectives. How have authors translated environmental observation and ecological awareness into literary forms of knowledge? How does nature writing reflect evolving understandings of identity, power, science, and stewardship.
Description
Planet LangLit 2026: International Conference on Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
Theme: Language, Literature, Education and Ecology for Planetary Justice & Inclusive Future
Date & Venue: 15 – 16 January, 2026 |
Hybrid |Green University of Bangladesh, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Pioneering Bangladesh’s Language and Literary Conference with Global Impact!
Do you want your research to shape the future of language, literature, culture, and the planet?
Planet LangLit 2026 is your chance to break boundaries and connect with researchers from around the globe.
For the first time in Bangladesh, an international conference is offering publication opportunities in four globally renowned outlets:
To bend a phrase by Fredric Jameson, narrative is a historically symbolic act. Literary
scholars and historians have long argued that not only are texts implicated in the time, place,
political events, and economic forces in which they get produced, but they also produce their
own ideas of and uses for history. Indeed, for Marxist, psychoanalytical, and deconstructive
critics (among other schools of thought), a text’s historical contingency needs to be rigorously
elaborated to determine how it works across varied sites (from social to political) and
contexts (from academic to public); moreover, to differing degrees, they all agree that it is
The 97th annual SAMLA Conference is taking place Thursday, November, 6, through Saturday, November, 8, 2025, at the Wyndham Atlanta Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. For more information, see https://southatlanticmla.org/.
Thursday 4th December 2025, The National Archives, Kew, UK.
‘Talking Records’ is a new collections-based symposium held at The National Archives every year. The theme for 2025 is pollution. Histories of pollution, contamination, and environmental damage can be found in a diverse range of records in the collections at The National Archives.
Call for Manuscripts, Study & Scrutiny, Volume 8
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: DECEMBER 15, 2025
CLIMATE, JUSTICE, AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: CENTERING INTERDISCIPLINARY CLIMATE LITERACY LEARNING
Call For Papers
Issue VI: Re - Defining Work
Perspectives is a bilingual double-blind peer-reviewed, annual E-journal published by Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi with eISSN 2583 - 4762.
An emerging and essential field of academic enquiry, with numerous avenues of interdisciplinary interventions, is the concept of ‘Work’.
The 21st century is grappling with an influx of AI, and the increasing pressure to automate has raised some critical questions about the nature and concept of work, and its relationship with societies and cultures.
The International Congress of Videogames, Virtual Environments and Interactive Creation is an event of scientific and academic dissemination whose objective is the diffusion of studies related to the field of videogames, digital art and online and virtual environments, in its wide range of topics and media: development of ludic and interactive platforms; video game studies (Game Studies); initiatives around eSports; expressions of Digital Art, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence applied to ludic or plastic creation; projects in networked communities and mobile devices; e-learning platforms; games and digital artistic works and their imbrications with cinema, animation, music, comics, etc.
The Medieval Foremothers Society invites proposals for two hybrid sessions honoring Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI in May 2026. Each year the Medieval Foremothers Society honors a scholar whose scholarship, teaching, and activism have laid foundations and built networks for modern medieval studies. Sharon Kinoshita is our 2026 Foremother because of her innovative research that cuts across disciplinary and geographic boundaries, which foregrounds crucial developments in postcolonial medieval studies, Mediterranean Studies, and the Global Middle Ages.
Call for Submissions – Woman Scream Cause For fifteen years, the international Woman Scream (Grito de Mujer) cause has united voices from around the globe through poetry, art, and storytelling, amplifying awareness for women’s and girls’ rights. We now invite poets, short story writers, and visual artists to submit original work for our upcoming printed volume. This is an opportunity to contribute your creativity to a global movement that uses art as a form of activism, solidarity, and change.Participation is open worldwide to creators over 18.
For an edited volume on "Datafied Decision-Making", we invite scholars at different career stages to submit short abstracts (400-500 words) from the disciplines of political science, law, sociology, environmental studies, science and technology studies, critical data studies and related fields that offer a critical perspective on the ethical, legal and societal consequences of algorithms and data practices.
More information on the call can be found here.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (2025) was released by the director’s production company, Proximity Media, to massive fanfare. According to The Tennessee Tribune, Sinners is the first horror film in thirty-five years to earn a grade of ‘A’ on CinemaScore exit polls and boasts “nearly unanimous rave reviews” (April 24-30, 2025). A massive box office success, Sinners raked in a stunning $45.6 million during its debut weekend. This figure, as well as other factors, have invited comparisons to Jordan Peele’s Us (2019), the current record holder for biggest debut of an original film ($71 million).
The 2026 American Studies Association of Norway Conference looks back to its early years for inspiration. The very first themed ASANOR seminar was titled “The Bicentennial of the US Constitution.” Many years later we return to this document, not only to revisit its cultural and historical significance but also to ask what it means to invoke the Constitution now, in a time of intensifying democratic crisis and rising illiberalism. From the expansion of executive power to attacks on voting rights, judicial independence, and press freedoms, many of the traditional pillars of U.S. liberal democracy are under threat. However, illiberalism is not new to the American experience.
37th Annual Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Conference
DeLand, Florida
April 17-18, 2026
Call for Papers
The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, an organization of over 200 members worldwide, invites paper proposals on topics related to Rawlings’s life and works.
Topics might include the following:
Book Chapters on Severance for Edited Collection on Neoliberalism and Affect in Twenty-First Century Culture contact email: neoliberalismandaffect@gmail.com
“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)
Embracing Glocality:
New Perspectives on Arab and Anglophone Arab Literature and Film
Glocalization—the simultaneous presence of global and local dynamics—offers a critical lens through which to examine Arab and Anglophone Arab cultural production. This special issue invites papers that explore how literary and cinematic texts from or about the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reflect, negotiate, or resist the pressures of global cultural flows while rooted in specific local contexts.
The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, Department of French, Hispanic, Italian Studies (FHIS)
November 20th – 21st, 2025
The Silence of Forgetting: Absence, Void, and Memory in Literature and Culture Graduate Conference
This Seminar Session for the Renaissance Society of America 2026 Conference in San Francisco, CA is still seeking participants! This session is sponsored by ACMRS.
Gendered Bodies and Digital Selfhood in Short-form Videos: Research from the Global South
CFP for Special Issue of Journal of Gender Studies
Panel: International Congress for Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, Kalamzoo (May 14-16 2026)
CFP: Rhetoric and/as Academic Leadership Leadership in academia is by nature a fraught enterprise for which few faculty find themselves adequately trained. Such work is made even more difficult in our current climate due to the shifting socioeconomic conditions of higher education that ask more of leaders while at the same time providing fewer material and structural resources to help them lead. As a result, many faculty are more reticent than ever to seek out or accept leadership positions, especially at the highly visible executive levels such as university presidencies, where political or personal failure comes at a high price.
Call for Creative Pieces (Issue III)Thing-Poetry
Things bear world, World grants things.
Poetry, Language, Thought, Martin Heidegger1