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Cinema’s First Epics in Focus:
Silent Epic Film from Literary Adaptation to Contemporary Epic Narratives
MORE PRIDE, LESS PREJUDICE: JANE AUSTEN AT 250
Faculty of Arts and Humanities I University of Porto
2-3 October 2025
Keynote Speakers
John Mullan (University College London)
Fiona Stafford (University of Oxford)
Accepting 300-word abstracts proposing 15-minute papers on paranoia in contemporary American literature and/or film. Topics may include but are not limited to: conspiracy fiction, paranoid reading, racial paranoias, queer paranoias, surveillance, paranoid genre, and ecoparanoias.
Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism seeks original, well-researched, and intellectually rigorous papers about texts from any time period and literary tradition. We are now accepting submissions for the Fall 2024 issue. Submissions are due by September 22, 2024.
CFP for ASAP/16, convening in Houston, TX, 22-25 October 2025
https://www.artsofthepresent.org/conference/asap-16-worldmaking-worldbre...
A black box is an abstraction. In systems theory, it names a model for complex exchanges in which mysterious, secret, or unknowable processes alter input stimuli and produce output reactions. The black box’s inner workings cannot be observed directly, only inferred through hypotheses about causes and effects.
Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA) is excited to announce that we are seeking new members of our organizing committee.
FSNNA held its first conference in October 2018 to gather fan studies scholars in one place to meet, share new research, and promote the study of fanworks and fan cultures. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we ran successful online conferences with a focus on accessibility and community. Since then, we have continued implementing new online conference formats that allow us to bring together fan studies scholars from North America and around the world every year.
Archipelago of Extremity:
Fragmentation and Renovation in Puerto Rico
Editors
Daniel Nevárez Araújo, PhD, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Nelson Varas-Díaz, PhD, Florida International University
Description
Leveraging Legacies of Peacebuildingin a Precarious Time
The annual conference of The Peace and Justice Studies Association
Hosted by the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
OCTOBER 9-12, 2025 | Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 1, 2025
Early Bird Registration: May 15 – June 15, 2025
Draft Schedule Released: June 1, 2025
British Shakespeare Association Conference
Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons
25-28 June 2025, University of York
Call for Panels, Papers, Roundtables, and Seminar Enrolment: Deadline 14 February 2025
For more information: https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/conference/
Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism
Call for Papers: Studies in Materialistic Historiography
Virtual Special Issue
Guest Editor: K. Michael Hays
LAMAR JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES
Call for Papers
Readers Needed for “Author Meets Readers” Roundtable
American Studies Association Conference
November 20th-23rd
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Email me if you’re interested in discussing my forthcoming book, That Book is Dangerous!: How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing. It will be published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press and distributed by Penguin Random House on August 12th, 2025. I will send you an advance reader copy in March.
Please email me by January 30th if you’re interested.
EGSS/EBSS 2025 Conference: Call for Papers
R/evolution: Radical Change and Gradual Transformation in Literature and Culture
Université de Montréal
April 11–13, 2025
The English Graduate Students’ Society (soon to become the English and Bidisciplinary Students’ Society) at l’Université de Montréal currently solicits proposals for paper presentations at its 2025 annual conference. The conference theme, “R/evolution,” invites us to considers the frictions and affinities between evolution and revolution, as we trace radical change and gradual transformation in literature and culture.
Call for Papers: The Turn to Podcasts as a Mass Campaign Medium Special Issue of The Journal of Radio and Audio Media
Dr. Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Prof. Kim Fox, American University in Cairo
Dr. Aram Sinnreich, American University
The Journal of Radio and Audio Media (JRAM), the world’s premier radio research journal, is published semi-annually by the Broadcast Education Association. JRAM is dedicated to radio research and the new technology redefining radio’s traditional use.
The Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon) is now accepting submissions for presentations at its sixth conference, which will be held on September 26-28, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec. Proposals for talks, pre-constituted panels, workshops, roundtables, and post-mortems are due on April 13th, 2025.
Submit your proposal using this form. Do not use our contact email for submissions.
Profanity: Redefining the Limits.
The F-word across Linguistics, Translation and the Arts
The conference is still welcoming proposals in film, lit. and cultural studies focusing on the use of profanity, transgression and "bad language" in general.
LOCATION: Université d’Artois (Arras, France), 24-26 September 2025
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
The conference will take place at Université Toulouse II - Jean Jaurès on 13 May 2025. Please send your proposals, along with a summary of up to 300 words and a brief bio-bibliographical note, by January 31, 2025 to anita.jorge@univ-tlse2.fr, Zachary.baque@univ-tlse2.fr and Vincent.souladie@univ-tlse2.fr.
Ambivalent Solidarities: South Asian Women’s Intellectual, Affective and Activist Networks
Editors:
Hiya Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Swarnamoyee Jogendranath Mahavidyalaya, Vidyasagar University
Sreejata Paul, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR
CFP: “If you live a long life and get to the end of it without ever once having felt crushingly depressed, then you probably haven’t been paying attention” – The Representation of Mental Health in Theatre & Performance
Keynote: Robert Icke
The organizers invite proposals for 15-minute papers to be presented at the first Re-Staging conference. Hosted by staff aligned to the Stage & Screen Faculty of The Northern School of Art, this event will take place in person on Friday 11th April 2025. The theme for this year’s conference will explore the representation of mental health in theatre & performance.
The CFP will broadly look at three key strands:
European Network for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Conference:
Anthropologies and Psychologies in (Inter)Action - Engaging Interdisciplinary Perspectives
11 - 13 June 2025, University of Münster, Germany
Conference information: https://enpanthro.net/enpa-2025-conference/
CFP for an in-person panel:
Anthropology, Psychology, and Self-Understanding: Exploring Educative Contexts and Possibilities
The fully online Open Access Medieval Studies (OAMS) conference aims to facilitate the critical and explicit intersection of Palestinian liberation and medieval studies. As such, this virtual conference will run directly counter to the Centennial Meeting of the MAA, happening March 20-22, 2025.
We invite scholars at all stages in their academic careers to submit papers centering on the theme of 'liberation,' broadly conceived. Proposals due February 7. Questions can be directed to mfpconference2025[at]gmail[dot]com.
Link to the CFP: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11HodsTXn5t6NMbL1kNK1JGAOCyD-fgY6qRVS...
Graduate Student Awards in Literature (literary analysis) or Pedagogy (teaching methodologies and reflections), and Writing (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry)
Graduate students are invited to submit papers or creative pieces for the NJCEA annual Graduate Student Awards. The winners of these two awards will receive Amazon gift cards and have their papers published in The Watchung Review, the official publication of the NJCEA. Complete submissions can be sent as electronic attachments to Rachael Warmington at rkw2111@gmail.com by February 7th, 2025.
NJCEA 47th Annual Conference
"TEACHING LITERATURE AND WRITING STUDIES IN A POLARIZED SOCIETY"
March 22, 2025 Seton Hall University
The challenges of teaching humanities in today’s increasingly polarized political climate are profound. Educators find themselves at the intersection of diverse ideologies, cultural tensions, and barriers students may face in their access to education. How do we teach literature and writing in ways that foster civility, empathy, and meaningful dialogue amid stark political divides? For the 2025 NJCEA annual conference, we ask you to consider ideas and pedagogical strategies that help navigate these tensions without losing the richness and relevance of literature and writing.
Call for Papers
Healing Narratives, Embodied Histories: Medical Humanities in South Asia
Animesh Roy and Bosudha Bandyopadhyay
Medical Humanities is an interdisciplinary field that examines the human dimensions of health, illness, and healthcare through the lens of literature, arts, humanities, and social sciences. It seeks to deepen understanding of medical practices by exploring how cultural, historical, ethical, and literary contexts shape healthcare experiences.
Call for Papers: Edited Volume on “Writing under Duress in Anglophone Arab Literature in the Diaspora: The Articulation of a Coerced Imagination”
Editors: Dr. Hamida Riahi, Prof. Mounir Triki, and Dr. Saud Enazi
Publisher: This volume is being prepared for submission to Palgrave Macmillan for consideration.
Overview
Dear colleagues,
We are seeking presenters for the panel, Network Imaginaries: Past, Present, and Future, at the next 4S conference (September 3-7, 2025, Seattle, WA, USA). We welcome papers of varying approaches that consider the origins, mobilizations, endurances, and evolutions of the network imaginaries underlying technologies and systems from the 19th Century through to contemporary transformations and promises. (See below for the full call and submission details.)
Proposals consisting of a short abstract (up to 250 words) will be accepted until January 31 via the official website of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).
Marina Warner’s latest work, Sanctuary: The Shelter of Stories (working title), the publication of which will coincide with our conference, opens with a scene from a film, where a man being chased finds refuge in a cathedral. Marina Warner describes how, as he lifts the giant door knocker, it becomes a hinge between danger and safety, enveloping the suppliant in a protective halo and becoming a portal to the Church’s ancient rite of, and right to, sanctuary. Enchanting Wor(l)ds will examine the myriad ways in which Marina Warner has dedicated her career to analysing how objects, spaces, temporalities, people, worlds and words can become enchanted: how they might be imbued with power, aura, mystery or dread.
In contemporary media and pop culture, the intersection of fatness, queerness, and neurodivergent signifies a crucial but inadequately researched domain of identity and representation. The representation of marginalised identities is becoming increasingly significant as cultural spaces continue to impact social norms and impact perspectives. Media and popular culture have the ability to either reinforce stereotypes or contest the status quo by emphasising varied, nuanced narratives. The comprehension of the intersections between neurodivergent, queer, and fat identities offers valuable insight into the lived experiences of numerous individuals, thereby promoting inclusivity and empathy in a society that frequently marginalises diversity.
Migrant Sensoria–special issue of The Senses and Society
What are the sensory experiences of migration? How do migrants negotiate their movement not only between spaces and cultures, but between different configurations of sensory environments, habits, and values? How do traumatic contexts of migration register—or fail to register—in sensory experience, and in sensorially entangled memories? How do different sensory arrangements and pedagogies contribute to the erosion, maintenance, or resurgence of collective memories across individual and trans-generational time? How might sensory experiences and interventions contribute to migrant performance, stories, and media—and to articulating “migrant futures” (Bahng)?
CALL FOR PAPERS
British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) PGR & ECR Conference
ROMANTIC (UN)CONSCIOUSNESS
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge: 4th-5th September 2025
Online: 12th September 2025
Keynote Speakers Include:
Dr Rowan Rose Boyson (King's College London)