First Call for Participation

2015 MLA in Vancouver: The Rainbow and War

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Rainbow, the D. H. Lawrence Society of North America invites proposals for their session at the 2015 MLA on new readings of The Rainbow, including how it encodes war, wartime propaganda, surveillance, trauma theory, border-crossings, changes in sex or gender identity, or models of citizenship, race, or British national identity.

Herman Melville's poetry and poetic career can be characterized as distinctly lacking in continuity. Not only does his turn to poetry signal a dramatic shift in his life's work, his poems and collections typically defy patterns of continuum—poems embedded into prose pieces, collections strikingly departing from each other thematically and stylistically, publication ambitions and relationships to readers inconsistent and nebulous. Within individual poems, too, we witness Melville's stylistic and philosophical fissions, abrasions, and reversals.

European and Western performance discourse historically has often presumed a hegemonic and majority white field of practice despite an increasingly diverse European population. How does the present reality of European theatre and performance challenge traditional assumptions? And how specifically does formal innovation provide the space for critiques of power and hierarchy that may rework the concept of "Europe" as realized through performance? How have artists responded through form to neoliberalism and globalization in the wake of the most recent world economic crisis and how does their specifically European context set the terms of this response?

Girton College's 2014 national Jane Martin Poetry Prize is now taking entries. Now in its fourth year, the national competition will be judged by John Fuller and Vahni Capildeo, both distinguished scholars and experts in the literary world. The winner will receive £700 and will have an opportunity to give a reading at a celebratory event at Girton College, at which the prize will be awarded. There will also be a second cash prize of £300.

Please find information about the prize and how to apply on our website http://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/747-jane-martin-2014

CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: 1 MAR 2014)
Sustainable Networks: The Enlightenment to the Contemporary Conference
Nanyang Technological University, Yunnan Garden Campus, Singapore
June 13-15, 2014

Visualizing Fantastika: an interdisciplinary conference,
July 4, 2014

Lancaster University's department of English and Creative Writing and Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts invites proposals for an interdisciplinary conference: Visualizing Fantastika.

Fantastika, coined by John Clute, is an umbrella term which incorporates the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but can also include alternative histories, steampunk, young adult fiction, or any other imaginative space. The conference wishes to consider the visual possibilities of the fantastic in a wide range of arts and media, which may include, but is not limited to: graphic novels, film, illustrations, games, and other visual media.