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We are inviting proposals for 20-minute papers on the Hulu Adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood’s famous dystopia. The symposium is multidisciplinary, so we invite papers from the fields of literature, language, social and political sciences, film studies, fashion, and music. Papers can approach the adaptation with reference to the following concepts, though the list is not exhaustive: • Dystopian and Speculative Fiction • Theory of Adaptation – creating the novel on screen • Exploring Gender • Sex, Desire, and Consent • Eco-Criticism • Music and its significance • Immigration

A Nation’s Undesirables: Mixed-Race Children and Whiteness in the Post-Nazi Era  Tracey Owens Patton, topatton@uwyo.edu

This Special Collection with OLHJ centres on The Last of Us (2013-) franchise. In it, we aim to explore the generative potential of gaming for the humanities, using The Last of Us as a compelling case study for this. How might the games stretch, challenge, or even transform the epistemological paradigms of humanities research? And can an interdisciplinary conversation between scholars, focussed on a single game, procure new questions or ideas for the humanities?

US American imaginaries related to neo/noir and thriller narratives broadly intended, including true crime. We accept proposals that look at texts across popular culture media, including film, graphic narratives, TV series, genre literature, music, games, podcasts, and mocku/documentary.

Register for a series of workshops to co-develop indicators to be used in the assessment of the People, Culture and Environment (PCE) element of REF 2029. This is an opportunity to shape how the conditions for high-quality research and impact are understood and assessed. We invite you to consider registering for one of the workshops and to circulate this opportunity with colleagues and networks. The closing date for expressions of interest is Wednesday 8 May 2024.

The SHA Graduate Council invites you to share your research in 5-minutes or less. Being able to distil and articulate your research and its significance is an important networking skill. Come practice your research “elevator speech” in front of your fellow graduate students (and add a line to your CV). The mission of Southern Exchanges is to build community among graduate students by providing an informal, supportive setting for students to share their work/work-in-progress with graduate students from a wide range of institutions. You may even find your next co-panellists for The Southern!