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  1. Sophie Jaussi
    University or institution: ​​Université de Fribourg
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Literary theory; World Literature; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and philosophy; Literature and music/sound studies; Literature and natural science; Prose; Non-fictional literature; autobiography; Translation; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  2. Judith Müller
    University or institution: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); Literature from Israel; Digital Humanities; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  3. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 05.09.2024
    DREAM IN LITERATURE / LE RÊVE DANS LA LITTÉRATURE / VISUL ÎN LITERATURĂ
    Submitted by: Catalin Constantinescu

    Invitation to publish in ACTA IASSYENSIA COMPARATIONIS, Issue 34 (2/2024) ACTA IASSYENSIA COMPARATIONIS is an academic open-access peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary studies stimulated and justified by the universality of...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  World Literature,  Interdisciplinarity and 5 more
    Created on: 11.03.2024
  4. 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
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.05.2024
    Beyond Nationalism and Populism: National Identities Studies in the 21st Century (National Identities 25th anniversary conference)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    A special conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the journal National Identities will be held at the University of Westminster, London on 12-14 September 2024. This journal was founded in 1999 in a context of globalisation,...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism,  World Literature and 2 more
    Created on: 19.02.2024
  6. Arvi Sepp
    University or institution: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literary theory; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Literature and sociology; autobiography; Diary; Translation; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 14.02.2024
    Call for Papers zur Konferenz Grenzüberschreitende Literatur(en) in einer polyphonen Welt: Mehrsprachigkeit als Quelle der literarischen Kreativität Eine Synergie zwischen globale° – Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur Bremen und dem Forschungszen
    Submitted by: Daniel Schmidt

    Deutsch (English below): In der deutschsprachigen Kulturlandschaft sind Festivals, die Musik, Kunst und Film zelebrieren und eine Bühne bieten, etabliert und werden von der Gesellschaft breit rezipiert. Aber auch Literaturfestivals, in denen...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 13 more
    Created on: 29.11.2023
  8. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 23.08.2024
    Summer School: New Approaches and Methods for Research in Children’s Media
    Submitted by: Iris Schäfer

    The Summer School: New Approaches and Methods for Research in Children’s Media will be held at the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz (Germany) and aims at students interested in Children’s and YA-media in Germany and abroad. Numerous...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  Didactics of Literature,  Literary theory and 10 more
    Created on: 21.11.2023
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.11.2023
    Transnational Activisms: Reimagining Boundaries in Political Cultural Production Conference, Dublin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Dear all, We warmly invite papers for the conference ‘Transnational Activisms: Reimagining Boundaries in Political Cultural Production’, taking place at University College Dublin, March 25th-26th, 2024. Please see the call for papers below....

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 4 more
    Created on: 16.10.2023
  12. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 14.09.2023
    Virtueller Master-Info-Tag: "Klassische und Moderne Literaturwissenschaft" (Heidelberg) am 14.09.23 um 14 Uhr
    Submitted by: Joséphine Jacquier

    Liebe Studierende, an diesem virtuellen Info-Tag möchten wir Ihnen unseren komparatistischen Master-Studiengang "Klassische und Moderne Literaturwissenschaft" vorstellen: Was macht diesen Studiengang so einzigartig? Inwiefern erlaubt dieser...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  French literature and 19 more
    Created on: 07.09.2023
  13. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 02.12.2023
    Tolkien's Legacy: 50 Years of Inspiration
    Submitted by: Des Batziou

    Thematic Approach GIRES, the Global Institute for Research Education & Scholarship dedicates the conference to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the most influential and beloved fantasy authors of...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 2 more
    Created on: 28.08.2023
  14. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 05.10.2023
    Doing Queer Literature in a Global Perspective
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Doing Queer Literature in a Global Perspective Organised by Michail Leivadiotis, Samira Spatzek, Nina Tolksdorf, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities". The conference seeks to discuss the role of literature in the construction of queer...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  World Literature,  Interdisciplinarity and 2 more
    Created on: 21.08.2023
  15. 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