The Department of English at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. seeks to make an appointment at the assistant professor level for a scholar of high and late medieval English literature, preferably with expertise in a second research field and interest in interdisciplinary studies. The department specializes in literary history and aesthetics, and […]
The Philosophy and Theology of Immortality University of Hull Conference: May 21-23, 2015 Pre-Conference Workshop: May 20, 2015 Human beings, like other biological organisms, die and their bodies decay. But is death the end of existence or a gateway to an afterlife? The postponement of death or the hope for some form of post-mortem existence
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The first Postcolonial Studies Association Convention will be held at the University of Leicester (UK), from September 7-9, 2015. Contributions from academics and postgraduates investigating any area of postcolonialism from any disciplinary, cross- or interdisciplinary perspective are warmly invited. Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Paul Gilroy (King’s College London) Professor John McLeod (University of Leeds) The
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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at UC Berkeley has announced the Sultan Visiting Scholar Program for Arab Studies, made possible through a generous endowment from the Sultan bin AbdulAziz Al-Saud Charity Foundation. The Sultan Program supports teaching, research, and public outreach on topics related to the Arab-Islamic world, with the overarching goal of
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St. John’s University’s History department convenes its second World History Theory and Practice conference in order to advance theories and to consider practices of world history. The conference will offer panels on both research and teaching with the aim of fostering research-driven conversations on the teaching of world history. The department invites papers that deal