Calls for Conference Papers – ESSE

Ghost Memories

Published on 22nd January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

Ghost Memories: Photographic Memory and Diasporic Imaginings. Host and dates: Université Paris Nanterre. 15-16 April 2026. Deadline for submissions: 10 February 2026.

Speculative Narratives Beyond Consensus Reality

Published on 21st January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

International Interdisciplinary Conference Speculative Narratives Beyond Consensus Reality: Navigating the Senses from Wonder to Horror. Host and dates: University of Aveiro, Portugal. 29-30 June and 1July 2026. Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2026.

Women and/of the Empire(s)

Published on 21st January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

Women and/of the Empire(s): On the 150th Anniversary of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation as Empress of India (1876-2026). Host and dates: University of Porto, 29-30 October 2026. Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2026.

Voices: Representation, Recognition, Resistance

Published on 20th January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

Voices: Representation, Recognition, Resistance. Annual Postgraduate Symposium of the Department of English at the University of Malta. Host and dates: University of Malta. 5-6 June 2026. Deadline for submissions: 7 March 2026.

IVACS 2026 – Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Conference

Published on 9th January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

IVACS 2026 – Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Conference. Host and dates: University of Malta, Valletta, Malta. 1–3 July 2026. Deadline for submissions: 23 January 2026.

From Letters to E-mails – extended deadline for submissions

Published on 9th January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

From Letters to E-mails: Epistolarity and Materiality (1500-2025). Host and dates: Université Paris-Est Créteil, France. 26-27 November 2026. Extended deadline for submissions: 20 January 2026.

Representations of Home – Extended deadline for submissions

Published on 8th January 2026 in Calls for Conference Papers

Representations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English Sanctuaries and Displacements: Negotiating Home, Refuge, and Belonging. Host and dates: School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, 25-26 June 2026. Extended deadline for submissions: 15 January 2026.

Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach

Published on 19th December 2025 in Calls for Conference Papers

Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach. Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction. Host and dates: University of Naples L’Orientale, Naples, Italy. 28-29 May 2026. Deadline for submissions: 10 January 2026.

Fissures

Published on 18th December 2025 in Calls for Conference Papers

Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Host and dates: Pembroke College, Cambridge. 17-18 September 2026. Deadline for submissions: 16 January 2026.

The Multiple Representations of the Irish and Spanish Mother in Contemporary Literature

Published on 16th December 2025 in Calls for Conference Papers

The Multiple Representations of the Irish and Spanish Mother in Contemporary Literature. Host and dates: University of Almería, Spain. 7-8 May 2026. Deadline for submissions: 30 January 2026.