Just-in-Time: Calls for Papers

Critical Nonbinary Studies
Exploring the evolving status of non-binariness in trans studies and beyond. Following Marquis Bey’s ... See more
Misha Stekl, Stanford University
Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The Odyssey, Take 2026
This panel explores Nolan’s The Odyssey and related texts. Please send your 250 word abstract on rel ... See more
Ennuri Jo, University of Pennsylvania
Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2026
We Got the Guillotine: A Panel on Boots Riley
Following the May release of “I Love Boosters,” this session critically examines Boots Riley’s ouevr ... See more
Isabel Ortiz, Amherst College
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Graphic Resistance: Marjane Satrapi’s Legacy
Following the death of Marjane Satrapi, this session examines her legacy through the lens of graphic ... See more
Jamie Zabinsky, CUNY Graduate Center
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Transcendentalism in 2026
After April's docuseries Henry David Thoreau, this panel seeks abstracts on the value of continued r ... See more
Cole Phillips, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026
The Longue Durée of Unjust Enrichment and the Question of Repair
The UN's March resolution called for slavery reparations. How write this “Emancipatory Narrative": c ... See more
Maureen E Ruprecht Fadem, The City University of New York
Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Many Stories, One History: Re-examining the Diverse Coalition of the American Revolution
Historical scholarship shows that the Revolution was a global event won by a network of internationa ... See more
Kenya C. Dworkin, Carnegie Mellon U
Posted Friday, June 19, 2026
"UN Resolution A/80/L.48," an Emancipatory Narrative: What Strategy, Process, and Form to achieve Reparations?
This UN Resolution, ratified March 25, 2026, calls for slavery reparations. How write this “Emancipa ... See more
Maureen E Ruprecht Fadem, The City University of New York
Posted Sunday, June 21, 2026
Honoring Brian McHale (1952-2025)
Round table honoring the legacy of Brian McHale on the one year anniversary of his passing. We welco ... See more
Sean A. Yeager, independent scholar and Shan Ruan, Wuhan University
Posted Friday, June 26, 2026
Making it Explicit: Political Power and Contradiction Today
The 2026 war on Iran accentuated a recent tendency of political power to assert itself explicitly, w ... See more
Conall Cash, Saint Francis Xavier U
Posted Friday, June 26, 2026
Yesteryear & the Rise of Trad Wife Fiction
This session examines the rise of fiction that centers "trad wives," such as Caro Claire Burke's Yes ... See more
Alex M. Anderson, U of Minnesota, Crookston
Posted Sunday, June 28, 2026
AI Governance and the Impact on English Language and Writing Departments
Since April 2026, federal and state AI education policies have increasingly positioned English depar ... See more
Claire Lutkewitte, Nova Southeastern University
Posted Monday, July 6, 2026
Yesteryear: Cultural and Literary Possibilities
We are seeking papers addressingYesteryear and its implications on current American culture. How doe ... See more
Quinn Moyer and Sarah Pobuda, Duquesne University
Posted Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Emancipatory Memoir: Yiyun Li's Things in Nature Merely Grow
Following Yiyun Li's May 2026 Pulitzer Prize win, this session is a critical reception of her memoir ... See more
Anhiti Patnaik, Cascadia College
Posted Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Prairieland & Publishing: The Relationship Between Local Presses and the Nation-State
In light of the criminalization of zines and local presses in Texas, this session explores the relat ... See more
Katie Livingston, Stanford U
Posted Friday, July 10, 2026
Surrealism Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday
The euphoria behind its 100th anniversary has faded, allowing us to now reconsider Surrealism even m ... See more
James Mesiti, Hamilton College
Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2026
The Surprising New Life of Magical Realism: Understanding Latin America’s Contemporary Disasters Through Literature
How can literature help us make sense of the earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June? This panel d ... See more
Charlotte W. Rogers, University of Virginia
Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Spacious Skies: Americana, Vacancy, and Enclosure
Inspired by the emptiness of the National Mall celebration of America’s 250th, we invite 300-word ab ... See more
Oluwasemilore Sobande, Brown University and Tara Holman, Hamilton College
Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2026
The Road to Lebanon
20 years after the “Second Lebanon War,” Israel again occupies Lebanon. Significant “protest literat ... See more
Ethan Pack, University of California Los Angeles
Posted Friday, July 24, 2026
Teaching Emancipatory Narratives During Times of Crisis
Academia is currently facing targeted attacks at both the structural and institutional levels. This ... See more
Riham Ismail, Xavier U and Keturah Nix, Xavier University
Posted Friday, July 24, 2026
Trial by Cinema: Aesthetics, Evidence, and Legal Imagination
This panel invites 250-word abstracts exploring cinema as a site where law, evidence, justice, and l ... See more
Belinda Qian He, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Esther Tian Li, Korea University
Posted Saturday, July 25, 2026
Cultures of Protest
What is the relevance of teaching political literature and film when short-form audiovisual expressi ... See more
Ashwin Bajaj, Williams C
Posted Sunday, July 26, 2026
On display: surface with subtext
Amidst the tightening of historical “fact” and representation, how might "double talk" enable sites ... See more
Az Crawford, University of Exeter
Posted Sunday, July 26, 2026
Performing Interiority: Soliloquy as Literary Form
Thirty years ago, Kenneth Goldsmith debuted his found-text “poem” Soliloquy(1997), an unedited trans ... See more
Chelsea Miya and Stephen Webb, University of Guelph
Posted Sunday, July 26, 2026
The paranoid neurotic style of postmodernism
Distrust, cynicism and paranoia triumph. What role has the hermeneutic tradition of critique and sus ... See more
Kyle Rokes, University of California Santa Barbara
Posted Monday, July 27, 2026
Pet Affect Studies Towards Zootopia
Send abstracts speculating on how interspecies intimacy may, could, or should evolve zoos out-of-bus ... See more
Nika Mavrody, Casa Mavrokordat'
Posted Monday, August 10, 2026
Staging Endings: Cultural Representations of Ageing, End of Life and Care
Taking its cue from the Hacks finale in late May, this panel invites papers on ageing, dying, and ca ... See more
Yee Zhao, Loughborough University
Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Originality, Tropes, Genre, and Society in Contemporary and Historical Literary Perspective
Requesting abstracts to this panel on genre and the generic, tropes and originality, reference and a ... See more
Kevin Wilson
Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2026