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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.03.2024
    The Question of Representation in Contemporary Indian Literature
    Submitted by: Srishti Chaudhary

    In Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath refers to the Aesopian fable of the painting of the lion. The lion complains about the painting, which demonstrates a man defeating a lion, and asserts that the painting would look very...

    Fields of research South Asian literature,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 9 more
    Created on: 23.02.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2023
    CfP Eternal Peace in Speculative Fiction
    Submitted by: Johannes Kaminski

    Dear colleagues, I am currently putting together a special issue of World Literature Studies (WLS) dedicated to speculative fiction. Looking forward to see your abstracts by September 15! See CfP below. Best wishes Johannes Kaminski ...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  World Literature,  Literature and sociology and 6 more
    Created on: 30.06.2023
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.12.2022
    Louise d’Épinay, femme de « lettres ». Épistolarité, récit et roman
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Louise d’Épinay, femme de « lettres » Épistolarité, récit et roman Colloque international Université Paris Nanterre et Musée Montmorency Mercredi 8 et jeudi 9 novembre 2023 Louise-Florence-Tardieu d’Esclavelle...

    Fields of research French literature,  Novel,  Narrative and 3 more
    Created on: 12.09.2022
  4. Denys Chyk
    University or institution: Taras Shevchenko Regional Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy of Kremenets
    Fields of research: Literature from UK and Ireland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); Literary theory; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and cultural studies; Literary genre; Prose; Novel; The fictional; Themes, motifs, thematology; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  5. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 20.06.2022
    Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (65%) Sonderforschungsbereich 1567 Virtuelle Lebenswelten (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Die Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) ist eine der führenden Forschungsuniversitäten in Deutschland. Als reformorientierte Campusuniversität vereint sie in einzigartiger Weise die gesamte Spannbreite der großen Wissenschaftsbereiche an einem Ort. Das...

    Fields of research Media studies,  Narratology,  Novel and 3 more
    Created on: 03.06.2022
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 22.04.2022
    Futures of Crime: A hybrid meeting exploring the evolving terrain of crime fiction
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Wolverhampton. Friday 20 May 2022 Deadline for submissions: 22 April 2022 Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Wolverhampton present: Friday 20 May 2022 2pm-6pm Futures of...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Novel,  Narrative and 1 more
    Created on: 21.03.2022
  7. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.01.2022
    Socio-poétiques urbaines : construire le discours social de la ville dans la littérature (Atlante, Revue d'études romanes, n° 17)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à contribution pour le numéro 17 (automne 2022) d' Atlante, Revue d'études romanes . Socio-poétiques urbaines : construire le discours social de la ville dans la littérature . Coordinateurs : Pilar Andrade Boué...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies and 8 more
    Created on: 20.12.2021
  8. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.05.2021
    Utopie : entre non-lieu et contrée idéale (Quêtes littéraires, n°11, 2021)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel À contributions Quêtes littéraires, n°11, 2021 "Utopie : entre non-lieu et contrée idéale" La notion d’utopie a été créée par Thomas More, chancelier du roi d’Angleterre Henri VIII, ami du philosophe et humaniste...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  French literature,  Literary theory and 8 more
    Created on: 26.04.2021
  9. Fabian Lampart
    University or institution: Universität Potsdam
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Italian literature; Literary historiography; Literary theory; Structuralism; Deconstruction; Media studies; Narratology; World Literature; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and music/sound studies; Literature and media studies; Intermediality; Poetics; Literary genre; Lyric poetry; Prose; Novel; Comic; Non-fictional literature; Drama; The fictional; Aesthetics; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor); Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  10. Alfonso de Toro
    University or institution: Universität Leipzig
    Fields of research: Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean); French literature; Italian literature; Spanish literature; Portugese literature; North African literature; Literary theory; Poststructuralism; Deconstruction; Postcolonial studies; Narratology; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and philosophy; Literature and media studies; Intermediality; Novel; autobiography; Drama; Tragedy; Comedy; Tragicomedy; The fictional; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  11. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 15.08.2019
    Two fully-funded ERC PhD studentships (4 years each), ERC project "Novel Echoes. Ancient novelistic receptions and concepts of fiction in late antique and medieval secular narrative from East to West", Ghent University
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University (Belgium) is seeking well-qualified applicants for two fully-funded and full-time doctoral research fellowships attached to the European Research Council Consolidator Grant project Novel...

    Fields of research Novel,  The fictional,  Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.) and 1 more
    Created on: 17.06.2019
  12. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Ghent University (UGent)
    Novel Echoes. Ancient Novelistic Receptions and Concepts of Fiction in Late Antique and Medieval Secular Narrative from East to West
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This project offers the first comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of receptions of ancient novels (1st-4th cent. AD) in (Greek, Arabic and western vernacular) secular narrative from Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Novel Echoes...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Literature and theology/study of religions,  Novel and 3 more
    Created on: 17.06.2019
  13. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 21.06.2018
    Erzählformen des Abenteuers
    Submitted by: Manuel Mühlbacher

    Der Auftakt-Workshop der Forschergruppe "Philologie des Abenteuers" findet am 21. und 22. Juni 2018 statt und ist dem Thema "Erzählformen des Abenteuers" gewidmet. Der Begriff "Abenteuer" erscheint schon in seinen mittelalterlichen Ursprüngen...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Narratology and 6 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  14. Category: Research Units
    Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Philologie des Abenteuers
    Submitted by: Manuel Mühlbacher

    Der Begriff ‚Abenteuer‘ bezeichnet einen elementaren Nukleus des Erzählens – ‚elementar‘ sowohl im narrativen als auch im psychologischen Sinn. Unter den Grundbegriffen des Literarischen nimmt er eine Sonderstellung ein, weil er zum einen genuin...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Narratology and 6 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  15. Hend Asaad
    University or institution: Ain Shams Universität
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; North African literature; Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa; Near Eastern literature; Feminist studies; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; Narratology; World Literature; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and sociology; Literature and law; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and philosophy; Literature and natural science; Literature and media studies; Novel; Narrative; Short prose; Folk literature; Children's and young adult literature; Formula literature; The fictional; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 20th century