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The Hemingway Society invites proposals for the 21st International Hemingway Conference, exploring Hemingway’s ties to Toronto and his broader literary legacy. We welcome innovative perspectives on any aspect of Hemingway studies, including literary, cultural, and theoretical approaches. Submission Deadline: October 31, 2025. Early submission by July 31 is strongly encouraged.
⏰ Reminder: Submit your research by Sept. 15 to the Met Journal
1st IASA Emerging Scholars’ Conference October 24-25, 2025 Abstract Submission Deadline: 31st July, 2025
‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America The deadline for submissions is 22nd August 2025. Please send proposals including a title, an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short biography of no more than 300 words to David Malcolm at david.malcolm@baas.ac.uk.
A history of how the freethought movement fought to maintain a secular United States.
September 4–5, 2025 on Zoom. Focused on US American imaginaries related to digital and screened narratives and deal with the ways in which screens and digital interfaces influence, construct and disseminate identities, and that examine how these representations shape and reflect societal perceptions of the self, the other, and even AI. We accept proposals that look at texts across popular culture media, including film, graphic narratives, TV series, genre literature, music, games, social media, podcasts, and mocku/documentary.
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