The Victorian and Edwardian periods were characterized by enthusiasm, trepidation, and alarm about the rapidly accelerating changes in transportation modes. While the expanding railway system transformed rural and urban England and fueled manufacturing, commercial travel, and domestic tourism, railway travel raised concerns about its effects with new illnesses such as railway neurosis and railway insanity. Disastrous railway accidents and crashes mesmerize
Holistic Archive publishes peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and essays across all fields. While we produce an annual journal, each individual submission is published immediately after review, significantly speeding up the publication schedule. These individual publications are later compiled into a single annual issue.
We publish science without any publication or processing fees. With the exception of certain books, all our publications are open access. Our journal ope
Intellectual History Archive (I. H. Archive) publishes writings and research papers touching on the themes of Intellectual History. These include papers covering topics of historical thought and history of philosophy, history of political thought and political culture, history of science and technology, history of religion, history of law, history of economics and other topics relevant to the broad scope of Intellectual history. This list can never be conclusive
The Journal of Methodology, Metodologia, is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Finnish Methodological Society, which seeks to further methodology and scientific philosophy in all fields of science. It aims is to foster the spread of methodological articles that have been published nationally, to develop the methodological know-how in Finland, and to provide a platform for writers to advance themselves as producers of scientific works.
The theme of the conference is ‘High Touch, High Tech Horizons: Leading Progress in Hospitality and Tourism.’ Innovation is the key to unlocking the potential of hospitality and tourism in a rapidly changing and competitive world. This conference aims to explore how insights from both within the industry and from other disciplines can address key challenges such as sustainability, digitization, and the balance between growth and resour
This panel examines the works and influence of American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. We are interested in proposals about the novels and short stories written by PKD, the many film and television adaptations of those works, the influence of his works and ideas on media of various kinds, and, more generally, the influence of Philiip K. Dick on other science fiction authors. This panel welcomes proposals both related to the conference theme, "Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion," and tho
Abstracts are invited for the Romanticism section of the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA), scheduled for 20-23 November 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA, at the InterContinental Hotel.
The Romanticism session seeks papers that examine any aspect of Romanticism, whether English, German, French, or in other languages (although we ask that papers and proposals be primarily in English). We welcome but do not require paper proposa
We invite you to submit a panel proposal for the 31st International Sculpture Conference, taking place in Dallas, TX from October 23-26, 2025. The ISC is seeking a diverse and comprehensive program, covering topics relevant to sculpture today.
All submissions must be 200 words (or less) and include a clear but brief statement of the panel objective, relating to relevant topics in contemporary sculpture. We welcome any topics in contemporary sculpture that show diverse perspectives fro
Special Issue: AppleTV+ and Science Fiction Guest Editors: Burcu Kuheylan, Milt Moise, Nicholas Orlando contact email: projectscifi.appletv@gmail.com
EXTENDED DEADLINE—Abstracts due May 21, 2025
In this special issue of the journal, editors seek scholarly articles that contextualize and critique AppleTV+ and its production of science fiction television against the tumultuous Zeitgeist of post-2016.
2-3 October 2025, Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus
Digital technologies have profoundly transformed human life, in ways that remain, despite the rising interest, still largely uncharted and insufficiently understood — partly because these technologies continue to evolve at an extraordinary pace. Humanity is undergoing an unprecedented digitization of the lifeworld. Our reliance on digital techn
The 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient & Modern Languages Association (PAMLA) will be held in San Francisco at the InterContinental Hotel San Francisco, from Thursday, November 20, to Sunday, November 23, 2025.
Hitchcock's America
In films such as Vertigo, Shadow of a Doubt, and The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock reflects the shifting social and political landscape of America’s post-World War II perio
The 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient & Modern Languages Association (PAMLA) will be held in San Francisco at the InterContinental Hotel San Francisco, from Thursday, November 20, to Sunday, November 23, 2025.
Cultural History
This panel seeks to explore the cultural, political, or social intersections that exist between text and context, including interdisciplinary aspects of culture. Papers are sought that explo
Travel and Tourism Studies as a discipline continues to gain popularity in academia, in part because of its inter-disciplinary nature. The Travel and Tourism area seeks papers that discuss and explore any aspect of travel and/or tourism. Topics for this area include, but are not limited to, the following:- - travel and gender/race/class - travel and religion - travel and war - personal travel narratives - heritage tourism - material culture and tourism - tra
Popular culture serves as a powerful pedagogical force, often subtly and overtly shaping our understanding of the world, ourselves, and others. From the narratives we consume in film and television to the interactions we engage in on social media, popular culture offers frameworks for understanding social norms, historical events, scientific concepts, and the very nature of identity itself. This session aims to unpack the processes through which knowledge is produced, validated, contested, an
On behalf of the Institute of Biostatistics and Network Science, we are delighted to invite you to the 1st Biomedical Data Science Conference (BIOMED-DATA 25), taking place at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, from August 6 to 8, 2025. We welcome researchers to join us as presenters or participants, engaging in discussions on cutting-edge topics in biomedical data science.
Reconfigurations 2025 seeks to explore the innovative and dynamic achievements of contemporary arts and to extend the critical discourses on their significance in our time. The central theme of the Conference is the intermedial, that is, the interconnectedness and interaction of different art forms across aesthetic and cultural boundaries, and the invigorating and rich transformations resulting from these crisscrossings.
It is generally recognized that, in the early to mid-twenti
The 1980s was the decade of excess, technological innovation, and political upheaval. This conference aims to explore both the popular culture of the 1980s and how the 1980s have been depicted in the popular culture of other eras.
The 1980s was the era of MTV, the personal computer, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of neoliberalism, Live Aid, the Falklands War, the Iran-Contra affair, the assassination of John Lennon, the AIDS crisis, Chernobyl, the end of the Cold War, the birth
PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) will be holding a free virtual symposium exploring the many faces of Las Vegas in popular culture. The conference will be held online on 30-31 July 2026.
Las Vegas, a city of spectacle, excess, and reinvention, has been depicted in myriad ways across popular culture. From its neon-lit casinos and extravagant performances to its depictions as both a playground for high-stakes drama and a symbol of the American Dream, Las Vegas occupies a uniq
PopCRN — The Popular Culture Network invites scholars to explore the diverse representations of childhood in popular culture at a virtual symposium to be held online on 30 April — 1 May 2026.
From dolls and board games to digital playgrounds and interactive media, the concept of play has been a defining aspect of childhood across cultures and historical periods. Popular culture has both shaped and been shaped by children’s play, reflecting broader societal values, an
PopCRN — The UNE Popular Culture Network invites scholars to explore the multifaceted representations of death in popular culture at a virtual symposium to be held online on 27th-28th of November 2025.
Death has long been a central theme in cultural narratives, shaping how societies understand grief, mourning, the afterlife, and the macabre. From Gothic fiction to true crime podcasts, horror films to digital memorials, popular culture both reflects and influences our attitudes t
PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) will be holding a free conference in Sydney and online exploring representations of food in popular cultures in history and today, on 25 and 26 September 2025.
Delicious, Nutritious and Fictitious: Food in Popular Culture is a symposium that aims to interrogate the ways that food, recipes, cooking, eating and nutrition are evident in popular culture. This may be representations of food in television, film, literature, art, music, as text, narrative
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) 2025 Virtual Summer Symposium, July 20, 2025
This one-day virtual event on July 20, 2025 is in addition to our 3-day conference in November to accommodate scholars outside the Mid-Atlantic region and those for whom an in-person event is otherwise inaccessible. We greatly encourage international scholars to submit for this dynamic, one-day event!
The True Crime Area invites papers and presentations on all aspects
Conference Art, Citizenship, and Ageism in the Context of Ageing
Loulé and Faro, Portugal-Algarve | September 18—19, 2025
The conference Art, Citizenship, and Ageism in the Context of Ageing is an international, interdisciplinary event that invites reflection on the role of the arts in enhancing the lives of older adults and in fostering a generative and more inclusive vision of agei
The Comparative American Ethnic Literature session covers a wide variety of topics regarding multi-ethnic texts, relationships between multi-ethnic writers, and/or connections among ethnic and religious communities. While proposals may engage with the conference theme of “Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion, the session is open to broad interpretations and explorations of the field, including considerations of historical period, geographic area, genre (including film and music), gen
