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CfA: ESF Conference „Territory, Tension, & Taboo“ | October 10-11, 2024

Join us for our 21st annual Emerging Scholars Forum conference in Bremen this October!

The CfP for our conference on the topic „Territory, Tension, and Taboo: Canada in Crisis“ is now open. We are interested in all of territory’s possible articulations and invite BA, MA, and doctoral students to submit proposals from all disciplines related to Canadian Studies (e.g. Francophone and Anglophone linguistic, literary and cultural studies; Indigenous studies; history; political science; sociology; geography; economics; queer studies; gender studies; diversity studies; environmental studies, etc.).

The conference will take place in person at the University of Bremen on October 10 and 11. Please submit your abstracts by April 30, 2024.

Download the full CfPs (in English and French) here:
CfP Territory, Tension, and Taboo
CfP Territoire, Tension et Tabou

 

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Apply Now: Indigenous Futurisms – Workshop with Chelsea Vowel 19.2.2024 Universität Wien

Workshop for PhD and advanced MA students

Date: February 19, 2024

Location: Helene-Richter-Saal, UniCampus, Hof 8, Department of English and American Studies
and ONLINE

Chelsea Vowel, Métis writer from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, is coming to the University of Vienna to offer a workshop on Indigenous Futurisms for MA and PhD students. Students interested in Indigenous futurisms and Indigenous speculative writing are encouraged to apply for this workshop, which will be an opportunity to receive critical input on their own work and to gain new perspectives on Indigenous theory and writing. The workshop will begin with an opening talk by Chelsea Vowel on the intersection between theory and fiction writing. Students will then have the opportunity to present their own work and get a response and feedback from our guest. To close, Chelsea Vowel will read from her recent short story collection Buffalo is the New Buffalo.

Please submit abstracts incl. project title (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note to barbara.gfoellner@univie.ac.at by January 5, 2024. All applicants will be notified of their participation in the workshop by the beginning of January 2024.

Please find the full call for papers here.

Chelsea Vowel is Métis from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, residing in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Parent to six children, she has a BEd, LLB, and MA. She is a Cree language instructor at the Faculty of Native studies at the University of Alberta. Chelsea is a public intellectual, writer, and educator whose work intersects language, gender, Métis self-determination, and resurgence. Author of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada, she and her co-host Molly Swain produce the Indigenous feminist sci-fi podcast Métis in Space, and co-founded the Métis in Space Land Trust. Her most recent work is the short story collection Buffalo is the New Buffalo, published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2022.

Organizers: Stefanie Schäfer, Markus Schwarz, Barbara Gföllner, Alexandra Ganser

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Call for Papers: New Moons, New Tides: A Century of Change in Canada, 1923-2023

10th triennial CEACS conference on Canadian Studies in Central Europe

September 12 to 14, 2024, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

To honour the 101st anniversary of the publication of L. M. Montgomery’s novel Emily of New Moon, we welcome proposals that address or contest narratives of change and development in the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, science, music, literature, language, or the fine arts.

Topic areas—in either French or English–could include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Revolutionary Canadian ideas, paradigms or theoretical approaches,
  • Climate-change issues (including in literature),
  • Evaluation/re-evaluation of key 20th-century events,
  • Individual author/ artist/ performance studies (literature, music or other arts),
  • Cultural impact of technological innovation,
  • Updated genres, and new media,
  • Language change and linguistic policy changes,
  • Renegotiations of gender and mental health in language, literature, and society,
  • Multiculturalism and marginalization revisited,
  • Urban development in literature and arts,
  • Canadian identities (Acadian, Quebec etc.),
  • Migrant literature (écriture migrante),
  • Transnationalization, migration, and cross-border issues/identities,
  • And a special topic on Margaret Atwood at 85.

Abstracts of 200 words, along with a brief bio (200 words) should be sent to ceacs2024@um.si by January 31st, 2024.

 

 

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Appel à contributions: Confluences littéraires québécoises – Aspects inter- et transculturels de l’extrême contemporain au Québec

Aufruf zum Einreichen von Vortragsvorschlägen für die Sektion Confluences littéraires québécoises – Aspects inter- et transculturels de l’extrême contemporain au Québec im Rahmen des Frankoromanistiktags 2024 in Passau.

Den vollständigen AAC finden Sie hier.

Bitte senden Sie Ihre Vortragsvorschläge bis zum 31.01.2024 an dagmar.schmelzer@ur.de und struve@uni-bremen.de.

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Call for Papers: New Moons, New Tides: A Century of Change in Canada, 1923-2023

New Moons, New Tides: A Century of Change in Canada, 1923-2023

10th triennial CEACS conference on Canadian Studies in Central Europe

September 12 to 14, 2024, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

To honour the 101st anniversary of the publication of L. M. Montgomery’s novel Emily of New Moon, we welcome proposals that address or contest narratives of change and development in the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, science, music, literature, language, or the fine arts.

Topic areas—in either French or English–could include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Revolutionary Canadian ideas, paradigms or theoretical approaches,
  • Climate-change issues (including in literature),
  • Evaluation/re-evaluation of key 20th-century events,
  • Individual author/ artist/ performance studies (literature, music or other arts),
  • Cultural impact of technological innovation,
  • Updated genres, and new media,
  • Language change and linguistic policy changes,
  • Renegotiations of gender and mental health in language, literature, and society,
  • Multiculturalism and marginalization revisited,
  • Urban development in literature and arts,
  • Canadian identities (Acadian, Quebec etc.),
  • Migrant literature (écriture migrante),
  • Transnationalization, migration, and cross-border issues/identities,
  • And a special topic on Margaret Atwood at 85.

Abstracts of 200 words, along with a brief bio (200 words) should be sent to ceacs2024@um.si by January 31st, 2024.

***Version française***

Nouvelles lunes, nouvelles marées: Un siècle de changement au Canada, 1923-2023
Appel à communications

10e congrès triennale du CEACS sur les études canadiennes en Europe centrale
12-14 septembre 2024, Université de Maribor, Maribor, Slovénie

Pour honorer le 101e anniversaire de la publication du roman Emily of New Moon de L. M. Montgomery, nous vous invitons à nous proposer des contributions qui abordent ou contestent les narratifs de changement et de développement dans les domaines de l’Histoire, de la sociologie, de l’anthropologie, des sciences, de la musique, de la littérature, du langage ou des beaux-arts.

Les domaines thématiques, en français ou en anglais, pourraient inclure (sans s’y limiter) les éléments suivants :

  • Idées, paradigmes ou approches théoriques révolutionnaires canadiennes,
  • Questions liées au changement climatique (y compris dans la littérature),
  • Évaluation/réévaluation des événements clés du XXe siècle,
  • Études individuelles sur un/e auteur/artiste/performance (littérature, musique ou autres arts),
  • Impact culturel de l’innovation technologique,
  • Genres mis à jour et nouveaux médias,
  • Changements linguistiques et changements de politique linguistique,
  • Renégociations du genre et de la santé mentale dans la langue, la littérature et la société,
  • Multiculturalisme et marginalisation revisités,
  • Développement urbain en littérature et autres arts,
  • Identités canadiennes (Acadienne, Québécoise etc.),
  • Littérature migrante (écriture migrante),
  • Transnationalisation, migration et questions/identités transfrontalières,
  • Et un focus spécial sur Margaret Atwood (85 ans).

Les résumés de 200 mots, accompagnés d’une brève biographie (200 mots) doivent être envoyés à ceacs2024@um.si avant le 31 janvier 2024.