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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Spectrums of Embodiment in Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture (NeMLA 2024, Boston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    One interpretation of the NeMLA 2024 theme of Surplus centers on embodiment, and the transatlantic long nineteenth century was arguably a key historical moment for envisioning material embodiment in terms of surplus, or lack thereof. Representation...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Interdisciplinarity and 9 more
    Created on: 11.08.2023
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Spare, (Almost) Never Heir: Girls, Second Sons and Other Fantastic Creatures (NeMLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    As much as surplus indicates plenty, it also hints at excess. If the word is applied to people rather than goods, it suggests a denigration of status and even a certain dehumanization. What happens when the word ‘surplus’ is made adjacent to power?...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and social and cultural anthropology and 1 more
    Created on: 11.08.2023
  3. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 27.09.2023
    What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Ort: Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Pariser Str. 1, Eingang Meierottostr. 8, 10719 Berlin Organisiert von Kyung-Ho Cha, Patrick Eiden-Offe, Ivana Perica (alle ZfL), Johanna-Charlotte Horst...

    Fields of research Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 07.08.2023
  4. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 20.09.2023
    3 Promotionsstellen: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*in, 65%, TVL 13
    Submitted by: Marlen Stelter

    Das DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 2291 „Gegenwart/Literatur. Geschichte, Theorie und Praxeologie eines Verhältnisses“ der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Bonn besetzt zum 01. Januar 2024 befristet für 3 Jahre 3 Promotionsstellen als ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries and 21 more
    Created on: 07.08.2023
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.09.2023
    Loneliness - 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Conference online (via Zoom) CFP: What makes us happy and content in our life? Some people may point to fabulous fame, fortune, or money. Some may say that the key to happiness are interpersonal relationships. But what if someone is...

    Fields of research Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 3 more
    Created on: 04.08.2023
  6. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 28.09.2023
    Coding Utopias
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    There is no shortage of critiques of utopian imaginaries for being coded in colonial, Western, masculine, Christian, and extractive ideologies. Utopia has been, and continues to be, an often violent gesture that chooses the future of select groups...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Interdisciplinarity and 5 more
    Created on: 19.07.2023
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Writing in the “alterity industry”: Marginalized authors and the politics of publishing (NeMLA) (Boston, MA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In his 2001 book The Postcolonial Exotic, Graham Huggan describes book publishing as an “alterity industry” profiting from “the commodification of cultural difference” (12), in which authors of underrepresented backgrounds must balance their...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 19.07.2023
  8. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 13.10.2023
    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (Spring 2024 issue) -- Call for articles and book reviews
    Submitted by: Nicoletta Pireddu

    _Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism_ is a new peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective. It provides a unique, international forum...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 7 more
    Created on: 16.06.2023
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2023
    CFP: Nachwuchstagung: Grenzen und Entgrenzung - topographisch, kulturell, identitär, Aachen (30.06.2023)
    Submitted by: Samuel Perepelitsa

    Grenzen und Entgrenzung – topographisch, kulturell, identitär. Perspektiven auf Transgression, Liminalität und die Poetik des ‚Dazwischen’ Nachwuchstagung am Institut für Germanistische und Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft der RWTH...

    Fields of research Hermeneutics,  Deconstruction,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 28.05.2023
  10. Nicoletta Pireddu
    University or institution: Georgetown University
    Fields of research: Literary theory; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Novel; Narrative; Theory of translation; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 16.10.2023
    Answering the Call. Aesthetic Expressions of Vocation and Responsibility in Nordic Cultures since 1750
    Submitted by: Pehr Englén

    Call for papers International Conference Answering the Call: Aesthetic Expressions of Vocation and Responsibility in Nordic Cultures since 1750 Date: 21st to 23rd March 2024 Place: Strasbourg “Jeg må! Jeg må; så...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 4 more
    Created on: 24.05.2023
  12. Annamaria Bianco
    University or institution: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J); Aix-Marseille Université
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; French literature; Italian literature; North African literature; Literature from Israel; Near Eastern literature; World Literature; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology

  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2023
    Conference “Migrant voices in popular German literature and the performing arts”, Dublin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The Panel: “Migrant voices in popular German literature and the performing arts” invites submissions for presentations for the 2023 annual meeting of the ASSOCIATION FOR GERMAN STUDIES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND Trinity College Dublin,...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Postcolonial studies,  Literature and other forms of art and 5 more
    Created on: 10.03.2023
  14. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 23.03.2023
    'Autosociobiography: Global Entanglements of a Literary Phenomenon', FU Berlin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    'Autosociobiography: Global Entanglements of a Literary Phenomenon' (23.-25.3.2023) an der Freien Universität Berlin Zu den meistbeachteten literarischen Phänomenen der letzten Jahre gehört das der Autosoziobiographie, als Form des soziologisch...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 06.03.2023
  15. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 15.04.2023
    1 postdoctoral position and 3 PhD positions, University of Leuven (COLLAB - ERC StG project)
    Submitted by: Núria Codina

    As part of the ERC Starting Grant project “Making Migrant Voices Heard Through Literature: How Collaboration is Changing the Cultural Field” ( COL LAB , 2023-2028), led by Núria Codina, the University of Leuven (Belgium) is recruiting one...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality,  Interdisciplinarity and 4 more
    Created on: 01.03.2023