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  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: 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
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2025
    "Indigenous Ecocriticism: Paradigm Shifts in Environmental Literature" (NeMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The Environmental Humanities is experiencing an unprecedented influx of creative and critical works from writers of indigenous literature. The immense literary revolution associated with climate change and environmental discourse is a contributing...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 1 more
    Created on: 26.07.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 09.09.2024
    Teaching (With) Picturebooks: Context, Competences, Criticism
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Symposium at the University of Rostock 25-26 November 2024 organized by Dr. Katja Schmidt & Dr. Hanne Bolze Key note speakers: Prof. Dr. Tobias Kurwinkel (Universität Hamburg) Dr. Grit Bergner (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) As...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Didactics of Literature and 3 more
    Created on: 22.07.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.08.2024
    Die Entstehung der Rheinromantik: Brentano, Heine, Turner und die Folgen. Brentano-Kolloquium der Universität Koblenz und des Landesbibliothekszentrums Koblenz
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Clemens Brentano wurde am 9. September 1778 in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein geboren. Koblenz ist das geographische Zentrum des Weltkulturerbes Mittelrheintal. Der Weltkulturerbestatus beruht auf einer historischen Interpretation der geographischen Lage,...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and cultural studies and 4 more
    Created on: 12.07.2024
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 16.08.2024
    All US Come Cross the Water: Diasporic Ecological Practices & Intergenerational Relations (ASWAD 2025)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel seeks papers for the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora’s (ASWAD) 12th Biennial and 25th Anniversary Conference that will be held in Saint Louis, Missouri at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel from October 29th...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  North African literature,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa and 2 more
    Created on: 08.07.2024
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2024
    Pour une approche mythologique de la transition énergétique (Liège, Belgique)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Pour une approche mythologique de la transition énergétique Colloque international Université de Liège, 17-18 octobre 2024 Parmi les discours et les pratiques qui tentent de répondre à la crise écologique, l’idée de transition...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Literature and theology/study of religions,  Poetics and 1 more
    Created on: 21.06.2024
  8. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2024
    Proximités animales et sauvagerie dans les contes (revue Féeries)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Proximités animales et sauvagerie dans les contes" Dossier de la revue Féeries coordonné par Patricia Eichel-Lojkine (Le Mans Université, Littérature française du XVIe siècle) et Isabelle Trivisani-Moreau (Université...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 17.06.2024
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 05.07.2024
    Writing the Garden & Gardening the World | Lutherstadt Wittenberg
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    anel der KWG-Sektion ‚Naturen/Kulturen‘, Jahrestagung der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, 10.-12. Oktober 2024 Termin: Freitag, 11.10.2024, Lutherstadt Wittenberg Gärtnern ist die älteste Form der menschlichen Interaktion mit...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Aesthetics,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 07.06.2024
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.09.2024
    Women Travel Writers in Northern Europe during the Long Nineteenth Century, Mulhouse
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    A conference organized by the Institut de recherche en Langues et Littératures Européennes (UR 4363, Université de Haute-Alsace), in partnership with the laboratories : Arts, civilisations, histoire de l'Europe (UMR 3400, Université de...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 10 more
    Created on: 03.06.2024
  11. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2024
    Nature et littérature au XIXe siècle
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à contributions Nature et littérature au XIXe siècle Le cycle « Nature et littérature au XIXe siècle » de la Vallée-aux-Loups, qui s’est tenu de septembre à avril 2024, a permis d’explorer la question du paysage, du jardin comme...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and philosophy and 4 more
    Created on: 06.05.2024
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.06.2024
    Alles fließt. Fluides in Literatur und anderen Medien, Universität Paderborn, 10./11. Oktober 2024 (Studentische Tagung des Fachbereichs Komparatistik/Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Paderborn)
    Submitted by: Anna Maria Spener

    Call for Papers: Alles fließt. Fluides in Literatur und anderen Medien, Universität Paderborn, 10./11. Oktober 2024 (Studentische Tagung des Fachbereichs Komparatistik/Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Paderborn) ...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 3 more
    Created on: 03.05.2024
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2024
    The Pagan Beowulf: Alternatives to the Usual Beowulf (RMMLA 77th Annual Conventin)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) 77th Annual Convention October 10-12 (Thur.-Sat.) at the Westgate Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2024 For centuries, the “usual” Beowulf translation has...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 1 more
    Created on: 03.05.2024
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.05.2024
    Conjuring Decolonial Alternatives: Subversive Navigations of Transnational Colonialisms (MMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Dear colleagues, I am pleased to extend a warm invitation to contribute to the guaranteed Women in French sessions at the 2024 Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) annual conference, set to convene in Chicago, Illinois from November...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 1 more
    Created on: 03.05.2024
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Romanticism Session (PAMLA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This year's theme is “Translation in Action.” While most scholarship about translation deals with the interlingual, we welcome scholarship on the other areas discussed by Roman Jakobson such as intralingual and intersemiotic translation. We plan on...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  French literature,  Literary historiography and 5 more
    Created on: 29.04.2024