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Invitation Colloque Études Canadiennes // Canadian Studies Colloquium 16/11/2023 online

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Invitation à l’inscription : Colloque d’études canadiennes

Nous avons le grand plaisir de vous inviter à participer à notre prochain colloque d’études canadiennes le 16 novembre de 9h30 à 16h (HNEC) via Zoom, organisé par le Forum de la Relève Académique (NWF) de L’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les Pays de Langue Allemande (GKS). Le colloque d’études canadiennes vise à offrir une plateforme aux chercheuses et chercheurs emergent.e.s pour partager et discuter de leurs projets de recherche en cours avec des pairs et des experts dans le domaine. Nous encourageons les participant.e.s à rester pendant toute la journée du colloque, mais vous pouvez, bien sûr, également assister à des sessions individuelles. Le programme définitif sera bientôt mis en ligne sur http://www.kanada-studien.org/nachwuchsforum/.

Intervenant.e.s confirmé.e.s (par ordre alphabétique) :

  • Rituparna Chakraborty (Visvabharati University): “Memory in Times of Conflict: A Reading of Michael Ondaatje’s fiction and poetry”
  • Jody Danard (University of Bremen): “The construction of the literary subject from the narrative imagined North in contemporary French-language Quebec, Acadian and Indigenous literature”
  • Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk (Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku): “The emotional geography of St. John’s in contemporary Newfoundland novel”
  • Carmen Velasco-Montiel (Universidad Pablo de Olavide): “Margaret Atwood in Spain: A Feminist Translation Study Approach”

Afin d’approfondir le dialogue entre les intervenant.e.s et les participant.e.s, de courts textes seront distribués sous forme d’un fichier PDF avant le colloque. Le lien Zoom sera également partagé à proximité de l’événement après l’inscription préalable.

Vous pouvez vous inscrire au colloque ici : https://forms.gle/UV492SRAX4jLUZdAA.

Si vous avez des questions, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter : alisa.preusser@uni-potsdam.de & florian.wagner@uni-jena.de

Nous nous réjouissons de vous rencontrer !

Nos meilleurs vœux,

Florian Wagner and Alisa Preusser

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Invitation & Registration: Canadian Studies Colloquium

We are delighted to invite you to participate in our upcoming Canadian Studies Colloquium on November 16th from 9:30am – 4pm (CET) via Zoom, organized by the Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS). The Canadian Studies Colloquium aims to offer a platform for emerging scholars to share and discuss their ongoing research projects with peers and experts in the field. While we encourage participants to stay for the entire colloquium day, you may also drop in for single sessions. A finalized program will be uploaded soon at http://www.kanada-studien.org/nachwuchsforum/.

Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order):

  • Rituparna Chakraborty (Visvabharati University): “Memory in Times of Conflict: A Reading of Michael Ondaatje’s fiction and poetry”
  • Jody Danard (University of Bremen): “The construction of the literary subject from the narrative imagined North in contemporary French-language Quebec, Acadian and Indigenous literature”
  • Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk (Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku): “The emotional geography of St. John’s in contemporary Newfoundland novel”
  • Carmen Velasco-Montiel (Universidad Pablo de Olavide): “Margaret Atwood in Spain: A Feminist Translation Study Approach”

To deepen mutual engagement, short papers will be circulated as a reader before the colloquium. The Zoom link will also be shared close to the event after prior registration.

You can register for the colloquium here: https://forms.gle/UV492SRAX4jLUZdAA

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us: alisa.preusser@uni-potsdam.de & florian.wagner@uni-jena.de

We look forward to seeing you!

Our best wishes,

Florian Wagner and Alisa Preusser

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Call for Papers Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg Center for American Studies

Annual Spring Academy Conference

Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Heidelberg/Germany

March 18-22, 2024

https://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring/index_en.html

Deadline: November 15, 2023

The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for its annual Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion to be held from March 18-22, 2024.

The HCA Spring Academy provides 20 international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and thoroughly discuss their Ph.D. projects.

We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Participants can present thesis projects on any subject relating to the study of the United States of America. Possible topics include American identity, issues of ethnicity, gender, transatlantic relations, U.S. domestic and foreign policy, economics, and various aspects of American history, literature, religion, geography, law, musicology, and culture.

Participants are requested to prepare a 20-minute presentation of their research project, which will be followed by a 40-minute discussion.

The Spring Academy aims to create a congenial atmosphere for scholarly exchange in order to inspire future collaborations and foster networking opportunities for participants.

The Heidelberg Center for American Studies is prepared to provide accommodation during the conference week.

Thanks to a small travel fund, the Spring Academy can subsidize travel expenses for participants registered and residing in developing and soft-currency countries. Applicants for the travel fund must document the necessity for financial aid and explain how they plan to cover any potentially remaining expenses. Additionally, a letter of recommendation from their doctoral advisor is required.

START OF APPLICATION PROCESS: August 15, 2023

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 15, 2023

SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY: January 2024

PLEASE USE OUR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM: www.hca-springacademy.de

GET IN TOUCH VIA EMAIL: vzentgraf@hca.uni-heidelberg.de

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Call for Applications: John G. Diefenbaker Award

John G. Diefenbaker Award
Calling German scholars in the social sciences or humanities: the Canada Council for the Arts wants to help you expand your research horizons!

The John G. Diefenbaker Award enables distinguished German scholars in the social sciences or humanities to conduct research in Canada.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
John G. Diefenbaker Award
diefenbaker-award@canadacouncil.ca

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 4086

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Call for Papers Symposium: Selfing and Shelving. Zines, Zine Media, and Zintivism

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

May 3, 2024

Zines are extremely versatile and shapeshifter across various historical and cultural contexts. The term covers a wide range of objects with different aesthetic and material qualities as well as contexts of production and reception: Zines accommodate the collective concerns of fans and activists (zintivism) and the personal voice of the diarist and letter writer. Since the rise of digital media, zines and their aesthetics have become portable: Digitised and digital zines exist alongside blogs, social media, podcasts, and substacks, which seem to exhibit zine-y tendencies, while digital infrastructures have changed the way that print zines are produced, distributed, and archived.

At the same time, print media, including zines, have seen a revival and postdigital reinvention, not the least as a paper-based escape from screens. In this new constellation, we propose to revisit questions like: Where does the zine begin and end and how have its meanings changed for readers, collectors, and makers? How can contemporary developments of the zine (like the wave of quaranzines) change our understanding of its meaning, genealogy, and archive? And what, and where, are zines now?

This symposium suggests considering these questions through the lens of

  • shelving – the zine at home, on the shelves of libraries, archives, and collectors, its repurposing and disassembling, its neglect as ephemera as well as remediation through reprints and staging in exhibitions, coffee table books, etc.
  • and ‘selfing’ – the zine as a tool in making identities and ‘working on the self,’ as a ‘third space’ for new subjectivities, as ‘sticky’ with affects, as the glue of communal belonging (local/transnational), as resource for ‘subcultural capital’ and distinction, and as conduit for relationships and activism.

We especially welcome papers that propose theoretical approaches which attend to the materiality of zines and zine production and consider the printed zine as only one form of zine media. We are interested in new approaches to zines as well as in investigations of media and objects that borrow from, reference, mimic, disguise as, or are influenced by the zine – that are in some way zine-y and take the format, aesthetics, tone, and/or affect beyond paper.

Please send an abstract (ca. 300 words) + a short biography to

safazli@uni-mainz.de and milos.hroch@fsv.cuni.cz

by December 31, 2023.

This symposium is designed as a friendly space for established and emerging scholars to share and discuss ideas. We also encourage practitioners to apply and are happy to accommodate non-academic formats of presentation.

Organisers

Sabina Fazli, Obama Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Miloš Hroch, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Call for Papers PDF

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Emerging Scholars Colloquium Grainau

Call for Papers

Emerging Scholars Colloquium
(Conference Panel in Grainau)

#NWFGRAINAU24

Organized by the Emerging Scholars Forum (NWF/ESF) of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS)

 As part of “Borders – Migration – Mobility:” 45th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS)

Grainau (Germany), Hotel am Badersee, February 16-18, 2024

Deadline for submissions: October 20, 2023

The Emerging Scholars Colloquium will take place as an in-person conference panel at the Annual Conference of the GKS and offers emerging scholars a platform to share and discuss their ongoing research projects with peers and experts from various disciplines in Canadian Studies (including Quebec Studies). Submission may discuss work in progress on a BA or MA thesis, an early draft of a PhD project proposal, an excerpt from a (planned) dissertation chapter or any other current research project in or with a strong emphasis on Canadian Studies. Disciplines can include, but are not limited to, Language, Literature and Culture in Anglophone and Francophone Canada, Women*, Gender and Queer Studies, Geography and Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Indigenous and Cultural Studies. The Emerging Scholars Colloquium encourages transdisciplinary and comparative perspectives that work on the Americas with a clear connection to Canada. Applicants may wish to address theory, methodology or content of their ongoing research; all research aspects and angles are welcome. The submissions do not have to engage with the particular thematic focus of “Borders – Migration – Mobility.”

To ensure that the exchange between emerging scholars, peers and experts is as productive as possible, the emphasis will be on the dialogue between participants and attendees. As such, we invite proposals for brief 10-15-minute presentations of the main project ideas. This presentation should also raise those key challenges that participants are currently facing and that they want to discuss in the 15-20 minutes following their presentation. This focused exchange is intended to allow participants to gain insightful new perspectives on their projects.

Proposals should be submitted as a single Word document in French or English to Isis Luxenburger and Alisa Preusser (nachwuchsforum [at] gmail.com) no later than October 20, 2023. Submissions should include:

  • Project title
  • Abstract (250-350 words), outlining the methodology and theoretical approaches chosen as well as the content/body of research
  • Short biographical note (max. 250 words), including the applicant’s name; preferred pronouns, if they wish; email address; university affiliation; and research background

Successful applicants will be contacted by the end of October 2023 at the latest.

Accessibility: We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment that is accessible to all. Please do not hesitate to communicate with us about your accessibility needs in advance, when sending in your proposal or as they arise, and we will try to accommodate them as best we can.

For queries on and submissions for NWF/ESF activities at Grainau24, please contact nachwuchsforum [at] gmail.com (Isis Luxenburger & Alisa Preusser, ESF spokespeople).

#NWFGRAINAU24 Organizers: Spokespeople of the Emerging Scholars Forum: Isis Luxenburger (Saarland University) & Alisa Preusser (University of Potsdam)

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Colloque de la Relève Académique  (Panel de conférence à Grainau)  #NWFGRAINAU24

Organisé par le Forum de la Relève Académique (NWF) de L’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les Pays de Langue Allemande (GKS)

Dans le cadre de la 45ème conférence annuelle de L’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les Pays de Langue Allemande (GKS) intitulée « Frontières – Migration – Mobilité »

Grainau (Allemagne), Hotel am Badersee, du 16 au 18 février 2024

Date limite de soumission : 20 octobre 2023

Le Colloque de la Relève Académique se déroulera en personne lors de la conférence annuelle de la GKS et offrira aux chercheuses et chercheurs émergent.e.s une plateforme pour partager et discuter de leurs projets de recherche en cours avec des pairs et des expert.e.s de diverses disciplines en études canadiennes (y compris les études du Canada et du Québec). La soumission peut porter sur un travail en cours comme une thèse de BA ou de MA, une première ébauche d’une proposition de projet de doctorat, un extrait d’un chapitre de thèse (prévu) ou tout autre projet de recherche en cours dans le domaine des études canadiennes ou avec un fort accent sur les études canadiennes. Les disciplines peuvent inclure, sans s’y limiter, la langue, la littérature et la culture du Canada francophone et anglophone, les études sur les femmes*, le genre et le queer, la géographie et l’économie, l’histoire, les sciences politiques, la sociologie et les études indigènes et culturelles. Le Colloque de la Relève Académique encourage les perspectives transdisciplinaires et comparatives qui travaillent sur les Amériques avec un lien clair avec le Canada. Les candidats peuvent aborder la théorie, la méthodologie ou le contenu de leurs recherches en cours ; tous les aspects et angles de recherche sont les bienvenus. Les soumissions ne doivent pas nécessairement s’inscrire dans le cadre de la thématique « Frontières – Migrations – Mobilité ».

Pour que l’échange entre les chercheuses et chercheurs émergent.e.s, les pairs et les expert.e.s soit aussi productif que possible, l’accent sera mis sur le dialogue entre les participant.e.s et l’auditoire. C’est pourquoi nous invitons les participant.e.s à proposer de brèves présentations de 10 à 15 minutes des idées principales de leur projet. Cette présentation devrait également soulever les principaux défis auxquels les participant.e.s sont actuellement confrontés et dont ils/elles souhaitent discuter dans les 15 à 20 minutes qui suivent leur présentation. Cet échange ciblé permettra aux participant.e.s d’acquérir de nouvelles perspectives sur leurs projets.

Les propositions doivent être soumises sous la forme d’un document Word unique en français ou en anglais à Isis Luxenburger et Alisa Preusser (nachwuchsforum [at] gmail.com) au plus tard le 20 octobre 2023. Les soumissions doivent inclure :

  • Titre du projet
  • Résumé (250-350 mots), décrivant la méthodologie et les approches théoriques choisies ainsi que le contenu/corps de la recherche
  • Courte note biographique (250 mots maximum), comprenant le nom de la candidate / du candidat, ses pronoms préférés si d´siré, son adresse électronique, son affiliation universitaire et ses antécédents en matière de recherche

Les candidat.e.s retenu.e.s seront contacté.e.s au plus tard à la fin du mois d’octobre 2023.

Accessibilité: Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement sûr et inclusif, accessible à tous et à toutes. N’hésitez pas à nous faire part de vos besoins en matière d’accessibilité à l’avance, lors de l’envoi de votre proposition ou au fur et à mesure, et nous essaierons de les satisfaire au mieux.