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4th AISNA Graduates Conference: “What is an American?” (1782-2024) Narratives and Counternarratives of an Imagined Nation

updated: 
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 9:36am
AISNA Graduates
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

In a period of tumultuous changes like the ones brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of far-right governments, racism, and international tensions caused by the war in Ukraine and Gaza, a great reckoning is happening in the Western cultural context, especially with regard to the Atlantic and Transatlantic world. No nation has undergone more rapid and sometimes contradictory transformations than the US, showing tensions between its foundational narratives and counternarratives rising from its too often neglected socio-cultural realities. Culturally embedded American ideals have always emphasized a single unifying narrative capable of synthesizing the plurality of voices on US soil.

Call for Applications: The Rosemary VanArsdel Prize

updated: 
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 12:10pm
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, June 15, 2024

The Rosemary VanArsdel Prize

The VanArsdel Prize is awarded annually to the best graduate student essay investigating Victorian periodicals and newspapers. The prize was established in 1990 to honor Rosemary VanArsdel, a founding member of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, whose groundbreaking research continues to shape the field of nineteenth-century periodical studies.

The winner of the VanArsdel Prize receives $500 and publication of their submission in Victorian Periodicals Review

Applications open May 1 and are due June 15.

Ninth International Gender and Sexuality Conference September 28–29, 2024

updated: 
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 7:23pm
University of Central Oklahoma
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 26, 2024

The International Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference is presented by the Women’s Research Center and the BGLTQ+ Student Center at the University of Central Oklahoma with assistance from the UCO chapter of the National Organization for Women. In tandem, these organizations promote engagement with Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality issues.

ILLUSION/DISILLUSION

updated: 
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 3:46pm
Graduate Center, CUNY
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, June 14, 2024

The MA/PhD Program in Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, CUNY

invites applications for the annual Graduate Conference to be held on

 

Friday November 15th, 2024

At the CUNY Graduate Center

365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 

 

Translating the Fetish: Lifting the Veil and Demystifying Capitalism

updated: 
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 3:34pm
The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Karl Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism is helpful in understanding how the fetish animates produced commodities to have a mysterious power of their own, in which power is obscured, mystified, and alienated, holding sway over people in the dominion of capitalism. In Translating Blackness: Latinx Colonialities in Global Perspectives, Lorgia García-Peña asserts that “to translate thus presents us with the possibility of seeing the Other. This act of seeing is also an act of recognition that can contradict hegemonic knowledge.” The work of translating the fetish can thus be presented as a means of revealing real relations hidden by the fetish, an antihegemonic project of deconstructing systems of capitalism and oppression.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! CALL FOR PAPERS: 2024 Southwest Popular/American Culture Conference Association (SWPACA) Summer Salon

updated: 
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 4:40pm
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 22, 2024

DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Call for Papers

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

SWPACA Summer Salon

 

June 20-22, 2024

Virtual Conference

https://www.southwestpca.org

Proposal submission deadline: EXTENDED to April 22, 2024

Speaking the Unspeakable: Representing Trauma

updated: 
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 4:39pm
Allie Wood Reichert / PAMLA
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The representation of traumatic experience is a fraught conversation in literary and media studies. Cathy Caruth famously argued for the “unspeakability” of trauma; other scholars such as Naomi Mandel argue that emphasizing the limits of language can inadvertently silence, restrict, and ignore the material and corporeal existence of suffering. This session invites panelists to consider representing and witnessing trauma as acts of translation across the border of un/representability. Although our central question originates in discussions of language and texts, panelists are also encouraged to consider trauma’s appearance across disciplines and forms, such as visual culture, media, and/or performance.

Resilience, Mattering & Belonging: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Mental Health and Well-Being

updated: 
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 12:27pm
Humber College Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Toronto International Festival of Authors
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Conference Date: September 27-29 

Conference Fee: $250.00 (includes some meals, snacks, and a reception) 

Location: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hosts: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences (FLAS) and the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) 

Keynote: Suzanne Methot 

Student Engagement with Theory in the Undergraduate and Dual Enrollment Classroom

updated: 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 9:41am
Julia Reade/PAMLA
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Teaching literary analysis invariably includes learning activities involving reading, deciphering, and applying theory to a text understudy. For many undergraduate and dual- or cross-enrolled students, this activity is no small feat. Rather than tossing critical theory to the wayside as "too tough," we persevere! This session seeks presentations from educators who have had varying degrees of success bringing critical theory into their humanities courses. In order to render accessible to students the complex and insightful ideas sandwiched within the academic jargon of critical theory, how are we translating the rigor into palpable bites?

"Crisis and the Everyday": 2024 University of Pittsburgh Grad Student Conference

updated: 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 9:41am
University of Pittsburgh FIlm and Media Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, July 1, 2024

2024 University of Pittsburgh Grad Student Conference 

Film and Media Studies

“Crisis and the Everyday”

Keynote Speaker: Gil Hochberg, Columbia University

Date: September 21-22, 2024 

Special Session - Bergson: Translating Duration

updated: 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 9:35am
PAMLA - Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

In accordance with the conference theme, “Translation in Action,” the work of French philosopher Henri Bergson is more than relevant. Bergson’s work was written in French and translations are often offered with notes about the richness of his words and potential loss of meaning. Questions of translation surround and even permeate Bergson philosophy.

Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference - Cleveland, OH (October 24-26)

updated: 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 9:32am
Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, September 9, 2024

Announcing the 47th Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

October 24-26, 2024

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

 

Conference theme: “Shakespeare and the Mind”

 

American Literature 1870-Present (Permanent Section), MMLA 2024, Chicago, IL

updated: 
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 9:35pm
Midwest Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 15, 2024

The permanent section on American Literature 1870-Present invites proposals for the 2024 in-person conference of the Midwest Modern Language Association, in Chicago, IL, from Nov. 14-16 (https://www.luc.edu/mmla/convention/).

All proposals are welcome, especially those that gesture toward the conference theme of "Health in/of the Humanities".

For consideration, please send an abstract of no more than 250 words and a brief bio to: najung@wisc.edu by April 15, 2024.

9th Biennial New Perspectives in Flamenco History and Research Symposium

updated: 
Friday, April 5, 2024 - 9:26am
National Institute of Flamenco
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, May 17, 2024

9th Biennial New Perspectives in Flamenco History and Research Symposium

In conjunction with the National Institute of Flamenco and

the University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance

Albuquerque, New Mexico

CONFERENCE DATES: October 2-4, 2024

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline for Proposals: May 17, 2024 at 11:59 pm MST

 

Queer and Trans Literary Embodiments at PAMLA 2024

updated: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 2:21pm
Pacific, Ancient, and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Seeking paper proposals for PAMLA 2024 - in Palm Springs, CA November 6-10! Abstracts due 4/30/24. Please include short bio in submission. 

Please use this link to submit your proposals! https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19169

Proposals must be submitted through the PAMLA system to be considered, but feel free to reach out to me with any questions: Jamiee Cook, jcook@ucsb.edu or jamieencook@gmail.com 

Queer and Trans Literary Embodiments 

UVA Wise Medieval/Renaissance, Sept. 19-21, 2024 (Undergrad) (proposals by June 21, 2024)

updated: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 11:31am
Center for Medieval-Renaissance Studies, UVA Wise
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, June 21, 2024

UVA Wise Medieval-Renaissance Conference XXXVII

Undergraduate Sessions

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise

September 19-21, 2024

 

Keynote Address:  

“Teaching Milton Reading Shakespeare”

Matthew Biberman, University of Louisville

 

Renaissance Drama Session--SCMLA in New Orleans

updated: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 11:29am
South Central Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

***This was posted back in February, and we have decided to extend the deadline to May 1st.

We are presently accepting abstract submissions for the Renaissance Drama session(s) at the 81st meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association conference.

The conference will be held September 19-21, 2024, in New Orleans, LA at Hotel Monteleone.

Connections in the (Post-)Anthropocene

updated: 
Monday, April 1, 2024 - 12:49pm
MLCS Annual Graduate Student Confreence, University of Alberta
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, April 14, 2024

In the Anthropocene era, the pace of human development outpaces that of natural evolution, disrupting ecological balance and transforming humans into a potent geological force. Frequently, humans reduce the complexity of other life forms or natural entities on the planet, treating them as mere kinds of resources or energy used by humans without adequate consideration for the future. This perceived human superiority creates a dichotomy between humans and non-humans, further influencing knowledge production dynamics. However, the boundaries between nature and culture have been blurred because of the advancement in science and technology, and nature is not something out there, as a negligible externality. 

 

[Extended Deadline] 121st Annual PAMLA Special Sessions (Palm Springs, CA) – November 7-10, 2024

updated: 
Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 10:54am
Craig Svonkin / PAMLA
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The 121st Annual PAMLA Conference

The PAMLA 2024 Conference will be held at the Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs, California (formerly the Riviera Resort, a favorite hangout of Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and other Hollywood and musical stars) between Thursday, November 7 and Sunday, November 10, 2024.

The 2024 PAMLA Conference is being held entirely in-person. We won’t be having any virtual or hybrid sessions or papers.

Nahi Hatenge / We Shall Not Move: Perspectives on Muslim belonging in South Asia

updated: 
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 6:22am
Panel for Annual Conference of South Asia 2024 at Wisconsin-Madison
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Panel Convener: Shahwar Kibria Maqhfi, UCLA. This panel aims to bring together diverse ideas of being Muslim in contemporary South Asia. We wish to explore multiple articulations and evidence of sameness through sound, image, text, performance, active recollection, and memory, in the context of increased otherisation. We are therefore interested in papers, which explore junctures, events, overlaps, and nodes, situated across time and space, which act as vestibules between the idea of “Muslimness” and “belonging”. Conceptions of Muslim belonging may not only be appended to notions of religiosity, but also explore linkages with class, caste, gender, hegemonies, place making, pioneership, and rootedness.

Poetry and Poetics (Panel In-Person)

updated: 
Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 8:44pm
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The standing Poetry and Poetics session seeks abstract submissions exploring any aspect of poetry and poetics. Please bring us paper topics that encompass a wide range of subgenres; bring us specific time periods; bring us unique critical approaches.

2024 Southwest Popular/American Culture Virtual Summer Salon

updated: 
Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 8:31pm
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 15, 2024

Call for Papers

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

2024 SWPACA Summer Salon

 

June 20-22, 2024

Virtual Conference

https://www.southwestpca.org

Submissions open on March 25, 2024

Proposal submission deadline: April 15, 2024

 

Afterlives of Fanon Conference

updated: 
Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 8:31pm
Afterlives of Fanon Research Collective, UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 1, 2024

 

[deadline extended] Lawrence & Ecology: Virtual Graduate Conference in Lawrence Studies (May 18, 2024)

updated: 
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 3:42pm
D.H. Lawrence Society of North America
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 30, 2024

The D.H. Lawrence Society of North America is pleased to share the CFP for the next Virtual Graduate Conference in D.H. Lawrence Studies. It is scheduled for Saturday, 18 May 2024 and will take place over Zoom. The theme for the event is “Lawrence & Ecology.” Please circulate the poster (attached) and the information below widely. 

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* MARCH, 24 / CFP - IPCC 2024- Beyond the Public-Private in Communication INTERDISCIPLINARY PhD COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE

updated: 
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 1:11pm
IPCC - INTERDISCIPLINARY PhD COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Digital platforms’ ubiquity and pervasive nature have ignited discussions around the boundaries between what is considered private and what is rendered public. Cohen’s (2012) exploration of privacy in the digital age highlights how technological advancements challenge the conventional norms we attribute to personal space and information. Privacy also seems to be a buzzword of any privately deployed enterprise built upon collecting and distributing personal information (Strauß & Nentwich, 2013). While traditional conceptualisations of privacy and its value consider personal information as something to protect or own while focusing on how information is handled, recent accounts take ontological and contextual perspectives (Solove, 2008; Marmor, 2015).

Cultural Networks in the U.S.: Past and Present Challenges (Student Conference)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 3:48pm
Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru, University of Bucharest
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, May 16, 2024

The American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest

invites proposals for its annual student conference on the topic

 

Cultural Networks in the U.S.: Past and Present Challenges 

to be held at the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission 

(2, Ing. Nicolae Costinescu St, Bucharest)

on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

 

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