Call for Papers: 2017 Special Section of Letras Hispanas on

“Contemporary Iberian Ecocriticism and New Materialisms”

Editor: Luis I. Prádanos, Miami University

Deadline: June 1, 2017

The global proliferation of ecocriticism and environmental humanities is significantly enriching the depth and scope of literary and cultural studies worl…[Read more]

Poéticas, Revista de Estudios Literarios, a new journal published in English and Spanish, invites submissions of scholarly work related to all aspects of poetry, in any language or period. In addition to scholarly studies and book reviews, the journal publishes new work from recognized poets like Charles Simic and Yusef Komunyakaa. See the…[Read more]

Dear Members of the Popular Culture Discussion Group — You may be interested in applying:

Call for Papers:

The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in Boston, MA on May 25-28, 2017.

Panel One: Open Topic

Papers are invited on any topic concerning Dreiser

Panel Two:…[Read more]

The Ibero-American Society for 18th-Century Studies offers the Pilar Sáenz Annual Student Essay Prize, awarded to the best essay dealing with eighteenth-century Spain, Portugal or Ibero-America. The prize is open to graduate students enrolled in a North American university. Advanced undergraduate work could be considered provided it is…[Read more]

TC Popular Culture’s next scheduled election of a Delegate Assembly representative will be held in 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…[Read more]

The election of a new 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 n…[Read more]

Call for Proposals
(due – 9 January 2017)
stonybrook.edu/cognitivefutures

The fifth annual conference of the Cognitive Futures in the Arts and Humanities, to be held at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, aims to bring together a wide array of papers from the cognitive sciences, philosophy, literary studies, linguistics, cultural…[Read more]

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

A quick reminder:

The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In

“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Alison Bechdel, offering new exami…[Read more]

There are two  conferences taking place this summer that might be of interest to Galicianistas in this forum:

Identidades en transición: representacións culturais da diáspora galega, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), 16-17 June 2017. CFP and other info available here: http://identidades2017.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/call-for-papers/
Memoria encar…[Read more]

Please don’t forget to log in to the MLA site before December 10 to cast your vote for the newest member of the Global Hispanophone Executive Committee.  There are two outstanding candidates this year: Martin Repinecz (Iowa State University) and Elisa Rizo (University of San Diego).

To help you plan your schedule for the 2017  MLA Convention in Philadelphia,  here is a list of the three officially sponsored GH sessions, and of other sessions you will want to be sure to attend:

MLA Global Hispanophone Sessions 2017

Thursday, 5 January

From Moroccan Mellahs to Turkish Synagogues: A Sephardic Diaspora

1:45–3:00 p.m…[Read more]

Se solicitan propuestas / colaboraciones:
“Aula lírica. Revista sobre poesía ibérica e iberoamericana” invites submissions for its issue number 9 (2017).
“Aula lírica” is an electronic peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of Iberian and Ibero-American poetry. It publishes essays, notes, and reviews, in Spanish, English, and Por…[Read more]

Se solicitan contribuciones / propuestas:
“Aula lírica. Revista sobre poesía ibérica e iberoamericana” invites submissions for its issue number 9 (2017). “Aula lírica” is an electronic peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of Iberian and Ibero-American poetry.
It publishes essays, notes, and reviews, in Spanish, English, and Por…[Read more]

Do you have suggestions?

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2017, and 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 nom…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2017, and 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 Films of Wes Anderson

A special issue of Texas Studies in Literature and Language (TSLL)

Wes Anderson is among the most recognized and recognizable writer-directors working today: the recipient of six Academy Award nominations, the subject of countless magazine profiles, the topic of several recent books, and the object of an ever-growing…[Read more]