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CFP: European Conference on the Fantastic, with the theme ‘Fantastic Spaces and Places’
Fantastic Spaces and Places The second European Conference on the FantasticKarlstad, Sweden15-17 June, 2027 Keynote Speakers Jerry Määttä, Stockholm University Jerry Määttä is Associate Professor in Literature and lecturer in History and Cultural Studies at Stockholm University. A recurring focus of his work is the ways in which popular literature and other cultural forms imagine…
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Call for Essay Proposal: Essay on Water and Myth in Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch
The editors of a volume under contract with Routledge’s Environmental Literature, Culture and Media series are seeking a 7,000-word essay on Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch. The volume focuses on rewritten water myths in English and situates itself in current debates in the blue and environmental humanities. It grows out of an international conference on the topic that the editors…
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28th Webinar: Ask the Editors: Ecokritike and Exeter Studies in Environmental Humanities
September 18, 2026 | 4-5pm CEST In this webinar titled “Ask the Editors,” Professor Peggy Karpouzou, Editor-in-Chief of Ecokritike and Series Editor of the Exeter Studies in Environmental Humanities, Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki, Associate and Managing Editor of Ecokritike and Series Editor of the Exeter Studies in Environmental Humanities, Dr. Emily Elliott, Director of H-Net Journals and…
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The Butterfly Who Dreamt He Was a Man: Metamorphoses, Entomological and Human by Boria Sax
From ancient fables to modern science, insects and their metamorphoses have long inspired human understanding of life’s transitions. This original and engaging book traces how these transformations have shaped rituals around birth, marriage, and death, while also provoking deep questions about identity. Through stories that connect Zhuang Zhou’s butterfly dream to figures like Kafka, Merian,…
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Join the Orca Uprising: 11th Biennial Conference of EASLCE at Utrecht University, 14-17 April, 2026
The 11th Biennial Conference of the European Association for the Join the Orca Uprising! – Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice[/caption]Study of Literature, Culture, and Environment took place at Utrecht University from 14–17 April 2026 under the theme “Join the Orca Uprising! Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice.” Hosted by the Faculty of Humanities, this was the…
