international conferences

Call for Papers -- Play in the Long Nineteenth Century

17th January 2025

University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

While the long nineteenth century is not immediately associated with playfulness, scholars recognise it as a period that revolutionised play, whether as an end (Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens 1944) or a reimaging (Matthew Kaiser, The World in Play, 2011). Games were ubiquitous throughout the period, hundreds of dedicated recreational spaces (museums, playgrounds, parks) were established, and a new cult of leisure took root that reshaped both public and private life.

Call for Papers

The Conference of the International Walter Pater Society:

 Trans/Pater 

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

September  5-7, 2025

Organizers:      Barbara Black, Skidmore College

Topic:Expressivity, Bodies and Language in the Twenty-First Century

Venue: University of Montpellier – Paul Valéry, France

Date: 20-21 November 2025

Conference organizers: Sandrine Sorlin (University of Montpellier – Paul-Valéry /IUF - EMMA) and Julie Neveux (Sorbonne University - CeLiSo)

INTERDISCIPLINARY; COMPARATIVE; GRADUATE - PROFESSIONAL DEVLOPMENT

Graduate students are invited to present on Dress and Fashion of Baroque Spain at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on March 27, 2025. The conference will be held in the Museum’s Wolgin Education Center, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

“That’s for the future to say”: Eudora Welty in the 21st Century

Eudora Welty Society International Conference

Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, April 9-13, 2025

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

#IFM2025 Resonances Conference

June 10-13, 2025, via Zoom

The 7th Interactive Film and Media Annual Conference invites you to engage with the theme "Resonances," exploring how media fosters deep, meaningful connections in our daily lives. This year’s conference delves into how personal and communal experiences shape our interactions and understanding of the world. We encourage submissions that critically engage with the theme and its subtopics, including:

• Response: How do we form thoughtful responses to crises in an unstable world?

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CSA 2024 Call for Papers (20%~30% Papers will be recommended to SCIE or SCOPUS Journal)
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The 16th KCIA International Conference on
Computer Science and its Applications (CSA 2024)

Pattaya, Thailand, Dec. 18 - 20, 2024

Springer-LNEE (indexed by SCOPUS and EI)

Will digital transformation allow for a reinvention of the articulation of art, culture, science and
technology?

What interactions can be established between the Humanities and digital transformation?
What is the long-term impact of digital transformation on the teaching-learning process
within the Humanities?

Quintessential figures of the Renaissance, such as Leonardo da Vinci, articulated art, culture, science and
technology. In the 21st century, we are once again living in an era of civilizational paradigm shift, as digital
transformation imposes transformative possibilities and challenges.

Abridged CFP

SCRC welcomes 15-20 minute papers on all aspects of Renaissance Studies for its international conference which will be held, for the first time, in coordination with the Saint Louis University 12th Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies June 9-11, 2025.

Submit 300 to 500 word abstracts on the SLU Symposium Site (accessible via the SCRC website, here: https://southcentralrenaissanceconference.org/scrc-2025-st-louis-univers...). Deadline December 31, 2024.

Nurturing Curious Minds: Approaches to Assessing and Enhancing Critical Thinking and Writing in Higher Education

13 – 14 June 2025

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/cts2025/

We invite abstracts for a two-day symposium that aims to gather educators, researchers, and practitioners from all disciplines to share their experiences and contribute to the ongoing dialogue on improving the critical thinking skills of university students. 

Aside from panels, our symposium will feature two keynote speakers.

Samuel Beckett’s drama may not be yet mapped as a site of carnival; nevertheless, the Beckettian dramatic ecosystem is open to a sense of the carnivalesque. In Europe and the northern Americas, the carnival tends to be understood as a secularised Christian tradition, the religious roots of which are enshrined in the epistemology of the word. Originating from the Latin carnem levāre – the removal of the flesh (OED) – the carnival used to be a festive threshold leading into the frugality and modesty of Lent. Yet, such grassroots street performances have thrived beyond this limited cultural, historical and geographical frame.

Translation Futures

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association (held virtually, May 29 - June 1, 2025)

Submissions are accepted via the portal till October 14, 2024

Submit here: https://www.acla.org/node/47723

Cinematic Crossroads and Digital Frontiers

At a time when over two-thirds of the global population has access to the internet, the paradigms of media dissemination have
undergone a profound transformation. The dynamics between producers and content consumers have been redefined, thanks to
the proliferation of accessible technologies. This democratisation of media has empowered both amateur and professional creators to
express their artistic visions through the cinematic medium.