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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2024
    “The Aesthetics of Decay: Creative Modes of Destruction”
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Decay and destruction have long been sources of fascination, inspiration and contemplation in artistic and cultural contexts. From the crumbling ruins of ancient civilizations to the ravages of time on natural landscapes, from the haunting beauty of...

    Fields of research Intermediality,  Poetics,  Literary genre and 3 more
    Created on: 29.04.2024
  2. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 22.04.2024
    Ringvorlesung: Fake, Lüge, Desinformation. Über die Literatur zwischen Fiktion und Täuschung, Saarbrücken
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Saarbrücker literaturwissenschaftliche Ringvorlesung im Festsaal des Rathauses Sankt Johann der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken Sommersemester 2024, montags 19 Uhr Fakes, Lügen und Desinformationen sind Instrumente der hybriden...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor),  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 12.04.2024
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.05.2024
    International Conference on Ironic Encomia and Paradoxical Humour in the Early Modern Period, Frankfurt a. M.
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    International Conference on Ironic Encomia and Paradoxical Humour in the Early Modern Period at Frankfurt am Main, September 2025 Comedy, satire, Lucianism – whenever one of these keywords is used in connection with Early Modern literature, it...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor),  Themes, motifs, thematology and 3 more
    Created on: 13.03.2024
  4. Julia Soytek
    University or institution: Universität Hamburg
    Fields of research: Literary theory; Poetics; Aesthetics; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor)

  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 29.02.2024
    XIV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture - CULTURE AT WAR (Lisbon)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    XIV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture CULTURE AT WAR Lisbon, June 24 – 29, 2024 Deadline for submissions: February 29, 2024 We are living in times of war. Now, more than ever, war occupies a central role in both national...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism,  Literature and cultural studies and 3 more
    Created on: 05.01.2024
  6. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 02.01.2024
    La collaboration homme-animal dans les contes, leurs expansions hypertextuelles et hypericoniques : des « Animaux reconnaissants » à « La Belle aux cheveux d’or » (Lille)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Cycle Un jour un conte Colloque international annuel La collaboration homme-animal dans les contes, leurs expansions hypertextuelles et hypericoniques : des « Animaux reconnaissants » à « La Belle aux cheveux d’or » Les...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 21.12.2023
  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2024
    Schwund – Absenz – Entzug, Bonn
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Internationaler Workshop vom 25.–27. September 2024 an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Schwund – Absenz – Entzug: Mithilfe dieser drei offensiv metaphorischen Konzepte möchte die Tagung den Dynamiken von Verschwinden und...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Literature and cultural studies,  Intermediality and 2 more
    Created on: 01.12.2023
  8. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Gendered Allegories: Origen of Alexandria and the Representation of the Feminine in Patristic Literature (CFP)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Open Theology GENDERED ALLEGORIES: ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE FEMININE IN PATRISTIC LITERATURE "Open Theology” (https://www.degruyter.com/opth) invites...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  9. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 24.12.2023
    After Shock: New Perspectives in Literary Studies and Linguistics - Sapienza-Silesia Graduate Forum 2024
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In the face of ongoing disasters including the climate crisis, the pandemic, war in Europe and conflicts worldwide, as well as blatant manifestations of social injustice taking place on both a localised and a planetary scale, we might be prone to...

    Fields of research Poetics,  Rhetoric,  Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor) and 1 more
    Created on: 03.11.2023
  10. Silvie Lang
    University or institution: Universität Kassel
    Fields of research: Narratology; Oral poetry / Orality; Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale

  11. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.11.2023
    Chapters for The Myriad Faces of Heroes and Heroines: Folkloric Tradition and Modern Contemporaries
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    We are inviting chapter proposals for the edited book The Myriad Faces of Heroes and Heroines: Folkloric Tradition and Modern Contemporaries. It is a collection of academic essays that scrutinizes the representation, dynamics, transformation and/or...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies,  World Literature and 3 more
    Created on: 13.10.2023
  12. Roberta Colbertaldo
    University or institution: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    Fields of research: French literature; Italian literature; Textual criticism, editing, codicology; Literary theory; Narratology; Literature and sociology; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Comedy; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor); Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century); Literature of the 16th century; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 20th century

  13. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 18.10.2023
    Ringvorlesung „Die unheile Welt. Zerstörung und Erneuerung im Märchen“, TU Dresden
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Ringvorlesung „Die unheile Welt. Zerstörung und Erneuerung im Märchen“, TU Dresden, Wintersemester 2023/24 mittwochs 16.40–18.10 Uhr Präsenz: TU Dresden, Wiener Straße 48 (Fakultät Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften),...

    Fields of research Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 09.10.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.10.2023
    Les spectres de la faim dans la littérature et la langue (Moyen Âge-XXIe siècle)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Appel à contributions pour le volume XXXVII (octobre 2024) des Travaux de littérature, publiés par l’ADIREL (Association pour la diffusion de la recherche littéraire) : Les spectres de la faim dans la littérature et la langue (Moyen Âge-XXI e...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literary genre and 2 more
    Created on: 04.09.2023
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.09.2023
    Psyche and Symbol: a Transdisciplinary Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Call for Papers: Psyche and Symbol Conference Date: October 14-15, 2023 Location: October 14: The Association of Jungian Analysts’ Centre in London and Online October 15: Online “You see, man is in need of a symbolic life –...

    Fields of research Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology,  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 21.08.2023