Category: CFP

Date: Saturday 24th November 2018 (10:00 – 18:00) Location: Cardiff University Organisers: Joan Passey (Exeter, jp374@exeter.ac.uk), Louise Benson-James (Bristol, louise.bensonjames@bristol.ac.uk), Jim Scown (Cardiff, scownj@cardiff.ac.uk) Keynote: ‘Biggish Data: Friedrich Engels, Material Ecology, and Victorian Data’ by John Parham, University of Worcester The Environmental Humanities have gained momentum relatively recently, contributing to developing theories of the Anthropocene,…

CALL FOR PAPERS Arts University Bournemouth Frankenstein Unbound: An Interdisciplinary Conference Exploring Mary Shelley and Gothic Legacies Dates: Wednesday 31 October and Thursday 1 November 2018 Venues: Conference – St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth Keynote Speakers: Sir Christopher Frayling, Chancellor, Arts University Bournemouth Professor Elaine Graham, University of Chester Professor Sir Peter Cook, CRAB Studios (TBC)…

Literature, Education and the Sciences of the Mind in Britain and America, 1850-1950 deadline for submissions: April 2, 2018 full name / name of organization: University of Kent, Canterbury, UK contact email: sciencesofthemindconference@gmail.com 17-18 July, 2018 – University of Kent Keynote Speakers:Professor Helen Small, Pembroke College, University of Oxford Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University This…

17-18 July, 2018 – University of Kent Keynote Speakers:Professor Helen Small, Pembroke College, University of Oxford Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University This conference aims to stimulate a wide-ranging discussion about the interactions between British and American literature, education, and the sciences of the mind between 1850-1950. We welcome paper and panel proposals on any aspect…

29 June 2018, 10:00–18:00   Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin   The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, in collaboration with the Institute for German and Dutch Philology and Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of the Free University of Berlin, invites early career scholars to take part…

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4-5 May 2018, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK Research into the so-called ‘gut-brain axis’ has seen extraordinary growth in the past decade as microbiologists, neurologists and nutrition scientists have discovered new ways in which these supposedly separate parts of the body interact. Whereas our guts, brains, nervous systems, and behaviour were thought to be distinct,…

There is no First or Last Only Equality And who would rule Joins the majority. —Mina Loy Mathematics and Modern Literature is a collaborative, interdisciplinary conference exploring the ways in which writers active between the late nineteenth century and the twenty-first century engage with, represent or reflect upon mathematics in their work. We are delighted…

Friday 29 June 2018, Saturday 30 June 2018, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln (Conny Stuart Hall Building) The Monster Conference is a two-day, interdisciplinary conference, hosted by Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln, celebrating the afterlife and reception of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in the year of the 200th anniversary of its publication. Confirmed Keynoters: Angela Wright (Professor in English…