2016 NeMLA panel: Forgetting to Remember: Pathologizing Cultural Amnesia
With the rapidly aging population in North America and around the world, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) rates are skyrocketing to the point of becoming a global epidemic. Yet, this epidemic has […]
From Memory Loss to Memory Shift, U of T conf, Sept 26, 2015
‘Social death’, ‘empty shell’, ‘everlasting funeral’, ‘living dead’—these are the terms that are often used to talk about persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease (aka AD). The MemoryShift conference was designed to surface […]
Trans- Centre for Comparative Literature University of Toronto March 4th– March 6th 2016
Trans- Centre de littérature comparée Université de Toronto 4 mars – 6 mars 2016 Invités d’honneur: TBD Conférence en théorie littéraire Linda Hutcheon et J. Edward Chamberlin: TBD Changements internes […]
CFP Transverse – The Food Issue / La bouffe en question
With the recent trends in dietary choices and food preparation techniques, we are constantly bombarded with statements that point fingers at our eating habits. We are told that we are […]
CFP for Louisville Conference (deadline extended to Sept 15)
The 44th annual Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture since 1900 will be held at the University of Louisville, February 18-20, 2016. Critical papers may be submitted on any topic […]
CFP: 2016 International Conference of Europeanists
“Resilient Europe?” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. • April 14-16, 2016 Organized by the Council for European Studies Resilience is the capacity to survive, to bounce back and to innovate in the […]
CFP (MLA, Düsseldorf, June 2016): Alternative Nostalgias in literature from the “Other Europes”
MLA International Symposia: Translating the Humanities Other Europes: Migrations, Translations, Transformations Düsseldorf, Germany, 23–25 June 2016 Panel: Alternative Nostalgias in literature from the “Other Europes” Svetlana Boym asserts that our […]
CFP: CCLA @ Congress 2016—Engaging Communities Comparatively/ Appel à communications: Congrès 2016 – Communautés et comparatisme
CFP: CCLA @ Congress 2016—Engaging Communities Comparatively (le français suit) Knowledge and understandings of shared values are created based on our respect for difference and diversity and our engagement with […]
Call for Abstracts (ICLA 2016, Vienna): (Queer) Relationality: Gender and Queer Comparatists at Work
21st World Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association University of Vienna, 21-27 July 2016 (Queer) Relationality: Gender and Queer Comparatists at Work, 5-Day Seminar Sponsored by the ICLA Comparative Gender […]