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The Society for the Study of Rebecca Harding Davis and Her World welcomes proposals for two sessions at the next meeting of the American Literature Association. The conference will be held May 24-27, 2018 in San Francisco, CA.
Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations
Escaping Escapism in Fantasy and the Fantastic
26th – 27th April 2018
What is Mythmoot V?
Mythmoot V combines academic conference, literary creative meet-up, and fan convention into one event. It creates a space for serious scholarship in fields that are only beginning to be considered in the academic world (such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, gothic, folklore, children’s literature, etc.) in a way that both academics and enthusiasts will appreciate.
Date: June 21-24, 2018
Venue: National Conference Center, Leesburg, VA
Theme: Fantastic Frontiers
Call for Proposals:
2018 VIRGINIA HUMANITIES CONFERENCE
Call for Papers
Animals in the Humanities:
Relations, Representations, and Ethical Implications
Roanoke College, Virginia
March 23–24, 2018 Deadline: Feb 5, 2018
Does the presence of animals in culture call the very nature of the humanities into question?
CALL FOR PAPERS: Louisa May Alcott Society
American Literature Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 24-27, 2018
Alcott in the Classroom
CALL FOR PAPERS Roundtable: Louisa May Alcott Society
American Literature Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 24-27, 2018
The Newness of Little Women
Whether people talk about their own experiences of childhood friendship or lack of friendship and sense of isolation, the concepts of friendship, social acceptance and rejection play a powerful role in childhood and are a perennial theme in children’s literature. Where is comfort, compassion, affirmation or information about social isolation or connection in today's literature?
In the 1800s Maria Edgeworth noted the difficulty of constructing stories ‘suited to the early years of youth, and, at the same time, conformable to the complicate relations of modern society.’ Children of 2018, a ‘rising generation’ of remarkably sophisticated individuals, face a startling array of challenges.
The Contradiction of Youth: Children and Childhood in Culture
April 13-14 2018
University of Southern Mississippi
“You can’t pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing.” -Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbit
“I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.” -Margaret Wise Brown
CALL FOR ACADEMIC PAPERS:
In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, Lucy Pevensie reads a lovely narrative spell in the Magician’s Book. It lifts her out of a petty state of jealousy, soothing her loneliness and easing her disappointment. In the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith, humans and hobbits find healing for both body and spirit, including recovery from trauma and heartbreak. We are looking for proposals for flash-paper presentations (up to 10 minutes each) that rigorously investigate either depictions of healing in literature (especially speculative fiction) or applications of literature to real-life recovery. Questions and topics that may be considered include the following: