CFP–Putting it into Words: Age, Language, and Expression: We invite abstracts for a guaranteed panel at MLA 2019 in Chicago proposed by the TC Age Studies forum. There are situations throughout the life course that are beyond words, yet authors must put them into words. We invite papers that draw on age studies scholarship to explore…[Read more]

CFP: Abstracts are being accepted for a non-guaranteed panel at MLA 2019 in Chicago as part of the TC Age Studies Forum. This panel solicits papers that address the intersections of age and masculinity in literature or film. Papers might consider the following questions: How do modalities such as time and space change as men grow older? How does…[Read more]

Would anyone be interested in a session on Franz Kafka, a Romantic? — If a deeper reading of F.K. is of interest, please contact me and I will attempt to arrange such a session.

CFP: Abstracts are being accepted for a non-guaranteed panel at MLA 2019 in Chicago to be proposed jointly by the GS Drama & Performance and TC Age Studies forums. Responding to the growing interest in age/aging among theatre and performance scholars, the panel seeks papers examining any aspect of the life course from childhood to old age, in…[Read more]

CFP: Viral Culture: How CRISPR Genome Editing and the Microbiome are Reshaping Humanity and the Humanities. This will be a daylong, interdisciplinary symposium at Pomona College in Claremont, California on April 27th, 2018 on the relationship between biotechnology (CRISPR, interventions into microbiome and the history of medical innovation) and…[Read more]

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Here’s the CFP for the MLA forum “Medical Humanities and Health Studies” (guaranteed panel for MLA 2019). Please consider submitting or spreading the word:

Health Humanities and Digital Life
Short (10-15min) papers for guaranteed roundtable on health / illness / medicine / wellbeing and the digital realm. Diverse…[Read more]