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One Hundred Years of Magical Realism in Literature, Film, and A.I. Simulation

updated: 
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 2:10pm
Eugene Arva / University of Miami (retired)
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 20, 2026

We are looking for contributions to a working group at the 2027 MLA Annual Convention in Los Angeles. The panel will discuss the evolution of magical realism in the 21st century, formally, medially, and geographically. Besides the fundamental elements of magical realism scholarship covering literature and film in South-American and European contexts, the scope of the presentations will extend to geocultural locations such as Africa, the Middle East, East- and South-East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, and to theoretical approaches including literary trauma theory, postcolonial studies, ecocriticism, and virtual reality theory.

Italian Americans and the Making of America: Design, Diaspora, and the Architecture of Belonging

updated: 
Monday, February 9, 2026 - 2:10pm
Italian American Studies Association
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 17, 2026

Call for Proposals:

Italian Americans and the Making of America:
Design, Diaspora, and the Architecture of Belonging

58th Annual Conference of the Italian American Studies Association
November 5-8, 2026

Tufts University, Medford, MA

https://italianamericanstudies.submittable.com/submit/348486/58th-annual-iasa-conference-at-tufts-university

Wilde West Coast

updated: 
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 4:31pm
Oscar Wilde Society / MLA 2027
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Wilde West Coast

 

The Oscar Wilde Society invites abstracts for a special session at the 2027 MLA (Modern Language Association) Convention in Los Angeles, January 7–10 2027.

 

Sports Medievalism - TSW Special Issue

updated: 
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 4:31pm
The So What/Arthuriana
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

In athletics, athletes are often described as ‘throwing down the gauntlet’ when they record a particularly impressive jump, race, throw, indicating a raise in the competition stakes, a nod to their fellow competitors that they are the champion to beat. In the 2001 movie A Knight’s Tale, jousting enthusiasts are depicted like modern day sports fans, with Ulrich’s friends even singing a football chant in the pub. 

 

Lyrics as Literature: Scholarly Perspectives on Song Lyric Craft

updated: 
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 4:31pm
Melissa Talhelm/Southern Connecticut State University
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The song lyric occupies little space in academia, where it is less studied, less appreciated, and perceived as less-than other kinds of writing. Despite music’s ubiquitous cultural presence, the song lyric—as creative work—suffers from what renown songwriter Jimmy Webb calls a “status problem”: songwriters do not enjoy the same standing as writers of other kinds of traditionally studied literature. The most common way that song lyrics have earned scholarly attention is by conflating the form with the poem. Goldstein’s (1969) The Poetry of Rock is one of the first books to attend to lyrics as poetry.

Comics and Film: A Space Odyssey

updated: 
Friday, February 13, 2026 - 10:15am
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU)
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) Prague, Czech Republic

August 20–21, 2026

Call for Papers Deadline for proposals: April 1, 2026

Conference Directors: Petra Dominková (FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic), Thomas Ballhausen (Inter-University Organization Arts & Knowledges + Mozarteum University Salzburg, Austria)