A Two-Day International Conference on Environmental Humanities: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue on Ecological Agency and Crisis

Organised by the Department of English, Women's Christian College, Kolkata (affiliated to the University of Calcutta),

in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame, Australia, Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania) & Spadina Literary Review (Canada)

DATES OF CONFERENCE: April 22, 2026 (WEDNESDAY) & April 23, 2026 (THURSDAY)

VENUE: WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, KOLKATA, INDIA

MODE: HYBRID (both online and in-person)

CONCEPT NOTE

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.

Bob Dylan and the Value of Art in the 21st Century

5-7 November 2026

University of Southern Denmark

Odense, Denmark

Call for Papers

6th Spiral Film and Philosophy Conference

“Radical”

Toronto, Canada

May 15-16, 2026

The Literary, Interdisciplinary, Theory, and Culture Organization (LITCO) at Purdue University invites participants for our sixth annual symposium, “Memory, Identity, and Transformation Throughout Literature, Theory, and Culture.” We are interested in scholarly projects that discuss past, present, and future intersections of memory, identity, and transformation, including readings that challenge or rearticulate these themes as conceptual categories. We welcome papers that interact with these themes within the scope of their scholarly arguments or discuss texts that deal with their various manifestations on a literary, political, social, or cultural level.

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."

ALA 2026: The Novel of Ideas in American Fiction

ALA Annual Conference (May 20-23, Chicago, IL)

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

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.

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.

                                                                             Time of the Wolf:
                                                           Visual/Textual Culture of Ethical Impasse

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

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)

This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars, writers, filmmakers, and students to share the interest and passion for the fictional criminal genre through their participation in panels, roundtables, workshops, film screenings, and curated cultural events in historic Salem.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

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.

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.

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:

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 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:

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 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 

RADIO AND AUDIO MEDIA AREA

POPULAR CULTURE AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

April 8-11, 2026, ATLANTA

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:  NOVEMBER 30, 2025

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

 The Shakespeare on Film and Television area explores Shakespeare in a variety of media beyond the traditional stage, including film, television, anime, magna, and recent novelizations of the plays. We have previously had papers on the following topics and invite new ideas all the time.
* What is a Shakespeare Adaptation?
* Translating Shakespeare into Film: Additions, Omissions, Anachronisms
* Shakespearean Auteurs
* Shakespeare in Silent Film
* Shakespeare biopics and television takeoffs
* Shakespeare in the Global Marketplace
* Latino Shakespeare
* Shakespeare in Korea
* Anime, Manga, and animated Shakespeares
* Shakespeare on British Television