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ALTA46: The Place of Translation

updated: 
Sunday, March 26, 2023 - 4:50pm
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

What is the translator’s place within a body of literature, and how do we, as translators, navigate our place? How do translators share space with authors, editors, and audiences? Place is not only static, but dynamic: just as languages do not remain fixed in place, the place of translation is also constantly shifting and evolving. How does translation sit within and move across visible boundaries and invisible barriers? In what ways are we as translators grounded and supported, and in what ways are we trying to break free from what is deemed to be our place?

Interplay of Community, Textuality and Orality: Comparative Perspectives on History, Culture and Society (20-22 November, 2023)

updated: 
Sunday, March 26, 2023 - 8:00am
Comparative Literature Association of India and Department of English, Sikkim University, India
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Literary theory has contributed towards the recovery of marginalised narratives and discourses in literature during the last three decades. The word, ‘minor’ has acquired a resonance of its own in the context of ‘national’ literature which tends to be part of a ‘great tradition’. Against such a background, the recovery of diverse indigenous traditions has become an important task of comparative studies of literature. Nations emerged as ‘imagined’ communities. However, nation-states were not ‘imagined’ in the crucible of prolonged struggles of anti-colonial resistance in Asia, Africa and Latin America, but were born of the political exigencies of imperial powers.

CfA On_Culture Issue 16 (Spring 2024): Ways of Reading

updated: 
Friday, March 24, 2023 - 9:14am
On_Culture: The Open Journal for the Study of Culture
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, May 15, 2023

On_Culture Issue 16 (Spring 2024): Ways of Reading

With the sixteenth issue of On_Culture, we want to explore various approaches to reading cultural artifacts and events in an attempt to answer the question: What are the affordances of particular forms of reading and what do they bring forth? While the ability to decipher words and distinguish individual characters is perceived as a key skill and taught from an early age, philosophical traditions introduce us to critical approaches to interpreting broader cultural phenomena. 

MLA: Romanian Studies in the Digital Space

updated: 
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - 4:23pm
The Romanian Studies Association of America/MLA
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, March 30, 2023

The Romanian Studies Association of America welcomes paper proposals on "Romanian Studies in the Digital Space" for the 2024 MLA convention. This is a great opportunity to engage in a conversation about digital modalities of promoting Romanian culture globally, addressing their impact on disseminating forms of Romanian culture to diverse audiences. Analyses may include journals, websites, translations, film, and the work of various organizations. The following topics are encouraged: 

Constructions of Identity 11 - Transmission

updated: 
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 12:29pm
Department of English Language and Literature Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania)
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 10, 2023

Constructions of Identity 11 - Transmission

Department of English Language and Literature

Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania)

 

 

Conference dates: 18-20 May 2023

Conference venue: Faculty of Letters, 31 Horea St., Cluj-Napoca

Conference website: Transmission: Constructions of Identity XI – Event Landing Page (ubbcluj.ro)

Extended deadline for proposals: 10 April 2023

 

(Re)translating-Rewriting the Classics in the XXIst century

updated: 
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 3:32pm
Sarah Montin/ Sorbonne-Nouvelle University
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, May 15, 2023

International Conference: 19-20 October 2023

(Re)translating-Rewriting the Classics in the XXIst century

Sorbonne-Nouvelle University /Maison de la Recherche, 75005 Paris

T.R.A.C.T. (Prismes EA4398)

Multicultural Connections

updated: 
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 3:20pm
The Graduate Student Council of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, April 2, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Multicultural Connections

 

 

When:  April 13 and 14, 2023

Where:  Zoom video conference

Submission Deadline:  April 2, 2023

Notification:  April 5, 2023

 

 

South Asian Literature in Translation 

updated: 
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 9:12am
Annual Conference on South Asia
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Annual Conference on South Asia

October 18-21, 2023

Panel title: South Asian Literature in Translation 

MLA 24: Milton's Networks, Transhistorical and Global (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

updated: 
Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 2:46pm
Milton Society of America
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

 The Milton Society of America invites papers that locate Milton’s writings in different networks across periods and boundaries. Potential topics include adaptation, influence, and translation. Please send a brief abstract (approximately 200 words) and an abbreviated cv to Eric Song (esong1@swarthmore.edu) no later than March 15, 2023.

In Passage: The International Journal of Writing and Mobility 6

updated: 
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 4:49pm
University of Boumerdes
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, May 28, 2023

In Passage : The International Journal of Writing and Mobility, the journal of the Department of English of the University of Boumerdes (Algeria), seeks essays in English or French for its sixth issue, to be released in December 2023. 
 
 All the contributions should either be written in English or discuss questions that relate to the English-speaking world. They should fit within the broad scope of texts and mobility and their interconnectedness in the fields of literature, linguistics, and translation, among others.

Suggested topics:

 

- Travel literature and intercultural contact.

- Nomadism.

- Exile in literature

-  Literary genres and movements

Cultural Brokers and Consecrators: Moving Beyond National Borders

updated: 
Friday, February 24, 2023 - 10:19am
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Inspired by Pascale Casanova's world literary system, this panel seeks to challenge national paradigms by investigating transnational mediators. We welcome papers addressing writers who specialize in international mediation strategies (adaptation, translation, mimesis, extraction), specific moments of cultural brokerage, or literary works that are considered to have global influences and international linguistic-literary value. Please submit a 250-word abstract directly to the conference website - https://pamla.ballastacademic.com - by May 31.

हाकारा । hākārā's 18th Call for Submissions

updated: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:43am
Hākārā' Journal
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

हाकारा । hākārā is a bilingual journal of creative expression. With a thematic focus for each issue, the journal is published online in English and Marathi. We are happy to announce the eighteenth call for submissions around the theme, मिथक /Myth.

CALL FOR PAPERS Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature, vol. 4/2023

updated: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:37am
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Poland
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

vol. 4/2023

 

The editorial board of Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature encourages researchers and young scholars to submit their article proposals that  comprise with the profile of the journal.

Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature is an international multidisciplinary periodical that welcomes for review any innovative and challenging research article encroaching upon the fields of literature, linguistics, philosophy and cultural studies.

The manuscript submitted for publication is to be original and unpublished. It should not have been simultaneously submitted for review in any other journal.

FORUM Postgraduate Journal Call for Papers: Trans-

updated: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:11am
FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 3, 2023

Trans- is powerful: attaching itself to concepts, it challenges supposedly settled knowledge about the world we live in. In FORUM’s 34th issue, this destabilisation becomes central. We draw attention to the importance the prefix ‘trans-’ has acquired in recent decades as an index of movement, crossing, and shifting – and we are interested in your approaches to all that trans- has to offer, as both description and method: transnationality, translation, transdisciplinary, transgender…

(extended deadline) Polyglot Pages in Early Modern England (c.1500-1700)

updated: 
Friday, February 17, 2023 - 10:07am
Charlotte Coffin / Université Paris-Est Créteil
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 20, 2023

Polyglot Pages in Early Modern England (c.1500-1700)

The deadline for submissions has been extended to Monday, March 20

 

Editors: Agnès Lafont - Charlotte Coffin

Publisher: Brepols

Series: Polyglot Encounters in Early Modern Britain, https://www.brepols.net/series/peemb

Deadline for submitting chapter proposals (400 words):March 20, 2023

Deadline for essay submission (6000-8000 words): September 15, 2023

 

ECOLOGIES OF/AND ADAPTATION

updated: 
Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 9:15am
LITERATURE/FILM ASSOCIATION
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 7, 2023

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ECOLOGIES OF/AND ADAPTATION 

LITERATURE / FILM ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MONTANA

SEPTEMBER 21-23, 2023

Translation, Interpreting, and the Platform Economy

updated: 
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 12:28pm
Hunter College Language Works Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

 

Hunter College's 3rd Annual Language Works Conference

 

Title: Translation, Interpreting, and the Platform Economy
Date: Friday, April 28th, 2023 | Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
695 Park Ave. HW Faculty Dining Hall.

Whose South Asia?

updated: 
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 12:24pm
Aparajita De/University of the District of Columbia
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 13, 2023

This MLA panel invites critical and ethical interrogations that underpin the urgency to look beyond the single-issue strategies of reading and creating South Asia in critical discourse. Incidentally, the scholarly trajectory of issues on South Asia has flattened the diversity of the geopolitically, culturally rich discursive space and its experiences to increasingly refer to India-centric discussions.

Call for Papers: ​Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics Vol. 46, No. 2, Summer 2023 (Regular Issue)

updated: 
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 12:18pm
Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics (JCLA)
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 31, 2023

The Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics is now accepting submissions for its forthcoming regular issue, Vol. 46, No. 2, Summer 2023.

Manuscripts in MS Word (4,000–8,000 words) following the MLA style should be sent to jclaindia@gmail.com by 31 March 2023.

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Strange Heading: Post-Critique and the Medieval Book

updated: 
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 11:23am
Sherif Abdelkarim / Modern Language Association LLC Middle English
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 13, 2023

Recent work like George Edmondson’s The Neighboring Text or Seeta Chaganti’s Strange Footing models close engagement with medieval manuscripts that offers new modes of experiencing literature beyond the historically positivist, empirically material, or hermeneutically suspicious, either by recognizing the limitations of theoretical lenses or by approaching language beyond information. This session asks how looking at the character of the medieval text on the manuscript page–its calligraphy, titles, rubrics, initials, performance cues, polysemy–might allow us to consider anew readers’ encounters, medieval and modern, with that text.

Whose South Asia?

updated: 
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 10:16am
Aparajita De/ University of the District of Columbia
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 13, 2023

Concept note:

Deadline extended - Edited collection on Lydia Davis

updated: 
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 11:30am
Julie Tanner
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Lydia Davis is an award-winning author of nine short story collections, a novel, two volumes of essays, and a translator of Maurice Blanchot, Michael Leiris, Marcel Proust, and Gustave Flaubert. Beginning her career amidst the second wave of postmodernism, her very short stories - some only a paragraph or even a sentence long - have drawn comparisons with postmodern metafiction, literary minimalism, and LANGUAGE poetry. Her eclectic interests and unexpected manipulation of genre and form, however, frequently defy categorisation.

UPDATE (Call for Journal Articles): Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

updated: 
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 1:57pm
Çankaya University
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Çankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is looking for original and well-researched interdisciplinary papers at the intersection of comparative literature, literary studies, literature and translation, language and translation studies, linguistics, foreign language education, translator education, and theory and cultural studies that fall within the scope of the Journal. The mission of the Journal is to facilitate a more expanded and participatory academic discussion on the theoretical and/or applied scholarly work under its scope, and to inform scholars and public about recent developments in these fields.

CALL for PAPERS : Articles for Lucian Blaga Yearbook / Caietele Lucian Blaga – XXIV tome 1 – 2023

updated: 
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 1:08pm
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Articles for Lucian Blaga Yearbook – XXIV tome 1 – 2023 

 

 

THEME: FEAR AND LITERATURE

 

The actuality of this type of theme is born out of the experience of the past years, when the pandemic brought about various reformulations, including of literature, but also out of the mutations which have arisen throughout the cultural ages under the influence of fear, analysed from a philosophical, literary, or cultural point of view in relation to all cultural products.

Issue XXIV (1) of the Lucian Blaga Notebooks advances the following axes of debate:

 

-       Pandemics, epidemics, social maladies as reflected in literature 

-       Catastrophes and the apocalyptic imaginary

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