Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
From Nawal el Saadawi’s writings against FGM to Tunisian protests advocating for changes to inheritance law, this panel considers North Africa’s women writers in conversation with the conference theme, resilience. How have these women writers...
Fields of research
North African literature,
Feminist studies,
Postcolonial studies
Created on:
16.09.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Diverse African literary works portray the experiences of African characters in the United States and other Western nations. Such works include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah, Imbolo Mbue's Behold the Dreamers, and NoViolet Bulawayo's We...
Fields of research
North African literature,
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,
Themes, motifs, thematology
Created on:
29.08.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Coming to Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel, Jane Eyre, for the first time, one may be struck by its apparently forward-looking elements, ones that do not seem to line up with expectations for early Victorian novels. In terms of the novel's...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature of the 19th century
Created on:
22.08.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The Call for Papers for the 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (May 11–May 13, 2023) is now open. Proposals of papers and contributions to roundtables are due Sept. 15, 2022. The Centre for Fantasy and the...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature of the 20th century
Created on:
22.08.2022
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
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
At times depicted as loquacious and licentious, while most often portrayed as silent or inert harem slaves, the Arab and Muslim women received much attention from writers of different periods. Though considerable scholarly attention was given to...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
World Literature
Created on:
13.06.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Associate Professor - World Cultures and Literatures - (FAC001916) H0092 Modern & Classical Languages Salary Commensurate with experience Description The Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston...
Fields of research
North African literature,
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,
East Asian literature
and 5 more
Created on:
22.11.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Are you interested in studying French & Francophone Studies in a comparative, global context? The University of Miami’s PhD in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies is recruiting students for Fall 2022. The application deadline is January 3,...
Fields of research
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),
French literature,
North African literature
and 2 more
Created on:
01.10.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Panel: “État des lieux”: Women in French and Francophone Noir Fiction NeMLA 2022 Baltimore, MD March 10-13 Deadline for Abstract Submissions: Sept. 30th Session Description: Apart from some chapters and articles...
Fields of research
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),
French literature,
North African literature
and 4 more
Created on:
23.08.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
This panel aims to explore how writers and filmmakers have articulated questions of Blackness and Europeanness, migration and cultural belonging, colonial histories and decolonial futures. In recent decades, artists, scholars, and activists from...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
French literature
and 11 more
Created on:
21.06.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
NeMLA 2022 (March 10-13, 2022, Baltimore) Session Title: Walking in the Empire Session Organizer: Vivian Kao, Lawrence Technological University Walkers and walking figure prominently in the literature and literary theory of...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland
and 8 more
Created on:
21.06.2021
University or institution:
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey);
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Literature from Israel;
Near Eastern literature;
East Asian literature;
South Asian literature;
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Empirical Aesthetics;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Narratology;
Oral poetry / Orality;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Novel;
Narrative
University or institution:
Colgate University
Fields of research:
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Hermeneutics;
World Literature;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Elegy;
Essay;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Purdue University
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Poststructuralism;
New Historicism;
Reader-response criticism;
Ecocriticism;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Writtenness;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Literature and natural science;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Ballad;
Elegy;
Sonett;
Other lyrical forms;
Prose;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Comic;
Non-fictional literature;
Drama;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Theory of translation;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century