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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Spectrums of Embodiment in Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture (NeMLA 2024, Boston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    One interpretation of the NeMLA 2024 theme of Surplus centers on embodiment, and the transatlantic long nineteenth century was arguably a key historical moment for envisioning material embodiment in terms of surplus, or lack thereof. Representation...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Interdisciplinarity and 9 more
    Created on: 11.08.2023
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Music in Literature (NeMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The proposed interdisciplinary panel examines the rich relationship of music and literary works within various world literatures focusing primarily on the twentieth century, but presentations within a broader time frame will also be considered. We...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and music/sound studies and 2 more
    Created on: 12.08.2022
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 22.10.2021
    NeMLA 2022: Forgotten Genocides- Panel (NeMLA 53rd Annual Convention, Baltimore)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The tern Genocide was coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1944, in a context heavily influenced by the events of the Jewish Holocaust. The parameters of Genocide, and its legal consequences were gathered in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  Themes, motifs, thematology and 2 more
    Created on: 04.10.2021
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2021
    Care, Knowledge, and Subjectivity: Foucault’s Epimeleia (NeMLA 2022, Baltimore)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel seeks to explore the contemporary uses of the Greek “care” or epimeleia particularly in ways enabled by Michel Foucault’s analysis of the notion connecting to (self)knowledge, subjectivity, and mode of life. Towards the last...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Poststructuralism,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 3 more
    Created on: 13.08.2021
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2021
    Hidden Truths and Uncovered Secrets in French and Francophone Fiction (NeMLA 2022, Baltimore)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Nobody keeps a secret better than authors writing in French! From hidden crypts, family or government secrets, buried bodies, and memories to a lack of transparency and truths resurfacing unexpectedly, French and Francophone fiction abounds in acts...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literary theory,  Themes, motifs, thematology and 2 more
    Created on: 09.08.2021
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2021
    NeMLA 2022: The German Novella: Dis/ability, Othering, and Embodiment
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP: The German Novella: Dis/ability, Othering, and Embodiment To be held at the NeMLA Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, 10-13 March 2022; Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2021 Andreas Gailus has characterized the German...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology and 5 more
    Created on: 02.07.2021
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2021
    Women's Voices, Women's Lives: Female Identities in Contemporary German Context (NeMLA Cfp)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Although there appears to be a notable amount of literature discussing the topic of gender and media, the relation between gender, identity and their transposition in fiction remains a relevant aspect to be analyzed. “Frauenliteratur” is the...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 6 more
    Created on: 14.06.2021
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2020
    Thinking On and With: Perspectives on Édouard Glissant (NeMLA 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The formal range and multiple zones of Glissant’s work call for a diversity of perspectives and interpretive approaches. Without bringing-to-a-halt the becoming of thought and the dynamics of its histories, this seminar calls for papers engaged with...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  French literature,  Literature of the 20th century and 1 more
    Created on: 19.06.2020