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 […]
History, Memory, Grief: A 30th Air India Anniversary Conference John Douglas Taylor Conference, April 29-30, 2016 Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton Organizers: Chandrima Chakraborty, Nisha Eswaran, Sharifa Patel and Sarah Wahab 329 people, mostly Indo-Canadians, died in the June 23rd 1985 bombing of Air […]
