Call for Papers: Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes submissions for its Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26
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The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes submissions for its Gender and History in the Americas Seminar Series, 2025-26
The American Dream/American Nightmare Conference is hosted in collaboration with the University of Westminster and is concerned with the fantastical and the horrific in the American context, exploring the best and the worst of life and experiences in North America/Turtle Island across various fields. The conference is taking place on Thursday 3rd July (online) and Friday 4th July (in-person at the University of Westminster, London). This years schedule includes roundtables/panels on topics such as 'Indigenous Horror on Turtle Island', 'Poetics of Resistance', and 'The Dystopia'.
https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/global-majority-and-underrepresented-writers-programme The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) at the University is delighted to announce that the call for applications for the inaugural Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme (2025–26) is now open.
The virtual conference will focus on US American imaginaries related to digital and screened narratives that highlight the medial aspect of the screen as intermediary and/or work to construct identities. In an era when screens dominate and mediate virtually every aspect of our lives, the construction and performance of digital identities have become key to understand contemporary popular culture.
ONLINE SEMINAR FOR THE FUTURE: A REFLECTION ON THE LEGACY AND TIMES OF FREDRIC JAMESONÂ 18:00-19:30 on Wednesday 21st May 2025
The First Anglistics International Conference on Continuing Education in Philological and Related Studies in the English Language invites academics, researchers, educators, and postgraduate students to come together to explore English philology in all its dimensions. This event will be held entirely online and aims to foster dialogue and intellectual exchange on the dynamic linguistic, literary, and cultural landscapes of the English language. The conference, covering a wide range of academic perspectives
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