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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: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 15.06.2024
    Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Projekt »Schwarze Narrative Transkultureller Aneignung«
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    Am LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FÜR LITERATUR- UND KULTURFORSCHUNG (ZfL) in Berlin ist zum 1. Oktober 2024 eine Stelle als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) , Entgeltgruppe 13 TVöD (Bund), 65 %, im Projekt »Schwarze Narrative Transkultureller...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 9 more
    Created on: 17.04.2024
  3. 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
  4. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 04.04.2024
    Materialität: magisch wirksame Schriftträger (Inauguralworkshop des DFG-Netzwerks 'Wort – Wirkung – Wunder'), Greifswald
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das interdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Netzwerks fragt nach den kulturellen Paradigmen, die den wortmagischen Vorstellungen vormoderner Gesellschaften im Hinblick auf die Macht von Sprache und Schrift zugrunde liegen, und zwar an den Schnittstellen...

    Fields of research Textual criticism, editing, codicology,  World Literature,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 23.02.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2024
    Transnational Narratives: European Women's Fiction in the Early Modern Period (ESSE Conference, Laussane)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) CONFERENCE, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 26-30 August, 2024 Convenors of Seminar 38: Gerd Bayer (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, FAU, Germany) gerd.bayer@fau.de ...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  World Literature,  Literary genre and 4 more
    Created on: 01.12.2023
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.02.2024
    Call for Papers zur Konferenz Grenzüberschreitende Literatur(en) in einer polyphonen Welt: Mehrsprachigkeit als Quelle der literarischen Kreativität Eine Synergie zwischen globale° – Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur Bremen und dem Forschungszen
    Submitted by: Daniel Schmidt

    Deutsch (English below): In der deutschsprachigen Kulturlandschaft sind Festivals, die Musik, Kunst und Film zelebrieren und eine Bühne bieten, etabliert und werden von der Gesellschaft breit rezipiert. Aber auch Literaturfestivals, in denen...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 13 more
    Created on: 29.11.2023
  7. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 21.11.2023
    Der globale Roman, Düsseldorf (21.11. und 28.11.2023)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Gastvorträge im Rahmen des Seminars "Der globale Roman" am Institut für Germanistik der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Der globale Roman erzählt entweder über die Welt oder er adressiert ein länderübergreifendes Publikum oder er...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  World Literature,  Novel and 2 more
    Created on: 20.11.2023
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 27.09.2023
    What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    The first annual conference of the project The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe (CAPONEU) discusses a variety of understandings of the political novel as a genre. It probes genre-theoretically and genre-historically informed...

    Fields of research Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 14 more
    Created on: 07.09.2023
  11. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 14.09.2023
    Virtueller Master-Info-Tag: "Klassische und Moderne Literaturwissenschaft" (Heidelberg) am 14.09.23 um 14 Uhr
    Submitted by: Joséphine Jacquier

    Liebe Studierende, an diesem virtuellen Info-Tag möchten wir Ihnen unseren komparatistischen Master-Studiengang "Klassische und Moderne Literaturwissenschaft" vorstellen: Was macht diesen Studiengang so einzigartig? Inwiefern erlaubt dieser...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  French literature and 19 more
    Created on: 07.09.2023
  12. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 02.12.2023
    Tolkien's Legacy: 50 Years of Inspiration
    Submitted by: Des Batziou

    Thematic Approach GIRES, the Global Institute for Research Education & Scholarship dedicates the conference to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the most influential and beloved fantasy authors of...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 2 more
    Created on: 28.08.2023
  13. 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
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.07.2023
    Pastorale Akademien. Ein globales Phänomen?
    Submitted by: Luca Penge

    Pastorale Akademien. Ein globales Phänomen? - Internationale Tagung Nach Hippolyte Taine (1866) gab es eine „Zeit der Arkadier und der pastoralen Akademien“ („ temps des arcadiens et des académies pastorales“ ). Taine nennt für die...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 10 more
    Created on: 02.06.2023
  15. 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