pedagogy

After an enriching interdisciplinary conference in 2025, Heavy Childhoods 2026 will run under the title “Curating Future Nostalgia in Heavy Times”

Utopian Impulses in the 2020sAn Interdisciplinary Graduate Student ConferenceUniversity of Cincinnati - Friday, February 6th, 2026 Among its political and technological predicaments, America’s 2020s have been a time of steady upheaval, crisis, and change. As we continue to wrestle our way through the agendas, regimes, and big-data systems of this historical moment as teachers, students, and researchers, we recall the utopian thinking of More and Marx, which reminds us “to keep from being blinded by what seems normal — to help us see that what is natural is constructed, not inevitable” (Elbow, p. 83).

What happens when the present becomes historical to itself and the contemporary turns into a categorizable literary-historical formation? Is that even possible, that is: can the contemporary ever become historical (to) itself? This special issue seeks to examine the conditions that would allow us to understand the contemporary as a distinct literary period which began in the 1990s—with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of neoliberalism, and the growing sense that postmodern irony had outlived itself—and has now arguably come to an end. Not coincidentally, this was a period of almost uncontested, unipolar US political hegemony on a global scale.

The Kate Chopin International Society is seeking individual proposals for two sponsored panels at the 2026American Literature Association conference in Chicago, Illinois, May 20–23, 2026

The first panel, a roundtable on “Teaching Kate Chopin,” seeks short (seven- to eight-minute) papers/remarks that address anyaspect of or strategy for teaching Chopin’s life or work to today’s students—to students of any kind at any level using any materials or technology in any educational environment anywhere. Proposals should include a title, your name and affiliation, and a paragraph about your proposed remarks.

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On May 20, 1775—a year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence—the citizens of North Carolina declared their own independence from Great Britain in the Mecklenberg Declaration. Today, more than 250 years later, North Carolinians continue to celebrate “Meck Dec” and their history as “a free and independent people.” In the spirit of public proclamation and historic resolve, the College English Association announces its 55th annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, and our theme, DECLARATIONS. The CEA conference features papers, panels, and roundtables that address our discipline from multiple perspectives.

Communication skills are recognized as an integral component of professional competence in engineering education, complementing technical proficiency. English language educators play a significant role in developing communication skills among engineering students. Nevertheless, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in English most often overlook the inclusion of courses on science communication in the curriculum. As a result, research scholars in English who aspire to take up faculty positions in the engineering institutes do not get any formal training in science communication before entering academia. This FDP aims to bridge this gap by equipping English language educators with the skills necessary to become effective science communicators.

Call for Papers 

Writing and Social Justices: Praxis, Aesthetics, Pedagogies 

Special Issue, University of Toronto Quarterly 

Co-editors: Julia A. Boyd, Corrine Bent-Womack, Sheliza Ibrahim, Megan Janssen-McBride, Iona Lister, Nelesi Rodrigues, and Clare Warner 

Advisory Editor: Leticia Ridley 

Call for Papers: Teaching Baldwin / Baldwin as Teacher

Fourth Alumni Research Conference on Linguistics, Literature, Didactics and Communication – 2025

Prishtina: 01.11.2025 - 01.11.2025

Organizer:

AAB College - Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Public Administration

In partnership with:

EXTENDED DEADLINE (OCTOBER 1, 2025) - Killing It In The Classroom: Teaching the Young Adult Detective Genre

In an era defined by rapid social, technological, and environmental change, the concept of (Re)generation offers a vital framework for reimagining general education. This panel invites scholars, educators, and academic leaders to explore how the principles of (Re)generation can revitalize curricula, pedagogy, and institutional practices in ways that not only respond to the challenges of the present but also prepare us for the future.

Technical communication, as a field of practice and study, has grown larger and more varied in response to the rapidly developing technologies, new forms of globalization, and shifting institutional demands of the past 20 years—all greatly intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic within the last five. How, then, do today's instructors of technical communication meet the current moment as well as current student needs?

Double Helix: A Journal of Critical Thinking and Writing invites scholarly notes for its next volume. Up to 2,500 words, notes may include preliminary results of a study, responses to recent content in DH, comments on a current issue of concern, or other brief insights related to critical thinking and writing.

DH publishes, on a rolling basis, a range of scholarly work--from research articles to notes--on writing and critical thinking pedagogy. For more information about DH, please visit the journal at the WAC Clearinghouse of Colorado State University: https://wac.colostate.edu/double-helix/.

Call for articles for the English Record's 2026 issue!

How do ELA teachers create moments of joy for their students, their communities, and themselves? How do ELA teachers support learning that centers justice in today’s classrooms, especially in this current political climate? What other questions, insights, and ideas about joy and justice do you have as an ELA teacher? We enthusiastically invite classroom teachers, department leaders, building and district administrators, teacher educators, preservice teachers, and students to submit manuscripts.

More info here: www.nysecteach.org/news/the-english-record/