Secrecy and community in contemporary narrative in English

University of Granada, Spain

4th-5th October, 2018

Organized by the Research Project “Secrecy and Community in Contemporary Narrative in English” (ref. FFI2016-75589-P), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness

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south: a scholarly journal invites submissions for a special issue on southern studies, pedagogy, and activism guest edited by David A. Davis to be published in fall 2018. Position papers/essays are due by May 1, 2018. Please submit 2,500 to 3,000 word (10-12 pp.) documents to our website under “submissions” with the title of the article and the designated special issue #southernsyllabus.

The Dark Arts Journal is pleased to announce the call for papers of issue 4.1, for the topic of “Transgression and Contemporary Gothic” We invite innovative, challenging and original submissions on any aspect of Gothic studies and the notion of transgression, with particular emphasis on contemporary Gothic and/or contemporary issues read in a Gothic context.

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Call For Papers

QTRG Spring Conference: Futures of Queer Theory

Location: UC Irvine

Conference Date: May 11th, 2018

Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Freeman (UC Davis) 

Submission Deadline (EXTENDED): February 24, 2018

Conference: 18th Annual North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Forms of Dissent in the Medieval and Early Modern World March 9-10, 2018, Duke University CFP Deadline: January 22, 2018 Website: https://sites.duke.edu/nccmems2018/ Keynote Speakers: Dr. Sara S. Poor, medieval studies, Princeton University and 2017-18 NHC Fellow; Dr. Roseen Giles, musicology, Duke University The Annual North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies invites graduate students to submit proposals for twenty-minute paper presentations to an interdisciplinary audience that consider the forms and functions of dissent (broadly conceived) throughout the medieval and early modern world.

BIOGRAPHIC MEDIATION: THE USES OF DISCLOSURE IN BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS

Guest Editor: Ebony Coletu, Pennsylvania State University

* EXTENDED DEADLINE: SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY DECEMBER 15, 2017*

 This special issue of Biography explores biographic mediation as a tool to manage political and administrative claims. Biographic mediation refers to any institutional demand for personal disclosure to make decisions about who gets what and why, alongside public critiques and calls to action that feature personal narratives.

The OEB Literary Society invites prospective participants to submit proposals relating to any aspect of Butler’s life and work. We especially encourage papers/panels addressing Butler’s influence in the work of contemporary artists across genres, and would like to devote one of the panels to this topic. Please email abstracts of 300 words to Matthew Mullins at oebliterarysociety@gmail.com Abstracts are due no later than January 15, 2018 and should include a brief biographical note.