international conferences

JAMS@AX26

Want to present your work at the one-and-only Anime Expo? The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies(JAMS) and Anime Expo have once-again teamed up to give you the JAMS@AX26 academic symposium, July 2-5, 2026 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This symposium presents an incredible opportunity to connect fans of all ages directly to scholars researching and writing about the medium we all love. 

The JAMS@AX26 welcomes all papers taking a scholarly perspective on anime, manga, cosplay, and their fandoms.

Literary Representations of Co-Existence 

Conference location: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia

Keynote speakers: Mark Bould (University of the West of England Bristol) in-person

                               Dinesh Wadiwel (University of Sydney) online

Conference dates: Sept 3-5, 2026

Conference fee: 75 Euros for the fully employed, 50 Euros for students and those not fully employed

Send abstracts of 200 words, and a short biography, to bwillems@ffst.hr by May 1, 2026

2026 Wenshan x TSA International Conference Call for Papers

Hosted by: NCCU Department of English, Taiwan Shakespeare Association

Date: November 29, 2026

Venue: National Chengchi University

Shakespeare Across Centuries:

Reception, Resonance, and Reinvention

Shakespeare’s works continue to inhabit what Stephen Greenblatt calls a “circulating

Stories and histories of power, 24-25 Septembre 2026.

 Confirmed Keynote speaker : Peter Boxall

Based on the premise that any account is the result of a re-ordered selection in facts which is the mark of the power of the author and/or the institution or cultural group they stand for., this conference will examine factual and fictional narratives of power in the English-speaking world.

The International Vladimir Nabokov Society seeks paper proposals for presentations on the following themes for the Modern Language Association’s Annual Convention (January 7-10, 2027, Los Angeles):  

 Nabokov in the ‘70s / Nabokov’s Afterlife

“Creativity, Resistance and Social Change”International Conference13-14 June 2026 - Accra, Ghana / Online

organised by

London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

Across history and cultures, creativity has played a central role in resisting injustice, challenging dominant narratives and imagining alternative social futures. From storytelling, music and visual art to literature, performance, digital media and everyday creative practices, acts of creation often emerge in response to exclusion, oppression or crisis. Creativity can unite communities, give voice to marginalised experiences and sustain collective struggles for dignity, justice and transformation.

International Conference on Myths, Archetypes and Symbols:“Models and Alternatives” 26-27 September 2026 – London/Online

 organised by

London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

“Beyond Labels”: International Conferenceon Disability, Different Ability and Neurodiversity12-13 September 2026Birkbeck, University of London / Online

organised by

London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

Disability, different ability and neurodiversity are concepts that traverse boundaries, challenging disciplines to rethink foundational assumptions about identity, culture and power. This interdisciplinary conference seeks to bring together scholars from different fields to critically examine the shifting narratives, representations and lived experiences surrounding ability and difference.

The Cultural Studies Cell

Department of English and Cultural Studies, Central Campus

In collaboration with

Department of Media Studies, Central Campus

CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

Organizes

An International Conference (Hybrid)on

Urban/Media Infrastructures

March 5-7, 2026

Concept Note

This guaranteed online session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention invites papers on literary production and culture that occurs at the intersections of Black Studies and spirituality. How have texts by Black writers imagined, challenged, and embraced traditional, new, and syncretic forms of spirituality?

Possible topics could include: 

‘A breeze in God’: The Spirituality of Music and Song

International Conference.

September 10th-11th 2026.

Parthenope University, Naples, Italy

Organised by Raffaella Antinucci (Parthenope), Adrian Grafe (Textes & Cultures research lab, Université d’Artois, France)

For the 150th anniversary of Harriet Martineau’s death, the Martineau Society will be hosting its annual conference in conjunction with the University of Cumbria, Ambleside Campus, in Ambleside, England. The Martineau Society conference is an interdisciplinary conference that focuses on the lives, work, and contributions of the Martineau family, including its two most famous and influential members, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and James Martineau (1805-1900). Harriet Martineau resided in the Lake District for much of her later years, from 1845 until her death in 1876.

UCD Centre for Gender, Feminisms & Sexualities - 2nd CGFS Conference  Call for Papers: 'Thinking Gender Justice: Oppression, Resistance, Liberation' University College Dublin, Ireland, 17-19 June 2026  Proposal Deadline: 27 February 2026. Notifications: 9 March 2026Registration opens 6 MarchProposal Submission form: https://forms.gle/4qkYr9riQ1yWgnwR7