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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2024
    The Political Novel in Europe and the Challenges of the Digital Era
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    Workshop, 16–17 January 2025, Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research Berlin In her epistolary novel La Toile (2017), Sandra Lucbert contrasts literary language with digital language as two clashing constraints: the...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Media studies and 8 more
    Created on: 14.08.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.09.2024
    BAUSTELLE Brecht 2024: „Brecht vergegenwärtigen: aktuelle und historische Praxis-Theorie-Gefüge“
    Submitted by: Micha Braun

    [ENGLISH VERSION SEE ATTACHED FILE] Jede Vergegenwärtigung eines Textes oder Gedankens von Bertolt Brecht findet innerhalb von konkreten Organisationen, mit spezifischen medialen Mitteln, für eine bestimmte Gruppe von Zeitgenoss:innen an einem...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Literature and other forms of art and 3 more
    Created on: 15.07.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2024
    The Question of Representation in Contemporary Indian Literature
    Submitted by: Srishti Chaudhary

    In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath refers to the Aesopian fable of the painting of the lion. The lion complains about the painting, which demonstrates a man defeating a lion, and asserts that the painting would look very...

    Fields of research South Asian literature,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 9 more
    Created on: 23.02.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.03.2024
    CFP: The “fiery theological nucleus” of Marxism: Brecht, Müller, Benjamin. GSA 2024, Atlanta (1.3.2024)
    Submitted by: Jens Pohlmann

    CfP: The “fiery theological nucleus” of Marxism: Brecht, Müller, Benjamin „Sie kennen sicher den Text von Benjamin über den theologischen Glutkern des Marxismus...“ (Heiner Müller) You probably know the text by Benjamin about the...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary theory,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 07.02.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.02.2024
    Call for Papers zur Konferenz Grenzüberschreitende Literatur(en) in einer polyphonen Welt: Mehrsprachigkeit als Quelle der literarischen Kreativität Eine Synergie zwischen globale° – Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur Bremen und dem Forschungszen
    Submitted by: Daniel Schmidt

    Deutsch (English below): In der deutschsprachigen Kulturlandschaft sind Festivals, die Musik, Kunst und Film zelebrieren und eine Bühne bieten, etabliert und werden von der Gesellschaft breit rezipiert. Aber auch Literaturfestivals, in denen...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 13 more
    Created on: 29.11.2023
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.12.2023
    European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel
    Submitted by: Ivana Perica

    When analyzing asymmetries between centers, semi-peripheries, and peripheries, literary scholars draw on various theoretical and methodological traditions, such as post- and decolonial approaches or, as for example at the Warwick Research Collective,...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 30.10.2023
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 09.12.2023
    Kafka Transformed (University of Oxford)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Kafka Transformed International Conference; University of Oxford, 18-20 September 2024 Franz Kafka’s role as a world author is inextricably linked to his reception and afterlife. His global legacy has been shaped by academic as well as...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies and 8 more
    Created on: 27.10.2023
  8. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.11.2023
    Red World Literature: Periphery, Theory, Form, System
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    RED WORLD LITERATURE : Periphery, Theory, Form, System Co-editors: Hunter Bivens, University of California, Santa Cruz and Anna Björk Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland The promise of a new ‘red’ dawn in the history of World Literature...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 09.10.2023
  9. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.11.2023
    CFP for an Edited Collection on the Contemporary Global Novel
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are seeking proposals for contributions to an edited collection of essays, titled Unruly Fictions: Geographies of Genre in the Contemporary Global Novel, focused on how the contemporary global novel expands the generic boundaries of fiction. This...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 25.09.2023
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Thinking Modern Epic (ACLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    What can be said about epic today? Although M.M. Bakhtin famously declared the impossibility of epic in a modern, polyphonic world in 1941, the category has remained a dynamic source of artistic and critical interest. The works considered in studies...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Literary genre,  Epic poetry and 2 more
    Created on: 25.09.2023
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2023
    CfP Eternal Peace in Speculative Fiction
    Submitted by: Johannes Kaminski

    Dear colleagues, I am currently putting together a special issue of World Literature Studies (WLS) dedicated to speculative fiction. Looking forward to see your abstracts by September 15! See CfP below. Best wishes Johannes Kaminski ...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  World Literature,  Literature and sociology and 6 more
    Created on: 30.06.2023
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.08.2023
    BAUSTELLE Brecht V: „Darum bleibt alle stehen, wo ihr steht, und singt den Choral der Ärmsten der Armen“ – Praktiken der Platznahme bei Brecht, Benjamin und Co.
    Submitted by: Micha Braun

    Das Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus lädt in Zusammenarbeit mit der International Brecht Society (IBS) Wissenschaftler:innen (besonders Graduierte, Doktorand:innen und andere Early Career Researcher) aller Disziplinen dazu ein, ihre Arbeiten zu Bertolt...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Feminist studies,  Postcolonial studies and 4 more
    Created on: 26.05.2023
  13. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 28.02.2023
    Deadline Extended to Feb. 28, 2023 Special Issue: German Theatre—Diversity, Identity, Contestation (Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies)
    Submitted by: Alisan Genc

    Call for Papers: Special Issue on German Theatre - Diversity, Identity, Contestation (Deadline Extended February 28, 2023) From debates around the use of Blackface on stage or a Muslim-centered production of Black Virgins , to legal attacks...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 5 more
    Created on: 15.02.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 28.02.2023
    GSA 2023 conference panel – Representation of race and minority in the works of German exile writers, Montréal (28.2.2023)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    47th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association (GSA) October 5–8, 2023, Montréal, Canada Conveners: Josephina Bierl (Lausanne), Robert Leucht (Lausanne) Call for Papers: Representation of race and minority in the works of...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Postcolonial studies and 3 more
    Created on: 30.01.2023
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2023
    International Conference "Afterlives of Empire in the Public Imagination" (Sapienza University of Rome)
    Submitted by: Tiziano De Marino

    CALL FOR PAPERS The resurgence of nationalist ideologies in Europe and the US has reignited interest in the histories and legacies of modern Empires. As of late, this has been strongly visible in the UK. The role of imperial nostalgia...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies and 20 more
    Created on: 21.12.2022