 | Volume 18 | June 2019 |
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FILLM News
Call for Papers for FILLM's 28th Congress!
We are happy to announce that the Call for Papers for the next FILLM Congress is out. The Congress will be held at the University of Vienna, Austria from 26-29 July 2020 and is organized by FILLM Vice-President Dr. Adams Bodomo.
The overall theme of the Congress is "Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective". FILLM and the Congress organizers now invite scholars to submit individual paper proposals as well as panel proposals that address this broad theme. Individual papers and panels are also invited that address one of the following five sub-themes (which are ultimately related to the main theme):
- Multilingualism and linguistic plurality in local and global perspectives
- New genres of literature in the era of social media and new communication technologies
- Cultural diversity in film
- Linguistic and literary studies in diaspora and migrant communities
- German language and literature in global perspectives
For more detailed information, please read the entire Call for Papers. It can be downloaded here.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (both individual and panels) is 31 December 2019.
To allow speakers sufficient time to acquite the necessary funding, the Congress organizers will assess the abstracts as they come in. Acceptance letters will be sent out on 31 July 2019, 30 September 2019, 30 November 2019 and 31 January 2020.
News from CIPSH and our Member Associations
The International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) - the organization through which FILLM is a member of UNESCO - was formed 70 years ago in January 2019. In that connection, CIPSH Secretary-General Luiz Oosterbeek reflected in an open letter on the state of CIPSH and the Humanities in general. You can read the letter in English and French.
The International Association for Scandinavian Studies (IASS) has published the proceedings from its 31st conference which took place in Groningen, Netherlands in 2016. The title of the edited volume is Transit - 'Norden' och 'Europa'. The volume is avaliable online, but can also be acquired in hard copy.
The 2019 conference of the Children's Literature Association (ChLA) is being held in Indianapolis, US from 13-16 June 2019. For more details, see the ChLA website...
The next triennial conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in 15-19 July 2019. More information is available on the conference website...
The Modern Language Association will hold its next international symposium in Lisbon, Portugal. Dates: 15-19 July 2019. Theme: "Remembering Voices Lost". For more information...
The International Association for Dialogue Analysis will hold its next conference at the University of Wisconsin, US. Dates: 24-27 July 2019. For more information...
The next conference of
the International Assocation for University Professors of English
(IAUPE) will be held at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland from 22-26 July 2019. For more information on the conference...
The International Comparative Literature Association will organize its next conference in Shenzhen, China from 29 July-2 August 2019. For more details...
The West African Linguistic Society organizes its 31st congress in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire from 11-15 August 2019. Theme: African Languages as Solutions to the Economic, Social and Environmental Challenges in Africa. For more details...
FILLM
Vice-President Dr. Adams Bodomo draws attention to a job opportunity at
the University of Vienna, Austria. The university is looking for
applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in the field of Comparative Literature with a focus on African Literature. The deadline for submitting applications is 18 September 2019. For more information... 
The next conference of the Australasian Universities Languages and Literatures Association takes place at the University of Wollongong, Australia between 9-11 December 2019. Theme: "Reception, Production, Exchange". More details...
The Europen Society for the Study of English holds its 15th Conference in Lyon, France from 31 August-4 September 2020. For more details...The Modern Language Association will hold its next annual convention in Seattle, US. Dates: 9-12 January 2020. Presidential theme: "Being Human". For more information...'
The 19th International Congress of the Asociación de Lingüistica y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL) will take place in La Paz, Bolivia between 10-14 August 2020. For more information...
Call for Papers
FILLM is looking for contributions to its book series FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures. While FILLM is looking for contributions within all areas of language and literature studies, we're particularly keen to receive proposals focusing on linguistic, philological and pedagogical topics.The series is published in collaboration with John Benjamins Publishing Company and former FILLM President Roger D. Sell is the Series Editor. For more on the aims of the series and how to submit a book proposal...
The Australasian Universities Languages and Literatures Association has issued the Call for Papers for its next conference in December 2019. The theme is "Reception, Production, Exchange". Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2019. More details...
The 19th International Congress of the Asociación de Lingüistica y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL) will take place in La Paz, Bolivia between 10-14 August 2020. The Call for Papers is now out with a deadline on 24th November 2019. For more information...
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