Networking on avldigital.de

The latest in Comparative Literature

Under Networking, avldigital.de collects news and current information from the discipline. See the newest announcements as well as registrations to the Index of Researchers here.

Click on one of the categories to find colleagues, current calls for papers, events, vacancies or scholarship offers. Or find information on Comparative Literature institutions, research projects or websites.

Narrow Search
Last searches

Results for *

Displaying results 1 to 15 of 23.

  1. 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
  2. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.11.2023
    CFP for an Edited Collection on the Contemporary Global Novel
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are seeking proposals for contributions to an edited collection of essays, titled Unruly Fictions: Geographies of Genre in the Contemporary Global Novel, focused on how the contemporary global novel expands the generic boundaries of fiction. This...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Postcolonial studies and 7 more
    Created on: 25.09.2023
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.09.2023
    XLIVe Congrès de la Société Française de Littérature Générale et Comparée : Littératures et mondialisation
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    XLIVe Congrès de la Société Française de Littérature Générale et Comparée Littératures et Mondialisation Du 4 au 7 juin 2024, à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Clermont-Ferrand APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS English...

    Fields of research Didactics of Literature,  World Literature,  travel literature and 1 more
    Created on: 25.08.2023
  4. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 30.12.2023
    Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (Postdoc) für Wissenschaftliches Publikationsmanagement und Wissenschaftskommunikation am EXC 2020 Temporal Communities
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Eine Stelle als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, Vollzeitbeschäftigung, befristet bis 31.12.2025. Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L FU. Bewerbungsende: 30.12.2022 News from Dec 06, 2022 Ziel des Exzellenzclusters EXC 2020 "Temporal...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  World Literature,  Literature and publishing/booktrade and 2 more
    Created on: 19.12.2022
  5. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 16.12.2022
    8. Deutsch-Asiatischer Studientag Literatur- und Geisteswissenschaften (16.12.2022)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    8. Deutsch-Asiatischer Studientag Literatur- und Geisteswissenschaften Eine Veranstaltungsreihe der Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien (Freie Universität Berlin) und der...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  East Asian literature,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 2 more
    Created on: 12.12.2022
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.12.2022
    Flower Power. Florales zwischen Schönheit, Ordnung und Dominanz
    Submitted by: Sophie Emilia Seidler

    Blumen sind weit weniger unschuldig, als Brautsträuße und Muttertagskitsch vermuten lassen. Für Alice Walker symbolisiert der aufwändige Blumenschmuck, mit dem ihre Mutter selbst schäbigste Wohnungen veredeln konnte, nicht nur Trost und Hoffnung...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 7 more
    Created on: 03.10.2022
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 16.09.2022
    Global Horror 2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Horror pervades our lives. The emotional experiences based on fear and dread it provides affect us both individually and collectively, and the fascination it exerts is undeniable and ancient, as evidenced by its lurking recurrence in mythologies,...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Interdisciplinarity and 9 more
    Created on: 29.08.2022
  8. Reinhard M. Möller
    University or institution: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland); Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; South Asian literature; Literary historiography; Literary theory; Narratology; World Literature; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and philosophy; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Novel; Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment); travel literature; Aesthetics; Rhetoric; Themes, motifs, thematology; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  9. Poetiken der Migration. Ein Glossar
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Wie erzählt Literatur von Flucht und Vertreibung? Wie vom Leben im Exil oder als illegaler Einwanderer in Europa? Wie verarbeiten einzelne Texte die Themen Kulturkonflikt, Fremdheit, Gewalterfahrung und Sprachproblematik?" [Information des...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Literature and cultural studies and 4 more
    Created on: 22.05.2020
  10. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 22.02.2019
    Würzburg Winter School Konfigurationen der Mobilität: Transition – Transformation – Transgression (24.–28.02.2020, JMU Würzburg)
    Submitted by: Frederike Middelhoff

    Ausschreibung 30 Stipendien für fortgeschrittene Masterstudierende, Doktorand*innen und Postdocs Würzburg Winter School Konfigurationen der Mobilität: Transition – Transformation – Transgression 24.–28.02.2020 ...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Narratology,  World Literature and 2 more
    Created on: 13.11.2019
  11. Sandra Vlasta
    University or institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Italian literature; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Literature and publishing/booktrade; travel literature; Translation; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  12. Diana Hitzke
    University or institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU); Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey); Literary theory; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Prose; Novel; travel literature; Essay; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  13. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Stockholm University
    The Production of Paradise. The role of travel literature in the discursive construction of the South Sea as utopia on Earth
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This project sets out to understand how travel literature translates and mediates accounts from and of the world – from one local setting to another, and over time. It is, more specifically, concerned with Western travel writers’ persistent and...

    Fields of research Australian/Oceanian literature,  World Literature,  travel literature
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  14. Category: Research Units
    Institutions: Stockholm University
    World-making: Genres, Crafts and Languages
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    By adopting and adapting the term "world-making" (Valdés, Kadir, Hayot, Cheah, Neumann), sub-group 3 investigates how the world acquires density and meaning through literary practice. Rather than different scales of reading, the focus here is on...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Literary genre,  travel literature
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  15. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Tropical Engagements: Vernaculars in French Early Modern Travel Writing (Africa and the Caribbean 1645-1728)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Tropical Engagements" examines how vernacular languages are incorporated into and impact upon early modern French travel writing from Africa and the Caribbean, by means of lexical inclusions of foreign words and of reported dialogues. The purpose is...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 4 more
    Created on: 03.06.2019