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  1. Alexandra Irimia
    University or institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
    Fields of research: Narratology; World Literature; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and sociology; Literature and law; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and visual studies; Intermediality; Aesthetics; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor); Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  2. 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
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 16.06.2024
    Rhetorical Approaches to Literature (PAMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    *** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 16 *** PAMLA Annual Conference Palm Springs, California November 6-10, 2024 "Rhetorical Approaches to Literature" (Paper / Panel) This standing session is open to all papers that explore some aspect...

    Fields of research Rhetoric,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor)
    Created on: 10.06.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 08.07.2024
    Kunst – Komik – Kritik. Normverstöße im Kontext von Zensur im 20. Jahrhundert, Berlin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Was Zensur genau ist, darauf lässt sich keine einheitliche Antwort geben. Nikola Roßbach beschreibt das Problem in ihrer Monographie pointiert: „Es gibt unzählige Zensurdefinitionen: weite und enge, juristische und alltagssprachliche, politische und...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Literary genre,  Rhetoric and 2 more
    Created on: 03.06.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2024
    “The Aesthetics of Decay: Creative Modes of Destruction”
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Decay and destruction have long been sources of fascination, inspiration and contemplation in artistic and cultural contexts. From the crumbling ruins of ancient civilizations to the ravages of time on natural landscapes, from the haunting beauty of...

    Fields of research Intermediality,  Poetics,  Literary genre and 3 more
    Created on: 29.04.2024
  6. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 22.04.2024
    Ringvorlesung: Fake, Lüge, Desinformation. Über die Literatur zwischen Fiktion und Täuschung, Saarbrücken
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Saarbrücker literaturwissenschaftliche Ringvorlesung im Festsaal des Rathauses Sankt Johann der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken Sommersemester 2024, montags 19 Uhr Fakes, Lügen und Desinformationen sind Instrumente der hybriden...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor),  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 12.04.2024
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.05.2024
    International Conference on Ironic Encomia and Paradoxical Humour in the Early Modern Period, Frankfurt a. M.
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    International Conference on Ironic Encomia and Paradoxical Humour in the Early Modern Period at Frankfurt am Main, September 2025 Comedy, satire, Lucianism – whenever one of these keywords is used in connection with Early Modern literature, it...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor),  Themes, motifs, thematology and 3 more
    Created on: 13.03.2024
  8. Julia Soytek
    University or institution: Universität Hamburg
    Fields of research: Literary theory; Poetics; Aesthetics; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor)

  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 29.02.2024
    XIV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture - CULTURE AT WAR (Lisbon)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    XIV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture CULTURE AT WAR Lisbon, June 24 – 29, 2024 Deadline for submissions: February 29, 2024 We are living in times of war. Now, more than ever, war occupies a central role in both national...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism,  Literature and cultural studies and 3 more
    Created on: 05.01.2024
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 02.01.2024
    La collaboration homme-animal dans les contes, leurs expansions hypertextuelles et hypericoniques : des « Animaux reconnaissants » à « La Belle aux cheveux d’or » (Lille)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Cycle Un jour un conte Colloque international annuel La collaboration homme-animal dans les contes, leurs expansions hypertextuelles et hypericoniques : des « Animaux reconnaissants » à « La Belle aux cheveux d’or » Les...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 21.12.2023
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2024
    Schwund – Absenz – Entzug, Bonn
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Internationaler Workshop vom 25.–27. September 2024 an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Schwund – Absenz – Entzug: Mithilfe dieser drei offensiv metaphorischen Konzepte möchte die Tagung den Dynamiken von Verschwinden und...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and cultural studies,  Intermediality and 2 more
    Created on: 01.12.2023
  12. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Gendered Allegories: Origen of Alexandria and the Representation of the Feminine in Patristic Literature (CFP)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Open Theology GENDERED ALLEGORIES: ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE FEMININE IN PATRISTIC LITERATURE "Open Theology” (https://www.degruyter.com/opth) invites...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 24.12.2023
    After Shock: New Perspectives in Literary Studies and Linguistics - Sapienza-Silesia Graduate Forum 2024
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In the face of ongoing disasters including the climate crisis, the pandemic, war in Europe and conflicts worldwide, as well as blatant manifestations of social injustice taking place on both a localised and a planetary scale, we might be prone to...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Rhetoric,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor) and 1 more
    Created on: 03.11.2023
  14. Silvie Lang
    University or institution: Universität Kassel
    Fields of research: Narratology; Oral poetry / Orality; Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale

  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.11.2023
    Chapters for The Myriad Faces of Heroes and Heroines: Folkloric Tradition and Modern Contemporaries
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are inviting chapter proposals for the edited book The Myriad Faces of Heroes and Heroines: Folkloric Tradition and Modern Contemporaries. It is a collection of academic essays that scrutinizes the representation, dynamics, transformation and/or...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 3 more
    Created on: 13.10.2023