Calls for Submission

CFP: Literatures of the Post-Socialist European Diaspora in The United States

Since the 1990s, scholars have emphasized the need for “transnational” (Fishkin), “global” (Giles), or “planetary” (Dimock) approaches to US American literary production. The increasingly transnational perspectives on ethnic and immigrant writing that have emerged in the field also intersect with concerns about limitations posed by borders, languages, and disciplinary boundaries articulated by comparative literature scholars, […]

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CFP – Field Research in Difficult Contexts – Hostile Settings, Sensitive Topics, Taboos

Today, most of social sciences requiring field research are particularly sensitive to epistemological and ethical problems arising from research in difficult contexts. This is not a new concern. The topic has already been explored (Bouillon, Frésia & Tallio, 2006; Sriram, King, Merus, Martin-Ortega & Herman, 2009). Nevertheless, much remains to say about the various consequences

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Call for Proposals: 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference

Call for Proposals: 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference “Entering the Conversation” Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA October 30 – November 1, 2014 What is this conference for? To continue ongoing conversations in the emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics practitioners.

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