ALECC Biennial Conference, June 15-19, 2022, University of Saskatchewan At the heart of Saskatoon, on Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Métis. Currents + Flows: Ecologies, Creativities, and Materials “water has a syntax / a middle voice” […]
Food travels across time and space, carrying with it complex cultural meanings and personal histories that change, and are changed by, new settings and circumstances. This transformative culinary journey is especially apparent in South Asian Canadian food-related expressions. From restaurants to theatre, from literature to film, South Asian […]
ReVisions: Speculating in Literature and Film in Canada (Essay collection) Edited by Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan During a global pandemic, the ways that speculative fiction, film, and television comment on the present as well as the future have become acutely evident. These genres ask readers to consider […]
New Sonic Approaches in Literary Studies(English Studies in Canada, Guest Editors Jason Camlot and Katherine McLeod) This special issue of ESC invites papers that pursue sound-focused studies of literary works, events and performances, and that explore connections between the fields of literary studies and sound studies. The past […]
Planetary Drifts — Methodology, Technology, and the Creative Imagination in the Age of Planetary Transformation Université de Montréal/ CELCPApril 21-23, 2022 Organizing Committee: Heike Härting, Simon Harel, Monica Popescu, Imen Boughattas The various connotations of the phrase “planetary drifts” evoke material and symbolic movements across different disciplines, geographies, […]
