Jul 3rd, 2011
LE PATRIMOINE LITTÉRAIRE ET CULTUREL LÉGUÉ DANS ET PAR LE LIVRE POUR LA JEUNESSE : ENJEUX ET DÉFIS, D’HIER À AUJOURD’HUI
Appel de communications 7e colloque étudiant du Groupe de recherches et d’études sur le livre au Québec (GRÉLQ) … DES LIVRES POUR « L’AMUSER EN L’INSTRUISANT » (Balzac, Ursule Mirouët) LE PATRIMOINE LITTÉRAIRE ET CULTUREL LÉGUÉ DANS ET PAR LE LIVRE POUR LA JEUNESSE : ENJEUX ET DÉFIS, D’HIER À AUJOURD’HUI Les étudiantes et étudiants du Groupe de recherches et [...]
Jul 2nd, 2011
CfP: Tusaaji: A Translation Review
Tusaaji: A Translation Review Call for papers – Inaugural Issue Emancipation Language subjugates and liberates. It is the material of conformity and consent as well as of change and emancipation. Translation, by definition an act of transformation in and through language, is a site and an act of emancipatory potential. This inaugural issue of Tusaaji [...]
Jul 1st, 2011
MEASURE AND EXCESS / (DÉ)MESURES CANADIENNES: call for contributions, appel à contributions
TransCanadiana: Polish Journal of Canadian Studies, N° 5/2012. Guest-edited by Tomasz Sikora and Michał Krzykawski / Revue polonaise d’études canadiennes, numéro 5/2012. Éditeurs invités : Tomasz Sikora et Michał Krzykawski Ostensibly dedicated to the virtue of moderation, Canadian culture is also producing intense contestations over the boundaries of the “proper,” the “orderly” and the “presentable.” [...]
Jun 26th, 2011
Call for Submissions: Global Dialogues
Inquire: Journal of Comparative Literature invites submissions to Issue 2.1 (Jan 2012) describing the participation of literary works – historical or contemporary, upmarket or downmarket – in the global intersection of languages and literatures, groups and cultures. Comparative articles emphasizing literary criticism, cultural theory or book history are welcome. Possible areas of investigation include: anthologizing [...]
Jun 20th, 2011
Call for Submissions: CBC Radio and the Rise of CanLit
While CBC radio has a long history of promoting the arts in general, it has been an especially active sponsor of literature in Canada through such post-war programming as “Anthology,” and subsequent programs like “Gabereau,” “Book Time,” “Between the Covers,” “Morningside,” “The Next Chapter,” and “Canada Reads,” among others. However, its contribution to Canada literature [...]
Jun 12th, 2011
CfP: Contemporary Women’s Writing: (Wo)Man and the Body
The Fourth Biennial International Conference of the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association Contemporary Women’s Writing: (Wo)Man and the Body 11-13 July 2012 Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan ‘Bodies have all the explanatory power of minds. Indeed, for feminist purposes, the focus on bodies, bodies in their concrete specificities, has the [...]
Jun 9th, 2011
Translations 2011: Cross-Cultural Awareness through Poetry
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine International Conference: October 27 – 29, 2011 Deadline for proposals: June 20, 2011 The language departments at Bates College invite proposals for a scholarly conference to be held in conjunction with the second annual Bates International Poetry Festival, Translations 2011: Cross-Cultural Awareness through Poetry. Starting from the premise that translation involves [...]
Jun 8th, 2011
Position: Comparative Literature, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities, University of Hong Kong
Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in teaching and research, and has been at the international forefront of academic scholarship for many years. Ranked 21st among the top 200 universities in the world by the UK’s Times Higher Education, the University has a comprehensive [...]
Apr 18th, 2011
CfP: Media and media practices in minority and competitive contexts: From local to global
Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) University of Alberta Le Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines (CHCSC) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines With the support of : Department of Political Science, University of Alberta Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta Department of Elementary Education, University of Alberta Department of Secondary Education, University [...]
Apr 14th, 2011
Memory Mediation Remediation: An international conference on memory in literature and film
April 28-30, 2011 As a forum for the examination of the representation and redefinition of memory, history, nostalgia and trauma in literature and film, this conference highlights the degree to which either individual or social memory is legitimized and naturalized through narrative or visual media forms. Presenters from all over the world explore literature and cinema as veritable modes of memory, in the shape of [...]
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