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  1. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 29.04.2024
    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (Spring 2025 issue) -- Call for articles and book reviews
    Submitted by: Nicoletta Pireddu

    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism is a new peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective. It provides a unique, international forum...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 27.10.2023
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.12.2023
    Fluid Encounters - Rencontres Fluides
    Submitted by: Chanelle Dupuis

    CALL FOR PAPERS FLUID ENCOUNTERS | RENCONTRES FLUIDES April 19-20, 2024 Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island In Sylvie Germain's 1985 novel, Le Livre des Nuits , bodily fluids serve as potent metaphors for...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literary theory,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 1 more
    Created on: 01.10.2023
  3. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 13.10.2023
    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (Spring 2024 issue) -- Call for articles and book reviews
    Submitted by: Nicoletta Pireddu

    _Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism_ is a new peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective. It provides a unique, international forum...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 7 more
    Created on: 16.06.2023
  4. Nicoletta Pireddu
    University or institution: Georgetown University
    Fields of research: Literary theory; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Novel; Narrative; Theory of translation; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  5. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 01.11.2022
    Tenure-Track Position, German Literary / Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Cornell University (Ithaka)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The Department of German Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor/early Associate Professor position in literary and cultural studies, and critical theory. The successful candidate will build on and...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Postcolonial studies,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 26.09.2022
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Distinctively Caribbean Cultures and Characters (Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Convention)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Caribbean poets, dramatists, and novelists have created a complex portrait of the Islands' cultures and characters. Certainly many of these characters' and cultures' traits resonate with those in other areas of the world. But what are some of the...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Literature and cultural studies,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 29.08.2022
  7. 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
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.10.2022
    Rap and Hip Hop Culture (Southwest Popular and American Culture Conference)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Rap and Hip Hop Culture Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA) 44th Annual Conference, February 22-25, 2023 Marriott Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.southwestpca.org Submissions...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and music/sound studies and 1 more
    Created on: 08.08.2022
  9. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 20.10.2022
    Assistant Professor of Letters (Middletown, CT)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The College of Letters at Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Letters, beginning July 1, 2023. We seek a scholar-teacher with expertise in premodern Islamic intellectual traditions and...

    Fields of research North African literature,  Near Eastern literature,  Interdisciplinarity and 6 more
    Created on: 01.08.2022
  10. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 15.06.2022
    Graduate Study an der University of Texas at Austin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Im Rahmen des Doktorandenprogramms des Department of Germanic Studies der University of Texas at Austin sind für das akademische Jahr 2022/23 zum August 2022 (oder nach Vereinbarung) fünf Plätze zu vergeben. Wir bieten Förderung und ...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Digital Humanities,  Literature and cultural studies
    Created on: 27.05.2022
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.03.2022
    Multimedia Medeas: Ethnic Difference and Adaptation (GSA 2022, Houston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In this seminar, the mythological figure of Medea will be used to explore adaptation, form/medium, and representations of ethnic difference. Medea, known for helping Jason and his Argonauts capture the Golden Fleece and later for killing her...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 6 more
    Created on: 14.03.2022
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.05.2022
    Jewish Literature and Culture: "Jewish Los Angeles" (PAMLA 2022)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP: Jewish Los Angeles From Boyle Heights to Hollywood, and from Santa Monica to the Valley, Los Angeles has been a site for fantastic projections, colonial encounters, and organized struggles for Jews “moving West” since the late 19th century....

    Fields of research Literature and cultural studies
    Created on: 11.03.2022
  13. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.01.2021
    Environmental Literature, Climate Crises, and Pandemics (Journal LITERATURE)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CALL FOR PAPERS “Environmental Literature, Climate Crises, and Pandemics.” The new journal LITERATURE has finally been launched. Literature is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal on literature and cultural studies...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Ecocriticism,  Literature and cultural studies and 1 more
    Created on: 07.01.2022
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2022
    Culture Jamming and the Art of Subversion: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. The 56th Annual Comparative Literature Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Coined in the eighties, the term “culture jam” refers to the appropriation by social activists of the linguistic trends characteristic of consumerist capitalist societies. In an effort to disrupt mainstream cultural institutions, culture jamming...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and other forms of art,  Literature and sociology and 3 more
    Created on: 07.01.2022
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 16.01.2022
    Rutgers Graduate Students Conference: Stimmen:Voices
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Rutgers University Graduate Students Conference in German Studies Stimmen:Voices March 3-4, 2022 Contemporary German culture is shaped by multicultural and multilingual voices. Often, a narrative...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 2 more
    Created on: 17.12.2021