cultural studies and historical approaches

Call for Proposals: “Is Abundance A Luxury?”

We welcome submissions for a seminar at the 2024 Association for the Study of Arts of the Present (ASAP) Conference, October 17-19 in New York City.

Full conference information: ASAP/15: Not a Luxury

Not being seen for who one is has always been a problem in society; conversely, having difficulty seeing what is hidden beneath surface appearance is a constant challenge. This traditional session will explore how characters’ identities are both concealed and revealed in literature, television, and film. A variety of approaches are possible, including (but not limited to) the questions that follow: When/why do characters find it difficult to let themselves be seen for who they are? When do plots rely on a character’s mysterious identity, and how do both characters in the story and the audience discover (some) of the hidden truths?

Call for Articles

L’Histoire: A Social Sciences Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 1

About L'Histoire: https://www.voyagesintothepast.com/l-histoire

Voyages into the Past is pleased to announce the call for papers for the first issue of Volume 3 of L'Histoire. We have been thankful for the contributions we have received in the past, and we encourage individuals who are interested in the social sciences and creating discussion and discourse to send in their writings. 

Issue Theme: Fluid Borders: Exploring East and South Asian Interactions 

The 2025 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Annual Conference
March 21–22, 2025
New York, NY

China Keywords / 中国关键词

About the Conference

The 2025 annual conference of the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute will culminate the first year of a five-year program—the Telos China Initiative—that has aimed to set Telos on a distinct intellectual course.

2024 Conference of   Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association (MAPACA)

MAPACA War Studies Area

Thursday, November 7 -- Saturday, November 9, 2024
Tropicana Casino and Resort
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Proposals due to http://www.mapaca.net  by  June 30, 2024

Call for Papers: Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration

Special Issue: ‘Casteism Across Borders: Mapping the Diasporic Reproduction of Caste Discrimination and Anti-Caste Struggles’

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/transitions-journal-of-transient-migration#call-for-papers

Guest editors: Dr Vikrant Kishore, Dr Stephen Goulding, Dr Ratan Lal

METU BRITISH NOVELISTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:

BUCHI EMECHETA AND HER WORK

5-6 December 2024

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

CALL FOR PAPERS

Over the past few years, the Victorians Institute Journal has recommitted to publishing rare and previously unpublished Victorian and Edwardian primary texts. We’re currently seeking submissions of such texts for publication in upcoming volumes of the journal!

For complete submission instructions, please visit  http://www.editorialmanager.com/vij and follow the steps given by the online system.

Extended Deadline: May 30, 2024

2nd Call for Papers

Transcultural Encounters 4:                                            

Discourses and Regimes of In(ter)dependence

Conference at the University of Oulu

Monday, August 19 – Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Abstracts by e-mail to moussa.pouryaasl@oulu.fi by June 15, 2024.

Please check updates on conference program and other information at

Conference online: 27-28 June 2024

ABOUT CONFERENCE: 

​Researchers have long confirmed the importance of studying food-related issues in the past and in the present-day world. During our interdisciplinary conference, we are going to concentrate on the relationships between food and memory. In what sense – and in what circumstances – can food be regarded as an identity-building factor? What role does it play in shaping our individual and collective memories? How can food studies deepen our knowledge on the social and cultural aspects of our lives? Why are food memories so often related to important experiences of individuals and societies?

Abstract:

The panel invites papers discussing texts that shape the perception and representation of Muslimness and/or Islam in contemporary literature. Global, transnational, and comparative perspectives are welcome.

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Conference Reflections on Asian Eco-Culture: Audiovisual Portraits of Ecology Thought 

University Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Getafe Campus- 7-8 November 2024

We are pleased to announce that the proposal submission is now open for the two-days conference Reflections on Asian Eco-Culture: Audiovisual Portraits of Ecology Thought. <http://eventos.uc3m.es/go/ecoasianculture>

Since the 1990s, the impact of transnational flows in technology, finance and knowledge have significantly altered the trajectories of filmmaking from South-Asian countries. Among the new developments is indigenous cinema, in a multitude of linguistic varieties and cultural diversities. South Asia is home to several indigenous communities, with India alone having 104 million Adivasi communities across the nation, as per the 2011 census data (Adivasi being the collective term for indigenous groups in India). These communities share certain features, their heterogeneity being the most striking. Many of these communities belong to the margins, with minimal resources and social capital to ensure their wellbeing.