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  1. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 06.06.2024
    European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    When analyzing asymmetries between centers, semi-peripheries, and peripheries, literary scholars draw on various theoretical and methodological traditions, such as post- and decolonial approaches or, as for example the Warwick Research Collective,...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 15 more
    Created on: 22.05.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2024
    The Question of Representation in Contemporary Indian Literature
    Submitted by: Srishti Chaudhary

    In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath refers to the Aesopian fable of the painting of the lion. The lion complains about the painting, which demonstrates a man defeating a lion, and asserts that the painting would look very...

    Fields of research South Asian literature,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 9 more
    Created on: 23.02.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.12.2023
    European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel
    Submitted by: Ivana Perica

    When analyzing asymmetries between centers, semi-peripheries, and peripheries, literary scholars draw on various theoretical and methodological traditions, such as post- and decolonial approaches or, as for example at the Warwick Research Collective,...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 30.10.2023
  4. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.11.2023
    CFP for an Edited Collection on the Contemporary Global Novel
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are seeking proposals for contributions to an edited collection of essays, titled Unruly Fictions: Geographies of Genre in the Contemporary Global Novel, focused on how the contemporary global novel expands the generic boundaries of fiction. This...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 25.09.2023
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2023
    CfP Eternal Peace in Speculative Fiction
    Submitted by: Johannes Kaminski

    Dear colleagues, I am currently putting together a special issue of World Literature Studies (WLS) dedicated to speculative fiction. Looking forward to see your abstracts by September 15! See CfP below. Best wishes Johannes Kaminski ...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  World Literature,  Literature and sociology and 6 more
    Created on: 30.06.2023
  6. Philip Oppenländer
    University or institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Fields of research: French literature; Digital Humanities; Postcolonial studies; Literature and sociology; Novel; Literature of the 21st century

  7. Denys Chyk
    University or institution: Taras Shevchenko Regional Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy of Kremenets
    Fields of research: Literature from UK and Ireland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); Literary theory; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and cultural studies; Literary genre; Prose; Novel; The fictional; Themes, motifs, thematology; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  8. Hudzik , Agnieszka
    University or institution: Freie Universität Berlin
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary); Literary theory; Poststructuralism; Deconstruction; Postcolonial studies; Media studies; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and philosophy; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Literature and media studies; Intermediality; Prose; Novel; Aesthetics; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  9. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 25.11.2021
    Parodie des Abenteuers – Abenteuer als Parodie (25./26.11.2021)
    Submitted by: Carina Breidenbach

    Parodie des Abenteuers – Abenteuer als Parodie (25./26.11.2021) Hybrid-Tagung zur Eröffnung der zweiten Förderphase der DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Philologie des Abenteuers“ Das abenteuerliche Erzählen ist schon durch seine Serialität mit...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Spanish literature and 7 more
    Created on: 09.11.2021
  10. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.11.2021
    Borders and Detective Fiction - Theme Issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Borders and Detective Fiction (Theme Issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection)? Guest Editor: Manina Jones, University of Western Ontario For this theme issue of Clues, proposals are sought from a wide variety of critical, national, and cultural...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Literature and sociology and 5 more
    Created on: 02.08.2021
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.10.2021
    Pouvoir(s), responsabilités et cas de conscience en science-fiction, Colloque Stella Incognita, Reims
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à communications Colloque Stella Incognita Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, les 6-7-8 avril 2022 Pouvoir(s), responsabilités et cas de conscience en science-fiction Champ d’exploration de tous les...

    Fields of research Narratology,  World Literature,  Literature and other forms of art and 9 more
    Created on: 19.07.2021
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2021
    CfP: Germanistentag 2022, Panel "Poetische Taxonomien. Literarische (Un-)Ordnungen der Natur", Paderborn
    Submitted by: Antje Schmidt

    CfP: Poetische Taxonomien. Literarische (Un-)Ordnungen der Natur Panel auf dem 27. Germanistentag: Mehrdeutigkeiten 25.–28. September 2022 an der Universität Paderborn; Themenbereich 4: Gesellschaftliche Zugänge ...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism,  Literature and natural science and 5 more
    Created on: 08.06.2021
  13. Camilo Del Valle Lattanzio
    University or institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean); Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Italian literature; Spanish literature; Portugese literature; Literary historiography; Literary theory; Structuralism; Poststructuralism; Deconstruction; Reader-response criticism; Feminist studies; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and philosophy; Literature and natural science; Poetics; Literary genre; Lyric poetry; Prose; Novel; Non-fictional literature; autobiography; Essay; Aesthetics; Rhetoric; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  14. Fabian Lampart
    University or institution: Universität Potsdam
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Italian literature; Literary historiography; Literary theory; Structuralism; Deconstruction; Media studies; Narratology; World Literature; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and music/sound studies; Literature and media studies; Intermediality; Poetics; Literary genre; Lyric poetry; Prose; Novel; Comic; Non-fictional literature; Drama; The fictional; Aesthetics; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor); Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  15. Sona Lisa Arasteh-Roodsary
    University or institution: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literary theory; Literature and cultural studies; Novel; Formula literature