Call for Submissions: Postgraduate English Issue 41

Early-career researchers/academics and postgraduates are invited to submit papers of 5,000–7,000 words (or book reviews of no more than 2,000 words) by October 15th, 2020 for the 41st edition of the Postgraduate English journal. Contributions from any area of literary research are welcome to reflect a wide diversity of interests. All articles now need to...

Call for Proposals: Late Summer Lectures 2020 (Deadline 29th May)

Now in its eighth year, our popular annual series of Late Summer Lectures is running again in 2020, whether in digital or face to face form, or a combination of the two. Postgraduates and early-career researchers from around the UK are invited to submit proposals on the theme of Body and Mind. We are pleased...

Consent: Histories, Representations, and Frameworks for the Future

A two-day conference will bring together academics, experts, and activists from across the UK and around the world who work on and campaign for issues and ideas surrounding consent. Ideas for papers, panels and creative contributions are due by 17th May, with the conference taking place 5th to 6th August at Josephine Butler College. ‘[S]aying...

Literary Birds (CFP, 15th August; Conference, 11th-12th October)

The Literary Birds conference - which features keynote speaker Professor Simon Armitage - will celebrate encounters with birds, in all their myriad manifestations. Proposals for papers are due by 15th August, with the conference running 11th to 12th October in Durham Castle. Was it, as the Grecian sings, Birds were born the first of things,...

Elegy: New Approaches (Call for Papers, 15th July; Conference, 14th September)

The elegy may be a traditional form of poetry, but it is also one that has evolved and continues to change through time. This one-day conference at Durham University, with keynote Professor Stephen Regan, will reflect on the current state of research.