Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
A Symposium: 2nd - 3rd June, 2020, University of Glasgow Keynote Speakers: Tom Corns (Bangor), Carol Herringer (Georgia Southern), Alison Shell (UCL) This two-day symposium funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh examines how Catholicism...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Gender Studies/Queer Studies,
Literature and cultural studies
and 9 more
Created on:
25.11.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Call for papers for an international conference to take place at Université Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée (research group LISAA (Literatures, Critical Thought and the Arts), subgroup SEA (English studies)) Thursday 23 rd ...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Novel
and 2 more
Created on:
25.11.2019
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
University or institution:
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey);
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Literature from Israel;
Near Eastern literature;
East Asian literature;
South Asian literature;
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Empirical Aesthetics;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Narratology;
Oral poetry / Orality;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Novel;
Narrative
University or institution:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Australian/Oceanian literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Poststructuralism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Ecocriticism;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Literature and natural science;
Literature and geography/cartography;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
travel literature;
The fictional;
Rhetoric
University or institution:
Redaktion "Psyche"
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Reader-response criticism;
Narratology;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and philosophy;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Other lyrical forms;
Prose;
Novel;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Comic;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
Essay;
Formula literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Translation;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
Deconstruction;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Narratology;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and cultural studies;
Intermediality;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
We are seeking contributions from scholars in various disciplines to submit proposals for chapters to be combined into an edited collection on Shakespeare’s influences on modern day science fiction. Shakespeare’s influence on literary genres is...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature and cultural studies
Created on:
11.11.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
This panel will address illustrative, pictorial, and digital treatments and adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The novel has a 195-year history of illustration and depiction in a wide range of visual arts, media, and technologies—from the...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature of the 19th century
Created on:
11.11.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Das Forschungsteam Deutsche Literatur an der Universität Gent vergibt bis zum frühestmöglichen Datum im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes „Literatur, Natur und Ökologie. Eine ökopoetische Studie zeitgenössischer fiktional-narrativer Prosa auf...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
French literature
and 6 more
Created on:
04.11.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The project seeks to investigate the publication and mediation of the Irish short story in the influential Irish literary periodical The Bell between 1940 and 1954 so as to assess The Bel l ’s seminal role in the formation of a canon and a...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Short prose,
Literature of the 20th century
Created on:
28.10.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
L'université de Vérone (Italie) offre à 2 étudiants de provenance extra-UE ayant une licence et une formation en 2 langues et littératures étrangères (anglais, français, allemand, espagnol, russe) 2 bourses d'8.000 euros brut renouvelables...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland
and 3 more
Created on:
10.01.2020
Submitted by:
Christoph Richter-Rodiek
The symposium Writing a Cosmos: European Literature and Popular Astronomy (February 6, KU Leuven) investigates the relationship between literature and astronomy during the modernist period (1890-1950) in Europe, addressing the vast literary...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
French literature
and 2 more
Created on:
09.01.2020
University or institution:
Dublin City University;
European Society of Comparative Literature (ESCL) / Société Européenne de Littérature Comparée (SELC)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland
Submitted by:
Mira Shah
Die Zukunft der Inseln. Passagen zwischen Literatur und Wissenschaft 25.-27.2.2020 Eine Tagung des DFG-Projekts „Entangled Island Times. Zu einer Literatur- und Wissensgeschichte der Inselbiogeographie“ (Roland Borgards, Lena Kugler,...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland
and 13 more
Created on:
22.01.2020
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) invites applications for the position of Professeur-e ordinaire in Modern English Literature (18th-21st century) The successful candidate will possess a doctorate in...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature of the 18th century,
Literature of the 19th century
and 2 more
Created on:
19.08.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The Graduate School Practices of Literature (GSPoL) of the University of Münster, Germany, invites international students in literary studies to apply for one of two PhD scholarships starting October 1, 2020. The three-year scholarships are part...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),
Literature from the Benelux Countries
and 12 more
Created on:
20.09.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The University of Luxembourg is a multilingual, international research university. The University of Luxembourg is recruiting for the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) an: Assistant Professor in...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Digital Humanities,
Literary historiography
and 6 more
Created on:
09.09.2019
Submitted by:
Fatima Borrmann
May 18-19, 2020 MDRN First keynote speaker: Prof. Angelique Richardson (University of Exeter). Second keynote speaker to be announced later. During the late 19th and early 20th century evolutionary theory and new...
Fields of research
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland
and 9 more
Created on:
17.10.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Popular Astronomy is a subproject of the larger research programme, Literary Knowledge, 1890-1950: Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe , funded by the KU Leuven Research Council. This project aims to arrive at a better understanding of the...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature and natural science
and 2 more
Created on:
06.09.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Eugenic Women is a subproject in the research programme Literary Knowledge (1890-1950): Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe . The project researches literature by German and British female authors who engaged in the widespread debate on...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Gender Studies/Queer Studies
and 3 more
Created on:
06.09.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Das Projekt befasst sich mit den französischsprachigen Spectateurs Le Misantrope [sic], Le Nouveau Spectateur (Van Effen) , La Spectatrice, Le Nouveau Spectateur (Bastide) and Le monde comme il est (Bastide). Die Zeitschriften werden...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
French literature,
Literature of the 18th century
Created on:
24.05.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Departing from the assumption that Swedish proletarian writers were, among other things, devoted to writing a local culture, this project examines the ways in which textual signs of locality transform as the novels are translated into English. The...
Fields of research
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),
Literature from UK and Ireland,
World Literature
and 2 more
Created on:
03.06.2019
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF BRITISH CULTURES ( 2/2022) Guest Editors: Sarah Schäfer-Althaus and Cornelia Wächter Pain and pleasure are often regarded as a corporal continuum, with the body functioning as a staging ground for action, stimulated...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Literature and cultural studies,
Themes, motifs, thematology
Created on:
18.05.2020
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!”: Harry of England’s rallying cry has never ceased to resonate with forceful energy to the ears of spectators far beyond the backdrop of the Anglo-French Hundred Years’ War. The climax of...
Fields of research
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Gender Studies/Queer Studies,
Literature and cultural studies
and 1 more
Created on:
22.05.2020
