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ALA 2025 Boston: Teaching Cooper Today

updated: 
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 6:18pm
Luis A Iglesias / James Fenimore Cooper Society
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 13, 2025

The James Fenimore Cooper Society will host two panels at the 36th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held at The Weston Copley Place, Boston, MA, May 21-24, 2025. For additional information: https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/

Roundtable Discussion: Teaching Cooper Today

ALA Boston 2025: James Fenimore Cooper in Conversation

updated: 
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 6:18pm
Luis A. Iglesias / James Fenimore Cooper Society
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 13, 2025

The James Fenimore Cooper Society will host two panels at the 36th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held at The Weston Copley Place, Boston, MA, May 21-24, 2025. For additional information: https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/

Cooper in Conversation

ALA Boston 2025: James Fenimore Cooper and Narrating History

updated: 
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 6:18pm
Luis A Iglesias, James Fenimore Cooper Society
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 13, 2025

The James Fenimore Cooper Society will host two panels at the 36th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held at The Weston Copley Place, Boston, MA, May 21-24, 2025. For additional information: https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/

Cooper and Narrating History

John Dos Passos at the 2025 ALA

updated: 
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 6:18pm
John Dos Passos Society
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

John Dos Passos Society, Open Topic Panel(s)

American Literature Association 36th Annual Conference May 21-24, 2025: Boston, MA

The John Dos Passos Society invites proposals for one or two open-topic panels at the American Literature Association conference, to be held in Boston on May 21-24, 2025.

Hemingway Society at ALA 2025

updated: 
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 6:16pm
The Hemingway Society
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 10, 2025

The Hemingway Society welcomes proposals for papers to be delivered at the 36th American Literature Association conference to be held May 21-24, 2025 in Boston.

Infrastructural Poetics

updated: 
Friday, October 11, 2024 - 6:16pm
College Literature (Special Issue)
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, December 15, 2024

College LiteratureSpecial Issue: Infrastructural Poetics

Co-editors: Marty Cain, Claire Farley, and Michael Martin Shea

Call for Papers:

Speculative Southern Futures at SAMLA 2024

updated: 
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 11:31am
Emerging Scholars Organization (ESO)
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 20, 2024

The Emerging Scholars Organization (ESO), an affiliate of the Society of the Study of Southern Literature, invites current students and/or beginning faculty to submit abstracts for an upcoming guaranteed panel on envisioning the future of the South for SAMLA 96 this November 15th-17th in Jacksonville, Florida. This year’s conference theme, “Seen and Unseen,” looks to parts of stories that are untold.

Kristeva's Powers of Horror at 45

updated: 
Monday, October 7, 2024 - 5:22pm
Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Julia Kristeva’s landmark essay, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (1980), will have its 45th publication anniversary in 2025. In that time, its influence has been wide ranging, whether on women and gender studies broadly, on the fields of feminist, psychoanalytic, queer, horror/gothic, and disability theory, as well as on media studies. For this roundtable session we invite proposals that consider any aspect of the influence of Powers of Horror, past and present.

Book Chapters: Neoliberalism and Affect in Twenty-First Century Culture

updated: 
Monday, October 7, 2024 - 5:22pm
Dr Holly Parker, University of Lincoln and Dr Tommaso Villa, University of Lincoln
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 7, 2024

“We’re people, not parts of people. Even with what little they gave us these are our lives. no one gets to just turn you off” - (Severance, S1.8)

Themes of (R)evolution in Atwood's Works and Adaptations

updated: 
Sunday, October 6, 2024 - 9:25pm
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Conference - Philadelphia, March 6-9, 2025
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

The “Themes of (R)evolution in Atwood’s Works and Adaptations” panel at NeMLA 2025 (March 6-9, Philadelphia) invites proposals for 20-minute papers exploring themes of revolution and evolution in Margaret Atwood’s texts, adaptations, and real-life crossovers. In what ways has Atwood’s works sparked revolutionary change—or not? What role does evolution play in her texts?

Please submit an abstract (250-300 words) and a brief bio (<100 words) by September 30th through the NeMLA portal for consideration: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21213. Please reach out to Riley Thomas at riley.thomas@temple.edu with any questions.

Performing Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights on Identity and Existence

updated: 
Sunday, October 6, 2024 - 3:33am
Prof Shuchi Sharma and Ms Mitali Bhattacharya
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Call for Book Chapters for Edited Volume

 

Performing Crisis: Interdisciplinary Insights on Identity and Existence

 

Deadline for Abstract Submissions has been extended to October 31, 2024

 

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” (Baldwin 2).

Black Genres of Political Theology

updated: 
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 1:34pm
ACLA 2025 Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, October 14, 2024

All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical development … but also because of their systematic structure, the recognition of which is necessary for sociological consideration of these concepts. 

–Carl Schmitt, Political Theology (1922)

 

Narrative Nonfiction in the Creation and Understanding of Identity in Turbulent Times

updated: 
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 11:58am
Dr. Amy Leshinsky / Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Educators empower students through narrative nonfiction and writing that allows for empathy, candid discussion, and articulation of self. This roundtable will seek to examine how narrative nonfiction literature and writing is used in a variety of contexts and courses to engage students and empower them to embrace facets of their identities and strengthen their ties to our national and international community.

This roundtable seeks collegiate voices that will contribute to a robust conversation on narrative nonfiction literature and writing with a focus on how we use narrative nonfiction and writing to help students navigate conceptions of their identity and negotiate their place in the world. Topics can include, but are not limited to:

International Conference on Welsh Studies

updated: 
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 8:50am
North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 20, 2025

30th Anniversary International Conference on Welsh Studies

University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College, Rio Grande, OH

16-18 July 2025

Call for Papers

Next summer, NAASWCH (North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History) will celebrate 30 years since our inaugural meeting, and our return to action after the disruptions of the COVID pandemic. The 2025 conference returns us to where it all began, at the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College, Rio Grande, OH.

Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Creative Writers, 5/29 - 5/30/2025, East Lansing, MI

updated: 
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 8:50am
The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature (SSML)
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, February 1, 2025

WRITING THE MIDWEST: A Symposium of Scholars and Creative Writers

The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature (SSML)
May 29-30, 2025. Kellogg Hotel and Convention Center, East Lansing, Michigan

About SSML and The Writing the Midwest Symposium: The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature (SSML), founded in 1971, exists to support the study and dissemination of work in Midwestern literature, art, film, and scholarly study. 

Journal Submissions: Indiana English

updated: 
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 6:29am
Indiana English (Indiana College English Association)
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, May 30, 2025

Indiana English encourages submissions on the role of English studies in the Midwest but will consider submissions on any topic related to English literature and criticism, linguistics, or pedagogy. For this volume, we are particularly interested in exploring writings on national politics, the Midwest's impact on Presidential elections, works studying candidates who came from the Midwest, and the rich literary history that comes with such considerations (speeches, policies, educational content). We also publish original creative work (fiction, poetry, creative or literary nonfiction, and photography).

Creative (R)evolution of Philadelphia

updated: 
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 10:24am
Maureen McVeigh Trainor - NeMLA
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

UPDATED DEADLINE! OCTOBER 15, 2024

This creative session seeks writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction who address Philadelphia’s past, present, and future creative evolution, revolution, and devolution in their work. 

 

ABSTRACT

As one of America’s oldest cities, Philadelphia has experienced drastic changes many times over, often celebrated or maligned by its creative class in music, literature, and performing arts. 

 

Vonnegut and (R)Evolution (Kurt Vonnegut Society Session)

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 10:30am
Nicole Lowman/Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

56th NeMLA ConventionPhiladelphia, PA |  March 6-9th, 2025

All abstracts must be submitted through NeMLA's CFP portal: View Session (cfplist.com)

 

This session is sponsored by the Kurt Vonnegut Society and seeks abstracts that engage the conference theme of "(R)EVOLUTION."

We are open to what shape presentations might take, but possibilities might include:

Hip Hop and American (R)evolution

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 10:30am
Nicole Lowman/Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

56th NeMLA ConventionPhiladelphia, PA |  March 6-9th, 2025

All submissions must be made through NeMLA's submission portal: View Session (cfplist.com)

Hip hop began in the Bronx, NY, in the early 1970s, but the musical genre and cultural movement build from a rich history of Black American traditions, experience, and epistemology. This session seeks short presentations that will prompt a roundtable discussion about how hip hop has influenced and been influenced by American (r)evolution.
Some might argue that hip hop was and is a cultural (r)evolution for many reasons, including:

ACLA 2025-- Whiteness: Imploding the Impermeable and Invisible Monolith

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 10:29am
Niia Bishop. Assisstant Professor of English. Allen University
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, October 14, 2024

This seminar invites papers critically exploring whiteness as an invented political and social identity category. We seek to investigate its emergence from the transatlantic slave trade, its persistence as an entrenched social norm, and its relative stasis compared to evolving terminology for other racial identities.

Central to our inquiry: Why do people who believe themselves to be white still invest in this category? What strategies might facilitate evolution beyond whiteness? As other racial designations have transformed—Black/Negro/Colored to African-American, Hispanic to Latin/x, Indian to Native/Indigenous, Oriental to Asian—we pose the crucial question: What does Post-Whiteness look like?

We encourage submissions examining:

BLACK HISTORY MONTH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 10:26am
Tuskegee University
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 22, 2024

“WE THE PEOPLE:” Black People and Politics, From Past to Present

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 22, 2024

 

Tuskegee University invites you to participate in our annual Black History Month International Symposium on Friday, February 21, 2025.

 

The symposium desires papers and panel proposals from students, faculty and independent scholars of all disciplines. We encourage you to present research on black people’s involvement in politics, political movements, literature, and the black experience throughout the globe.

 

Information for Potential Presenters:

Abstract: 200 words maximum

Asian Influences in/on American Poetry

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 10:25am
Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

What effect has Asian thought or culture had in/on American poetry? How has it diversified or failed to diversify that poetry or its epistemology? This panel seeks papers on connections between American poetry/poetics and Asian culture, philosophy, and/or religion. Any connection is welcome including how poets have (mis)used Asian culture and/or thought in their poetry and thinking about poetry. However, in keeping with NeMLA’s theme of “(R)EVOLUTION,” I am particularly interested in affinities between ways of knowing in Asian thought and American poetry and how such affinities may disrupt traditional Western epistemologies or cause American and European readers to rethink their connection to the world.

Class Con III: A Conference on Class and Culture

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 10:22am
Ray Browne Association
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, December 1, 2024

CLASS CON 2025 Call for Papers/Voices/Participation

March 14-15, 2025

Bowling Green State University, Jerome Library

Deadline to Submit December 1st, 2024

ONE MONTH TO DEADLINE - Towards the History of a Heterodox Tradition in Analytic Philosophy: Transformative, Humanistic, Conversational

updated: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 6:45am
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 1, 2024

CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Towards the History of a Heterodox Tradition in Analytic Philosophy:

Transformative, Humanistic, Conversational

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Milan, March 20th – 21st , 2025

 

                                                          

Keynote Speakers:

Adrian William Moore (University of Oxford)

Naoko Saito (University of Kyoto)

 

Organizers:

Women of Color (R)evolutionizing American Literature

updated: 
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 5:42pm
Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Expanding on the NeMLA’s theme of (R)evolution, this panel seeks proposals that examine the role that women of color authors and artists have played (throughout the centuries) in helping to change and revolutionize literature by and about, literary representations of, and literary studies focused on women of color in the United States.  It seeks work that examines how women of color have addressed and used their intersectional identities to change the American literary landscape, challenge the American literary canon, and changed how they and their communities have been viewed in the United States.  Proposals can also include how women of color have challenged issues within their own communities and used a multiethnic approach to help literature and liter

Extended Deadline - American Afterlives

updated: 
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 4:09pm
Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, October 18, 2024

 

Please consider submitting a proposal for our third edition of “American Afterlives” @ the 52nd annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, February 17-18, 2025 (virtual) and February 20-22, 2025 (in person).

The LCLC seeks submissions for “American Afterlives,” a dedicated panel stream that crosses the pre-1900/post-1900 divide. Presentations will focus on ways of rethinking the chronologies by which we structure stories and studies about American literature and culture. Previous panels and papers have considered aesthetic experiments and traditions, remediations of early American texts, speculative and historical fiction, cultural histories of technology, and more.

**DEADLINE EXTENDED** Many Tongues, One Mouth – the Expansive Challenge Faced by Multilingual Poets @ NeMLA 2025

updated: 
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 3:22pm
Rachel Martin (NeMLA Session)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

 Multilingual poets write at the intersection of language, identity, and cross-cultural communication. Not only does the work of multilingual poets naturally create a space for innovation, but it also often serves as a broader commentary on the interplay between language and power. Every multilingual poet combines, leverages, or silences pieces of their complex identities, negotiating deeply personal nuances as well as socially constructed codes. Multilingual poets may choose to employ self-translation or multiple languages within a single poem, they may write separate works in different languages, or they may confine their work to a single language.

NeMLA 2025 Session: Horses at 50: Critical Approaches to the Works of Patti Smith

updated: 
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 11:00am
NeMLA
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Conference dates: March 6-9, 2025

Conference location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IN PERSON ONLY!)

Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2024 (EXTENDED)

Submit through: https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21015

Contact panel chair for inquiries: Noah Gallego (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona) @ noahrgallego@gmail.com 

 

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