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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2025
    CONGIST’26 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis
    Submitted by: Irem Atasoy

    CONGIST’26-Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis Date: 13-15 May 2026 Venue: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul, Turkey In the context of social sciences, crisis is broadly defined as a period of severe...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland) and 49 more
    Created on: 01.06.2025
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.09.2025
    Historical Fictions Research Network Annual Conference 2026: Feelings and Emotions
    Submitted by: Dennis Henneböhl

    For the 2026 conference, the HFRN will engage in scholarly discussions on the topic of feelings and emotions in historical fictions. As the genre’s original name ‘historical romance’ suggests, emotions have been central to historical fiction...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland) and 17 more
    Created on: 23.05.2025
  3. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 13.06.2025
    Erben (Literaturtage des ZfL)
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    Das Thema »Erben« ist von großem Reiz für die Literatur. In ihm verbinden sich Ursprungserzählungen mit familiären Emotionen und Fantasien individueller Bereicherung, aber auch mit Versuchen, aus vorgegebenen Traditionen auszusteigen und auf das...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Poetics,  Prose and 3 more
    Created on: 21.05.2025
  4. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 22.09.2025
    SYNAPSIS – European School of Comparative Literature - Call for Applications
    Submitted by: Anna Chiara Corradino

    SYNAPSIS – EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE San Miniato (Italy), 22-26 September 2025 Knots, Bonds Date: September 22–26, 2025 Location: San Miniato, PI (Italy) Synapsis 2025 Theme: Knots, Bonds ...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary) and 16 more
    Created on: 08.04.2025
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.03.2025
    Villes d'Asie : entre imaginaire et réalité
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à communications Colloque "Villes d’Asie : entre imaginaire et réalité" 16 et 17 octobre 2025, La Rochelle Université Vues d’Europe, les villes d’Asie semblent à l’écart du monde, repoussées à sa périphérie, parfois...

    Fields of research French literature,  East Asian literature,  South Asian literature and 2 more
    Created on: 24.03.2025
  8. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 18.05.2025
    Deux postes de postdoctorants pour analyser les pratiques de traduction en temps de guerre (ERC TranslAtWar, Nantes)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    L’ERC TranslAtWar recrute deux postdoctorants pour analyser les pratiques de traduction en temps de guerre. Ce programme porté par Christine Lombez (Nantes Université), a été initié en janvier 2023 et est financé pour une durée de 5 ans par la...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Translation
    Created on: 24.03.2025
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.03.2025
    CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL LITERATURE AND THE AUTHOR'S RESPONSIBILITY
    Submitted by: Alexandra Juster

    Contextualisation Since the 1930s, a progressive intensity of engagement with politics and society can be observed in German-language literature: From the documented entry of reality into the diegetic fiction of the 'New Objectivity' to the...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 6 more
    Created on: 27.02.2025
  12. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 19.02.2025
    The Modernisms. Scandinavian-German Literary Connections, 1870-1930, Marbach
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach 19-21 February 2025 - Kilian-Steiner-Saal A cooperation of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, the Theodor Fontane Archive Potsdam / University of Potsdam, and the Swedish Academy Stockholm Programme ...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Feminist studies and 5 more
    Created on: 27.01.2025
  13. 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
  14. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 15.01.2025
    Common Grounds: Towards a Medieval Comparative Literature
    Submitted by: Carlotta Posth

    Arbeiten am Fundament einer Mediävistischen Komparatistik in Würzburg: Internationale Tagung vom 15.–17. Januar 2025 Die Literatur des europäischen Mittelalters überschreitet sprachliche wie kulturelle Grenzen und verlangt deshalb...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 7 more
    Created on: 21.12.2024
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.12.2024
    Convalescence in 19th- and 20th-Century Anglophone Literature (Nantes & Delhi)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP Convalescence in 19th- and 20th-Century Anglophone Literature 26-27 June 2025 CRINI, Faculté des Langues et Cultures Etrangères, Nantes Université (FRANCE) & Daulat Ram College, Delhi University (INDIA) Organisers: ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa and 6 more
    Created on: 16.12.2024