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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.03.2024
    Changing Memory? Remembering the Nazi past in 21st century German literature and film (German Studies Association Conference 2024, Atlanta)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Almost 80 years after the fall of the Third Reich, the memory of the Holocaust and the Nazi past continues to have a striking impact on German society, politics, and culture. This influence has been seen in debates on topics as disparate as German...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and visual studies and 3 more
    Created on: 26.02.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 04.03.2024
    GSA 2024 Panel: Cultures of Surveillance: From Panopticism to Participatory Surveillance Practices, Atlanta
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Surveillance in its most basic definition is often understood as watching someone from above and has proven to be one of the most effective ways of exercising power in political communities since the Middle Ages. If it is true, as the surveillance...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 1 more
    Created on: 19.02.2024
  3. 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
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2024
    GSA 2024 Seminar - Interplanetary Perspectives: Cosmic Fictions and Figurations of Other Worlds, Atlanta
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We seek participants for a proposed seminar at the upcoming 48th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, to be held September 26-29, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Application Deadline: February 23, 2024 Interplanetary...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Ecocriticism,  Literature and philosophy and 1 more
    Created on: 16.02.2024
  5. 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
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2024
    (GSA 2024) Seminar: "Making Known the Unknown: Exploring Blind Spots in Crime Fiction"
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Seminar Call for Participants at the annual conference of the German Studies Association, September 26-29, 2024, Atlanta, GA. Submission deadline: February 23, 2024. German-language crime fiction was recently made more accessible to an...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary genre
    Created on: 12.02.2024
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2024
    Seminar on "Literary Translation and/as Scholarship"
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We invite applications for a seminar on Literary Translation and/as Scholarship at the 2024 conference of the German Studies Association on September 26-29 in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see below for details and follow the link to apply for the seminar...

    Fields of research Translation
    Created on: 09.02.2024
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2024
    Seminar "Narrating Entanglement: Literary Strategies for a World in Crisis" (GSA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    GSA Seminar "Narrating Entanglement: Literary Strategies for a World in Crisis" German Studies Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia (26-29 September, 2024) Submission deadline: February 23, 2024 This seminar invites...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Poetics,  Literary genre and 1 more
    Created on: 09.02.2024
  9. 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
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.03.2024
    GSA Panel 2024: "Politics of Form. Ambiguity and Dynamism in Literary Genres" (Atlanta)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    When literary genres are actualized in specific texts, they become ambiguous and dynamic. This process may be described as an interplay of style and form. Literary texts realize genres in distinct ways, thereby transforming the spatiality or...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Literary genre
    Created on: 05.02.2024
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.03.2022
    Multimedia Medeas: Ethnic Difference and Adaptation (GSA 2022, Houston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In this seminar, the mythological figure of Medea will be used to explore adaptation, form/medium, and representations of ethnic difference. Medea, known for helping Jason and his Argonauts capture the Golden Fleece and later for killing her...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 6 more
    Created on: 14.03.2022
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.03.2022
    The Return of the Real: The Documentary Literature of the 1970s in Germany
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We invite applications to a GSA Seminar to be held at the 2022 German Studies Association annual conference: "The Return of the Real: The Documentary Literature of the 1970s in Germany." The 2022 German Studies Association (GSA) conference...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 11.03.2022
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.03.2022
    New Perspectives on Rilke and Phenomenology (GSA 2022, Houston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    German Studies Association , Sept. 15-18, 2022, Houston, Texas Rilke’s standing in literary studies is unquestioned, and his work has been particularly influential in the phenomenological tradition. Yet beyond the appropriation of his...

    Fields of research Literature and philosophy,  Poetics,  Lyric poetry
    Created on: 28.02.2022
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.02.2022
    Body and Embodiment, (GSA Comics Studies Network Panel Series, Houston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Dear colleagues, Please see the GSA Comics Studies Network's CFP for GSA 2022 below. We look forward to your submissions. Sincerely, Biz Nijdam GSA Comics Studies Network Co-Organizer ...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and visual studies and 2 more
    Created on: 24.01.2022
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.02.2022
    The Pursuit of Unhappiness: Melancholy Past and Present (GSA 2022 Conference Panel, Houston)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Title: The Pursuit of Unhappiness: Melancholy Past and Present Conference: German Studies Association (September 15-18, 2022, Houston, TX) Paper Abstract Due Date: February 15, 2022 At least...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology,  Literature and philosophy and 3 more
    Created on: 24.01.2022