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  1. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.03.2020
    Non-canonical British Literature 1890-1945
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for book chapters - Non-canonical British literature: 1890-1945 - abstracts by 10 March, papers due 30 June 2020 We are working on an edited book on non-canonical English literature between 1890 and 1945 to be published by a UK publisher by...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature of the 19th century,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 17.02.2020
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.05.2020
    Invisible Lives, Silent Voices In the British Literature, Arts and Culture of the 20th and 21st centuries
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Guillaume Le Blanc, Université Paris 7 – Paris Diderot Dr. Esther Peeren, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) In his ground-breaking work, L’invisibilité sociale ,...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and other forms of art,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 14.02.2020
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2020
    Imagining inclusive communities in European culture / Imaginer des communautés inclusives dans la culture européenne / Immaginare comunità inclusive nella cultura europea
    Submitted by: Olga Springer

    20th-century criticism and theory have acquainted us with the ability of fictional narratives to build or strengthen the identity ofnations and classes, often at the expense of other communities.Investigations of the ideological significance of...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 26 more
    Created on: 09.02.2020
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.02.2020
    Byron and Loss
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    2020 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference 24th-25th April, as Newstead Abbey 2020 marks the bicentenary of a troubling year. George III had lost his life and the new king George IV was rapidly losing what little shreds remained of his...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Themes, motifs, thematology,  Literature of the 19th century
    Created on: 13.12.2019
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2020
    Dickinson and Shakespeare
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    William Shakespeare was Emily Dickinson’s favorite writer and her letters abound with references to him and his works. Dickinson’s allusions to Shakespeare’s writings evidence his pervasive presence in her life but also signal his ubiquitous place in...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and cultural studies and 1 more
    Created on: 09.12.2019
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2019
    Transfusions of Joyce
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    If the old dictum that “a picture says more than a thousand words” should be true, why is it that visual adaptations of literature are usually frowned upon as trivializations or as intrusions into the sacred realm of high art? This dismissive...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland
    Created on: 02.12.2019
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2020
    Catholicism and Literary Culture in Scotland, Ireland, and England: Medieval to Modern
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    A Symposium: 2nd - 3rd June, 2020, University of Glasgow Keynote Speakers: Tom Corns (Bangor), Carol Herringer (Georgia Southern), Alison Shell (UCL) This two-day symposium funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh examines how Catholicism...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and cultural studies and 9 more
    Created on: 25.11.2019
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2020
    Expérimentation et innovation dans le roman anglophone contemporain
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for papers for an international conference to take place at Université Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée (research group LISAA (Literatures, Critical Thought and the Arts), subgroup SEA (English studies)) Thursday 23 rd ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Novel and 2 more
    Created on: 25.11.2019
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.12.2019
    Case Closed? The Affaire Dreyfus in British Literature and Culture
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    A gloomy parenthesis in the radiant belle époque, the Affaire Dreyfus (1894-1906) was the most notable political and judicial scandal of the Third French Republic. Soon, the story of the Jewish Captain crossed the Channel and became, in Great...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and cultural studies,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 22.11.2019
  10. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2020
    Science Fiction and Shakespeare (Edited Collection)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are seeking contributions from scholars in various disciplines to submit proposals for chapters to be combined into an edited collection on Shakespeare’s influences on modern day science fiction. Shakespeare’s influence on literary genres is...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and cultural studies
    Created on: 11.11.2019
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.01.2020
    Re-visioning Frankenstein: Illustrative, Pictorial, and Digital Adaptations
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel will address illustrative, pictorial, and digital treatments and adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The novel has a 195-year history of illustration and depiction in a wide range of visual arts, media, and technologies—from the...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature of the 19th century
    Created on: 11.11.2019
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2020
    Lines of Heredity: Eugenics and Gender in European Literature, 1880-1935
    Submitted by: Fatima Borrmann

    May 18-19, 2020 MDRN First keynote speaker: Prof. Angelique Richardson (University of Exeter). Second keynote speaker to be announced later. During the late 19th and early 20th century evolutionary theory and new...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 9 more
    Created on: 17.10.2019