cfp | call for papers

Problems B Us: Currents in Electracy

updated:

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 2:32pm

K. A. Wisniewski

deadline for submissions:

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Lead Investigators

K. A. Wisniewski, American Antiquarian Society
Scott D. Sundvall, University of Memphis
Sergio C. Figueiredo, Kennesaw State University

Description

Gender, Violence, and the State in Contemporary Speculative Fiction

updated:

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 12:14pm

Gender Forum - An Internet Journal for Gender Studies

deadline for submissions:

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

From its beginnings, speculative fiction across different media and genres has combined imaginaries of social and political organization with issues of gender and violence. Thomas More’s Utopia (1551), for example, imagined an egalitarian society that remained strictly patriarchal and a perfect government that ensured prosperity and peace by fighting preventive wars, administering capital punishment to adulterers, endorsing corporal punishment for unruly women and children, and encouraging (assisted) suicide. Whether we consider literary texts, film, TV series, comics, or other forms of cultural expression, contemporary speculative fiction continues to discuss (state-)violence and the gendered nature of socio-political relations.

CFP for a special issue of Literature Compass: “The Histories and Practices of Modernist Studies in Asia”

updated:

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 6:50pm

Literature Compass, Journal

deadline for submissions:

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Literature Compass Special Issue:

“The Histories and Practices of Modernist Studies in Asia”

For a prospective peer-reviewed special issue of Literature Compass, we invite submissions that reflect on the past, present and future of modernist studies in various locations of Asia. How has “modernism” been historically conceived and studied in Asia? What institutions have shaped and are shaping the fortunes of modernist studies in Asia? How are the histories and practices of modernist studies mediated by translation among various languages used in this part of the world?