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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 24.07.2024
    Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) 2025: Call for papers
    Submitted by: Berenike Herrmann

    Liebe Kolleg*innen, (English version below), ich freue mich sehr, dass ich heute den Call for Papers für die DHd2025 „Under Construction“ in Bielefeld verschicken darf! Die Tagung findet statt vom 03.03.2025–07.03.2025. DHd...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  Didactics of Literature,  Literary historiography and 17 more
    Created on: 03.06.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.10.2024
    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism -- Call for submissions for Vol. 3, Issue 2 (Fall 2025)
    Submitted by: Nicoletta Pireddu

    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (ISSN 2993-1053) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective. It provides a unique,...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 4 more
    Created on: 02.05.2024
  3. Sophie Jaussi
    University or institution: ​​Université de Fribourg
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Literary theory; World Literature; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and philosophy; Literature and music/sound studies; Literature and natural science; Prose; Non-fictional literature; autobiography; Translation; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  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. OTHERNESSES – Towards Humanisms Beyond BorderThinking
    Submitted by: Diana Mariam Popal

    A Workspace for anti-violent, anti-racist, Postcolonial and Decolonial Thought as Praxis Othernesses provides a platform for critical exchange and dialogue on an international and cross-disciplinary level between different critical...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Poststructuralism,  Deconstruction and 6 more
    Created on: 04.12.2023
  6. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 29.04.2024
    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (Spring 2025 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 Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 27.10.2023
  7. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.11.2023
    Red World Literature: Periphery, Theory, Form, System
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    RED WORLD LITERATURE : Periphery, Theory, Form, System Co-editors: Hunter Bivens, University of California, Santa Cruz and Anna Björk Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland The promise of a new ‘red’ dawn in the history of World Literature...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 09.10.2023
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.12.2023
    Authorship in a Global and Transnational Context, Leuven
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Since the consolidation of world literature as a field of research in the 1990s, the study of literature beyond national frameworks has almost become commonplace. While the focus of this discipline has been on the transformations and shifting...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 1 more
    Created on: 06.10.2023
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    "Transnational Literature and Transnational Aesthetics: Developments and Negotiations" (ACLA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In his 2021 book Transnational Literature: The Basics, Paul Jay describes transnational literature as “a particular type of literature, emergent at an identifiable historical moment and dealing, collectively, with a set of issues and themes...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 2 more
    Created on: 25.09.2023
  10. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 27.09.2023
    Populäre Kulturen / Popular Cultures (Saarbrücken)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Populäre Kulturen / Popular Cultures" 8. Jahrestagung der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft e.V. Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken Ein Interesse an wissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzung mit dem ›Populären‹ ist wohl...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and media studies and 6 more
    Created on: 15.09.2023
  11. 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

  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2023
    Material Girls & Boys: Narrated Fashion in Children’s Media
    Submitted by: Iris Schäfer

    (March 7th - 9th, 2024 Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany) Clothing is a daily feature of every child’s life and this significance carries through into the media created for children and young people. From picture books for toddlers...

    Fields of research Empirical Aesthetics,  Reader-response criticism,  Feminist studies and 13 more
    Created on: 02.05.2023
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2023
    Heritage Exchanges between Southeastern Europe and the German-language Sphere, Graz
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP: Interdisciplinary Conference, November 16–17, 2023, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria, held in English and German Heritage Exchanges between Southeastern Europe and the German-language Sphere Keynote speaker: Mitja...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 14.04.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2023
    GSA 2023 "Comparison Literature Revisited: Genres, Forms, Media", October 5–8, 2023, Montréal (15.03.2023)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    As an epistemological practice or as a social custom, comparison has been the subject of much debate in recent decades. “Why compare?,” R. Radhakrishnan has asked in an essay that spells out the asymmetries implicit in many acts of comparison which...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 03.02.2023
  15. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 20.02.2023
    Lecturer on Comparative Literature, Harvard University
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Title Lecturer on Comparative Literature School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area This is a one-year appointment, potentially renewable for another two years. The appointment is expected to begin on...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Translation,  Theory of translation
    Created on: 27.01.2023