popular culture

Fashion and Photography

2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference

Sunday 5th July 2020 - Monday 6th July 2020

Bratislava, Slovakia

The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies is seeking essays for an issue devoted to examining the recent film Robin Hood (2018), directed by Otto Bathurst and starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, and Jamie Dornan. The journal’s editors are interested in brief, focused, critical essays that explore how the film addresses current issues in medieval studies, including, but not limited to

The editors seek previously unpublished critical essays for a new volume tentatively entitled Certainty and Ambiguity: Essays on the Moral Imagination of Mystery Fiction.  Perhaps one reason for the enduring appeal of mystery fiction is that it speaks to a deep longing in readers for that which often gets lost in modern/postmodern culture: to know what is true and just.  In a society that often seems devoid of order, the reader desires, even demands, a clear verdict for wrongdoing and injustice and a vindication for innocent victims. This yearning in avid mystery readers points to the need for moral stories.

The Kurt Vonnegut Society is pleased to sponsor two panels at the 31st American Literature Association Annual Conference in San Diego, 21-24 May 2020.  One traditional panel will focus on Vonnegut and Religion, while the other will be a roundtable with short statement papers meant to generate a productive dialogue amongst speakers and attendees about the future directions of Vonnegut scholarship.  Proposals may be submitted to both events, though presenters may be accepted to only one.

An interdisciplinary workshop on Fan Fiction

14 – 15 February 2020

                                                              English Department, University of Zurich