Novels of consciousness from modernism to contemporary neurofiction

Consciousness is only accessible from “within,” while the “hard” problem of consciousness and the “explanatory gap” persist. Seeking papers on writers from Proust to contemporary neurofiction exploring cross-fertilizations of narrative and cognitive science. 250-word abstracts.

Deadline for submissions: Sunday, March 15, 2026

Monika Kaup, U of Washington, Seattle (mkaup@uw.edu )