In a significant portion of feminist criticism in its populist interpretation, there is an ongoing sense of wanting to shape feminine characters from legends, folklore, and history into models for a kind of feminism and perceived empowerment more closely associated with twenty-first-century understandings of the feminine than those directly connected to social, historical, or cultural sources. This backcasting and interpretation changes these characters into ones that would better suit a modern set of beliefs through syncretism and the creation not of folkloric or cultural beliefs but of a folkloresque sense of the subject.

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies (JOFIS) ISSN: 2009-7395

In honour of the 250th anniversary of the publication of La Physiologie du Goût (The Physiology of Taste), the editorial team of JOFIS is pleased to announce its next call for papers for the spring 2025 issue dedicated to the legacy and influence of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, one of the most renowned figures in the history of food writing and gastronomy.

Mission Shakti

Thoughts on Women Empowerment

Sub Themes :

Here are some sub-themes for the  call for papers on the book titled  Mission Shakti: Thoughts on Women Empowerment. These are just indicative points . The book is not limited to these themes only . The authors can select any appropriate theme in commensurate with the main topic.

1. Education and Empowerment: Exploring the role of education in empowering women and promoting gender equality.

2. Breaking Gender Stereotypes: Challenging traditional gender norms and stereotypes that hinder women's empowerment.

** Call for Proposals **

Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference

Saturday July 12 – Sunday July 13, 2025

University College London

This is the 28th Annual Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference.

Closing Date for Submissions: Sunday January 19, 2025*
Send proposals to: conference@greatwriting.org.uk

The conference will be held in person. 

For sign-up forms, consult: https://beyondtrauma.yolasite.com/ 

The Beyond Trauma Conference (June 9, 10, & 11, 2025; Nice, France) aims to gather an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to share their research (ethnographies, theories, and clinical practice) on post-traumatic states from resistance and resilience to retribution and growth. More specifically, we propose to focus less on trauma and PTSD and more on modes of healing that so often involve the arts for trauma survivors. 

The twentieth anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000) was an important moment in film history, for it not only marked a great film and work of art, but it also reminded audiences how peplum and historical epics still mattered. The edited collection “A Hero Will Endure”: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of ‘Gladiator’ (2023) provided insights on the film two decades after its release.

Yet now there is a sequel with a November 2024 release. This CFP therefore serves to build on the work done in the 2023 essays and provide a further avenue of exploration for connections between the two films as well as innovative readings of Gladiator 2 on its own.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP FOR EDITED COLLECTION (2025)

Call for abstracts for papers for edited collection on the effects of ageing populations and generational disparities in Asian societies as represented in literature, film, and other forms of media

Working Title for Proposed Volume: 

Ageing Asia: multimedia representations of ageing and older adults in Asian societies

Editors:

Dr. Bernard Wilson

Department of English Language and Culture,

Department of International Social Sciences,

Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders (STAB) 2025

Graduate Conference of the Dept. of English, General Literature and Rhetoric

Binghamton University, New York

Conference theme: (Re)Placement

Date: March 29, 2025

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Naima Mohammadi (University of Pittsburgh)

In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political

 I must listen to the birds

 and in order to hear the birds

 the warplanes must be silent.

– Marwan Makhoul, Palestinian Poet 

Call for Papers from the Carson McCullers Society
 
American Literature Association Annual Convention 
May 21-24, 2025, Boston, MA
 
New Directions in Carson McCullers Scholarship:
 
An open topic roundtable session focused on new scholarship on the works of Carson McCullers
 

Conference online: 23-24 January 2025

Scientific Committee:
Professor Wojciech Owczarski – University of Gdańsk, Poland
Professor Polina Golovátina-Mora – NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

CFP:

NEH Medical Humanities Conference

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

October 2-3, 2025

Call for Panel and Paper Proposals

Call for Individual Proposals:

Dear Comparative Literature scholars/students,

Now the 2025 ICLA Congress (https://icla2025-seoul.kr/en) call for individual proposal submission is out.

You can search for the cfp here:

https://www.conftool.pro/icla2025/index.php?page=browseSessions&presentations=hide

I. Individual Proposal Submission Guidelines: 

Literary Druid is a journal that fosters research and creative writing in English. It welcomes all nationals to contribute for learning and research purposes. The perspective of Literary Druid is to create a niche platform for academicians and patrons to share their intellect to enrich the English language and Literature. I welcome all to learn and share.

2025 Texas Association for Asian American Diaspora Studies (TAAADS) Annual Symposium

"Rethinking Asian American Diaspora Studies: Relationality, Interconnected Struggles, Shared Histories"

Feb 28-March 1, 2025 at College Station, Texas A&M University

Submission: Please visit our website at tinyurl.com/taaads for the submission form

Abstract Deadline: Dec 31st, 2024