Related Events by Keyword

128th Convention of the Modern Language Association

Description: American Name Society Panel at the Modern Languages Association Annual Meeting January 3-6, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts (USA) In conjunction with the M.L.A., the American Name Society is pleased to announce its second call for critical papers on literary onomastics (the study of names and naming in literature). From character names, place names, author names, and literary pseudonyms, to the names of literary works themselves (e.g. novels, novellas, plays, poetry, autobiographies, etc.), paper proposals dealing with names of any and all types are warmly welcomed. Furthermore, as we are committed to representing the international diversity of modern literary onomastics, the call ...

Keywords: literature, onomastics, naming/names

The Eleventh International Symposium on Comparative Literature November 13th-15th, 2012 Creativity and Revolution

Description: <p>Seeks to explore various aspects of interaction between creativity and revolution and welcomes proposals for theoretical and analytical studies on the role of creativity in generating the dynamic relation between creativity and revolution</p> Organized by: Department of English Language and Literature, Cairo University <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 30 March 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+The+Eleventh+International+Symposium+on+Comparative+Literature+November+13th-15th%2C+2012+Creativity+and+Revolution&amp;dates=20120330%2F20120331&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1s3h08&amp;location=Cairo%2C+Egypt&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://edcu.edu.eg/symposium-2012.php">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: language, literature, creativity, comparative, revolution

Beatles as Literature

Description: <p>Ever pondered Ringo's existential torpor? The gender politics of Girl? The Beatles as Literature welcomes original takes on the Beatles' music, and/or myth from the psychological to the political, supernatural and historical.</p> Organized by: PAMLA <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 22 April 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Beatles+as+Literature&amp;dates=20120422%2F20120423&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1ssasi&amp;location=Seattle%2C+Wa%2C+United+States&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.pamla.org/2012/guidelines-and-procedures">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: literature, anthropology, beatles

Inaugural Conference of the European Beat Studies Network

Description: Papers are invited for the Inaugural Conference of the European Beat Studies Network (EBSN). We are open to submissions of both long and short papers, panels, roundtables, dialogues and performances on any aspect of the Beat Generation. Suggested topics may include but are not limited to: • Beat Generation writers in Europe • European influences on the Beat Generation • Beat writing and European cities • The Beats and European philosophy • The Beats’ influence on European authors • The Beat Generation and the European avant-garde • The Beats and transnationalism • The Beats and transatlantic connections • New editions ...

Keywords: history, philosophy, literature, gender studies

The éthos, the autobiographical memory of the scientist

Description: Castello Guevara Bovino (Foggia-Italy) 1-5 August 2012 L’Osservatorio scientifico della memoria scritta, orale, filmica, e del patrimonio autobiografico (the scientific Observatory of the written, oral and filmic memory and of the autobiographical patrimony) proposes the eleventh symposium on the following topic: The èthos: the autobiographical memory of the scientist The scientists’ autobiographies express often the need to create a link among their work, the weltanschauung and their private life. Their autobiographies tend to explain their engagement in activities that are difficult to understand for most of the common people. This narrating themselves reveals us the ethos. The scientific results have ...

Keywords: literature, autobiography, humanities

'Magic is Might 2012' An International Academic Conference Exploring the Cultural Influence of the Harry Potter Books and Films

Description: The Harry Potter series has become a publishing phenomenon that has captured the imagination of children and adults all over the world. The stories created by J.K. Rowling have inspired extensive multidisciplinary academic discussion, ranging from cultural and literary analyses, sociological and philosophical interpretations, design practices, to recognised medical publications. Conferences have taken place that focused on the impact that the novels have had on the world and their educational contribution and edited collections have been produced centering on themes of philosophy, religion, sociology, and critical analysis, to name just a few. The characters' relationships, the political and social systems, ...

Keywords: media, sociology, harry potter, children's literature

Literature and Censorship - AAL Conference 2012

Description: <p>In 2012, the Australasian Association for Literature conference will address the long and traumatic relationship of literature and censorship</p> Organized by: Australasian Association for Literature <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 6 April 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Literature+and+Censorship+-+AAL+Conference+2012&amp;dates=20120406%2F20120407&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1si630&amp;location=Canberra%2C+ACT%2C+Australia&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.aal.asn.au/conference/2012">event website</a> for latest details. <p> <div style="background-color:#EEEEEE;text-align:center;width:200"> <br /> <b>Need accommodation?</b><br /> <a href="http://conferencealerts.moveandstay.com/canberra-serviced-apartments.php" rel="nofollow">Serviced apartments in Canberra</a>. <br /><br /> </div> </p>

Keywords: censorship, science, literature, information, aal

7th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (MICOLLAC)

Description: <p>Research Rigour, Practicality, and Relevance in Current Contexts. Papers and posters on current research and fresh perspectives on languages, literatures and cultures are welcome.</p> Organized by: Universiti Putra Malaysia <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="red"> 15 January 2012 </font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.fbmk.upm.edu.my/micollac">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: language, languages, cultures, literatures, micollac

5th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages & Linguistics

Description: <p>The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of languages, literatures and linguistics. All areas of interest are included.</p> Organized by: Athens Institute for Education and Research <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="red"> 19 December 2011 </font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/literature.htm">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: language, languages, literature

Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2012)

Description: <p>The Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2012) is organized by Global Science and Technology Forum</p> Organized by: Global Science and Technology Forum <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 9 March 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Annual+International+Conference+on+Language%2C+Literature+and+Linguistics+%28L3+2012%29&amp;dates=20120309%2F20120310&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca188im0&amp;location=Singapore%2C+Singapore&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.l3-conference.org">event website</a> for latest details. <p> <div style="background-color:#EEEEEE;text-align:center;width:200"> <br /> <b>Need accommodation?</b><br /> <a href="http://conferencealerts.moveandstay.com/singapore-serviced-apartments.php" rel="nofollow">Serviced apartments in Singapore</a>. <br /><br /> </div> </p>

Keywords: language, literature, L3

Dracula and the Gothic in Literature, Pop Culture and the Arts

Description: <p>This interdisciplinary colloquium seeks to reappraise the multimodal and multimedia adaptations of Stoker&rsquo;s work, as well as the origins, evolution, imagery, mythology, theory and criticism of Gothic fiction and of the Gothic (sub)culture.</p> Organized by: University of Minho <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 15 April 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Dracula+and+the+Gothic+in+Literature%2C+Pop+Culture+and+the+Arts&amp;dates=20120415%2F20120416&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1sihhh&amp;location=Braga%2C+Portugal&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/laipax">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: literature, arts, gothic, pop, anthropology, dracula

LCTES '12 SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages, Compilers and Tools for Embedded Systems 2012

Description: LCTES provides a link between the programming languages and embedded systems engineering communities. Researchers and developers in these areas are addressing many similar problems, but with different backgrounds and approaches. LCTES is intended to expose researchers and developers from either area to relevant work and interesting problems in the other area and provide a forum where they can interact. Embedded system design faces many challenges both with respect to functional requirements and nonfunctional requirements, many of which are conflicting. They are found in areas such as design and developer productivity, verification, validation, maintainability, and meeting performance goals and resource constraints. ...

Keywords: language learning, systems engineering, language and literature

Post-Empire Imaginaries? Anglophone Literature, History and the Demise of Empires

Description: <p>This conference addresses the key role that empire retains in European and North American consumer culture despite decades of postcolonial efforts to challenge imperial power.</p> Organized by: Association for the Study of the New Literatures in English (ASNEL) <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="red"> 31 January 2012 </font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.gnel2012.ens.unibe.ch">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: history, literature, empire, post, imaginaries, anthropology, demise, empires, anglophone

Multiplicities: Mapping Identity Through Literature

Description: <p>We encourage proposals that focus on the interplay between multiple and intersecting identities and practices of identification within literature.</p> Organized by: Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 15 March 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+Multiplicities%3A++Mapping+Identity+Through+Literature&amp;dates=20120315%2F20120316&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1si3a6&amp;location=Madrid%2C+Madrid%2C+Spain&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://spain.slu.edu/academics/degrees_&amp;_programs/graduate_programs/docs/Multiplicities2012.pdf">event website</a> for latest details. <p> <div style="background-color:#EEEEEE;text-align:center;width:200"> <br /> <b>Need accommodation?</b><br /> <a href="http://conferencealerts.moveandstay.com/madrid-serviced-apartments.php" rel="nofollow">Serviced apartments in Madrid</a>. <br /><br /> </div> </p>

Keywords: language, identity, literature, multiplicities

POST-GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES

Description: <p>We are pleased to announce POST-GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES. We kindly invite you to send 250-word abstracts by 5 March 2012. Please visit our website for further information</p> Organized by: Departments of Translation and Interpreting Studies and English Language and Literature at Cankaya University <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="red"> 5 March 2012 </font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.elts.cankaya.edu.tr">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: translation, literature, english, graduate, student, post, studies, anthropology

21st Century British Fiction - A Symposium

Description: <p>Twenty-First Century British Fiction seeks to consider and promote current perspectives on the fiction of British writers in the twenty-first century.</p> Organized by: School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 15 March 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+21st+Century+British+Fiction+-+A+Symposium&amp;dates=20120315%2F20120316&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1s6x0i&amp;location=London%2C+United+Kingdom&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.bbk.ac.uk/arts/news/twenty-first-century-british-fiction-a-symposium">event website</a> for latest details. <p> <div style="background-color:#EEEEEE;text-align:center;width:200"> <br /> <b>Need accommodation?</b><br /> <a href="http://conferencealerts.moveandstay.com/london-serviced-apartments.php" rel="nofollow">Serviced apartments in London</a>. <br /><br /> </div> </p>

Keywords: literature, century, fiction

James J. Paxson Memorial Sessions, 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 10-13, 2012

Description: Please share the following Call For Papers with interested colleagues: Three sessions will honor Professor James J. Paxson at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13, 2012. The University of Florida, and the medieval community as a whole, lost Professor James J. Paxson this year, who died in February. A fine teacher, mentor, and scholar, he focused primarily on Middle English literature and literary theory, as well as science in literature. His publications include: The Poetics of Personification (Cambridge, 1994); (ed.) Desiring Discourse: The Literature of Love, Ovid through Chaucer (Susquehanna/AUP, 1998); ...

Keywords: literature, medieval, science in literature

International Conference on the Literature of Expatriates

Description: <p>Between 4-5 May, 2012, the Department of Letters within the Emanuel University of Oradea organizes an international conference on the literature of expatriates all over the world in the last 50 years. Details at ramona.simut@emanuel.ro </p> <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="green"> 25 March 2012 </font> <font size="1">[<a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=DEADLINE%3A+International+Conference+on+the+Literature+of+Expatriates&amp;dates=20120325%2F20120326&amp;details=Further+details%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com%2Fseeconf.mv%3Fq%3Dca1sih36&amp;location=Oradea%2C+Romania&amp;trp=false&amp;sprop=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferencealerts.com&amp;sprop=name:Conference%20Alerts" target="_blank">add this deadline to Google Calendar</a>]</font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.emanuel.ro/en.academic.conference">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: literature, anthropology, expatriates

Intensities and Lines of Flight: Deleuze and Guattari and the Arts

Description: <p>A conference to explore the relation of Deleuze and Guattari's work to the arts, including painting, literature, poetry, visual art, dance, music. Speakers: Alphonso Lingis, Dorothea Olkowski, Gary Gensoko, Jay Lampert, Constantin Boundas.</p> Organized by: Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy and McIntosh Gallery <br />Deadline for abstracts/proposals: <font color="red"> 15 December 2011 </font> <br /><br /> Check the <a href="http://www.c-scp.org/en/category/calls-for-papers">event website</a> for latest details.

Keywords: literature, arts, lines, flight, deleuze, intensities, guattari

II. International Symposium on Asian Languages and Literatures

Description: ERCIYES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARTS II. International Symposium on Asian Languages and Literatures (ADES) Teaching of Asian Languages in the 21st Century 3-4 May 2012 The II. International Symposium on Asian Languages and Literatures (ADES) with the theme of “Teaching of Asian Languages in the 21st Century” will be held on 3-4 May 2012 at Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. The symposium will take place on the main campus of Erciyes University and will be hosted by the Faculty of Arts. It will cover the topics concerning the teaching of Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Urdu Languages as a foreign ...

Keywords: language, teaching, literature, asian