Under Surveillance in the Space Between, 1914-1945 June 2-4, 2016 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec The 18th annual conference of the Space Between Society focuses on the concept of surveillance—watching, listening, recording—as it relates to literature, art, history, music, theatre, media, and spatial or material culture between 1914 and […]
CALL FOR PAPERS DESTABILIZING CANADA Theme Issue of the Journal of Canadian Studies/ Revue d’études canadiennes Guest Editors: Janet Miron & Margaret Steffler Fracking—or hydraulic fracturing—is the “the process of fracturing subterranean rock by the injection of water into existing fissures at high pressure, usually in order to […]
CALL FOR PAPERS Visionary Texts, Past and Present: (Re)visionings and (Re)imaginings Pivot: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies and Thought “The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and reimagines the world.” — Malcolm Gladwell “It’s a very salutary thing to realize that the rather dull universe in […]
Special Issue of Symbiosis: A Journal of Transatlantic Literary and Cultural Relations Transatlanticism’s Influence on British Literary Study Transatlanticism is often credited with enriching, and sometimes even correcting, the study of American literature. By de-emphasising the nation and its perceived coherence and uncovering crosscurrents from the British Isles, […]
CALL FOR PAPERS Speaking Her Mind: Canadian Women and Public Presence 20-22 October 2016 University of Calgary http://speakinghermind.ca/ How are women engaging with public discussion and debate in Canada? Speaking Her Mind: Canadian Women and Public Presence is the follow-up conference to Discourse and Dynamics: Canadian Women as […]
