#LCCT2019 Call for Papers – *Deadline Extended* London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT) Friday & Saturday, 5–6 July 2019 Goldsmiths, University of London *Deadline Extended* Now Closing: Sunday 31 March 2019 The deadline for the Call for Papers for the 8th annual London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT), hosted and supported by …
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CfP: Canons and Values in Contemporary Literary Studies, Southampton, 15 June
Scholarship on the contemporary has a unique relationship to questions of canonicity and value. What values shape the choices made in research and teaching on the contemporary? What canons does this work produce? And how do these values and canons relate to those produced in education and the publishing and cultural …
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CfP Women in Publishing symposium, Reading, 14 June 2019
Women in Publishing, a one-day symposium at the University of Reading, Friday 14 June 2019 “All publishing was run by many badly-paid women and a few much better-paid men” (Diana Athill, Stet: An Editor’s Life, 2002) Feminist book history and print culture is thriving. Recent books and projects exploring feminist publishers, …
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CfP. Engaging with Twentieth-Century Pageants
Engaging with Twentieth-Century Pageants: Performance and Study 17 June 2019, Hosted by the School of English, University of St Andrews, Scotland This conference seeks to foster scholarly dialogue on the methodologies of twentieth-century pageant research as well as generate discussion on the aesthetic, historical, and political significance of pageants. The conference will consider pageants’ …
CFP: Politics of Fear, Politics of Hope: Postcritique and Joseph Conrad
We are seeking essay proposals for an edited volume focusing on Conrad’s politics in relation to ideas of fear and/or hope. The postcritical turn encourages us to consider what literature does in the world—the social, emotional, and political effects of reading. The last two MLA panels organized by the Joseph Conrad …
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CfP: Common Ground: Identifying Value(s) in Literature, Culture, and Society, 20–21 June 2019
Identifying Value(s) in Literature, Culture, and Society 20─21 June 2019 In November 2018, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis defended the deployment of thousands of troops along the Mexican border as an “obviously moral and ethical mission”. In doing so, he aligned the enforcement of sovereignty through rigorous policing of borders …
CfP: Transatlantic Studies Association 18th annual conference, Lancaster, 8–10 July 2019
Submissions are invited for the 2019 Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference. Plenary guests confirmed include: Professor Brian Ward (Northumbria University) “The Beatles in Miami, 1964: Race, Class and Gender in the Atlantic World” AND Professor Kevin Hutchings (University of Northern British Columbia) “Transatlantic Romanticism and British-Indigenous Relations: 1800-1850” PLUS A Roundtable …
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CfP: Shifting Notions of Modernity in Modern and Contemporary Scholarship, Birmingham, 21 February 2019
‘Shifting Notions of Modernity in Modern and Contemporary Scholarship’ University of Birmingham, 21 February 2019 A one day symposium hosted by the Modern and Contemporary Forum and the Centre for Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Birmingham. The focus of this one-day symposium is to bring together experienced scholars, …
Joyce Without Borders, Mexico City, 12–16 June 2019
Joyce Without Borders, North American James Joyce Symposium, Mexico City, 12–16 June 2019 Website: www.joycewithoutborders.com The 2019 North American James Joyce Symposium will be jointly hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM). This will be the first annual gathering of Joyceans in the global south, …
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CfP: Forming the Future, 2–3 Sept 2019, University of Plymouth
Forming the Future, 2–3 Sept 2019, University of Plymouth Confirmed speakers: Amy J. Elias (Tennessee, Knoxville); Daniel Innerarity (Ikerbasque); Sandra Kemp (Lancaster/Imperial) Thinking about the future often focuses on its ‘content’: what might happen. Similarly, thinking about ‘future studies’ often concentrates on its goals, concepts and methods. But what about the …
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