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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    The Speculative Fiction Novella (conference panel) (NeMLA 2024, Boston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In the past decade, the novella has re-emerged as one of the dominant forms of contemporary speculative fiction, with both stand-alone debuts and long-running series taking part in the form. This session invites papers that examine the novella form...

    Fields of research Novella
    Created on: 11.08.2023
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.05.2023
    Räume als Gattungscodes? Die deutschsprachige Novelle im ›Topographical Turn‹, Bochum/online
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP: Räume als Gattungscodes? Die deutschsprachige Novelle im ›Topographical Turn‹ »Totgesagte leben länger«, konstatieren Sascha Kiefer und Torsten Mergen (2021) für die deutschsprachige Novelle, die häufig als Relikt einer...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature and geography/cartography,  Literary genre and 4 more
    Created on: 24.03.2023
  3. Maddalena Casarini
    University or institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Italian literature; Literature and law; Short prose; Literature of the 20th century

  4. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 25.11.2022
    „Nüchtern wie Cellophan“: Die Schriftstellerin Adelheid Duvanel – Meisterin der kleinen Formen
    Submitted by: Friederike Ehwald

    Die Schriftstellerin Adelheid Duvanel (1936-1996) wurde im Jahr 2021 wiederentdeckt. Eine wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit der Schweizer Autorin fand jedoch bisher nicht statt. Das wollen wir ändern und möchten uns in der Tagung (25. November...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Prose,  Short prose and 1 more
    Created on: 13.11.2022
  5. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 22.07.2022
    Gabriele Tergit 
– Chronistin und Kritikerin der Moderne
    Submitted by: Luisa Banki

    Gabriele Tergit Chronistin und Kritikerin der Moderne 22.–23. Juli 2022 Warburg-Haus, Hamburg Konzeption & Organisation Dr. Luisa Banki und Dr. Juliane Sucker in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Dr. Doerte Bischoff ...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 6 more
    Created on: 23.06.2022
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2022
    „Nüchtern wie Cellophan“: Die Schriftstellerin Adelheid Duvanel – Meisterin der kleinen Formen
    Submitted by: Friederike Ehwald

    Adelheid Duvanel (1936--1996) ist die Wiederentdeckung des Jahres 2021. Eine wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit der Schweizer Autorin fand jedoch bisher nicht statt. Das wollen wir ändern und möchten uns in der geplanten Tagung (25. und 26....

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Short prose
    Created on: 08.05.2022
  7. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 29.03.2022
    Beschwerde führen: Systemkritik zwischen Engagement und Exzess
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Tagung vom 29. bis 30. März 2022 am Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Kooperation mit dem Germanistischen Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Konzeption...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary theory,  Literature and sociology and 4 more
    Created on: 14.03.2022
  8. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.10.2022
    Les metamorphoses de Diderot: Philosophie, art et science (Lo Sguardo, rivista internazionale di filosofia)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Parmi les penseurs du XVIIIe siècle, Denis Diderot est sans doute l’un des plus difficiles à classer. Auteur de romans, de pièces de théâtre, d’essaies scientifiques et d’art, ainsi que de philosophie, il est difficile séparer ses œuvres proprement «...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literary historiography,  World Literature and 9 more
    Created on: 14.02.2022
  9. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 05.02.2022
    Kleinprosa und Mikroformate, RWTH Aachen (online)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Mal als ‚prosetry‘, ‚twitterature‘ oder ‚texticules‘ bezeichnet: Kurze und kürzeste Prosatexte und Mikroformate beherrschen die aktuelle Literaturszene. Prägnant und bündig formuliert und nicht selten im kleinen Format publiziert, eignen sie sich...

    Fields of research Novella,  Short prose,  Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment) and 4 more
    Created on: 04.02.2022
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.10.2021
    Short Fiction in Comparative and World Literature (ACLA 2022, Taipeh)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Organizer: Amândio Reis In Death of a Discipline , Gayatri Spivak addresses the problematic identification between “literature” and the novel form in conventional approaches within comparative literature (2005: 123), voicing a concern with...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 22.10.2021
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2021
    NeMLA 2022: The German Novella: Dis/ability, Othering, and Embodiment
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP: The German Novella: Dis/ability, Othering, and Embodiment To be held at the NeMLA Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, 10-13 March 2022; Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2021 Andreas Gailus has characterized the German...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology and 5 more
    Created on: 02.07.2021
  12. Theresa Mayer
    University or institution: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Universität Hildesheim (HH)
    Fields of research: Hermeneutics; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Lyric poetry; Short prose; Theory of translation

  13. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2021
    American Golden Age Mystery and Detective Fiction, Mean Streets Journal
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Submissions Third issue of Mean Streets: A Journal of American Crime and Detective Fiction Topic: AMERICAN “GOLDEN AGE” MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE FICTION 1920-1945 Proposals: July 15, 2021 Final essays:...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Narratology and 5 more
    Created on: 30.04.2021
  14. Friederike Ehwald
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Narrative; Short prose; Themes, motifs, thematology; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 21.07.2021
    Short Fiction: The City Speaks. How Should We Answer? (PAMLA 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The city is a contradiction. At its centre, it is simultaneously claustrophobic and isolating; its outskirts are escaped both to and from. This virtual (online) session, ‘Short Fiction: The City Speaks. How Should We Answer?’ invites submissions...

    Fields of research Prose,  Short prose
    Created on: 08.03.2021