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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: 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 08.02.2021
    "Was sollen wir tun?": Reading Dürrenmatt in the Twenty-First Century (GSA 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers: Swiss Studies At the 2021 GSA Conference in Indianapolis, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2021 “Was sollen wir tun?”: Reading Dürrenmatt in the Twenty-First...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 22.01.2021
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.02.2021
    Schlingensief’s Aesthetic (GSA 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In 2020, we commemorated ten years since German director Christoph Schlingensief’s death. In doing so, Schlingensief’s life and personality came once again into focus as the source of his provocative aesthetic (see Süddeutsche Zeitung “Man wusste...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Aesthetics,  Literature of the 20th century and 1 more
    Created on: 18.01.2021
  8. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2021
    Diversifying the East German Past and Present (GSA 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Open Call for Papers sponsored by the GSA Interdisciplinary GDR and German Socialisms Network for the 45 th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Indianapolis, IN, September 30 - October 3, 2021. ...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature of the 20th century,  Literature of the 21st century
    Created on: 18.01.2021
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2021
    Hubert Fichte and the Poetics of Syncretism (GSA 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CFP: Hubert Fichte and the Poetics of Syncretism Forty-Fifth Annual GSA Conference Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2021, Indianapolis, IN „Ich bin Mischling ersten Grades, ein uneheliches Kind und nun auch noch schwul – das ist übertrieben.“ (Hubert...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Poetics,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 18.01.2021
  10. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 05.02.2020
    Women, Drama, Theatre – from 1900 to the present (GSA 2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In the 20 th - and 21 st -century women have received attention as playwrights and performers, and, during recent decades, they made their entrance as stage directors. Whereas today all playwrights face particular challenges since more and more...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Drama,  Literature of the 20th century and 1 more
    Created on: 31.01.2020
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2020
    Robert Musil as Sexual Theorist (GSA 2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Robert Musil knew sex—and wasn’t afraid to ask. Yet, in comparison to contemporaries such as Sigmund Freud, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, or Magnus Hirschfeld, he has received considerably less scholarly attention as a theorist of sex—one who,...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Narratology and 2 more
    Created on: 17.01.2020
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 26.01.2020
    Sacrifice, Myth, and Ritual in German Arts and Letters, 1800 - Present (GSA 2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    GSA Annual Conference October 1-4, 2020, Washington D.C., USA Deadline: January 26, 2020 at 11:59pm (EST) Description of Seminar: Sacrifice, Myth, and Ritual in German Arts and Letters, 1800 - Present In...

    Fields of research Letter,  Themes, motifs, thematology,  Literature of the 19th century and 2 more
    Created on: 13.01.2020
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 27.01.2020
    Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010): Perspektiven auf Werk und Wirkung (GSA 2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010) Perspektiven auf Werk und Wirkung Organisation: Vanessa Höving (Hagen), Katja Holweck (Mannheim), Thomas Wortmann (Mannheim) Im Jahr 2020 jährt sich Christoph Schlingensiefs Todestag zum zehnten...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature and other forms of art,  Literature of the 20th century and 1 more
    Created on: 13.01.2020
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2020
    The Phantasmatic GDR: The Socialist Imaginary Today (GSA 2020)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Open Call for Papers sponsored by the GSA Interdisciplinary GDR and German Socialisms Network for the 44 th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Washington D.C, October 1-4, 2020. Deadline: January 15, 2020 The...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature of the 20th century and 1 more
    Created on: 10.01.2020