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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Standing Panel: East-West Literary Relations (PAMLA, 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The "East-West Literary Relations" session seeks to foster a discussion that crosses various disciplines and methodologies, including but not limited to literature, history, science, anthropology, religion, philosophy, film, art, and music. We...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 12.04.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.03.2024
    Reminder: Michel Houellebecq, der Gekreuzigte?
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    ***French below*** Ausgehend von der Hypothese, dass die aufgeführte Negativität in Michel Houellebecqs Werk kein einfach willkürlicher, sondern ein programmatisch angelegter Gestus ist (Houellebecq 1991), folgt daraus eine unmittelbare...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 1 more
    Created on: 18.03.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 22.03.2024
    (Re)Create. Towards a Theory of Heteronomous Texts
    Submitted by: Johanna Schubert

    (Re)Create. Towards a Theory of Heteronomous Texts The creation of texts can take various forms. One seemingly obvious method is to copy an already existing text. The material evidence of this practice in Antiquity and the Middle Ages...

    Fields of research Textual criticism, editing, codicology,  Literary theory,  Interdisciplinarity and 5 more
    Created on: 12.02.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.03.2024
    Magical Things, Haunted Objects II: The Clock Strikes Back! Gender and Object-Oriented Ontology in German Women’s Literature up to 1918
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Pre-20th Century Panel, Women in German Conference, Online, October 24-26, 2024 “Nur was uns anschaut sehen wir...”--Franz Hessel, “Spazieren in Berlin” In Annette von Droste Hülshoff’s Die Judenbuche, the eponymous tree stands as a silent...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 4 more
    Created on: 09.02.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.03.2024
    CFP: The “fiery theological nucleus” of Marxism: Brecht, Müller, Benjamin. GSA 2024, Atlanta (1.3.2024)
    Submitted by: Jens Pohlmann

    CfP: The “fiery theological nucleus” of Marxism: Brecht, Müller, Benjamin „Sie kennen sicher den Text von Benjamin über den theologischen Glutkern des Marxismus...“ (Heiner Müller) You probably know the text by Benjamin about the...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary theory,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 07.02.2024
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.03.2024
    Reminder: Michel Houellebecq, der Gekreuzigte?
    Submitted by: Noelle Miller

    ***French below*** Ausgehend von der Hypothese, dass die aufgeführte Negativität in Michel Houellebecqs Werk kein einfach willkürlicher, sondern ein programmatisch angelegter Gestus ist (Houellebecq 1991), folgt daraus eine unmittelbare...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 1 more
    Created on: 16.11.2023
  7. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Gendered Allegories: Origen of Alexandria and the Representation of the Feminine in Patristic Literature (CFP)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Open Theology GENDERED ALLEGORIES: ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE FEMININE IN PATRISTIC LITERATURE "Open Theology” (https://www.degruyter.com/opth) invites...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.02.2024
    Post/Modern Subversion and Textual Rebellion
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    What happens when literature–and even language–is used for subversion? When authors write in response to political action, literature functions as a tool. When authors represent their times and their worlds, literature functions symbolically. When...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and law and 6 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  9. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Scientia Poetica. Jahrbuch für Geschichte der Literatur und Wissenschaften
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Hrsg. v. Andrea Albrecht, Lutz Danneberg, Gerhard Regn, Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann, Friedrich Vollhardt (bis 2012 Horst Thomé†; bis 2016 Andreas Kablitz) Das Jahrbuch Scientia Poetica erscheint seit 1997 und hat die Aufgabe, Literatur- und...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 20.10.2023
  10. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.11.2023
    Moderns and Others: genre, gender, faith and form in noncanonical British literature
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CfP Moderns and Others: genre, gender, faith and form in noncanonical British literature (deadline 3rd November 2023) What happens when we look away from modernism/s? We are inviting academics to consider this question with a specific...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 4 more
    Created on: 13.10.2023
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 16.10.2023
    Answering the Call: Aesthetic Expressions of Vocation and Responsibility in Nordic Cultures since 1750
    Submitted by: Pehr Englén

    Answering the Call: Aesthetic Expressions of Vocation and Responsibility in Nordic Cultures since 1750 Date: 21st to 23rd March 2024 Place: Strasbourg “Jeg må! Jeg må; så byder mig en stemme i sjælens dyb, — og jeg vil følge den”?...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 02.10.2023
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.08.2023
    Conceptualizing Sacred Languages and Their Visual Inimitability
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers AGYA Conference Conceptualizing Sacred Languages and Their Visual Inimitability 7 − 8 December 2023 SOAS University of London, United Kingdom Sacred Languages are languages that are considered to have a special, often religious,...

    Fields of research Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions,  Literature and philosophy and 5 more
    Created on: 23.08.2023
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.09.2023
    Psyche and Symbol: a Transdisciplinary Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers: Psyche and Symbol Conference Date: October 14-15, 2023 Location: October 14: The Association of Jungian Analysts’ Centre in London and Online October 15: Online “You see, man is in need of a symbolic life –...

    Fields of research Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 21.08.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.08.2023
    Erscheinungsformen geistlicher Intermedialität in der protestantischen Dramatik um 1700. Schauspiel – Oper – Oratorium
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Die intermediale Konfiguration der Künste ist für die dramatischen Genres der Frühen Neuzeit von grundlegender Bedeutung. Das gilt nicht nur für die Oper als das vielleicht naheliegendste Beispiel aus dem weltlichen Bereich, sondern ebenso für...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature and theology/study of religions,  Literature and visual studies and 5 more
    Created on: 28.07.2023
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Re-engaging with the Old Myths: Contemporary Literature, Women, and Classics (NeMLA 2024, Boston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Re-engaging with the Old Myths: Contemporary Literature, Women, and Classics Novels and literary works that adapt Classical figures and text continue to be very popular, such as Natalie Haynes’s A Thousand Ships, Pat Barker’s The Silence of the...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions,  Themes, motifs, thematology and 3 more
    Created on: 24.07.2023