Memory, Ecology, and Sustainability

 The Second Annual International Conference of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS) in association with the Centre for Memory Studies (CMS) at IIT Madras

                                                                                  20-22 September 2023

Faculty Coordinators: Avishek Parui and Merin Simi Raj, Associate Professors, IIT Madras, Faculty Investigators CMS, Founding Chairpersons, INMS.

International Conference: 19-20 October 2023

(Re)translating-Rewriting the Classics in the XXIst century

Sorbonne-Nouvelle University /Maison de la Recherche, 75005 Paris

T.R.A.C.T. (Prismes EA4398)

Call for Papers

CFP—“Catastrophe (a black gathering)”

liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies issue 8.2, Fall 2024

Modernism & Writing Pedagogy Roundtable

Call for Abstracts – 100-150 words

Deadline: May 24, 2023, 11.59 EST, to lhartm13@jhu.edu

Organizer: Laura Hartmann-Villalta, Johns Hopkins University

3-4 slots available

In the spirit of the roundtable organized and chaired by Nissa Ren Cannon in MSA Portland entitled, “Modernism in the Writing Classroom,” this roundtable recognizes the suitability of modernist texts for writing classrooms of all sorts. This roundtable seeks to share pedagogical approaches at the intersection of modernism and writing. The call is purposefully broad.  

Some topics to consider:

CFP—“Exercises in Joyful Improvisational Practice”

liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies issue 9.1, Spring 2025

This Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) seeks to elicit original essays examining the intersections of medicine and literature (broadly understood). Essays exploring any cultural context from c. 1800 to the present day are welcome. Possible contributions might address, but are not limited to, topics such as:

Hongyang Ji, and Wei Zeng hji4@ualberta.ca; wzeng4@ualberta.ca

Penal Proposal for MLA conference

The Contemporary Traveling of Pre-14th Century Chinese Classical Texts

Technology can both protect and violate human rights. How does such paradox inform imperialism, and appear in the post-9/11 cultural representations including film, literature, music, and visual arts? Email 300 words abstract with bios.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, 17 March 2023

Muhammad Waqar Azeem, Binghamton U, SU of New York (mazeem1@binghamton.edu )

This CFP is posted on MLA Website here: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webprogrampreliminary/Paper23490.html

Celebrating Virginia Woolf's Eighteenth Century

Beyond her call to lay flowers on Aphra Behn’s grave or taking her “Common Reader” from Samuel Johnson, Woolf’s engagement with the eighteenth-century was profound. Proposal might consider aesthetics, visual and literary history, fashion and decor, print culture and/or printing technology, waxworks, politics, etc.
 

ASECS/IVWS joint-session

Modern Language Association MLA 2024, Philadelphia

Miriam Wallace, New C of Florida (mwallace@ncf.edu ) Laura Engel, Duquesne University (engell784@duq.edu )

Dr. JT Torres of Quinnipiac University and I will be moderating an inclusive pedagogy roundtable at PAMLA in Portland, OR. The conference, which will be held in person, will take place from October 26-29, 2023. The deadline to submit abstracts to the roundtable is May 31st.

A brief description of the session is below,, and the full panel description, with a link to submit an abstract, can be accessed here. (To submit an abstract, I believe you'll need to create a PAMLA account and log in.) 

CFP: Langston Hughes Society Panel at the Modern Language Association

January 4-7, 2024, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Not Without Laughter: Langston Hughes and His Contemporaries

The Langston Hughes Society is pleased to invite proposals for a guaranteed session to be held at the 2024 Modern Language Association Convention (MLA2024) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

The Australasian Journal of American Studies or AJAS (ISSN 0705-7113) is the official journal of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. It aims to publish the best submissions from around the world on all themes and all periods relating to United States history, culture, politics, film, literature, and society. We are currently seeking book and film, documentary and television reviews for our 2023 issues, scheduled for July and December. We also invite EoIs from prospective contributors to our peer-reviewed section of articles, though these would be scheduled for our late 2023 or 2024 issues.

Call for proposals for a rountable at MLA 2024 (Philadelphia)