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  1. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.06.2024
    Seminar Special Issue: Conceptions of “Race” in Premodern German Studies
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    While Black German Studies has become an important field in our discipline, scholarship in premodern German studies is only beginning to show the same level of engagement with Critical Race Studies as evidenced in Anglo- and Francophone premodern...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Postcolonial studies,  Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century) and 4 more
    Created on: 26.04.2024
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2024
    "Narratives of Displacement" International Conference (Palma de Mallorca/Online)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The conference seeks to explore the narratives of displacement and to demonstrate the validity of a cross-disciplinary approach which brings together the historical, cultural, social and literary expertise in the handling of text. The conference will...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and sociology and 1 more
    Created on: 22.04.2024
  3. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 15.06.2024
    Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Projekt »Schwarze Narrative Transkultureller Aneignung«
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    Am LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FÜR LITERATUR- UND KULTURFORSCHUNG (ZfL) in Berlin ist zum 1. Oktober 2024 eine Stelle als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) , Entgeltgruppe 13 TVöD (Bund), 65 %, im Projekt »Schwarze Narrative Transkultureller...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 9 more
    Created on: 17.04.2024
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Translating Silence: Alternative Forms of Voice Beyond Speech (PaMLA 2024)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    121st PAMLA Conference Thursday, November 7 - Sunday, November 10, 2024 Margaritaville Resort | Palm Springs, California Inspired by the conference theme “Translation in Action,” this panel seeks papers that explore conceptualizations...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism,  Interdisciplinarity and 3 more
    Created on: 10.04.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 13.04.2024
    [kon]-paper Nr. 11 zum Thema ›Hybrid‹ (13.04.2024)
    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 Titelwort der elften Ausgabe ist...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 6 more
    Created on: 10.03.2024
  6. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 14.03.2024
    Colloque « Postmigration et postcolonialisme dans les littératures et les musiques francophones et germanophones » / Tagung „Postmigration und Postkolonialismus in frankophoner und deutschsprachiger Literatur und Musik“
    Submitted by: Martina Kopf

    Programme / Programm Jeudi / Donnerstag 14 mars / März 9:00 accueil des participant.es / Empfang 9:30–10:00 Marion Coste (CY Cergy Paris Université), Martina Kopf (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz): Introduction / Einführung ...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  French literature,  Postcolonial studies and 2 more
    Created on: 01.03.2024
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.03.2024
    Agnotology in Literature, Culture, and the Arts (MLA)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Agnotology, the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, has emerged as a critical lens through which to examine the production, dissemination, and contestation of knowledge within various spheres of human expression. This interdisciplinary...

    Fields of research Didactics of Literature,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 6 more
    Created on: 23.02.2024
  8. 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
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Das schlechte Bilderbuch – Zu einer seltenen, aber notwendigen Wertungspraxis in der Kinderliteraturkritik, online
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das schlechte Bilderbuch – Zu einer seltenen, aber notwendigen Wertungspraxis in der Kinderliteraturkritik (Zoom-Tagung vom 25.-27.07.2024) In der Praxis der institutionalisierten Kinderliteraturkritik fällt zweierlei besonders...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Didactics of Literature,  Hermeneutics and 5 more
    Created on: 12.02.2024
  10. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 24.01.2024
    « Postmigration et postcolonialisme ». Cycle de trois rencontres littéraires franco-germanophones
    Submitted by: Martina Kopf

    Le projet « postmigration et postcolonialisme » vise à faire dialoguer les approches académiques littéraires germano-francophones des migrations et invite plusieurs écrivain.e.s francophones et germanophones à échanger leurs idées et à comparer leurs...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  French literature,  Postcolonial studies and 2 more
    Created on: 23.01.2024
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 08.12.2023
    Internationale Nestroy-Gespräche 2024
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Internationale Nestroy-Gesellschaft & Nestroy-Komitee Schwechat Ankündigung (Call for Papers) 48. INTERNATIONALE NESTROY-GESPRÄCHE 2024 2.–6. Juli 2024 in A-2320 Schwechat bei Wien (Justiz-Bildungszentrum, Schloss Altkettenhof) ...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature
    Created on: 24.11.2023
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.12.2023
    Activating Margins: Destabilizing the Canon from the Periphery – 16th Ohio State German Graduate Student Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    February 23rd – 24th, 2024 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mari Jarris, Department of German Studies, Cornell University In geology, active margins are where edges of tectonic plates meet and cause friction as well as develop new formations....

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Didactics of Literature,  Deconstruction and 3 more
    Created on: 10.11.2023
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.12.2023
    European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel
    Submitted by: Ivana Perica

    When analyzing asymmetries between centers, semi-peripheries, and peripheries, literary scholars draw on various theoretical and methodological traditions, such as post- and decolonial approaches or, as for example at the Warwick Research Collective,...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 30.10.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 09.12.2023
    Kafka Transformed (University of Oxford)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Kafka Transformed International Conference; University of Oxford, 18-20 September 2024 Franz Kafka’s role as a world author is inextricably linked to his reception and afterlife. His global legacy has been shaped by academic as well as...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies and 8 more
    Created on: 27.10.2023
  15. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 29.04.2024
    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (Spring 2025 issue) -- Call for articles and book reviews
    Submitted by: Nicoletta Pireddu

    Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism is a new peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective. It provides a unique, international forum...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 5 more
    Created on: 27.10.2023