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Call for Papers for Poltergeist: A Journal of Literary and Critical Studies: "Failings"

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:33pm
The School of English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

We find ourselves in a landscape of failure. We have failed to reach every climate goal we have set, and there is no returning to an unpolluted world. Institutions have failed their workers, resulting in a resurgence of industrial action and defiance. On the international stage, governments have failed migrants and refugees, leading to unprecedented levels of displacement. 

 

Can something productive be drawn from failing? How have past failures – of revolution, of technology, of selfhood – been put to constructive ends? And how might failure be mobilised as a new site of resistance?

 

"Modern?"

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:33pm
Saint Louis University Madrid
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, April 20, 2024

“Modern?” CFP

 

Saint Louis University—Madrid, June 7-8, 2024

 

The OED defines “modern” as “being in existence at this time; current, present,” but also as something that is “opposed to the remote past.” Given that the concepts of “past,” “present” and “future” are not fixed, but, to paraphrase Einstein, illusory, the meaning of “modern” itself is hard to pin down. 

Extended CFP: The E.T. Book - New Perspectives on the Classic 1980s Blockbuster

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:32pm
Kingston University
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Dear Friends

I am extending the CFP for 'The E.T Book: New Perspectives on the Classic 1980s Blockbuster' till the end of November.

We have several abstracts on Childhood, merchandising, the video game, as well as on John Williams Score, unmade ET, cinematography etc

I would love to have some abstracts which focus on aspects of the film itself (textual, narrative, thematic) and its production contexts.

Please do feel free to send me any ideas you have

Dr Matt Melia
Kingston University

The ET Book: New Perspectives on The Classic 1980s Blockbuster

Editor: Dr Matthew Melia (Kingston University)

Publisher: Bloomsbury

CFP: Cultural Heterologies and Democracy II. Transitions and Transformations in Post-Socialist Cultures in the 1980s and 1990s Tallinn, June 26–28, 2024

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:24pm
Estonian Academy of Arts; Tallinn University
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, January 20, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS: Cultural Heterologies and Democracy II. Transitions and Transformations in Post-Socialist Cultures in the 1980s and 1990s
Tallinn, June 26–28, 2024

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Marju Lauristin (former Minister of Social Affairs, Estonia)
Dorota Kołodziejczyk (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova (King’s College London, UK)

Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism -- Call for papers for Spring 2025 issue

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:22pm
Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, September 30, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS

Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (ISSN 2993-1053) [https://migratingminds.georgetown.edu] is a new peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective.

It provides a unique, international forum for innovative critical approaches to cosmopolitanism emerging from literatures, cultures, media, and the arts in dialogue with other areas of the humanities and social sciences, across temporal, spatial, and linguistic boundaries.

International Solidarity, Global Consciousness & Partnerships

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:18pm
RAACES Review
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 15, 2023

The RAACES Review is the journal of the University of Windsor's RAACES (Researchers, Academics, and Advocates Centering Equity and Solidarity)

For our third publication (2024), our focus is international solidarity and we invite academic and creative pieces about racial empowerment,  racism, racialization, Indigeneity, and anticolonial practice in any field. We welcome submissions from students (undergraduate and graduate) -- especially international students; staff; faculty of all levels; and community members. We are particularly interested in:

Call for Abstracts: ‘Novel Media/Media Novel: Theorising Digital Media Cultures in the Contemporary Novel’ -- Special Issue of C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:17pm
Sandro Eich and Dong Xia, School of English, University of St Andrews
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

Contemporary novels are marbled with representations of digital media. Despite the notable attention to digital technologies already present in post-war literature, the twenty-first century has witnessed the unprecedented integration of digital media into everyday lives, where digital objects and systems are shaping social and cultural paradigms anew. Contemporary writers, in and through their writing, actively engage with the digital media experience of the twenty-first century.

San Sebastian and Bilbao 2024 / EH-EH: ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND EUSKAL HERRIA

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 12:25pm
Dr Verna Kale / The Hemingway Society
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

EH-EH: ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND EUSKAL HERRIA

THE HEMINGWAY SOCIETY ANNOUNCES ITS CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL HEMINGWAY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD JULY 14-20 2024 IN SAN SEBASTIÁN AND BILBAO, SPAIN.

Participants are invited to get to know the people, places, cuisine, and culture of contemporary Euskal Herria—the Basque Country as it is called in the Basque language.

British Theatre and the 1920s: Abstracts

updated: 
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 8:04am
Andrew Maunder
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 3, 2023

Essay Collection  

Abstracts/Expressions of interest are invited for an essay collection: British Theatre and the 1920s

These new essays will explore British theatre in the 1920s across a spectrum of genres and locations. The book’s focus is on theatre in a broad sense, encompassing a range of performance cultures and demonstrating some of the major ways in which theatre operated within the broader culture and society of the time.

 Topics might include (but are not limited to):

The dramatic legacy of WWI

Political theatre

Melodrama

Call for Book Chapter Proposals - Women and Literature in India: A Critical Perspective (Working Title)

updated: 
Monday, October 16, 2023 - 1:36am
Dr. Animesh Roy and Srija Sanyal
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, October 30, 2023

REVISED - Call for Book Chapter Proposals

Editors: Dr. Animesh Roy, Assistant Professor, Department of English St. Xavier's College (Ranchi University), Ranchi, India

              Srija Sanyal, Research Scholar, Ronin Institute for Independent Research, NJ, USA

 

Women and Literature in India: A Critical Perspective (Working Title)

Shaw and Ireland

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:24pm
SHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, March 1, 2025

SHAW 46.1 (June 2026): SHAW AND IRELAND

Prominence and Precarity in 21st-century African American Literature and Culture

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:24pm
Maria Rice Bellamy / NeMLA Convention: Boston MA, March 7-10, 2024
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Seeking proposals for a roundtable discussion on defining qualities of 21st Century African American literature and cultural production and the process of creating collaborative scholarly projects on this emerging, multifaceted, and evolving body of work.

Prominence and Precarity is the name of the seventeenth volume of the Cambridge University Press series African American Literature in Transition. Focused on 21st century African American literature and cultural production, the chapters in this volume explore the tension between African American cultural prominence and African American vulnerability and precarity in contemporary US society. 

Comics Arts Conference WonderCon

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:21pm
Comics Arts Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

The Comics Arts Conference is now accepting 100- to 200-word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for a meeting of scholars and professionals at WonderCon, in Anaheim, CA, March 29–31, 2024.  We seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and welcome the participation of academic and independent scholars.  We also encourage the involvement of professionals from all areas of the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, retailers, distributors, and journalists.  The CAC at WonderCon does not accept virtual submissions.  The CAC is designed to bring together comics scholars, professionals, critics, and historian

“The Shifting Terrain in Higher Education” NJCEA Annual Fall Roundtable

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:21pm
New Jersey College English Association
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Saturday, October 14, 2023, 10AM- 12PM, Hybrid:

In Person at Seton Hall University, Fahy Hall, rm. 129

Virtual in Zoom 

Please join us for the NJCEA annual Fall Roundtable. There will be two topics of discussion, both of which will inform our spring conference. 

“Facing the Challenges of Generative AI” 

How are you and your institution addressing the challenges being raised by generative AI, including ethical considerations and policies? How are you handling the use of generative AI in your classes, if at all? 

"How Can Literature, Writing, And Language Programs Survive and Even Thrive in These Challenging Times?" 

Hart Crane in the 21st Century: Crossing The Bridge and Beyond

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:21pm
John P. Wargacki
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, October 12, 2023

NeMLA 2024: 20717. Hart Crane in the 21st Century: Crossing The Bridge and Beyond (Roundtable)American/Diaspora

Chair: John Wargacki (Seton Hall University)

This roundtable discussion addresses Hart Crane’s poetry and legacy in modernism

Please log in to the convention portal for additional details and to submit:  https://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html 

4th Biennial John Dos Passos Society Conference: Bassano, Italy (May 23-25, 2024)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:17pm
John Dos Passos Society
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, February 1, 2024

The John Dos Passos Society is proud to announce its 2024 biennial conference in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, at the stunning fifteenth-century Villa Cà Erizzo Luca, where Dos Passos was stationed as an American Red Cross ambulance driver in the winter of 1918.

Frame Narratives: Then and Now (Seminar)

updated: 
Friday, October 6, 2023 - 1:12pm
55th Annual NeMLA Convention March 7-10, 2024 in Boston, MA
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Submit 200-300 word abstracts (with a short bio) via the NeMLA Portal | EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 15, 2023.

https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/CFP 

Please contact Ronny Litvack-Katzman (ronny.litvack-katzman@mail.mcgill.ca) or Adam Hill (adam.hill@mcgill.ca) with any questions.

Frame Narratives: Then and Now (Seminar)

American, British and Canadian Studies, Special Issue: Crisis, Academic Engagement, and Scholar Activism in American Studies, June 2024

updated: 
Friday, October 6, 2023 - 5:11am
Ana-Karina Schneider, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Guest Editors: Dr. Eric Fure-Slocum, St. Olaf College, furesloc@stolaf.edu, Dr. Cristina Băniceru, West University of Timisoara, cristina.baniceru@e-uvt.ro, Dr. Loredana Bercuci, West University of Timisoara, loredana.bercuci@e-uvt.ro

 

Haunting Lives

updated: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 3:46pm
York St John University
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Haunting Lives, edited collection, call for abstracts

Are you a creative writer who consciously plays with techniques that transgress the borders between fiction and nonfiction? What is it that attracts you to this liminal space between the two, and what new writing territory do you want to form there? Your work might be in auto/bio/fiction, the historical or nonfiction novel, speculative history or a hybrid genre. You might balk at these categories as reductive and antipathetic to this genre-defying writing. Haunting Lives is an edited collection that will illuminate this border country, help readers to navigate or succumb to its strange terrain and examine the spectres that live there.

Ninth Annual Post45 Graduate Symposium

updated: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 11:06am
Post45
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

Ninth Annual Post45 Graduate Symposium

Concordia University and McGill University

March 22nd-23rd, 2024


Submission deadline: December 1st, 2023

 

Keynote Faculty: Mary Esteve (Concordia) and Alexander Manshel (McGill)

                                                                                                      

American Literature Association 2024 Cormac McCarthy Sessions

updated: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 11:06am
Cormac McCarthy Society
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 1, 2024

Call for Papers

Cormac McCarthy Society

 

 

American Literature Association 35th Annual

Conference

May 23-26, 2024

The Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL   60603

 

 

The Cormac McCarthy Society welcomes proposals for papers on any topic related to Cormac McCarthy’s works

Due Date: January 1, 2024

Please send abstracts to Steven Frye at sfrye@csub.edu

Authorship in a Global and Transnational Context

updated: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 11:06am
University of Leuven, Belgium
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 15, 2023

Authorship in a Global and Transnational Context30-31 May 2024, KU Leuven (Belgium)

British Literature: 20th and 21st Century (CEA 3/21-3/23/2024)

updated: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 11:02am
College English Association (CEA)
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Call for Papers, CEA 2024: Atlanta

March 21–23, 2024

Westin Buckhead Atlanta

The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on BRITISH LITERATURE OF THE 20th AND 21st CENTURY for our 53rd annual conference.

"Change was incessant, and change perhaps would never cease." –Virginia Woolf

We are especially interested in presentations that incorporate topics related to the conference theme of TRANSFORMATIONS, but we will consider all proposals.

Irish, Scottish, and Welsh Literature (CEA 3/21-3/23/2024)

updated: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 11:02am
College English Association (CEA)
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Call for Papers, CEA 2024: Atlanta

March 21–23, 2024

Westin Buckhead Atlanta

The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on IRISH, SCOTTISH, AND WELSH LITERATURE for our 53rd annual conference.

All changed, changed utterly:

A terrible beauty is born.

W. B. Yeats

We are especially interested in presentations that incorporate topics related to the conference theme of TRANSFORMATIONS, but we will consider all proposals.

Surplus Data/Surplus Subjects

updated: 
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 11:48am
Northeast Modern Langauge Assocation (NEMLA)
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Subtitled “Surplus Data,” the Winter 2022 issue of Critical Inquiry began by proclaiming that, “It is no longer enough to say that data is big. Data is now in a state of surplus” (Halprin et al. 197). As private and state actors rush to generate ever more surplus surveillance data about consumer-citizens and workers across domains of life, literary scholars are compelled to question how this data is made meaningful and by whom. After all, data never speaks for itself; it must be assigned value and transformed into narratives. These surveillance stories often reify “identities of suspicion” (Monahan), marking marginalized people as themselves surplus subjects.

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