On the centennial of the October Revolution, the Forum for 20^th- and 21^st-Century German invites papers for the 2018 Conference of the Modern Language Association (January 4-7 in New York) that explore German reception of Russian and Soviet culture. The panels will focus specifically on the questions that this reception…[Read more]

Call for Papers

North American Heine Society

German Studies Association

Atlanta, October 5-8, 2017

“Das Sklavenschiff”: Race, Empire, and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Heine’s 1854 poem “Das Sklavenschiff” mobilizes mourning and Romantic literary form for both ethical protest against racism and oppression as well as for a critique…[Read more]

North American Heine Society

Modern Language Association

New York, January 4-7, 2018

“Disputation”: Literature and Politics; Heine and Beyond

The Heine Society invites papers on Heine, 19th-century writers, and/or their interpreters, reexamining the relation of literature and politics. 100-word abstract/bio by 6 March 2017 to Jonathan Sko…[Read more]

Call for Papers: Theorizing Italian Diaspora Studies

Italian American Studies Association 2017

University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy

June 16-18, 2017

In the last twenty years, the term diaspora has become increasingly popular within academia. The scholarly appropriation of a term historically associated with the tragic dispersal of a…[Read more]

In conjunction with the MLA theme: #States of Insecurity, this panel seeks contributions that complicate notions of assimilation and the assimilated Italian American. How has Italian American radicalization been minimized, erased, or marginalized in favor of the assimilation tale of struggle, hard work, and success? How have Italian radical…[Read more]

We are gathering material for a special issue of VIA to honor the creative spirit of Italian folktales. Writers should submit an original folktale of their own creation, or choose a previously published folktale from an existing source (such as Italo Calvino’s Italian Folktales, Italian American Folklore by Malpezzi and Clements, Italian Folkt…[Read more]

The next election of a Delegate Assembly representative for this forum is scheduled for the fall of 2017; the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative is scheduled for the fall of 2017, so the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to…[Read more]