Networking on avldigital.de

The latest in Comparative Literature

Under Networking, avldigital.de collects news and current information from the discipline. See the newest announcements as well as registrations to the Index of Researchers here.

Click on one of the categories to find colleagues, current calls for papers, events, vacancies or scholarship offers. Or find information on Comparative Literature institutions, research projects or websites.

Narrow Search

Displaying results 1 to 15 of 1371.

  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    Radical Bodies
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Human bodies and, by extension, human subjectivity have long been contested spaces. Against traditional Eurocentric and anthropocentric definitions of the human as a stable identity abstracted from its surrounding environment, movements like...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 2 more
    Created on: 02.08.2024
  2. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 10.09.2024
    ilb 2024 | Whispers from the Past: Collective Remembering
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Forms of remembering bring together the very different literary worlds of the fjords of Scandinavia, the Chilean metropolis of Santiago, and the Congo Delta for this event. Whether through the traces of political violence or personal experiences, the...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa and 1 more
    Created on: 29.07.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    This Magick Moment: Revolutionary Witchcraft and Cultural Change (NeMLA 2025) (NeMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers: Panel Something momentous is brewing within contemporary witchcraft scholarship. Borne from calls for revolution, justice, and cultural emendation, new voices in witchcraft studies are amending antiquity within the pages of...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and cultural studies,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 29.07.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    Stigmatization: Exploring Infertility in Latin American Literature and Cinema (NeMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel explores the intricate portrayals of infertility in Latin American Literature and Cinema, focusing on stigmatization and its interplay with trauma and intersectionality. Infertility, often laden with societal and cultural implications, is...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology and 3 more
    Created on: 29.07.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    The Aging Detective in 21st Century Fiction (NeMLA 2025)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Although some of the most iconic British fictional detectives—Marple, Poirot, and Holmes—are old-age pensioners, the 21st century is witnessing a proliferation of aging detectives in fiction, television, and film. Among recent novels are Jesse Q....

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 29.07.2024
  6. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 04.11.2024
    Graduiertenkolleg "Politik der Aufklärung": Stelle einer/eines Wiss. Mitarbeiterin*Mitarbeiters (m-w-d), 100 % TV-L 13, 60 Monate, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Martin Luther University , IZEA RTG 2999 "Politics of Enlightenment" Scientific Employee (m-f-d), Full time, TV-L 13, 60 months Institution Type: Other Location: Germany Position: ...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature of the 18th century and 1 more
    Created on: 29.07.2024
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    Reading Reading: Contemporary Literary Practices (Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA))
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are constantly engaged in processes of reading. We read literary texts, historical sources, films and other media, political moods and affects, and shifting social formations. Amongst the plethora of reading strategies available to us, close...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 3 more
    Created on: 26.07.2024
  8. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 24.10.2024
    International Workshop | Towards a Theory of the Modern Religious Bookshelf
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Organised by Christian Meyer (Freie Universität Berlin/EXC 2020), project The Invention of the Modern Religious Bookshelf: Canons, Concepts and Communities (2022-) , Research Area 3: "Future Perfect". Guiding questions: How, under...

    Fields of research Literature and theology/study of religions,  Literature and publishing/booktrade,  Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century) and 6 more
    Created on: 19.07.2024
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 06.09.2024
    Rahel Levin Varnhagens ›Denkblätter‹. Schreibformen und Kontexte
    Submitted by: Elisabeth Flucher

    Tagung 02.-04.06.2025, Schloss Rauischholzhausen Organisation: Dr. Elisabeth Flucher (Universität Siegen) Dr. Daniela Henke (Universität Gießen) Die Rahel Levin Varnhagen-Forschung stützte sich bis dato in all ihren sich...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  French literature,  Literature and philosophy and 2 more
    Created on: 18.07.2024
  10. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 18.08.2024
    BMBF-Verbundprojekt „Lost in Archives“ wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) (E 13 TV-G-U, 65%-Teilzeit)
    Submitted by: Marília Jöhnk

    Das BMBF-Verbundprojekt „Lost in Archives“ (Förderlinie „Innovative Frauen im Fokus“) sucht nach unsichtbaren und vergessenen Frauen, die im 18. und im frühen 19. Jahrhundert in männlich dominierten Bereichen (Theater, Literaturkritik,...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  French literature,  Literary historiography and 6 more
    Created on: 17.07.2024
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.08.2024
    Mémoires, migrations et archives traumatiques dans la bande dessinée ibérique et ibéro-américaine contemporaine
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Colloque « Mémoires, migrations et archives traumatiques dans la bande dessinée ibérique et ibéro-américaine contemporaine » Université d’Angers, 23-25 octobre 2024 A travers le colloque « Mémoires, migrations et archives traumatiques...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Spanish literature,  Portugese literature and 6 more
    Created on: 12.07.2024
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2024
    Germanistentag 2025, Panel: Das Gewissen im Gespräch, Braunschweig
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Bereits in der griechischen Antike finden sich Beispiele für die innige Verbindung von Gewissen und Stimme: So etwa im Chor der Erinnyen bei Aischylos oder im Dialog Platons, wo Sokrates vor Gericht für die Zwiesprache mit einem Daimonion angeklagt...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature and philosophy,  Poetics and 1 more
    Created on: 12.07.2024
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.07.2024
    La Guerre Civile dans les littératures arabes
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à communication Colloque international La Guerre Civile dans les littératures arabes Lieu : Maison de la recherche de la Sorbonne Nouvelle – 4 Rue des Irlandais, 75005 Date : 13-14/11/2024 De la guerre...

    Fields of research North African literature,  Near Eastern literature,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 1 more
    Created on: 08.07.2024
  14. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.07.2024
    Les émotions dans les poèmes chevaleresques et héroïques italiens (XIVe-XVIe siècles) : représentations, significations et contextes
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Le poème de chevalerie et le poème héroïque en Italie sont un terrain fertile pour l'émergence de la représentation d'émotions et de passions différentes et parfois contradictoires. Entre le Moyen Âge et la Renaissance on rencontre différentes thèses...

    Fields of research Italian literature,  Themes, motifs, thematology,  Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century) and 1 more
    Created on: 08.07.2024
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.07.2024
    La mélancolie du savoir. L’autobiographie sous le signe de Saturne (Rome)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    La mélancolie du savoir. L’autobiographie sous le signe de Saturne XXIII Symposium international de l’Observatoire Scientifique de la mémoire autobiographique écrite, orale, iconographique Rome 3-4-5 Décembre, 2024, Palazzo Mattei di...

    Fields of research Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions,  Literature and philosophy and 4 more
    Created on: 08.07.2024