Call for Papers – 5th HELAAS Young Scholar Symposium
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Call for Papers 5th HELAAS Young Scholar Symposium - The Age of Narratives: Expanding, Re-inventing, Re-imagining March 7, 2026 | Athens, Greece
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HELAAS WEBINAR: The Past, Present and Future(s) of Transitional Justice in the USA
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HELAAS Webinar: The Past, Present and Future(s) of Transitional Justice in the USA
The Political Dimension of the Western: Power and Legitimacy on the Frontier
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This special issue of Anglica Wratislaviensia invites essays which will explore the political dimension of the Western (novels, movies, TV series, and other genres). The Western as a genre dramatizes the tension between law and violence and often suggests – along Arendtian lines – that when individuals are left to pursue private concerns and evade moral responsibility for the community, the political life erodes. It is precisely the preservation of the political and its erosion that the special issue of Anglica Wratislaviensia invites to consider.
CfP Reading for Institutions: Literary Studies after the Institutional Turn
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While scholars have long construed institutions as coercive, pervasive, and disciplinarian forces, the increasingly obvious fragility of cultural institutions has led to a renewed interest in the generative, stabilizing, and benign aspects of institutional formations. Against this background, we invite contributions to the REAL: Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature that reconsider the study of British and American texts in relation to political, legal, and social institutions and/or the formation of institutional structures in the name of literature.
Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy 2026: PHD Conference
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The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for its annual one‐week Spring Academy conference, which provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. The twenty-third HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics & Religion will be held from March 23-27, 2026.
CfP Conference “Contemporary Reading Cultures” TU Dortmund, 29-30 January 2026
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The American Studies department of TU Dortmund University is organizing a conference with the title "Contemporary Reading Cultures" and invites proposals about topics such as online reading communities like BookTok, the construction of the comtemporary 'reader' or the publishing landscape, among others. The deadline for abstracts (300 words) and a short bio statement (100 words) is 10 October. (https://anglistik.kuwi.tu-dortmund.de/crc/)
Two Start-up Grants of the Doctoral Program in Literary Studies (32,000 Swiss francs each)
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The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for two one-year start-up grants of CHF 32,000 (beginning April 1, 2026). The grant is designed to support promising junior researchers in developing a PhD project to apply for follow-up funding.
Assistant Professorship of American Studies at Bilkent University
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The Department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University invites applications for two positions at the assistant professor level to begin in September 2026. Applicants should hold a doctorate degree in American studies or related fields at the time of appointment.
ECTS Life-long learning program Multimodality: Print and Digital Anglophone Narratives
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Boost your multimodal storytelling skills & Enhance your professional profile via your engagement with print and digital multimodal literary practice
CfP Conference “Authority in Crisis, Trust in Transition,” May 2026, University of Heidelberg
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The Research Training Group Authority and Trust (GKAT) at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA), Heidelberg University, Germany, invites proposals for the conference themed Contested Authority, Trust in Transition: Making Sense of the American Landscape" that will take place May 20-22, 2026. PhD students and junior scholars are particularly invited to apply. Limited travel grants are available. Please submit your abstract (250 words maximum) and a short biography to the organizers (gkat@hca.uni-heidelberg.de) until November 15, 2025.
14th MESEA Conference: “Cultural Environments: Spheres, Ethnicity, Corporeality”, Zakynthos, June 2026
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The 2026 Conference of the Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas (MESEA) seeks to explore the diversity of cultural environments in the nexus of nature and spatiality, ethnicity, history, and geopolitics. The event will be arranged as an onsite conference at Ionian University, Department of Environment, Zakynthos Island Campus, Greece. Abstracts should be submitted via our website at https://mesea.org/ before November 15, 2025.
AFRO-PESSIMISM: CALL FOR PANEL PARTICIPANTS for the ANNUAL MLA CONFERENCE in TORONTO, 8-11 JANUARY 2026
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I’m organizing a panel on Afro-pessimism for the upcoming MLA in Toronto (8-11 January 2026) and am currently searching for co-panelists. I hope to bring together scholars who can offer diverse and critical perspectives on that subject. Proposals should be about a page (300 words).
ASANOR 2026 CFP
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ASANOR biannual conference 2026 June 4-6, Kristiansand, Norway CONSTITUTING THE US IN THE 21ST CENTURY Proposal deadline: October 15, 2025
CFP: Edith Wharton Summit at The Mount
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Join us for The Edith Wharton Summit, a gathering dedicated to new research, dynamic conversations, and immersive experiences. Set against the backdrop of The Mount, Wharton’s beautifully preserved estate in Lenox, MA, the Summit offers a unique opportunity to engage with fresh perspectives on Wharton’s life and work, connect with fellow admirers, and explore the legacy of one of America’s most remarkable and enduring authors from the place she called home. 4 June- 6 June 2026. CFP submission deadline 1 October 2025. https://edithwharton.org/calendar/summit/
Call for Book Chapters: Portrayals of the Fourth of July in American Culture and Literature: Reimagining American Identity at USA 250
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Original, thought-provoking, analytical, and unpublished academic essays are invited for inclusion in Portrayals of the Fourth of July in American Culture and Literature: Reimagining American Identity at USA 250 to be published in 2026. This edited volume aims to contribute to broader conversations on memory, nationalism, and the future of democracy in the United States of America by critically reexamining how July 4 has been depicted and interpreted over time. The book invites essays that explore the many facets of American identity as represented in cultural and literary works.
Graduate Journal aspeers Calls for Papers on “American Spaces of Resistance” by Oct 19, 2025
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aspeers, the first graduate-level peer-reviewed journal of European American studies, encourages fellow MA students from all fields to reflect on the diverse meanings of “American Spaces of Resistance.” We welcome term papers, excerpts from theses, or papers specifically written for the nineteenth issue of aspeers by October 19, 2025. If you seek to publish work beyond this topic, please refer to our general Call for Papers.
Hemingway in Toronto – 2026 Hemingway Society Conference
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The Hemingway Society invites proposals for the 21st International Hemingway Conference, exploring Hemingway’s ties to Toronto and his broader literary legacy.
International Conference – Making Sense of America – Conversations on Matters & Methods
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International Conference– Making Sense of America – Conversations on Matters & Methods Co-organized by Mahshid Mayar & Philipp Leonhardt Venue: Department of American Studies - University of Innsbruck - Austria Date: 2-3 July 2026
Five positions as doctoral research associates (m-f-d), Research Training Group “Politics of Enlightenment” (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
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The Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg is offering 5 part time (65%) positions as part of the “Politics of the Enlightenment” Research Training Group 2999 as a Research Associate (m-f-d) for a fixed term of up to 4 years, starting from 01.04.2026.
CFP for the 2025 BrANCA Symposium in Paris, Dec. 12-13 — “Borders and Ethno-Nationalism: The State of/in Americanist Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century”
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The British Association of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, is happy to invite proposals for its biannual symposium, which will take place Dec.12-13, 2025 at Université Paris Cité, France, and virtually. Gathering outside the UK for the first time is an invitation to ponder collectively what it means to be a nineteenth-century Americanist today in a world of resurgent borders and identities. The Symposium will include a plenary roundtable inviting European and UK Nineteenth-Century Americanists to share their thoughts about the current state of play of 19th-century American literary studies.
An edited collection on the WNBA
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Abstracts are sought for an edited collection on the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). We especially encourage submissions from scholars of various backgrounds, cultures and nationalities, to provide a unique perspective on this open, diversified and progressive organization. Chapter proposals (roughly 300-500 word abstracts) and a short bio are due to August 15, 2025. The potential authors will be notified about acceptance by August 20, 2025.
CFP: EAAS 36TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE IN BOLOGNA
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It is our pleasure to invite you to the EAAS 36th Biennial Conference in Bologna on September 1-4, 2026! See below for the Call for papers.
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