gender studies and sexuality

UCD Centre for Gender, Feminisms & Sexualities - 2nd CGFS Conference  Call for Papers: 'Thinking Gender Justice: Oppression, Resistance, Liberation' University College Dublin, Ireland, 17-19 June 2026  Proposal Deadline: 27 February 2026. Notifications: 9 March 2026Registration opens 6 MarchProposal Submission form: https://forms.gle/4qkYr9riQ1yWgnwR7

Falmouth Horror & Gaming 2026

7th, 8th and 9th July 2026

JOCPC is now accepting articles for the Summer 2026 issue focusing on the topic of children and health. We have kept this theme open-ended and invite works across a wide range of disciplines where researchers are addressing children’s health within various media including literature, film and television, video-sharing platforms, gaming, photography, art, folktales, advertising. This may include but is not limited to:

Children and disease

Child mortality

Histories of children’s health

Historical fiction and child health/wellbeing

Culturally specific practices

Family remedies

Gendered approaches to child health

Roles of race and class in access to healthcare

Neglect and abuse

Call for Proposals: The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) Annual Conference

Global Fallouts: Moving Peace and Justice Forward in Times of Uncertainty
October 2-4, 2026
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University

• Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15, 2026
• Early Bird Registration: Before May 1, 2026
• Draft Schedule Released: June 1, 2026

Skip me right to the proposal submission form!

Femspec seeks both scholarly and creative submissions for its upcoming Issue 26.1 Femspec is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed feminist academic journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.  Femspec publishes both academic scholarship and creative writing. Creative writing submissions could include short fiction, poetry, or experimental forms. To submit work for consideration, please review Femspec’s submission guidelines at the following link: 

We are pleased to share our CFP for the forthcoming seminar at the ESSE conference to be held in Santiago de Compostela(Spain) from 31st August to 4th September 2026. Proposals are to be sent to the three convenors listed below by 31 January 2026.

Leonard Cohen 2026

Global Perspectives on a Multi-disciplinary Artist

Ghent University, Belgium

Oct. 6-8, 2026

https://cohen2026.ugent.be/en

The Collectively Reimagining Global Politics Taft Research Group and the University of Cincinnati School of Public and International Affairs Graduate Student Association are organizing our Annual Symposium titled "Radical Hope: Reimagining Justice in Insecure and Precarious Times," March 26-27, 2026, at University of Cincinnati.

CFP for a Special Session on "Books and Reading in Hispanic Queer Culture"2027 MLA Convention in Los Angeles (7-10 January 2027) Proposals sought on the roles of books, print culture or reading in the consolidation of queer identities or communities in Spanish-speaking or Hispanic contexts. Send 200-250-word abstracts and 100-word bios. Submissions in English or Spanish are welcome.

Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Jeffrey Zamostny, Kansas State University (jzamostny@ksu.edu )

Speculative Narratives Beyond Consensus Reality: Navigating the Senses from Wonder to Horror
International Interdisciplinary Conference
29th – 30th June and 1st July, 2026

Venue: Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Conference Organisers: Popular Culture Group

We invite scholars, researchers, and artists to submit abstracts for the upcoming academic conference, Speculative Narratives Beyond Consensus Reality: Navigating the Senses from Wonder to Horror. This event will explore the transformative potential of speculative narratives – across literature, film, visual arts, and other media – in breaking free from the boundaries of “consensus reality.”

The Jadavpur University Sociology Consortium (JUSC) invites original papers based upon the theme of "Rethinking Development: State, Society and Consciousness" for PERSPECTIVES, a hybrid-mode paper presentation to be held as part of its annual academic conclave, Lifeworld 2025–26. Themes for the paper presentation involve, but are not limited to:

ECOS DEL INTERIOR: POTENCIALIDADES ESTÉTICAS Y POLÍTICAS DE LO AFECTIVO EN LA LITERATURA  

Edificio A, Facultad de Filología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 11 y 12 de mayo de 2026

CFP: Special Issue on Appalachian Animal Studies

To be published in Spring 2027, co-edited by Drs. Kathryn Kirkpatrick and Jessica Cory

Whether it’s the relationships we have with our animal companions, the meat we (may not) eat, or the countless more-than-human species with whom we share this region, animals are important to our lives and to Appalachian spaces.

Call for Chapters for an edited volume titled: Cyborg Voices: Identity, Artistry, and Performance in the Age of AI

Editor: Chloe Kirson-Jones
Publisher: Jenny Stanford publishing distributed through Taylor and Francis/Routledge
Projected Publication: January 2027

Overview

How does the voice change when it becomes digital, disembodied, and co-created with machines?