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Anthropomorphism in Children's Literature and Culture

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:12am
Children's Literature Annual of the Children's Literature Association and Hollins University
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Humans have long believed we are distinct from other animals in our rationality, self-consciousness, and use of language. Why, then, do writers, artists, and even scientists so often use anthropomorphism to interpret the behaviors of animals, plants, and even nonliving things such as trains, teapots, and toys? What are the repercussions of this tendency to understand the world in terms of human social and cultural identities?

Poetry & Poetry Studies at MAPACA

updated: 
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - 10:45am
Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Poetry & Poetry Studies at MAPACA 2026

November 5-7, 2026 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, MD

Deadline: 6/30/2026

 

1st International Congress on Theory and Historiography of Gender Studies at FES Acatlán

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:12am
Facultad de Estudios Acatlán, UNAM
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

1st International Congress on Theory and Historiography of Gender Studies at FES Acatlán

Colloquium Dates: November 9–13, 2026

MODALITY: Hybrid

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Seminar on Theory and Historiography of Gender Studies of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán (FES Acatlán-UNAM) proposes a space for reflection and discussion on new perspectives in women’s and gender studies within their diverse historical and social contexts. In this regard, we invite researchers from the social sciences and humanities to submit papers with a gender perspective (faculty members, researchers, and students currently working on their theses).

James Kelman at 80

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:12am
University of Glasgow
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

James Kelman at 80

Conference, Spring 2027, Glasgow

Covid Legacies: Long-Term Social and Cultural Effects

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:12am
Dr Şima İmşir & Dr Ayşecan Terzioğlu (Koç University and Sabancı University)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Covid Legacies: Long-Term Social and Cultural Effects

International Conference // Koç University & Sabancı University, Istanbul, October 9–11, 2026

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2026 (via covidlegacies@gmail.com)

Combating harmful stereotyping: a cross-disciplinary approach, 17-18 June 2027, Grenoble, France

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:12am
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, January 5, 2027

 

It is well established in research as well as in the social arena that a number of stereotypes are harmful, because they are “preconceived and oversimplified idea[s] of the characteristics which typify a person, situation, etc” (OED 2025, stereotype), and that they lead to biases in the perception of individuals, who are considered on the basis of their membership in a group rather than their individual qualities. Biases may be explicit (“overtly discriminatory beliefs, actions, or institutional policies”), but also implicit, taking the form of “unconscious tacit attitudes and unintentional actions towards a group” (Rutgers 2026) that are likely to be detrimental to the targeted group and life in a peaceful society.