gender studies and sexuality

Call for Proposals

Editors:

Whitney Hardin & Julia E. Kiernan

Narratives of persistence and survival: At the intersection of neurodivergence, academic identity, and systemic ableist structures 

This proposed panel will address intersections between carceral studies and literary studies, with a focus on modernist literature and art and their contemporary legacies.

We hereby invite proposals of original articles related to the general theme of Cultural Intertexts, an academic journal of Literature and Cultural Studies, ISSN 2393-0624, E-ISSN 2393-1078.

The editors will consider for publication papers which tackle strategies of representation and of (inter)textual construction emerging from the dialogic relation between:

-       literature and the historical and cultural context of text production;

-       distribution and consumption;

-       literature and other arts (music, film, visual arts, etc.) or sciences (linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, history, sociology and political sciences, internet and new technologies, etc.);

This collection seeks essays on paleontologists in film, literature, and contemporary media. The Jurassic Park franchise solidified the presence of paleontology in the pop cultural imagination, but there have been other media and portrayals that have captured the public's imagination. Topics can include, but are not limited to:

-Studies of specific films

-Studies of specific novels

-Studies of fictional and/or real-life paleontologists in modern media

Chapters will be due in September 2025. Chapters should be approximately 5,000 to 7,000 words, with Chicago-style endnotes and a bibliography page.

The Korean Association for Feminist Studies in English Literature (KAFSEL, fsel.org) will host a one-day international conference on “Asian Feminisms and Contemporary Cultural Production” on May 10, 2025. The bi-lingual (Korean and English) conference will be held at Seoul National University. We hope to promote a wide-ranging and inclusive discussion on contemporary women writers and artists in and around Asia, the varieties of feminist and queer interventions in Asian contexts, and new challenges in contemporary feminist theory. We welcome proposals for 15-20 minute papers related to the topics above. Graduate students are also welcome to submit proposals. Keynote speakers TBA shortly.

Call for Papers5th Spiral Film and Philosophy Conference “Rise of the Machines”Toronto, Canada

May 23-24, 2025

Abstract: Feministas Unidas invites interdisciplinary contributions for its non-guaranteed session in online format for MLA 2026 (Toronto, January 8-11, 2026). Proposals can be submitted even if you are not a member of Feministas Unidas. Now, if accepted, they must register for the periods 2025 and 2026. This call for contributions seeks proposals that examine literatures written by women in the transatlantic orbit, from the Middle Ages to the present, focusing on experiences of exile, displacement, and the difficulties faced by both the women and their texts in entering archives.

ODIOUS COMPARISONS

... ACROSS & BEYOND THE EARLY GLOBAL WORLD

April 17-April 18 2026 [In Person]

CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, UCLA

Organized by Basil Arnould Price (John W. Baldwin Postdoctoral Fellow, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, UCLA)

and Nancy Alicia Martínez (Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, UCLA)

CFP: ‘My Wild Heart Bleeds: Exploring Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’and its legacy’

Sheridan Le Fanu published his sapphic vampire tale ‘Carmilla’ in 1872, reworking the vampire genre, and creating a figure who has inspired subsequent original works and reimaginings. This collection focuses on new explorations and readings of ‘Carmilla’ and its ongoing legacy, from adaptations and reimaginings to more subtle influences on the figure of the female vampire and the vampiric tradition more broadly.

We are inviting submissions for a special issue of *Feminist Formations* onthe topic of "Feminist Visions and Struggles for a Gradeless University."

Abstracts are due March 31, 2025.

How do we continue to teach in unending crisis? How do we move from neoliberal and ableist expectations of “excellence” and “resilience” to center community and care? How can classrooms make space for what hurts? This roundtable intends to generate a conversation around teaching approaches and strategies faculty are using that attend to their own needs and the needs of their students given ongoing institutional and political turmoil. 

Submit a 250-word abstract and short bio by March 15th, 2025.

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: 

CFP: The Witch in American Women’s Writing after 1865

Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference

Philadelphia, November 6-9, 2025

Conference website

Calling all authors: The Texas Woman's University book series is an interdisciplinary book series that explores innovative knowledge, creativity, and discoveries shaped by women and women's experiences in fields such as the arts, sciences, spirituality, religion, politics, business, education, the military, health sciences, and community services.