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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.06.2024
    The Seen and Unseen in Asian / Asian American Literature and Studies (roundtable) (SAMLA 96)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In the U.S., immigrants of Asian origin have historically fallen victim to both extreme violent legal measures and racist stereotype labels—such as the infamous “Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882” and/or other major laws against the naturalization of...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  East Asian literature,  South Asian literature and 1 more
    Created on: 22.04.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    American Literature 1945-present--Translation in Action (PAMLA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Pacific Modern Language Association Special Section: American Literature 1945 to the Present We invite proposals for papers dealing with American Literature from 1945 to the present. The category of “literature” includes imaginative works...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality,  Digital literature and 3 more
    Created on: 22.04.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Territorium, Spannung und Tabu: Kanada in der Krise
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen zur 21. Tagung des Zukunftsforums der Gesellschaft für Kanadastudien im deutschsprachigen Raum Territorium, Spannung und Tabu: Kanada in der Krise Universität Bremen, 10. und 11. Oktober 2024 ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 2 more
    Created on: 25.03.2024
  4. 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
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.12.2023
    EBSN 2024: “The Beats: Wilderness and Wildness” (EUROPEAN BEAT STUDIES NETWORK, 12th Annual Conference)
    Submitted by: Tomasz Sawczuk

    EUROPEAN BEAT STUDIES NETWORK 12th Annual Conference in cooperation with the Crossroads IV conference University of Białystok, Poland, May 13-15, 2024 “The Beats: Wilderness and Wildness” The conference...

    Fields of research Literature from North America
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 11.12.2023
    Narratives of Water: Flows, Routes, Crises in the Atlantic World Turin, Italy
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Narratives of Water: Flows, Routes, Crises in the Atlantic World University of Turin, Italy Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Modern Cultures March 21-22, 2024 In her 1951 work The Sea Around Us, Rachel...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Ecocriticism and 1 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  7. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.04.2024
    Resourcing Love: Land Management in North American Literature and Culture (proposed edited collection)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    What does it mean to manage public lands, environmental resources, waterways, and marine environments? How does the language of management situate people in relation to the ecosystems upon which they depend? What technologies, affects, aesthetics,...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 4 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.12.2023
    48th Annual Symposium of the Society for German American Studies, Austin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The 48 th Annual Symposium of the Society for German-American Studies will be held April 4-6, 2024, in Austin, Texas. The theme of the Symposium will be “German Americans and Politics.” Germans and German Americans have long had a...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland
    Created on: 20.10.2023
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.10.2023
    Les autochtones et/dans les arts et les littératures du Canada francophone contemporain (Passau, Allemagne)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Colloque international Les autochtones et/dans les arts et les littératures du Canada francophone contemporain du 12 au 13 juillet 2024 à l’Université de Passau (Allemagne) Comme le souligne Simon Harel dans son essai...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  French literature,  Postcolonial studies and 4 more
    Created on: 16.10.2023
  10. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.10.2023
    Spaniards across the Americas after the Spanish Civil War: “I am from the Country Called Exile” / Españoles en las Américas después de la Guerra Civil: “Soy del país del exilio” (Special Cluster Journal a/b: Auto/Biography)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for papers for a Special Cluster in a/b: Autobiography Studies Spaniards across the Americas after the Spanish Civil War: “I am from the Country Called Exile” / Españoles en las Américas después de la Guerra Civil: “Soy del país del exilio”...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Spanish literature and 3 more
    Created on: 16.10.2023
  11. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.12.2023
    ‘Novel Media/Media Novel: Theorising Digital Media Cultures in the Contemporary Novel’ -- Special Issue of C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings
    Submitted by: Sandro Eich

    Contemporary novels are marbled with representations of digital media. Despite the notable attention to digital technologies already present in post-war literature, the twenty-first century has witnessed the unprecedented integration of digital media...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Australian/Oceanian literature and 7 more
    Created on: 11.10.2023
  12. 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
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    The Caribbean and The American South: Interrogating Contemporary Literary, Artistic, and Cultural Relations (ACLA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Connected by the shared experience of the “plantation system” (in the words of Martinican author Édouard Glissant), the relationship between the Caribbean and the American South has been studied from a historical perspective [1], and the literary...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Postcolonial studies and 2 more
    Created on: 25.09.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Intersectional Crime Fiction: Investigating the Genre (NeMLA 2024, Boston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel examines the continuum of intersectional crime fiction writing in a U.S. context, illuminating the methods, exemplary texts, and narrative strategies that embrace inclusive tenets and movements, from Black Lives Matter to LGBTQ+ rights to...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 1 more
    Created on: 21.08.2023
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2023
    Spectrums of Embodiment in Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture (NeMLA 2024, Boston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    One interpretation of the NeMLA 2024 theme of Surplus centers on embodiment, and the transatlantic long nineteenth century was arguably a key historical moment for envisioning material embodiment in terms of surplus, or lack thereof. Representation...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Interdisciplinarity and 9 more
    Created on: 11.08.2023