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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.12.2024
    International Conference on Victorian and American Myths in Video Games
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    International Conference on Victorian and American Myths in Video Games 9-11 April 2025 Colégio Almada Negreiros, NOVA University Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA-FCSH), Portugal Ever since Steven...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Game Studies and 1 more
    Created on: 05.08.2024
  2. 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
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    Archival Activisms: Resistance In/Through Print
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel is sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Caucus, NeMLA Drawing from several decades’ worth of critical re-evaluations of the structures and limitations of the literary archive, in which “retroactivist”, recovery-oriented ethics...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Reader-response criticism,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 1 more
    Created on: 02.08.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2024
    Women's Progress in African Literature
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    From an early stage, the modern African novel has recognized the unjust challenges faced by African women. Even novels of the 1950's, such as Cyprian Ekwensi's People of the City (1954), bear witness to the difficulties that women face in...

    Fields of research North African literature,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 1 more
    Created on: 02.08.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.10.2024
    Drawing the Line: Race, Gender, Ethics, and the Arts
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Drawing the Line: Race, Gender, Ethics, and the Arts The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College Where do we draw the line? If we take the aphorism that morals have aesthetic criteria, then how should we think about...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Literature and other forms of art and 4 more
    Created on: 29.07.2024
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.08.2024
    Voyages en Afrique centrale et équatoriale à travers les littératures et les études de l’ère coloniale : mondes vivants, mondes en mouvement
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Société Internationale d'Etude des Littératures de l'Ere Coloniale APPEL A CONTRIBUTIONS POUR UN OUVRAGE COLLECTIF Voyages en Afrique centrale et équatoriale à travers les littératures et les études de l’ère coloniale : ...

    Fields of research Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,  Postcolonial studies,  travel literature
    Created on: 12.07.2024
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 25.09.2024
    Internationale DFG-Tagung: Writing a British Childhood in a Global Context? Critical Perspectives on Enid Blyton, Potsdam
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Enid Blyton is one of the world’s most well-known and prolific authors of children’s literature. Her book series have entertained children across the globe and across generations for almost a century. The conference Writing a British Childhood in a...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  World Literature,  Children's and young adult literature
    Created on: 08.07.2024
  15. Sabina Fazli
    University or institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Literature from UK and Ireland