|
a service provided by www.english.upenn.edu |
FAQ changelog |
Austerity
April 10-11, 2026
The 2026 edition of the Equinoxes graduate student conference at Brown University
For Critical Insights volume under contract:
Madness in Literature
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: January 9, 2026
Perennially understudied, Eurasia – as both a geographical and conceptual constellation – opens up a novel and fertile space for scholarly contributions. This call for papers invites submissions that engage with the region’s alternative media, information, and communications histories, bridging past and future frameworks, methodologies and forms.
Communication in the age of digital spaces has transformed rapidly. The advent of social media platforms has led to a transition in the manner and extent of information circulation online, making communication a more collaborative and democratised form of participation. Participatory culture, as defined by Henry Jenkins, is a space that enables the audience to become active participants rather than passive consumers of the texts. The meaning of participation especially evolves with the exposure to social media platforms that allow individual members to find a space for their expression.
Plant Lives: Sacred Interdependencies in the Arts of the Americas
A planting event and conference hosted by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music
April 11, 2026
In 1831, the preacher Nat Turner testified that hieroglyphics had appeared to him on leaves and corn stalks in a field. These hieroglyphics, he said, relayed divine messages that inspired him to lead a rebellion of enslaved Virginians. The starting point for this one-day conference is the many capacities of plants to transmit divine insights across time. This event at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music will explore the ways in which plants perform, evoke, and embody sacred relations throughout the Americas.
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL THE 29TH, JANUARY 2026
“Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North”
Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern North Conference
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Call for Papers
Spark: HKCAL Postgraduate Lightning Talks
Theme: Emerging Voices – Testing Ideas in Research on Hong Kong
Date: 5-6 June 2026 (online)
The Hong Kong Cultures, Arts and Languages (HKCAL) Research Network invites submissions for Spark: HKCAL Postgraduate Lightning Talks, to be held on 12-13 June 2026.
We are happy to announce that the Department of English Studies at the University of Zadar is organizing an international scientific conference titled Contemporary Horizons in English Studies (CHES). The conference theme, Contemporary Horizons in English Studies, casts a wide net, encompassing diverse areas and perspectives within the field. As we reflect on decades of growth in English studies and the 70-year history of our department, we also look toward the new horizons that continue to expand the boundaries of our discipline. Inspired by our department’s interdisciplinary spirit, the theme highlights a variety of research, teaching, and creative work taking place across English studies.