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Redaktion avldigital.de
Posthumanism, biocentrism, and ecocriticism have profoundly impacted the fields of literary studies and critical theory in the last two decades: more and more scholars have investigated how literature engages with the relationship between humans...
Fields of research
Italian literature,
Ecocriticism,
Narratology
and 2 more
Created on:
16.09.2022
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Redaktion avldigital.de
Chairs: Matthew Lovett (University of Pittsburgh) Julia Bruehne (University of Bremen) Kant’s account of aesthetic judgments is well-known. For him, beauty is characterized by a universal, necessary, and subjective feeling of ...
Fields of research
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology,
Aesthetics
Created on:
05.08.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
(english version below) Transcr(é)ation est une revue spécialisée consacrée à la transmédialité et aux dialogues texte – film, sans hiérarchisation de l’un sur l’autre. Nous accueillons des travaux théoriques ou analytiques ainsi que des...
Fields of research
Literary theory,
Media studies,
Narratology
and 3 more
Created on:
07.01.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the Department of German, NYU (April 28-29, 2022) in cooperation with the Department of Comparative Literature, NYU Nonidentity. Current Configurations in Critical Theories and Poetics Submit...
Fields of research
Literary theory,
Postcolonial studies,
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology
and 2 more
Created on:
10.12.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The German program at the Johns Hopkins University invites applications for PhD students to begin in Fall 2022, with 5 years of generous funding to be offered to all admitted graduate students. The program at Johns Hopkins is among the most...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literary theory,
Gender Studies/Queer Studies
and 5 more
Created on:
29.11.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Call for Applications: Ph.D. Fellowships in German Studies Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA The Department of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures at Rutgers University is currently inviting applications...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literary historiography,
Literary theory
and 7 more
Created on:
22.11.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the , Princeton University (May 12-13, 2022) in cooperation with the Center for Cultural Studies, University of Graz. Deadline: November 15, 2021. Keynote by Joanna Zylinska, King's College...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literary historiography,
Literary theory
and 6 more
Created on:
15.10.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The Department of German Studies at Brown University invites applications to its Ph.D. program, focused on the areas of German literature, literary theory and aesthetics. The Department of German Studies at Brown is a vibrant and close-knit...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literary theory,
Interdisciplinarity
and 6 more
Created on:
15.10.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Special Session at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Online: May 9 to 14, 2022) This session welcomes 15-20 minute papers on any thematic crossover between courtly love or fin amor, a knightly submission to a lady of...
Fields of research
Gender Studies/Queer Studies,
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology,
Literature and theology/study of religions
and 3 more
Created on:
06.08.2021
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
From the ancient Greek concept of eros to Freudian psychoanalysis and aesthetic theory, desire has been for centuries central to discourse and literature. This panel investigates the motivation behind desire’s inward turn toward the self....
Fields of research
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology
Created on:
26.07.2021
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:
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
