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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 07.07.2025
    (Im)mobilis in (im)mobili : mouvements et circulations dans la littérature carcérale européenne, XVIe-XIXe s. (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    (Im)mobilis in (im)mobili : mouvements et circulations dans la littérature carcérale européenne (XVIe-XIXe siècles) Boulogne-sur-Mer, 19-20 mars 2026 Colloque organisé par Marie-Agathe Tilliette (HLLI, Université du...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Poetics,  Themes, motifs, thematology and 4 more
    Created on: 02.06.2025
  2. Category: University institutes
    Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI) ist ein interdisziplinäres Forschungskolleg für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften in der Tradition internationaler Institutes for Advanced Study. Als interuniversitäres Kolleg der Ruhr-Universität...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  Literature and other forms of art,  Literature and sociology and 4 more
    Created on: 02.06.2025
  3. 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
  4. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 09.07.2025
    Insel(über)tourismus. Lesung und Gespräch mit Thea Mengeler und Kristin Höller
    Submitted by: Miriam Wienhold

    Die Doppellesung „Insel(über)tourismus“ mit Kristin Höller und Thea Mengeler widmet sich der literarischen Verarbeitung von Tourismus und Übertourismus. Sie fokussiert dabei auf den insularen Raum und die Frage, wie ein sich zuspitzender, permanenter...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Ecocriticism,  Interdisciplinarity and 4 more
    Created on: 28.05.2025
  5. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.09.2025
    Killing It In the Classroom: Teaching the Young Adult Detective Genre
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This edited collection, Killing It In The Classroom: Teaching the Young Adult Detective Genre aims to address the changes in young adult detective/mystery literature, television shows, movies, and video games from 2015 to the present. The time, we...

    Fields of research Didactics of Literature,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology and 2 more
    Created on: 26.05.2025
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.07.2025
    The Power or Powerlessness of Knowledge (Proposed SAMLA Session) (South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) annual conference.)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Sir Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes are associated with the phrase, “Knowledge is power,” articulated by both writers about four centuries ago. Their assessment of the value of knowledge is all the more relevant in the “now” of 2025, when we are...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Literature and philosophy,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 26.05.2025
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.08.2025
    Rethinking Tomorrow: Emerging Research for Social Change
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We live in a time of precarity, uncertainty and unrest: the climate emergency is escalating, far-right ideologies are mainstream, political and social systems and society is becoming increasingly post-digital and artificially intelligent. How are we...

    Fields of research Australian/Oceanian literature,  Digital Humanities,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 4 more
    Created on: 26.05.2025
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2025
    Intersectional Feminisms and Regenerative Justice (NeMLA 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA (USA))
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This panel of NeMLA examines how intersectional feminist thought redefines justice as a regenerative process- one that repairs harm while building equitable futures. We welcome analyses of literature, activism, and pedagogy that center marginalized...

    Fields of research Didactics of Literature,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 4 more
    Created on: 26.05.2025
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 04.07.2025
    “Nothing to Remember? Politics, Practices, and Agents of Commemorating Peace.”
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers Conference “Nothing to Remember? Politics, Practices, and Agents of Commemorating Peace” January 22–23, 2026 International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany ...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 26.05.2025
  10. Dennis Henneböhl
    University or institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
    Fields of research: Literature from UK and Ireland; New Historicism; Postcolonial studies; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and natural science; Intermediality; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.09.2025
    16th EURAMAL Conference: ‘Catastrophe and Beyond: Representations of Violence and Trauma in Modern Arabic Literature’
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    16th EURAMAL CONFERENCE hosted by the University of St Andrews, School of Modern Languages, Department of Arabic & Persian (June 2026, St Andrews, Scotland, UK) Arab modernity has been marked by the traumas caused by the material and epistemic...

    Fields of research North African literature,  Near Eastern literature,  Postcolonial studies and 3 more
    Created on: 23.05.2025
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.06.2025
    Défis sociétaux et politiques en Chine au prisme des récits de science-fiction
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Le colloque « Défis sociétaux et politiques en Chine au prisme des récits de science-fiction » se tiendra les 16 et 17 octobre 2025 à l’Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry. Argumentaire Sous l’impulsion de Liu Cixin et de son...

    Fields of research East Asian literature,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 23.05.2025
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.06.2025
    Poétique et politique de l'obstacle dans les littératures africaines postcoloniales et Afro-diasporiques
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    COLLOQUE JEUNES CHERCHEUR.E.S 2025 THÈME : POÉTIQUE ET POLITIQUE DE L’OBSTACLE DANS LES LITTÉRATURES AFRICAINES POSTCOLONIALES ET AFRO-DIASPORIQUES Argumentaire En tant qu’une des « composantes essentielles de nos...

    Fields of research North African literature,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,  Hermeneutics and 4 more
    Created on: 23.05.2025
  14. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 18.06.2025
    Nature-Thinking. Bauhaus-Hopkins Summer Lab on Comparative Thought (Weimar)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Nature-Thinking Bauhaus-Hopkins Summer Lab on Comparative Thought Weimar, June 18th – 21st, 2025 A joint conference of the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and the Research...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and philosophy and 3 more
    Created on: 23.05.2025
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2025
    Realistinnen! Weibliche Stimmen in der Epoche des Realismus
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Tagung: Realistinnen! Weibliche Stimmen in der Epoche des Realismus 29.–31. Oktober 2026 | Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken Deadline: 30. Juni 2025 Tagungsorganisation: Matthias Grüne (Saarbrücken), Lena Wetenkamp...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 2 more
    Created on: 23.05.2025