International ConferenceGhent University, BelgiumOctober 6-8, 2026 CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Robert Lecker (McGill University) — Sherry Simon (Concordia University) Abstract deadline April 30, 2026 Photo by Chris Boland The ten-year anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death in November 2026 invites renewed critical reflection on his life, work, and significance today. The […]
Deadline: December 15, 2026 (Pacific Time) Submission length: 7,000 to 8,000 words (including works cited and notes) in English or in French Guest Editors: Marie-Andrée Bergeron (University of Calgary) and Sarah Krotz (University of Alberta, Centre for Literatures in Canada / Centre de littératures au Canada) In 1904, in his foundational […]
The International Shaw Society and the Shaw Festival warmly invite scholars and theatre artists to the annual summer Shaw Symposium, which will take place July 24-26 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Registration is free for ISS members. Focused on Bernard Shaw’s writings, his legacies, and his contemporaries, this Symposium […]
July 16-18, 2026 – Vancouver, CanadaVenue: Fairleigh Dickinson University – Vancouver Campus “Landscape-tones: steep skylines, low cloud, pearl ground with shadows in oyster and violet. Accidie.” (Justine 216) The International Lawrence Durrell Society invites proposals for its July 2026 in-person conference hosted by Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver. While proposals on any aspect […]
23-25 October 2026, Dalhousie University In his 2017 inauguration speech, Donald Trump “coined the sinister phrase ‘American carnage’ to vividly conjure an image of inner cities he said were affected by crime, a political elite that had forgotten ordinary people, and a landscape of rusted factories like tombstones” […]
