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Graduate students and postgraduate scholars are invited to present their research, scholarly or creative work at the Queertopia 2020 conference at Northwestern University on February 29.   Entering its 13th year, Queertopia is an annual LGBTQ+ academic conference organized by Northwestern University’s Queer Pride Graduate Student Association. The conference features research across disciplines and fosters critical dialogue on topics related to gender and sexuality. This year, the conference will explore the theme of New Queer & Trans Politics? and will be held at Northwestern University on February 29, 2020.   The committee is currently soliciting… Read Article →

The 28th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media (MCLLM) at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, is currently accepting proposals for 15-20 minute presentations from individuals and panels. Grad students are encouraged to submit papers!   This year’s conference theme is Vision 2020: Seeing and Being Seen. This theme encourages argument-driven papers that explore topics concerned with representation and participation among a variety of identities (race, class, gender, etc.) in private and public spaces and across mediums (literature, film, television, etc.). Papers should look to address sociocultural or political issues as they relate… Read Article →

New Directions in the Humanities is inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes: Theme 1: Critical Cultural Studies Theme 2: Communications and Linguistics Studies Theme 3: Literary Humanities Theme 4: Civic, Political, and Community Studies Theme 5: Humanities Education The current proposal submission deadline is May 3, 2018. For more information and to submit a proposal visit their website here. 

Crossing Boundaries: Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference  Monday, April 16, 2018 4:00 – 9:00 pm Lincoln Park Student Center, Third Floor 2250 N. Sheffield Avenue Chicago, IL 60614 ​ Submissions The Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, presented by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, is a conference featuring the research and creative work of graduate students in disciplines from around the university.​ Students from ​all DePaul graduate programs are eligible to submit proposals for discussion panels, paper, poster, mixed media, and other presentation types. We encourage students at different stages in their work to participate. Proposals can be… Read Article →

The Southeast Review is currently open for general submissions! In particular, they are looking for book reviews of recent works. If you are interested, please directly email the Book Reviews Editor, Daniel Moysaenko at serbookreview@gmail.com for more information. The Southeast Review accepts regular submissions for publication consideration year-round through Submittable. Their reading fee of $3 helps meet the cost of this service, and all proceeds are directed to a contributor’s fund, which allows them to pay their contributors. Send your work here. For general guidelines, visit the Southeast Review website here.  

Conference activities will take place May 10-11, 2018  The deadline for submissions is January 25, 2018 Paper submissions at different stages of research are welcome. Additional information and instructions for submissions are available here.  Please feel free to contact acosta@u.northwestern.edu and salihnur@u.northwestern.edu with any questions

Paper proposal deadline: Jan 31 Date of Conference: March 24  Keynote speaker: Dr. Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller Opposing Narratives of Victimhood: Jewish and Arab Muslims in Contemporary France “La relation à autrui est asymétrique : je ne dois pas attendre de réciprocité.”  Emmanuel Levinas. An interest in the Other is omnipresent throughout French and Francophone literature and literary theory. From Montaigne’s Les Cannibales to Colette’s Le pur et l’impur, the literary world has long sought to encounter and unmask the Other. Indeed, the history of literature itself could be considered an encounter with the Other, be it… Read Article →

Call for Proposals and Participation Social Responsibility and Accountability Within Our Discipline(s) 54th Allerton English Articulation Conference April 18-19, 2018 Allerton Park and Retreat Center Monticello, Illinois Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2018 In cooperation with Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming and the statewide Allerton Planning Committee, NIU’s Department of English is pleased to announce the 54th Allerton English Articulation Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 18-19, 2018. The Allerton English Articulation Conference, now in its tenth year of NIU sponsorship, brings together faculty from two- and four-year… Read Article →

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