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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Feminisms in the 21st-Century Science Fiction Novel (PAMLA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The 121st annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) will be held from Thursday, November 7, to Sunday, November 10, 2024, at the Margaritaville Resort, Palm Springs, California. Feminisms in the...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literary genre and 1 more
    Created on: 12.04.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.06.2024
    Heinrich Heine and Translation collected volume
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Heinrich Heine’s oeuvre and reception raise important questions about the poetics and ethics of translation. Notable US poets, for example, have translated his well-known early poetry with very different motivations, including situating it in his...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality,  Translation and 2 more
    Created on: 05.04.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 05.05.2024
    Bin ichʼs oder bin ichʼs nicht? Bachmanns Echos. Ein Nachwuchs-Kolloquium
    Submitted by: Henrike Ribbe

    * English version see below* Ort der Veranstaltung: Literaturhaus München / Ausstellung „Ingeborg Bachmann. ‚Ich bin es nicht. Ich bin ʼ s.‘“ (Mai – November 2024) Datum: Fr., 25. und Sa., 26. Oktober 2024 ...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Poststructuralism,  Deconstruction and 5 more
    Created on: 05.04.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.04.2024
    Venetian backdrops in European Romanticism: places, images, sounds and narratives, Verona
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    C.R.I.E.R. International Conference Venetian backdrops in European Romanticism: places, images, sounds and narratives University of Verona 6-8 November 2024 Call for Papers The C.R.I.E.R., Interdepartmental Research...

    Fields of research Italian literature,  Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and other forms of art and 3 more
    Created on: 25.03.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.05.2024
    The Bourgeois Public Discusses Art II: Arts and their Publics in Central Europe Between Regional and European Centres
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Czech Literature of the of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to the workshop The Bourgeois Public Discusses Art II: Arts and their Publics in Central Europe...

    Fields of research Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  Literature and other forms of art,  Literature and visual studies and 4 more
    Created on: 18.03.2024
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.03.2024
    MLA-Panel 2025: Narrating Spectacle around 1800, New Orleans
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Modern Language Associate Conference New Orleans, LA January 9-12, 2025 Narrating Spectacle around 1800 Audiences for eighteenth-century theater were more likely to be reading accounts of performances on the page than seeing them...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Novel,  Drama and 3 more
    Created on: 18.03.2024
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2024
    CFP: Skin Manuscripts, Copenhagen (15.04.2024)
    Submitted by: Irina Hron

    SKIN MANUSCRIPTS International Workshop at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, September 26-27, 2024 Human skin is not only our largest biological organ, but also “a potentially ever-changing personal tapestry that tells the world...

    Fields of research Textual criticism, editing, codicology,  Literary historiography,  Literary theory and 8 more
    Created on: 14.03.2024
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2024
    The Question of Representation in Contemporary Indian Literature
    Submitted by: Srishti Chaudhary

    In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath refers to the Aesopian fable of the painting of the lion. The lion complains about the painting, which demonstrates a man defeating a lion, and asserts that the painting would look very...

    Fields of research South Asian literature,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 9 more
    Created on: 23.02.2024
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.03.2024
    GSA 2024 Panel - Herder on Colonialism and Imperialism, Atlanta
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Throughout his work, Herder developed a subtle and multi-facetted understanding of colonialism and imperialism. In many respects, Herder’s writings point to a strong anti-colonialism, particularly when he is addressing European activities overseas in...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Literature and philosophy,  Literature of the 18th century and 1 more
    Created on: 19.02.2024
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.03.2024
    Writing Angst: The Gothic / Schauerliteratur in Scotland and Germany from 1800 until Today”, Universität Göttingen/TU Dresden
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Göttingen University, September 4-6, 2024 Few literary genres are better suited to give voice to cultural, social and political anxieties in periods of collective crises and disorientation than the Gothic, or Schauerliteratur. In our own age of...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literary genre and 5 more
    Created on: 16.02.2024
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2024
    Die Vor- und Frühindustrialisierung (1750 und 1850) im Spiegel der Literatur, Saarbrücken
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Die Vor- und Frühindustrialisierung (1750 und 1850) im Spiegel der Literatur. Internationale Tagung, Saarbrücken, 13. und 14. November 2024. Literaturarchiv Saar-Lor-Lux-Elsass der Universität des Saarlandes Dass die Industrialisierung in den...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Ecocriticism and 5 more
    Created on: 12.02.2024
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2024
    (GSA 2024) Seminar:"Marxisms and German Studies"
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Marxisms and German Studies 48th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association September 26–29, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia Submission Deadline: February 23, 2024 In light of current political challenges like the climate...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 2 more
    Created on: 12.02.2024
  13. 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
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.03.2024
    Le rôle de la littérature dans la réflexion sociale sur les catastrophes naturelles, de l’Antiquité à nos jours
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Journée d’études Le rôle de la littérature dans la réflexion sociale sur les catastrophes naturelles, de l’Antiquité à nos jours 30 mai 2024 Journée d’étude en ligne (sur Teams) organisée par le CELIS sous la direction de Kim...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.),  Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century) and 7 more
    Created on: 05.02.2024
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2024
    GSA Seminar: The Diversities of Care in the Long 19th Century (Atlanta)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Seminar: The Diversities of Care in the Long 19th Century 48th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia September 26-29, 2024 Submission Deadline: February 23, 2024 Recently, the concept of “care”...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Ecocriticism,  Literature and sociology and 6 more
    Created on: 05.02.2024