Soap Operas in Popular Culture

Please click the link for more details. We have extended the deadline to submit papers and presentaions until  August 15, 2025. 

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Motherhood at the End of the World

In the discourse of climate change, the role of the mother is often excluded. When motherhood is acknowledged, it is often framed narrowly and negatively in relation to overpopulation (see, for example, Stanbury). Despite increasingly urgent warnings for future generations in discussions of climate, there remains a gap in considering who will prepare the next generations to survive in a vastly altered climate. At the same time, the concept of “Mother Nature or “Mother Earth

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NeMLA Session on African Literature and Abdulrazak Gurnah

The 57th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Conference Dates - March 5-8, 2026

Topic - Reclaiming History: Trauma, Memory and Resilience in the Narratives from Africa

Deadline for Abstract Submission - September 30th 2025

Modality - hybrid (in-person but accepting remote presentations)

Overview - 

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Radical Imagination, Radical Equality

Inspired by Ruha Benjamin’s Imagination: A Manifesto, how can we listen to and amplify the voices at the margins that are dismissed or silenced because they are otherwise rejected as naive or impossible for embracing the whole? How can we help each other refrain from “policing the parameters of imagination (ix) as we are often trained to do, and openly encounter the collective imaginations of others? How can we together learn to take on the challenge that radi

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Imaginations of the Womb – Uterine Imaginaries (Graduate Student Workshop)

Imaginations of the Womb — Uterine Imaginaries (Graduate Student Workshop)

Princeton University, November 20—21, 2025

Organized by Marie-Louise James and Erica Passoni (German Department)

Emerging from the interdisciplinary breadth of the medical humanities, Imaginations of the Womb — Uterine Imaginaries will explore how historical actors have imagined, theorized, and rep

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Interdisciplinary Studies, Humanities, and Archival Research Methods” 

This session is welcoming archival study and academic papers about interdisciplinary research concerning luminaries, forward-facing visionaries, poets, film makers, artists, who address identity, belonging, and the struggle for justice and equality; drawing from their cultural heritage to reclaim narratives that have been historically suppressed or distorted by dominant cultures. 

Our panel focuses on the foundations of Humanities as it encompasses multiculturalism and social jus

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Critical Readings on the Silver Surfer

Since his debut in Fantastic Four #48, the Silver Surfer has become an integral part of Marvel Comic’s sprawling universe. In his six-decade existence, the character has been featured in merchandise and Marvel’s transmedia properties, including cartoons, movies, video games, and podcasts.  

While there exists a smattering of academic research on the Silver Surfer, this edited collection welcomes differing perspectives on this character. We welcome contributions from d

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"La ciudad literaria": The City as Text in Spanish and Latin American Literature

Title: "La ciudad literaria": The City as Text in Spanish and Latin American Literature

Abstract: 

This panel invites critical explorations of urban representation in Hispanic literature from the colonial period to the present, foregrounding the city as a space where power, identity, and narrative intersect. From early chronicles of conquest and imperial planning to contemporary depictions of globalized, migratory cities, Hispanic wr

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Urban Thresholds: Space, Identity, and (Re)generation in Italian Culture (NeMLA 2026)

Italian cities, long-standing crucibles of cultural production and social imagination, are undergoing profound transformations. As urban landscapes evolve, so too do the narratives, images, and symbolic structures that define them. This panel explores how Italian cultural forms—ranging from literature and cinema to media and visual arts—respond to and participate in processes of urban (re)generation. From the reimagining of historical centers to the representation of marginal spac

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Postmodern Horror in the New Millennium

This panel seeks to investigate the intersection of postmodernism and horror cinema in the 21st century, highlighting shifts in themes, the rise of new filmmakers, innovative production techniques, and the ways in which the genre has absorbed and requalified postmodernist conventions. Comparative studies among American, European, and/or non-Western cinema are encouraged.

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International Heart Conference 2025

Heart Conference 2025 brings together top cardiologists to discuss cardiovascular research, heart failure treatments, and global heart health trends

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Freedom and Authenticity - 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference

Conference online (via Zoom)

Scientific Committee:

Professor Wojciech Owczarski — University of Gda?sk, Poland

Professor Polina Golovátina-Mora — NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Marzia Dessi  - The European Graduate School [EGS] Saas Fee, Switzerland

Professor Ryan Habermeyer -  Salisbury University, USA

?ABOUT CONFERENCE:

?Since the postmodern movements such as Pop and hyperrealist

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Feminist Readings on the Sexual Division of Labour Workshop

Dear Colleagues,
We're excited to invite you to join and participate in the 2025 Feminist Readings on the Sexual Division of Labour Workshop.

We especially welcome participants from all walks of life—not just those in academia. Whether you work in hospitality, entertainment, comedy, film-making, informal labour, sex work, or any other field, your perspective is valuable and deeply appreciated. We believe feminist thinking thrives in diverse, inclusive, and grounded convers

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Last Days for Submission – Call for Papers | I Cine Bárbaras – International Conference on Cinema and Audiovisual

Olá!

Gostaríamos de relembrar que restam poucos dias para a submissão de propostas para o I Cine Bárbaras — Congresso Internacional de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual, que decorrerá nos dias 23 e 24 de outubro de 2025, na Universidade Lusófona — Centro Universit&aa

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Concealed Identities, Stage Personas, and Masked Singers in Heavy Metal (Edited Collection)

Concealed Identities, Stage Personas, and Masked Singers in Heavy Metal 

We invite chapters for a multi-disciplinary edited collection exploring heavy metal and rock bands that use concealed identities, stage personas and masks as a substantial part of their performance and aesthetic. Hidden identities are not a new phenomenon in either popular music generally or heavy metal/hard rock music more narrowly, as performers obscuring their identity through face paint, masks, and

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Religion, Conversion and Cultural Memory in Indo-Caribbean Women’s Writing

Call for Chapters:  Religion, Conversion and Cultural Memory in
Indo-Caribbean Women’s Writing

Edited by:
Prof. Nandini C. Sen, University of Delhi
Sahin Shah, University of Delhi

Contact emails:
nandinicsen@bharati.du.ac.in | sahin.shah@gargi.du.ac.in

We invite chapter proposals for an edited scholarly collection that
critically examines the religious dimensions of Indo-Caribbean women’s
literature, with a specific

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Animals & Culture area of Northeast Popular Culture Association

CFP: Northeast Popular Culture Association, Animals & Culture area

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday, October 9th, to Saturday, October 11th, 2025. Virtual sessions will take place via Zoom throughout the day on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Registration will open in mid-July.

NEPCA prides itself on holding conferences that emphasize sharing ideas in a non-competitive and

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FAT STS: a zine

Fat people experience substantial marginalization, due in large part to scientific rationalization. In opposition, fat liberation is a social movement aimed at dismantling anti-fatness: a form of discrimination which has been explored by fat studies scholars in other fields, but has received limited attention from science and technology studies (STS) researchers. 

In response to this, we invite contributions from STS scholars, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) community

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CFP Artnodes. How to Do Things with the Voice: Toward an Expanded and Mutant Understanding of Vocality

Node 38. How to Do Things with the Voice: Toward an Expanded and Mutant Understanding of Vocality

Deadline: 1 October 2025

Submissions to be published in issue 38 (February 2026)

The guest editors are Arnau Horta and Monten Søndergaard

What is a voice?

Put into writing, this question seems to pose a contradiction: a kind of aberrant interrogation that reveals the impossibility of providing a satisfactory answer through language alone. Speaking pr

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[DEADLINE EXTENDED] Nothing to Remember? Politics, Practices, and Agents of Commemorating Peace

Nothing to Remember?
Politics, Practices, and Agents of Commemorating Peace

The International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)
Justus Liebig University-Giessen
January 22-23, 2026

In memory studies, scholarly attention has long been drawn to the remembrance of crises, wars, and periods of violence. These critical junctures have been explored as sites of trauma, reconciliation, and the foundation for constructing collective ident

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Call for Papers: Quilting and Women's Storytelling(Women’s Studies)

CALL FOR PAPERS for Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (A&HCI)

Quilting and Women’s Storytelling

Guest Editor: Hairong Chen(Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Transcultural Studies, Hangzhou Normal University)

Quilting has long been associated with women’s creativity, domesticity, and storytelling. As a global art form found across many civilizations, quilt

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The Tripartite Role of Speculation, Faith, and Trust in 19th Century American Literature

This panel is accepting papers on the (re)generative tripartite role of secular and/or non-secular forms of speculation, faith, and trust as a driving force behind 19th Century American literature. Papers may focus on particular author(s) or work(s), or make connections between a series of different authors or works, or make connections between different forms of speculation. See below for link for submissions and further details.

Submissions: Submit abtracts through the NeMLA at 

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(Re)generative Contractual Relations in Law and Literature

This interdisciplinary Law & Literature panel is accepting papers on how characters during the long 19th Century (the years 1787-1914) in American literature perceived opportunity by either accepting or rejecting (or redefining) contract as the basis for their social relations, with an emphasis on the issues of consent and duty. Although papers should be grounded in the long 19th Century in American law and literature, they may also include a discussion of more modern American and/or othe

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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS - CINEMA'S FIRST EPICS IN FOCUS

CALL FOR PAPERS

Cinema’s First Epics in Focus: Silent Epic Film from Literary Adaptation to Contemporary Epic Narratives

(Edited Volume)

Though epic cinema is most commonly associated with the mid-century triumphs of Hollywood, its origins extend far deeper into the history of the medium, reaching back to the earliest days of film, long before the advent of sound. The first documented uses of the term "epic" in relation to film stem from the nascent Italian indus

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Generational Divides in French Literary and Cinematic Arts—Women in French

This Women in French sponsored panel explores the many ways we can consider divisions: generational, societal, familial, spatial and other, especially in relation to women expressing themselves in French. Reexamining our stories of the past and present help us to reconsider collective and individual pasts in dialogue with our present and future. Interdisciplinary approaches welcome. Trauma, memory, disability, are among the many interdisciplinary lenses welcome. 200-250 word abstract and shor

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