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Reading and Writing Highways in the West
A special issue of Western American Literature
Guest edited by Surabhi Balachander and Lauren White
Lisez l'appel à propositions en français sur le site du CLC: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/literatures-in-canada/2026-conference/index.html
ALECC and CLC 2026 20th Anniversary Conference: Cross-Pollinations
16-20 June, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Undergraduate students are invited to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2026 Popular Culture Association Annual Conference. Presentation proposals should consist of a 250-to-300 word abstract or summary of your presentation topic which can include any topic as long as it covers some aspect of popular culture, American culture, or international culture.
We are now accepting research articles, scholarly papers, creative writing, artwork, photography, and reviews for our 2025 issue of
1890: A Journal of Undergraduate Research.
1890 provides undergraduate students the opportunity to demonstrate their interests and abilities in various disciplines by accepting works of research, creative writing, poetry, reviews, and art.
Game Studies - PCA/ACA National Conference
Call For Papers
The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held on April 8-11, 2026 in Atlanta, GA. The deadline for proposals is November 30th.
I. Topics of Interest
GENDER AND SOUTH ASIAN VISUAL CULTURES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Deadline for 250-word proposals: November 2, 2025 Association for Art History Annual Conference, April 2026Cambridge, UK This panel aims to explore the relationships between women and visual culture in twentieth century South Asia, challenging the oppressive structures that inform postcolonial subjectivities and engaging with practices that inaugurate new visual grammars.
Dear colleagues,
For its upcoming issues, Incontri. Rivista europea di studi italiani is currently accepting essay submissions and proposals for special issues.
The Area of Education, Teaching, History and Popular Culture is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Popular Culture Association National Conference to be held April 8-11, 2026 in Atlanta, GA.
Educators, librarians, archivists, scholars, independent researchers and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Undergraduates are reminded that there is an entire area devoted to undergraduate presentations in which they should submit. Undergraduates who wish to present a paper, panel or round table must do so under the supervision of a faculty sponsor, who must be included in the proposal submission.
Translation is a practice and an academic discipline that is always concerned with otherness. While it can be framed optimistically as an act of connecting and fostering engagement with different cultures, it must also be considered as a potentially harmful act. Especially with regard to so-called cultural realia, translators are increasingly aware of the ethical implications of their work. As Ritva Leppihalme explains, “[s]ince all texts are anchored in their culture, it follows that culture-bound items in the source text can present problems for translators” (126) and translators should thus possess “intercultural awareness” and “metacultural competence” (Leppihalme 127).
3rd ICCPA
East Asia on/as the Global Stage
5-7 Desember 2025
Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
We are now accepting submissions for Issue IV (Spring 2026)!
The Student Journal of Asian Studies at USC (SJAS @ USC) is a student-run academic journal supported by the USC East Asian Studies Center to help publish undergraduate and graduate work in various disciplines surrounding Asian Studies from around the world. Our goal is to establish an interdisciplinary atmosphere for student researchers on the rise to share their works and contribute to scholarship in Asian Studies.
Concept Note
Bob Dylan and the Value of Art in the 21st Century
5-7 November 2026
University of Southern Denmark
Odense, Denmark
From Unit Chairs:
The religious experience is of significant and acute concern among our varied African diasporic communities and is worthy of close academic exploration and study. The American Academy of Religion - Western Region (AAR-WR) Black Religion and Theology Unit’s mission is to further the development of scholarly research and discussion about the black religious experience; encourage the broadening of Black religion as an academic endeavor; and engage in discourse, from the African diasporic perspective, about religious and theological expression.
Call for Papers
6th Spiral Film and Philosophy Conference
“Radical”
Toronto, Canada
May 15-16, 2026
This virtual symposium invites papers that explore how mental disability and technology intersect in
literature, film, and media.
By mental disability, we include conditions such as mental illness, neurodivergence, emotional
distress, and psychological differences as represented across cultures.
By technology, we refer broadly to scientific, digital, or mechanical systems (such as medical
instruments, typewriters, social media, surveillance systems, and artificial intelligence).
We invite submissions that consider questions: How do technologies shape the way we think about
madness, desire, emotion, and care? How do literature and media represent the mind as a kind of machine,
Special Topics CFP: Visual and Material Culture
CEA 2026/DECLARATIONS
March 26-28, 2026
Hilton Charlotte University Place
SUBMISSION DEADLINE NOVEMBER 1, 2025
JOIN US 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."
Special Topics CFP: The Profession
CEA 2026/DECLARATIONS
March 26-28, 2026
Hilton Charlotte University Place
SUBMISSION DEADLINE NOVEMBER 1, 2025
JOIN US 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."
Call For Papers:
Op. Cit.: A Journal of Anglo-American Studies
Series 4, No. 1, General Issue
2026
(New) Beginnings
Thoughts associated with beginnings often include excitement, anticipation, and a sense of possibility, alongside potential anxiety, uncertainty, and a hint of the unknown. Beginnings can be viewed as a fresh start, a new chapter, or a chance to rebuild, while also acknowledging the potential messiness and challenges that come with starting something new.
Call for Papers, Women’s Literature and Gender Studies at CEA 2026
March 26-28, 2026, Charlotte, NC
Hilton Charlotte University Place
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. The CEA conference features papers, panels, and roundtables that address our discipline from multiple perspectives.
Submit your proposal electronically by November 1, 2025, at www.cea-web.org
Call for Papers, Post-Colonial Literature at CEA 2026
March 26-28, 2026, Charlotte, NC
Hilton Charlotte University Place
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. The CEA conference features papers, panels, and roundtables that address our discipline from multiple perspectives.
Submit your proposal electronically by November 1, 2025, at www.cea-web.org
Annual National Popular Culture Association Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS:
PCA CONFERENCE 8-11 April 2026, Atlanta, GA
The Vampire Studies Area of the PCA welcomes papers, presentations, panels, and roundtable discussions that cover all aspects of the vampire as it appears throughout global culture.
When Undead Worlds Collide
Special Joint Section: SFF & Vampires at PCA 2026
We are excited to announce a Special Joint Section at the 2026 Popular Culture Association Conference, bringing together the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area (SFF) and the Vampire Studies Area for an unprecedented collaborative conversation.
This joint section invites papers, panels, and roundtables that explore the intersections of speculative futures and the undead—from science fiction’s cosmic vampires to gothic tales reimagined through futurism and technology. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
In this special issue of Science Fiction Film and Television, the editors warmly invite contributions that engage with the spaces of New Horror and digital media.
A Field Guide to Lost Modernisms
Time of the Wolf:
Visual/Textual Culture of Ethical Impasse
Healthcare and care provision have long been influenced by gendered dynamics. Whether in access to treatment, diagnosis, or the dominant narratives about body normativity, access to care remains unevenly distributed. The inclusion of women in health trials was not consistently considered until the NHS Revitalization Act of 1993; however, to this day, other structural factors, such as race, ethnicity, or class, remain underrepresented in clinical studies (Kwiatkowski et al., 2013). In patient-centered care, which emphasizes patients’ autonomy and overall well-being (Reynolds 2009), it is essential to consider both structural and individual factors.
CFP: International Conference on French Theory and Contemporary Screen Studies
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
June 11 & 12, 2026
Keynote: Prof. Sarah Cooper (King’s College London)
Deadline for abstracts: 12/01/2026
Applicants notified of acceptance: 12/02/2026
Call for Submissions: "Hello Godot" – A One-Minute Existential Play Anthology (Volume 11)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/freshwordsmagazine/home
Email: dramaanthologyfreshwords@gmail.com
Last date of submission: November 28th, 2025
Fresh Words-An International Literary Magazine is inviting submissions for a special one minute play anthology "Hello Godot".
Submission Guidelines:
1. Theme and Tone
Vulnerable Bodies:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vulnerability in Nineteenth-Century History, Literature, and Culture
Edited Volume
Call for Contributions
Miriam Läpple, PhD (University of Koblenz)
Dr. Sarah Schäfer-Althaus (University of Koblenz)
CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GA - April 8-11, 2026
Call For Papers: Reproductive Justice in Popular Culture
The conference will explore the historical and theoretical dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies and it will focus on the impact colonialism had on political, social, economic and cultural domains. It will examine various forms of colonial domination and control as well as theories and practices of resistance.
The concepts of migration, identity and belonging are increasingly central to understanding contemporary societies. As people move across borders — whether driven by conflict, economic opportunities, climate change or personal aspirations — migration becomes a transformative force that redefines notions of home, community and identity. This interdisciplinary conference invites scholars, researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields to explore how migration shapes and reshapes cultural, social and individual identities and how it influences the construction of belonging in different contexts.
This conference aims at exploring motherhood and its diverse cultural representations, while interrogating the ways in which such representations impact on individual and collective experiences of motherhood. Thus, we attempt at examining motherhood both as a personal experience and as an institution, as well as observing the nuances involved in the interaction between both.
The conference seeks to encourage dialogue around cultural concepts of motherhood by observing the cultural roles that are given to maternal figures, the perspectives from which this experience is approached, and how these engage in dialogue with other current discourses such as politics, law and medicine.
Memory is central to contemporary life and serves as a key to personal, social and cultural identity. Scholars from diverse disciplines — philosophy, sociology, anthropology, geography, architecture, psychology, literature and the interdisciplinary field of "place studies" — have explored memory and its intersections with place. Pierre Nora’s concept of lieux de mémoire (places of memory) describes sites where "memory crystallises and secretes itself," emerging through the interplay of memory and history. These sites can be material, symbolic, or functional — or a combination of all three — and embody the essence of collective memory.
Life-history approach occupies the central place in conducting and producing (auto)biographical and (auto)ethnographic studies through the understanding of self, other, and culture. We construct and develop conceptions and practices by engaging with memory through narrative, in order to negotiate ambivalences and uncertainties of the world and to represent (often traumatic) experiences.
Violence, in its various manifestations, poses significant challenges to individuals, communities, and nations worldwide. This conference provides a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, critical inquiry, and innovative solutions aimed at comprehending the nature, root causes and consequences of violence. It aims to foster a deeper understanding of solutions to violence in its various forms, from interpersonal violence to structural violence and beyond.
Conference panels will explore a wide array of themes related to violence and society, reflecting the diversity and complexity of this critical issue. We welcome paper submissions across the following themes:
In an ever changing world the problems of setting boundaries as well as the need to create meanings and establish understanding of diverse phenomena have always been of the utmost importance for humanity. Borders, boundaries, frontiers, and borderlands, naturally formed or man made, are grounded in various ethical traditions, and have always been associated with limits and restrictions. The ongoing process of globalisation is changing the role and stereotypes of borders, so that they are often seen as opportunities rather than constraints. However, in some cases they are still being militarized and conflicted.
Emotions shape the way individuals and communities navigate their personal and collective lives, influencing decisions, relationships and the structures that govern societies. They are deeply embedded in social, cultural and political contexts, acting as both a personal experience and a force that drives public action. This conference seeks to examine the central role of emotions in shaping identity, power relations and societal structures. By exploring how emotions are experienced, expressed and manipulated, we aim to foster a deeper understanding of their impact on contemporary social and political realities.
The conference will explore the social, historical and cultural dimensions of health and medicine. It will promote an interdisciplinary perspective on health, illness, health care and the body. The conference will also focus on the issues relevant to medical knowledge, public health policy, the experience of being ill and of caring for those who are ill.
Papers are invited on topics related, but not limited, to:
history of medicine
medical anthropology
bioethics
sociology of medicine
The conference aims to investigate the interconnections between gender and power across diverse contexts and disciplines. As gender continues to shape individual identities, social structures and cultural narratives, this conference seeks to explore its impact on the full scope of human affairs — past, present and future.The conference will address key questions such as: How does gender intersect with power in different societal domains? In what ways does gender contribute to or challenge structures of inequality?We welcome papers that critically examine these issues from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
Slayage: The International Journal of Buffy+ and the Association for the Study of Buffy+ invite proposals for the eleventh biennial Slayage Conference (SC11). Devoted to creative works and workers of the ‘fuzzy set’ surrounding Buffy the Vampire Slayer, SC11 will be held on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026.
Call for Presentations: Pulp Studies Area – Popular Culture Association National Conference
April 8-11, 2026, Atlanta, GA
https://pcaaca.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1960292
Abstracts Submission Deadline: November 30
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.
The CEMORY project team at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations) invites Participants to join the "Forgotten Voices. Holocaust Memories Through the Perspective of Minorities" International Conference.
The "Forgotten voices. Holocaust Memories Through the Perspective of Minorities" International Conference is organised under the auspices of the “Central European Memory of the Holocaust in a Multicultural and Multidimensional Perspective” [CEMORY] project funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV).
"Forgotten Voices" Conference, vol. 2 will be held on 17–18 April 2026 online using the MS Teams platform.
Call for Papers
Online Symposium
“Hindu Approaches to Dialogue”
Date: 18 and 19 April 2026
Network of Hinduism in Dialogue is organising an interdisciplinary online symposium to encourage and explore research focused on dialogue in the Hindu traditions. The keynote speaker will be Diwakar Acharya, Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford.
CALL FOR PAPERS
RADIO AND AUDIO MEDIA AREA
POPULAR CULTURE AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
April 8-11, 2026, ATLANTA
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: NOVEMBER 30, 2025
It’s time again to submit your creative work to Unearthed, the literary and art journal produced by SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry. We invite writers, poets, artists, and creatives of all kinds to submit to our upcoming Fall 2025 issue. In this issue, we invite you to reflect on what it means to nourish—to feed, to sustain, to grow, to heal.
The Biographies Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA) is soliciting papers for the 2026 conference that examine the connections between biography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topics might include:
Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater
Biography and film
Biography and criminal justice
Television programs about biography
Biography and urban legends
Biography and folklore
Cultures of violence and female resistance: receptions of ancient Greek myths from the 14th to the 21st century, in Europe and beyond
International conference • ERC AGRELITA
June 10-12, 2026 at the University of Caen Normandie
Call for papers