Calls for Submission

FLUID FRONTIERS: MARGINS AND CONFLUENCES IN LITERATURE, FILM, MEDIA, AND CULTURE October 2 – 4, 2014 University of Montana: Missoula, Montana USA This year’s conference focuses on dimensions of fluidity found at margins and meeting points of literature, film, media, genre, and culture. While proposals addressing these topics in the context of the American West […]

International Conference “Changing Humanities in a Changing World” In Collaboration with the 8th Humanities Research Forum in Thailand November 27 – 29, 2014 The Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand Organized by the Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University Our world is rapidly changing, and these changes – in communication, technology, politics, the economy

The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is calling for submissions that respond to the thematic of an upcoming exhibition, entitled TBD, that will be on view September 5 to October 25, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. The exhibition proposes that the definition of a museum is not fixed but rather “to be determined.” By asking,

Call for Papers: Comedy and Comics: Parody, Satire, and Humor in Superhero Narratives Northeast Modern Language Association, Toronto, 4/30-5/3/2015 (Abstract deadline: 9/30/2014) The panel identifies how humor operates in works centered around superheroes—as parody, satire, and comedy. Potential topics include comedic twists on the superhero archetype; “campy” TV and film adaptations of “serious” characters; webcomics

Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA), Professional Session Call for Participation New York, February 11 – 14, 2015 Registration deadline: May 9, 2014 “American art in unlikely places: exhibitions beyond the transatlantic axis” Chair: Alex J Taylor, University of Oxford What was the impact of the 125 American artworks that made their way to