From G. I. Joe workout routines and Sailor Moon wedding gowns to Bratz doll make-unders and Ferby modding, toyetic, merchandise-driven television from past decades has proved remarkably resilient. Toyetic television clearly holds a far greater and more enduring cultural significance than definitions such as “glorified half-hour commercials” (Hilton-Morrow & McMahan 2003, p. 78) might suggest. It is meaningful to individual viewers, it becomes “social lubricants facilitating communication between one child and another” (Steinberg 2012, p. 90), and it can connect generations through shared viewing and playing pleasures.

The Muses & Melanin Fellowship is a supportive, virtual, fully funded eight-month cohort-based professional development program for 30 talented California African American, Afro Latina, and multiracial women creative writers of the African diaspora who aspire to become professional authors. The fellowship is designed for women who do not yet have a lengthy list of publishing credits, are not under a publishing contract, do not have literary agent representation, and do not have a doctoral degree in English, Creative Writing, or Literature (a Master's degree in these subjects is fine, such as an MFA or MA). A Bachelor's degree is required.

CFP: Panel exploring the representations of motherhood in Canada for the in-person conference “Looking Back and Ahead: Exploring Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives” (University of Debrecen, Hungary, October 24-25, 2024)

The Center at West Park (CWP) is hosting Dalloway Day - a celebration of Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs Dalloway - on June 21st. The event, beginning at 5pm, will feature a mini-conference session (approximately 2-hours) and a film screening.

We would like to invite interested parties - established and emerging scholars, students, and general readers - to submit proposals (200 to 300 words) for 15 to 20 minute papers on the novel or aspects of Woolf’s work.

Please send proposals to charlotte.fiehn@yu.edu.

If you’re interested in attending the event without presenting, we’d also love to add you to the mailing list for the event. 

“Reading Taylor Swiftly”CFP for Post-45 Contemporaries

Co-editors:

Stephanie Burt, Donald and Catherine Loker Professor of English, Harvard University

Gabriel Hankins, Associate Professor of English, Clemson University

Comparative Literature and Translation:

Mapping Milestones, Tracing Trajectories

Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

in collaboration with the

Comparative Literature Association of India

(23rd – 25th July 2024)

Three-Day International Online Conference in Memory of

 Dr. Chandra Mohan,

former General Secretary of CLAI

The "British Literature and Culture: 20th and 21st Centuries" session welcomes papers that explore the rich cultural heritage of 20th and 21st Century British literature. It is important to note that this session uses the term “literature” liberally to include visual and performing arts, products of stage and screen that point to aspects of British culture generally, including the country’s politics. With regard to the conference’s theme “Translation in Action,” the session also welcomes but does not require proposals that discuss how the non-Anglophone world has reacted to/understood/re-interpreted 20th and 21st century British literature, or thoughts on teaching this literature in the American classroom.

We invite you to submit papers in English for the next 43rd issue of the journal “Świat i Słowo” (World and Word), which we dedicate to the use of corpus linguistics methods for the analysis of various linguistic phenomena occurring in discourse – broadly defined as “language in use” (Brown and Yule 1983). The aim of the volume is to present research that combines corpus linguistics and the analysis of different forms and varieties of discourse. Preference is given to articles presenting the results of original research of an empirical or analytical nature conducted using corpus linguistics tools and techniques to analyse the ways in which language is used in different contexts for communicative purposes.

The Margaret Cavendish Society will sponsor two or more sessions (panels or roundtables) at the Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. The RSA conference in 2025 will be held jointly with the Shakespeare Assocation of America. 

The Milton Society of America invites proposals for 15-20-minute papers exploring Milton’s place in the global seventeenth century. This panel seeks to consider Milton’s participation in and reflections on cross-cultural encounters, including during his years in the Commonwealth government. Considerations of Milton’s engagements with empire, race, and non-Anglophone cultures are especially welcome. Send a paper title (15-word maximum), 200-word abstract, and resume (.pdf or .doc) to Marissa Greenberg at MiltonSocietySec@gmail.com no later than July 1.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ESSAYS, REVIEWS, RESPONSES, POETRY, PROSE, AND VISUAL ART

Our engagement and consideration of conflicts, both national and international, has undoubtedly changed in the 21st century, especially in recent years. With the aid of media and modern technology, individuals and communities have a bigger space and opportunity to respond to geopolitical events which are both geographically far away and yet have never been closer.

The International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media has extended the deadline for submission of papers to be considered for its 2024 issue, vol. 8. Full paper submissions are due June 16. 

As late Spring often allows for clearer and more focused work, the editors are once again inviting submissions in a broad spectrum of themes related to visual and sonic media studies. Check the call for papers for further information at https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/stereo/announcement/view/200

Call for - Literary Musings Online - 2584-1459
Academic Journal
Research Academy

"Ekphrastic Criticism: Comparing Music and the Visual Arts to Poetry and Prose," 121st PAMLA conference, Palm Springs, CA, Nov 7-10, 2024.