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  1. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 30.06.2025
    MA: Masterstudiengang „German and Comparative Literature“ (Double Degree), Bonn/St Andrews – Bewerbungsfrist: 01.06.-30.06.25
    Submitted by: Anne Christina Scheuss

    Binationaler Masterstudiengang “German and Comparative Literature” mit Doppelabschluss (M.A./MLitt) in deutsch-britischer Hochschulkooperation zwischen der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn und der University of St Andrews...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literary theory and 3 more
    Created on: 25.04.2025
  2. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2025
    CFP: „ ADDICTION AND CRISIS IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH NARRATIVES“ IN: JAHRBUCH FÜR INTERNATIONALE GERMANISTIK (PETER LANG VERLAG)
    Submitted by: Habib Tekin

    The Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik , published by Peter Lang and indexed by the Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Index – AHCI) and Book Citation Index (BKCI), is calling for submissions for its upcoming special issue on Addiction and...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland) and 3 more
    Created on: 01.04.2025
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2025
    CFP: „DISABILITY IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH NARRATIVES“ IN: JAHRBUCH FÜR INTERNATIONALE GERMANISTIK (PETER LANG VERLAG)
    Submitted by: Habib Tekin

    The Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik , published by Peter Lang and indexed by the Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Index – AHCI) and Book Citation Index (BKCI), invites scholarly contributions for a special issue on Disability in...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  World Literature
    Created on: 01.04.2025
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.05.2025
    Schwerpunktheft der KWZ (Frühjahr 2026): MOTHERING Formen, Politiken und Potentiale des gegenwärtigen Booms von Mutterschaftserzählungen
    Submitted by: Anna-Maria Post

    CFP für Schwerpunktheft der KWZ (Frühjahr 2026) zum Thema MOTHERING Formen, Politiken und Potentiale des gegenwärtigen Booms von Mutterschaftserzählungen Dr. Anna-Maria Post (Universität Konstanz, Germanistik) ...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 9 more
    Created on: 01.04.2025
  5. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 16.04.2025
    Anschubstipendium / Start-up Grant
    Submitted by: Christian Hänggi

    Anschubstipendium des Doktoratsprogramms Literaturwissenschaft (CHF 30 000) Das Doktoratsprogramm Literaturwissenschaft der Universität Basel schreibt ein einjähriges Anschubstipendium über CHF 30 000 aus (Antritt: 1. Oktober 2025). Das...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries and 8 more
    Created on: 18.03.2025
  6. Katrin Frisch
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Literature from UK and Ireland

  7. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 10.03.2025
    Historical Fictions Research Network - Online Lectures 2025
    Submitted by: Dorothea Flothow

    The Historical Novel in National Traditions This lecture series is aimed primarily at MA- and PhD-students but also the general interested public. It offers short introductory lectures by international experts on historical...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Spanish literature and 2 more
    Created on: 28.02.2025
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2025
    Interdisziplinäre Tagung „Medical Humanities & Diversity Studies – Intersektionen medizinischer und diversitätskritischer Diskurse und multidimensionale Perspektiven auf Körper, Psyche, Krankheit und Gesundheit in Literatur und Medien des 19. bis 21. Jahr
    Submitted by: Florian Lützelberger

    Interdisziplinäre Tagung der BaGraLCM „Medical Humanities & Diversity Studies – Intersektionen medizinischer und diversitätskritischer Diskurse und multidimensionale Perspektiven auf Körper, Psyche, Krankheit und Gesundheit in Literatur und Medien...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Literature from the Benelux Countries and 8 more
    Created on: 24.02.2025
  9. Naomi Charlotte Fukuzawa
    University or institution: Fachhochschule Potsdam
    Fields of research: Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; East Asian literature; Literary theory

  10. Florian Lützelberger
    University or institution: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
    Fields of research: Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean); Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Italian literature; Spanish literature; North African literature; Literary historiography; Literary theory; Poststructuralism; Feminist studies; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Ecocriticism; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and sociology; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and visual studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Literature and natural science; Lyric poetry; Prose; Diary; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2025
    Crisis, Addiction, and Disability in German and English Literature, Culture, and Media
    Submitted by: Habib Tekin

    The intersection of crisis, addiction, and disability in German and English narratives remains an underexplored yet highly relevant field within literary, translation, and cultural studies. While literary representations of addiction often engage...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland
    Created on: 06.02.2025
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 19.02.2025
    [CfP] GSA Seminar "Literaturgeschichte intersektional weiterschreiben" (25.–28.09.2025, Arlington, VA)
    Submitted by: Dîlan Canan Çakir

    Abstract des Seminars "Literaturgeschichte intersektional weiterschreiben" Das Seminar untersucht, wie der literarische Kanon intersektional erweitert und die Praxis der Literaturgeschichtsschreibung kritisch und konstruktiv weitergedacht...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 9 more
    Created on: 29.01.2025
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2025
    Relations transatlantiques entre les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni dans les arts et la littérature de 1823 à nos jours (Université de Lorraine, Nancy)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Colloque international Relations transatlantiques entre les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni dans les arts et la littérature de 1823 à nos jours Université de Lorraine (site de Nancy), IDEA (UR 2338) 16 et 17 octobre 2025 ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literary historiography and 4 more
    Created on: 17.01.2025
  14. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 16.01.2025
    The Political Novel in Europe and the Challenges of the Digital Era
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    This workshop will explore the literary and political challenges posed by the digital age to the genre of the novel. In her essay Digital Modernism. Making It New in New Media (2014), Jessica Pressman defines “modernism” as “a strategy of...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 18 more
    Created on: 10.01.2025
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2025
    Call for Participation: VAMPYRE - studentisches Symposium - April 2025 in Leipzig
    Submitted by: Micha Braun

    Das zweitägige Symposium VAMPYRE, organisiert von Student*innen der Theaterwissenschaft Leipzig, lädt junge Forschende ein, ihre Perspektiven auf das faszinierende Thema Vampire einzubringen. Wir bieten eine Plattform zum Präsentieren, Vernetzen und...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine) and 10 more
    Created on: 06.01.2025