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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Laura Beck
    University or institution: Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; Postcolonial studies; Ecocriticism; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  4. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 11.05.2023
    Flower Power - Blossoms and Petals Between Beauty, Classification, and Dominance
    Submitted by: Sophie Emilia Seidler

    Following the vegetal turn in the humanities, our conference aims to explore the literary, cultural, and philosophical implications of flowers. Flowers are far less innocent than bridal bouquets and Mother’s Day kitsch might suggest. For Alice...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 9 more
    Created on: 26.04.2023
  5. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 25.01.2023
    CFP: [kon]-paper No. 10 zum Thema ›Raum‹
    Submitted by: Pia Lobodzinski

    Das interdisziplinäre Literatur- und Kulturmagazin [kon]-paper schreibt seit 2015 mit jeder Ausgabe ein Wort aus, dem sich Feuilleton- und Essaybeiträge sowie Gedichte, kurze Prosa und szenische Texte widmen. Das Thema der zehnten Ausgabe, die...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland) and 13 more
    Created on: 04.01.2023
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 23.02.2023
    Violent Child-Animal Encounters in Literature. Interdisciplinary Perspectives
    Submitted by: Marina Ortrud Hertrampf

    In the last decades, we have witnessed a variety of theories and approaches - from multispecies ethnography to trans- and posthumanist philosophy - that aim to decentralize the category of the human. Introducing a posthuman perspective into the study...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland) and 27 more
    Created on: 06.12.2022
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.12.2022
    CFP-Kremenets Comparative Studies-Vol. 12-2022-2023
    Submitted by: Denys Chyk

    Dear Colleague, Taras Shevchenko Regional Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy of Kremenets and NGO “Volyn Cultural Initiatives” (Ukraine) invites you to submit a paper to the 12th annual scientific journal “Kremenets Comparative Studies” ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland) and 75 more
    Created on: 18.08.2022
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2022
    Bookscapes in the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Anglo-American World – SEAA XVII-XVIII Conference (Strasbourg)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Considering, on the one hand, that the development of printing and the spread of the printed word across the Western world contributed to shaping representations of the known and unknown world, and secondly, that geographical metaphors structure...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Ecocriticism and 5 more
    Created on: 08.08.2022
  9. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 07.07.2021
    "Wasser|Landschaften. Ökologien des Fluiden um 1800" (Tagung der RMU-Initiative „Romantische Ökologien“, 07.–09. Juli 2022, Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Bad Homburg)
    Submitted by: Frederike Middelhoff

    Wasser|Landschaften. Ökologien des Fluiden um 1800 Eine Tagung der RMU-Initiative "Romantische Ökologien" 07.–09. Juli 2022, Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften (Am Wingertsberg 4, 61348 Bad Homburg v.d....

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 4 more
    Created on: 25.06.2022
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 21.08.2022
    Automobility in Literature and Film / Représenter la locomotion automobile dans la littérature et le cinéma
    Submitted by: Melanie Schneider

    Addition: The conference can also be attended online. The only condition for a contribution online is the use of a powerpoint presentation to guarantee a good understanding for the participants. Representing Automobility in Literature...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 5 more
    Created on: 15.06.2022
  11. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2022
    New Humanities 1: Perspectives on the Anthropocene, Academic Quarter, vol. 25
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Academic Quarter presents a new call addressing new perspectives on the Anthropocene in the humanities. Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2022 Five years ago, British writer Robert Macfarlane introduced us to “Generation Anthropocene:...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literary theory and 6 more
    Created on: 06.12.2021
  12. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.11.2021
    Becoming Ahuman (Journal for the Study of British Cultures 2023)
    Submitted by: Ariane de Waal

    Special Issue of the Journal for the Study of British Cultures (2023) Guest Editors: Ariane de Waal (Halle-Wittenberg) and Mark Schmitt (Dortmund) Everyone is talking about the future, but what if there is none for humans?...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Poststructuralism,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 4 more
    Created on: 24.08.2021
  13. Ariane de Waal
    University or institution: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
    Fields of research: Literature from UK and Ireland; Literary theory; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; Ecocriticism; Drama; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 21st century

  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.04.2021
    Crises, climat et critique dans la littérature et les arts anglophones du XIXe au XXIe s.
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    English version follows Appel à communications Crises : climat et critique dans la littérature et les arts anglophones du XIX e au XXI e siècles Conférence internationale à Paris · 18 au 20 novembre 2021 ...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Australian/Oceanian literature and 4 more
    Created on: 18.12.2020
  15. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 18.01.2020
    Transformations: Representations of Nature and Economy in Modern Anglo-American Culture (A special issue of VTU Review: Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Guest Editor: Dr. Jelena Šesnić, University of Zagreb, Croatia Website of VTU Review : http://journals.uni-vt.bg/vtureview/eng/ This special issue is to address the question of the massive and long-ranging transformations overtaking...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Postcolonial studies and 2 more
    Created on: 12.10.2020