Calls for Papers

MLA 2021 (Toronto, January 7-10) CFP for Panel “The Art of Persistence: Migration and Ecocriticism in Literature and Visual Arts”

This panel invites submissions that explore how climate refugees, asylum seekers, and economic migrants affect and are affected by the environment, and the ways in which these dynamics are reflected in literature and visual arts.

Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 15 March 2020

https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/webprogrampreliminary/Paper12292.html

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit an abstract of 250 words directly to Nicole Bonino (Chair of the Panel) nb3hf@virginia.edu. The closing date for the receipt of proposals ...

V INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LITERATURE AND ECOCRITICS III BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF ASLE-BRASIL

11-14 August, 2020

POETICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE: ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Before the burgeoning field of humanistic studies on animals, intellectuals associated with different cultures at different times expressed their concern about the disturbing relationship between human society and non-humans. Sociological theory, an initial criticism that manifested the exploitation of animals in human societies, defended the thesis that the domination of animals is closely associated with the domination of human beings, especially women, racial and ...

Liminality in Literature and Language: Affect and Migration The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference Temple University, April 10, 2020

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Junyoung Verónica Kim (University of Pittsburgh) / Dr. Rebeca Hey-Colón (Temple University)

New Submission Deadline: February 3, 2020

We are pleased to announce the FIRST ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Temple University. We invite proposals from graduate students, professors, and independent scholars concerning liminal spaces in literature and other forms of cultural production, intersections of race, ...

Humanities Education and Research Association Extended Deadline – January 31, 2020

HERA’s 2020 conference will be held in Chicago 4-7 March 2020 at The Palmer House. Our theme is:

“The Humanities: Why They Matter, Why We Should Care”

The Humanities encompasses a vast story comprised of many stories. From the classics through the present day, from ancient times to the contemporary, the humanities as a discipline speaks through time, as a voice for many cultures, addressing many peoples. HERA invites research, papers, panels, and presentations embracing inclusivity ...

Human Matters: Engaging Publics in the Humanities July 8-11, 2020 University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada

Call for Papers Deadline for paper and session proposals: February 5, 2020

The humanities profess to help societies to understand themselves better and to tackle enduring questions about the human condition – and yet, scholars in the humanities often struggle to speak with broader publics about their work. The public humanities are an attempt to put engagement with publics at the heart of humanistic inquiry. This conference is an opportunity for ...

Deadline: February 15 2020 Contact Name : Verna Kale Contact Email: vlk123@psu.edu

Each year the Hemingway Society accepts applications for its Lewis-Reynolds-Smith Founders Fellowship grant, and typically makes up to two awards of up to $1,000 each to support the development of a Hemingway-related project. Projects on Hemingway and the environment, animals, hunting, travel, modernization and other topics of particular interest to ASLE members are welcome. For more information or to apply please visit https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/lewis-reynolds-smith-founders-fellowship

Loughborough University, 17-18th September 2020 Keynote Address: Prof. David Herd (University of Kent)

In our contemporary moment, erasure is everywhere. Material disappearances abound as rising seas swallow low-lying island nations, as drought extends far beyond traditional aridity zones, and as hurricanes and flash floods destroy towns with alarming regularity. Cultural losses follow as communities are forced to adapt or migrate, surrendering historic traditions and lifestyles to global warming in the name of survival. Loss, here, leads to loss, where precarity and statelessness ...

One of the unexpected side effects of the digital age has been the revival of poetry as a popular art form. Rupi Kaur’s collection Milk and Honey has become an astonishing worldwide publishing phenomenon, but she is only the most high-profile example of a new wave of poets who have bypassed the traditional routes to success. These poets create poetry that is generally short and places heavy emphasis on inspirational messages, and then use various social media platforms, most notably Instagram, to share ...

ASLE seeks proposals from members who would like to arrange a panel for ASLE at the MLA convention in Toronto, 7-10 January 2021. As an allied organization, we may arrange one guaranteed panel and propose up to two more. If we submit two proposals for nonguaranteed panels, one of those must be a collaborative session with another allied organization.

If you are interested, please send a 500-word panel proposal and CV to Clare Echterling, ASLE/MLA Liaison, at cechterling@ku.edu by January 24th, 2020. Clare is ...

Call for Proposals: The Writefest Scholarship & Lore Track

At Writefest, we have always been interested in the dissolution of boundaries: between genre fiction and literary fiction, between emerging writers and established writers, and now, in 2020, between scholars, commercial writers, and readers.

To this end, we are pleased to announce that Writefest will include a new scholarship track in 2020, with the purpose of showcasing scholarship in contemporary literature, both realistic and fantastic. It’s our hope that this track will provide a forum for ...