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EUROPEAN SHAKESPEARE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION Annual Congress,
Shakespeare and Form: ‘To set a form upon desired change’
Bangor University, Wales, 27-30 July 2027
CALL FOR PAPERS : Seminar 9, Forms of Shakespeare’s Diplomacy
Convenors: Nathalie Rivère de Carles (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), France & Helen A. Hopkins (Birmingham City University, UK)
In January 2026, murals of faceless female silhouettes in yoga poses were scratched around the genital area in the Indian city of Gwalior. The figures depicted no identifiable women; they were attacked anyway. In 2024, sexually explicit AI-generated deepfakes of Taylor Swift circulated widely online, demonstrating a very different but related form of image violation. Across a scratched public wall and a fabricated digital image, the same question emerges: what happens when an image of a woman becomes the surface upon which sexualisation, humiliation or punishment is performed? This special issue asks where, if anywhere, a woman’s image can be assumed to be safe.
2027 SALA Annual Conference: Water as Matter, Matters of Water: South Asian Political, Historical, and Literary Flows
Venue: Online on Zoom
Dates: Mar. 13-14, 2027
Deadline for proposals: Dec. 10, 2026
We are inviting contributors to our project on World Philosophy and Humor. This work aims to explore the philosophical dimensions of humor, examining its nature, function, ethical implications, and cultural significance. We are now especially interested in adding contributors for book chapters on Islamic and ancient philsoophies.
Contributions could engage with any of the following themes:
1. The Nature of Humor: What is humor, and how can it be defined? Philosophical inquiries into the essence of humor, including its relationship to comedy, wit, irony, and satire.
FAULKNER'S VEGETAL FUTURES
William Faulkner Society-Sponsored Panel
University of Tennessee, Knoxville “Speculative Souths” Symposium (https://marktwainstudies.com/call-for-papers/cfp-speculative-souths-symp...)
Knoxville, TN
June 10-12, 2027
Myth in Literature and MusicUniversity of Angers, France, 30 June – 3 July 2027
The Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Heritage in Arts and Languages (CIRPaLL) at the University of Angers is proud to host the 15th Conference of the International Association for Word and Music Studies (WMA) on Myth in Literature and Music from 30 June to 3 July 2027 at the Maison de la Recherche Germaine Tillionin Angers, France.
CFP: Red Reading the Modern Novel
Society for Novel Studies (Vancouver, BC; 13-16 May 2027)
The organizer seeks papers that apply Red Reading to twentieth- and twenty-first century novels. The literary canon has been expanded brilliantly in the last few decades, and literary critical approaches have shifted away from modes of corrosive critique. There remains however, a dearth of work grounded in Indigenous epistemologies and critical approaches. As an initial response to this gap, this panel seeks to test Red Reading’s utility for studies of the novel.
This seminar explores representations of female desire in music, literature and the visual arts. How have the complex poetics of female desire—the desire to have something, or escape something, or punish, or know—been represented over time? What strategies have been employed to subvert literary conventions defined predominantly by male perspectives on home, love, war, victory and loss? How have female characters navigated the interplay between things done overtly and thought covertly to reveal the inner web of desires, fears and conflicts that constitute a female poetics of love and longing?
submit propposals to: https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/CFP
This seminar invites papers that explore the concepts of ekphrasis, the mise en abyme, and metaphorical mirrors in literature, music, and the visual arts. How are mirrors used by artists as deliberate tools to represent something else? How are metaphorical mirrors used to compare different types of reflections across mediums? How are mirrors used to suggest that the aesthetic “surface” is a distraction, and true clarity lies in understanding what the observer or listener wants to see or hear? Papers focused on one medium or interdisciplinaryapproaches from the Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Postmodern periods are welcome.
Thresholds: Liminality, Performance, and Cultural Reconfiguration
Cultural Studies Association (CSA) 2027 Annual Conference
June 3-5, 2027
Fully Online
Deadline for Submissions: Friday, November 20, 2026
The Claude McKay Society (CMKS) plans to convene one or two panels at the American Literature Association 38th Annual Conference at the Westin Copley Place, Boston, May 26-29, 2027. CMKS seeks proposals on any aspect of McKay’s writing. The conference registration is $200, $125 for graduate students, independent scholars, and retired faculty (the ALA requires no membership fee). Contact Gary Holcomb, holcomb@ohio.edu by January 1st, 2027. Send a title, abstract, and brief biographical information.
The Dark Lord Sauron, the titular Lord of the Rings in Tolkien’s magnum opus, plays many roles and takes many forms throughout The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and the rest of Tolkien’s Legendarium, and even more in the various adaptations and reimaginings that have since emerged. Over years of varying interpretations, Sauron has evolved into a figure of vast significance. From his early depictions as a looming, disembodied threat to his more recent portrayals as a visually captivating "sexy" villain in contemporary pop culture, Sauron’s image has undergone a transformation, revealing much about changing attitudes toward power, corruption, and desire.
Femspec seeks both scholarly and creative submissions for its upcoming Issue 27.1. Femspec is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed feminist academic journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres. Femspec publishes both academic scholarship and creative writing. Creative writing submissions could include short fiction, poetry, or experimental forms.
To submit work for consideration, please review Femspec’s submission guidelines at the following link: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES | Femspec
Dislocated Bodies: Noises, Opacities, and Irreverences
Guest editors: Alicia Fernández Gallego-Casilda, Julio Ferrandis Buzón and Constanza Ternicier Espinosa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Call for Papers (CFP)
Literatūra – Scientific Journal of Vilnius University
New Horizons in Spanish-Language Literatures
Literatūra, the scientific journal of Vilnius University, is preparing a special issue dedicated to innovative research on literatures written in Spanish. The issue aims to bring together contributions that, drawing on contemporary critical perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches, propose new ways of reading, interpreting, and contextualising texts, authors, and literary phenomena from the Spanish-speaking world.