Kategorie: Call for Papers

49th Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention, April 12-15, 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franco identity in North America is performed, celebrated and experienced in as many different forms as there are speakers of French on the continent. Music and the texts and often hybridized French language that regularly inspire this music are similarly a diverse and pervasive part of Franco identity’s performance and patrimoine, simultaneously signifying the individual and the collective. Melodies, lyrics, beats and rhythms are always influenced by previous creations from shared local and global musical traditions, particularly in pop, folk, rap and hip hop genres that are often highly collaborative. Music lyrics in particular are a poetic language that can be influenced by or inspire other literary forms, both historical and modern. Where and how, then, are the imagined borders of Franco-American, French-Canadian, Acadian, Cajun and Québécois nationalities and their continental linguistic and cultural counterparts (Anglophone, Hispanophone, Arabophone and Amerindian, for example) crossed and connected in Franco music’s poetic language and literary counterparts?

This panel welcomes papers in English or French seeking to investigate the prevalence and relevance of popular Franco music and its connection to North American Francophone literature. In what ways do twenty-first century French-speaking North American musicians and their work influence the process of identity formation with respect to literature and poetics? At a time when identities are increasingly multiple and heritage is rarely homogeneous, how does Franco music’s poetic language reflect this globalized yet highly local process of identity construction?

Submission deadline: Sept. 30, 2017

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Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, May 10-11, 2018

The Department of American Literature and Culture, in cooperation with the Video Game Research Center, is organizing a two-day international conference “ExRe(y) 2018. Exhaustion and Regeneration in Post-Millennial North-American Literature and Visual Culture.” We seek proposals for papers and panels that focus on the topic of exhaustion and regeneration in American and Canadian literature and visual culture (film, visual arts, video games, television, and others) of the last seventeen years, from the year 2000 to the present day.

Confirmed plenary speakers are Prof. Marc Amfreville (Université Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV) and Prof. Zofia Kolbuszewska (Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław).

Further information is available on the conference website.

Deadline for Abstract Submissions: Nov. 15, 2017.

The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) is a multidisciplinary, scholarly journal dedicated to publishing articles that address a wide range of issues relevant to the field of urban studies. CJUR welcomes papers focusing on urban theory/methodology, empirical research, problem and policy-oriented analyses, and cross-national comparative studies. Manuscripts either in English or French are considered for publication. Over the years CJUR has become the go to reference for various urban issues ranging from poverty, immigration, homelessness, and community organization. Be part of an urban community of planners and scholars who aims to make a difference in our cities.

Manuscript preparation guidelines.

Manuscript Submissions: on a rolling basis

Call for Article Proposals

Deepa Mehta’s cinematic creations span social realities, literary narratives, history; and allude to Indian or Canadian or Indo-Canadian experiences. Her representations of cultures, women’s lives, history and society are extraordinarily phenomenal because of the choice of unusual themes that are both relevant and at times marginalized (like the plot she elects for Water). The choice of such themes ineluctably situates her among brilliant international film-makers for creating works of art that are incredibly unique and significantly relevant.

Full Call for Propsals.

Submission Deadline: Oct. 30, 2017

43rd Annual Conference of the British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS), 19-21 April 2018, Senate House, London, United Kingdom

On the centenary of the end of the First World War, BACS’ 2018 Annual Conference will look beyond the war itself, at its impact upon Canada, engagement with and use of memory, and Canada’s place in the wider world. Change in the past century will very much be explored in the broader context of today’s Canada and its future. As per usual practice, therefore, papers addressing other themes in Canadian Studies will be very welcome, including those that look at the 50th Anniversary of Pierre Elliott Trudeau becoming prime minister and Canada’s role in the ever-shifting politics of 21st century North America. The organisers of the conference encourage people to form panels on particular themes that will be of interest, e.g. Indigeneity, Canadian history, Canadian politics, Canadian literature, Quebec, foreign relations, etc.

Full Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2017