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The University of Toronto’s Centre for Comparative Literature’s 29th Annual Conference
50th Anniversary of the Centre for Comparative Literature 1969-2019
Timepieces
What is time? How do we think about it? These timeless questions haunt us still.
From Aristotle’s unities of time and space, to Einstein’s theor
International Conference: “The Place of Memory and Memory of Place
22-23 June, 2019 — St Anne’s College, University of Oxford
Organised by: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Memory is a major theme in contemporary life, a key to personal, social and cultural identity. Scholars have studied the concept from different perspectives and within different disciplines: philosophy, sociology, anthropology, geography, ar
International Conference: “Pilgrimages and Tourism
15-16 June, 2019 — Cambridge, UK
Organised by: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Pilgrimages are ancient practices of humankind and are associated with a great variety of religious, spiritual and secular traditions. In today’s world the number of visits to sacred sites such as Santiago de Compostela (Spain), La Virgen de Guadalupe (Mexico), Matka Boska Czetochowska (Po
International Conference on Digital Humanities: “The Democratisation of History
18 May, 2019 — London, UK
Organised by: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
"History is written by the victors" according to a popular quote. Regardless of the accuracy of this statement, the fact is that history is commonly written by people with authority and bias, thus impeding any attempt to distill one single, objective, definitive truth and record it in imm
International Conference on Urban Studies "Realities, Alternatives and Possibilities"
11 May, 2019 — London, UK
Organised by: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Sydney, Shanghai, Dubai are leading global hubs of finance and commerce, research and development, education and media, art and culture, entertainment and tourism. They consist of an intriguing and yet irresistible mixt
London Conference
International Conference on Gender Studies: “Gender and Power
2 March 2019 — London, UK
organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
The conference seeks to explore the past and current status of gender identity around the world, to examine the ways in which society is shaped by gender and to situate gender in relation to the full scope of human affairs.
Pa
Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders
A Graduate Student Conference (10th Annual) in Transnational American Studies
Department of English, Binghamton University
Date: April 13, 2019 (Saturday); Venue: Downtown Center, Binghamton University
CALL FOR PAPERS
Keynote: Caroline Levine (Professor, Department of English, Cornell University)
Minor(ity) Texts: Formalizing Resistance
Literary a
Interface 2019 hosted by The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture (ICSLAC) presents (Un)bound: Interdisciplinary Dialogues to be held on May 3rd and 4th at Carleton University, located on unceded Algonquin territory (Ottawa). This year’s theme (Un)bound invites graduate students, emerging scholars, and artists whose research or creative practice attempts to cross traditional borders and boundaries within the academic and artistic realms. (Un)bound will
The Kernelcon Crew is soliciting presentations for the inaugural Kernelcon held at the Downtown Embassy Suites in Omaha, NE, April 5-6, 2019.
Download as PDF at https://kernelcon.org/cfp/CFP-2019.pdf
Create something fun in your home lab? Develop a new technique? Wish you could spare someone else the horrors you faced? Impart your wisdom, start the conversations that need to be started, submit your work to our CFP!
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Even more than other film genres, science fiction movies confront viewers with societal problems and make experimentation with other models possible. Science fiction can thus be connected to explorations of religion, faith, and belief.
Does a machine (a robot, a computer, an android, or a ship) have a soul? What about the concepts of determinism and free will, the bounds between faith, magic, and experimentation? How do films deal with God and the figure of the saviour, or with prophe
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European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2019)
18-21 June 2019, Valencia, Spain
www.eucnc.eu
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EuCNC 2019 is the 28th edition of a successful series of a conference in telecommunications, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and the European Associatio
Calls For Papers: (Re)membering Africa: Women’s Narratives on the Continent and Beyond
deadline for submissions: December 1, 2018
name of organization: Empire Studies Collective, English & Creative Writing Departments at University of Houston
Additional support comes from the UH departments of History, Modern Classical Languages, Women and Gender Studies, and African American Studies
Keynot
Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Convergence
Call for Academic Papers
Indiana University Bloomington is pleased to announce a call for papers for Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Convergence, a two-day conference/festival in celebration of the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut to be held May 9-11, 2019 in Bloomington, Indiana.
This unique gathering adopts Vonnegut’s penchant for defying conventions, both artistic and social. Granfalloon is part symposium, par
CALL FOR PAPERS E POSTERS
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS…TESTED THROUGH DIALOGUE
| TARANTO, 12th-14th December, 2018 |
The project “Dialogi Europaei — On the convergence in the values, principles, rules and practices of business law celebrates its decennial this year (a synthesis of past activities can be found at www.dialogieuropaei.eu). The aim of the project is to strengthen the scientific and cultural ties among researchers, in an interdisciplinary
CFP: Exploring Fashion as Communication in Popular Communication
Deadline: February 28, 2019
Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, Taylor & Francis.
Special Issue: Exploring Fashion as Communication
Guest Editor: Elizabeth Castaldo Lunden, Ph.D.
The editors of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture invite submi
As AI is becoming more pervasive in our lives, its impact on society is more significant, raising ethical concerns and challenges regarding issues such as value alignment, safety and security, data handling and bias, regulations, accountability, transparency, privacy, and workforce displacement. Only a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder effort can find the best ways to address these concerns, including experts from various disciplines, such as ethics, philosophy, economics, sociology, p
The Graduate Students of the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins University are proud to announce their bi-annual conference on February 22 and 23, 2019. We are pleased to host keynote speakers Heather Love (Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania) and Bernie Rhie (Associate Professor of English, Williams College).
Among the countless motivations to humanistic study is the feeling that something we care about in a text, film, play, poli
International Congress 'The epoch of space. State and new perspectives'
Santiago de Compostela. 8-9 April 2019
www.aepocadoespazo.info/en
For centuries, the study of time was one of the main academic interests in the field of Humanities. However, in the second half of the 20th century, most scholars and philosophers shifted their focus to the question of space. This, termed “spatial turn by Soja in 1989, e
This panel will take place at the “Paradise on Fire, the 2019 ASLE Conference from June 25-30th in Davis, California
What do you see when you look at the moon?
Ancient Mayans saw a rabbit. Taoists saw a toad. Modern, western cultures saw a man’s face. Contemporary science sees clues to the origin of life on earth.
The various ways our closest celestial body has been seen illustrates how cultural stories can literally change the way people
Fifteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society
NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
24—26 June 2020
https://artsinsociety.com/2020-conference/
We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, creative practice showcase, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:
Theme 1: Arts Education
Theme 2: Arts Theory and History
Theme
Submission deadline extended to December 1, 2018.
Please note requirement of AN ABSTRACT with submission.
The Journal of South Texas English Studies is now welcoming submissions for its Winter 2019 issue, themed “Archival Research: Discovery, Truth, and Imagination. Submission deadline extended to December 1, 2018.
Archival research is crucial for scholarship in all disciplines. W
The Ballard Institute and Museum at the University of Connecticut welcome 200- to 300-word proposals for the Living Objects: African-American Puppetry Symposium, which will take place Friday through Sunday, February 8-10, 2019 at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT. The symposium will be held in conjunction with the Living Objects: African American Puppetry exhibition on display October 25, 2018 through April 7, 2019, at the Ballard Institute Museum, which will featu
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Networks of Experience: Art and (Dis)Embodiment
Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories Graduate Student Conference Conference Date: March 15 - 16, 2019
Location: OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Canada
Any encounter between an audience and a work of art is experiential. Beyond this universal dimension, much contemporary art asks more of its viewers than just viewing. These works engage multiple modes of observation, sen
WORKSHOP
Socialization and Skill: The Master Apprentice Relationship in a Long Term Perspective
Date: 8th — 9th November 2019
Venue: London School of Economics
Organisation:
Bert De Munck
Sietske Van den Wyngaert
Patrick Wallis
ABSTRACT
The history of early modern apprenticeship is now firmly part of the historical agenda. Much recent work has been carried out by economic historians who analyse apprenticeship as