CALL FOR PAPERSTHE TWENTY-FOURTH INTERNATIONAL THOMAS HARDY CONFERENCE AND FESTIVALDorchester, Dorset, UKSaturday 11th—Saturday 18th July 2020 The Twenty-Fourth International Hardy Conference marks the 180th anniversary of Thomas Hardy’s birth. Paper proposals are welcome on any aspect of Hardy’s life, work and legacy. Papers should be planned for delivery […]
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 20/20 Vision: Speculating in Literature and Film in Canada August 20-22, 2020 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Speculative fiction, film, and television series are fast-growing genres, in part because they comment on the present. These genres ask readers to consider environmental, technological, and political events […]
ACQL 2020 – Bridging Divides: Confronting Colonialism and Anti-Black Racism General Call for Papers Formed in 1975 and in the centenary period that witnessed the ratification of Canadian biculturalism, ACQL has, over the course of 40 years, emerged as Canada’s principal association for showcasing bilingual research in Canadian […]
EXTENDED DEADLINE— WHAT WE(A)RE ANTHOLOGIES IN CANADIAN POETRY Jim Johnstone’s introduction to The Next Wave: An Anthology of 21stCentury Canadian Poetry (2018) begins by envisioning the Canadian poetry scene as a gala at which the Atwoods, Ondaatjes, and Carsons of the form “monopoliz[e] the spotlight,” in sharp contrast with “a […]
