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  1. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2021
    Frontiers of Narrative Studies
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    A peer-reviewed journal of international scope, Frontiers of Narrative Studies under the auspice of De Gruyter features articles reporting results of research in all branches of narrative studies, in-depth reviews of selected current literature in...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Narrative
    Created on: 17.02.2020
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2020
    Imagining inclusive communities in European culture / Imaginer des communautés inclusives dans la culture européenne / Immaginare comunità inclusive nella cultura europea
    Submitted by: Olga Springer

    20th-century criticism and theory have acquainted us with the ability of fictional narratives to build or strengthen the identity ofnations and classes, often at the expense of other communities.Investigations of the ideological significance of...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 26 more
    Created on: 09.02.2020
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.03.2020
    Récits de la charge mentale des femmes
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à communications – février 2020 Journée d’étude du programme « Questions de récit » (CÉRILAC, EA 4410) Paris, 4 décembre 2020 en partenariat avec le Paris Centre for Narrative Matters RÉCITS DE LA CHARGE MENTALE DES...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Narratology,  Literature and cultural studies and 1 more
    Created on: 07.02.2020
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2020
    Mythos & Postmoderne – Mythostransformation & mythische Frauen in zeitgenössischen Texten
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In mythologischen Narrativen aller Art und Kulturen spielen Frauen*figuren eine zentrale Rolle – wenn auch oftmals nicht als Protagonistinnen in den Tragödien, die sich um sie herum abspielen, sondern als allegorische Katalysatorinnen,...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Narratology,  Literature of the 20th century and 1 more
    Created on: 07.02.2020
  5. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.04.2020
    Raconter les politiques conflictuelles en Afrique. Regards croisés
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à contribution pour un volume collectif Raconter les politiques conflictuelles en Afrique. Regards croisés L’Afrique a traversé des périodes troubles, des guerres et des révolutions générées par le rêve...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,  Narratology and 1 more
    Created on: 03.02.2020
  6. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.07.2020
    Stadt – Land – Mord. Regionalkrimis im Fadenkreuz des Erzählens
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP (31.07.2020/31.01.2021): Sammelband: Stadt – Land – Mord. Regionalkrimis im Fadenkreuz des Erzählens . Hrsg. von Wolfgang Brylla und Maike Schmidt Einige werden sich noch an die Fernsehserie „Stadt, Land, Mord!“ erinnern, die in der...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Literature and cultural studies,  Narrative
    Created on: 31.01.2020
  7. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 25.02.2020
    Die Zukunft der Inseln. Passagen zwischen Literatur und Wissenschaft (Bad Homburg, 25.–27.2.2020)
    Submitted by: Mira Shah

    Die Zukunft der Inseln. Passagen zwischen Literatur und Wissenschaft 25.-27.2.2020 Eine Tagung des DFG-Projekts „Entangled Island Times. Zu einer Literatur- und Wissensgeschichte der Inselbiogeographie“ (Roland Borgards, Lena Kugler,...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 13 more
    Created on: 22.01.2020
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2020
    Biofiction as World Literature (15.04.2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Biofiction (literature that takes a real biography as its point of departure) is powered by what Colm Tóibín has recently called “the anchored imagination”, which grants the fictional narrative a certain ambiguous (almost duplicitous) credibility. As...

    Fields of research Narratology,  World Literature,  The fictional
    Created on: 21.01.2020
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2020
    Robert Musil as Sexual Theorist (GSA 2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Robert Musil knew sex—and wasn’t afraid to ask. Yet, in comparison to contemporaries such as Sigmund Freud, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, or Magnus Hirschfeld, he has received considerably less scholarly attention as a theorist of sex—one who,...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Narratology and 2 more
    Created on: 17.01.2020
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2020
    Leo Baeck Summer University 2020 - Survival. Biographies - Spaces - Narratives
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Applications Leo Baeck Summer University (LBSU) 2020 Survival Biographies – Spaces – Narratives July 06–17, 2020, Berlin Organized by Selma Stern Zentrum für Jüdische Studien...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Literature and cultural studies,  autobiography
    Created on: 13.01.2020
  11. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2020
    Human Reproduction and Parental Responsibility: New Theories, Narratives, Ethics (Phenomenology and Mind)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Advances in reproductive technologies have profoundly altered the demarcations of parenthood. They offer a significant challenge to conventional perspectives on parental rights and responsibilities. Emergent new possibilities of biological and social...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Literature and philosophy
    Created on: 13.12.2019
  12. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.12.2019
    Horror Fiction in the Global South: Cultures, Narratives, and Representations
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers Edited Anthology to be published by Bloomsbury Horror Fiction in the Global South: Cultures, Narratives, and Representations Death frequently asserts itself in the human consciousness through sensations of horror...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Literature and cultural studies
    Created on: 09.12.2019
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2020
    MEDIATIONS ⇌ MEDITATIONS
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    MEDIATIONS ⇌ MEDITATIONS Brown University German Department Graduate Conference, Providence (10.04. – 12.04.2020) What is meditation? And what is mediation? Why put them together as ‘guiding concepts’ of a Graduate Student Conference in German...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Narratology,  Themes, motifs, thematology and 2 more
    Created on: 06.12.2019
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.12.2019
    An interdisciplinary workshop on Fan Fiction
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Organisers: Johanna Vogelsanger, Rahel Oppliger, Olivia Tjon-A-Meeuw (all University of Zurich) Fan fiction is an important part of fandom, particularly in the online communities that form around art, entertainment, or celebrities. Members of...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality,  Literature and cultural studies and 1 more
    Created on: 22.11.2019
  15. Shiqi Yu
    University or institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; Deconstruction; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; Narratology; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and cultural studies; Intermediality; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century