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  1. Nicoletta Pireddu
    University or institution: Georgetown University
    Fields of research: Literary theory; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Novel; Narrative; Theory of translation; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  2. Joelle Renstrom
    University or institution: Boston University
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Textual criticism, editing, codicology; Literature and computer science/cybernetics; Literary genre; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.10.2023
    Écrivaines et fictions scientifiques à l'époque des Lumières / Women Writers and Scientific Fiction(s) in Enlightenment France (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 2023, St. Louis, Missouri)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 53rd Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, Etats-Unis 9 - 11 mars 2023 Session #107. Women Writers and Scientific Fiction(s) in...

    Fields of research Literature and philosophy,  Literature of the 19th century
    Created on: 26.09.2022
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.10.2022
    Portrait of Chateaubriand as an Eighteenth-Century Author (ASECS 2023, Saint-Louis)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Portrait of Chateaubriand as an Eighteenth-Century Author While Chateaubriand (1768-1848) is often perceived as one of the most consequential authors of the nineteenth century and the father of French romanticism, we tend to forget that he...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literature of the 19th century
    Created on: 26.08.2022
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Modernist Jany Eyre? (Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Convention)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Coming to Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel, Jane Eyre, for the first time, one may be struck by its apparently forward-looking elements, ones that do not seem to line up with expectations for early Victorian novels. In terms of the novel's...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature of the 19th century
    Created on: 22.08.2022
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    The Russian Realist Novel and the World (NeMLA 2023)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The panel seeks to examine Russian realist novels and their impact on other world literatures of the nineteenth and twentieth century, as well as contemporary authors, and study the possible connections between the Russian realist tradition and...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Literature and sociology,  Literature and philosophy and 4 more
    Created on: 12.08.2022
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Representations and Visions of the Future in Modernist Literature (Niagara Falls, NY)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Several examples of literature produced from the late Victorian age narrate great concerns about the future and the destiny of humanity, concerns that would be significantly exacerbated in the twentieth century by the Great War, soon followed by...

    Fields of research Themes, motifs, thematology,  Literature of the 19th century,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 29.07.2022
  8. 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
  9. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 11.03.2022
    Romantic Philologies, hybrid conference at Brown University
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Friday, 3/11/2022 - Saturday, 3/12/2022 Pembroke Hall 305 at Brown University or via Zoom How might the study of Romanticism benefit from the renewed interest in philological practices and reflections? And conversely: what do scholars of...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Literature and philosophy and 2 more
    Created on: 07.03.2022
  10. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 31.03.2022
    Lorraine Beitler Research Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Lorraine Beitler Research Fellowship The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the inaugural Lorraine Beitler Research Fellowship, and to invite...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literary historiography,  Literature and media studies and 2 more
    Created on: 04.03.2022
  11. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 15.01.2022
    Ph.D. Fellowships in German Studies at Rutgers University
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Applications: Ph.D. Fellowships in German Studies Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA The Department of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures at Rutgers University is currently inviting applications...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Literary theory and 7 more
    Created on: 22.11.2021
  12. Category: Professorships
    Application deadline: 15.01.2022
    Funded MA & PhD Programs in German Studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Please share widely and encourage qualified students to apply! The German Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is accepting applications for Fall 2022 admission to the MA and PhD programs. Admitted...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Literature and other forms of art and 5 more
    Created on: 15.11.2021
  13. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 28.11.2021
    Full-time tenure-track or tenured appointment in German literature and culture, Amherst College (USA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The Department of German at Amherst College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track or tenured appointment in German literature and culture that will begin on July 1, 2022. Today, nearly one-quarter of Amherst's students are Pell Grant...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 3 more
    Created on: 06.09.2021
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 08.10.2021
    Nineteenth Century Strata: Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Conference, Salt Lake City
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Conference March 24-27, 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah Held in a region of rich fossil beds, towering crags, plunging canyons, and snow-capped mountains, the 2022 INCS Annual...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Postcolonial studies,  Interdisciplinarity and 5 more
    Created on: 20.08.2021
  15. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 01.10.2021
    Department head, French and Francophone Studies at Pennsylvania State University
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    REQ_0000015595 Head, Department of French and Francophone Studies The Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, invites applications and nominations for the position of Head of the Department of French and Francophone Studies. The...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  French literature,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa and 6 more
    Created on: 19.07.2021