Renowned Max Brod scholar Margarita Pazi has argued that the historical and geographical constellation of Czech-German writers is unique and provided the context for some of the world’s greatest literature, including but not limited to Franz Kafka (Pazi, 1995). Do these Czech-German authors, centered – though not exclusively – in Prague make up a “circle” (Brod, 1966), a “school” (H.G. Adler, 2010 [1976]), “circles” with “nodes” of connection (Weinberg, 2017), or a number of different “epicenters” (Jungmayr, 2014)?
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The University Press of Kansas has expressed interest in publishing a book of essays about representations of the multiverse in popular culture. The theory of the multiverse – the premise that our known universe if merely one iteration of an infinite number of alternate universes – has recently emerged from scientific obscurity to become a common trope of popular fiction. Everything Everywhere All at Once won 2022’s Academy Award for Best Picture, multiversal timelines are a central feature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and representations of parallel real
Is that a Word or Not? The Odd Words found in Beowulf.
A Re-Examination of the Old English Dictionary,
Using Spaces and Letter Runes,
Reflects the Before and After of Epiphany.
When: June 10-12, 2024 (Monday-Wednesday)
What: The 49th Annual St. Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies (In-Person Only)
Where: St. Louis University at St. Louis, Missouri
Conference Website: https://www.smrs-slu.org/
Up for a challenge? An Open Call to all Old English Scholars—
The annual meeting of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies, CAANS 2024, will be held on 15-16 June at McGill University in Montreal (Quebec) in partnership with the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Taalunie (Dutch Language Union).
For more than 60 years, the Frank C. Munson Institute at Mystic Seaport Museum has drawn graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars to its residential, five week-long summer programs in maritime studies. During the summer of 2024, the Munson Institute will offer two co-current courses focused on the American maritime experience. These courses will trace U.S. maritime heritage from before “America” to the present, exploring maritime communities, cultures, and industries through lecture, discussion, and independent research.
Call For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media, Digitality & Cinema of our Times
Editors: Ananya Roy Pratihar(IMIS,Bhubaneswar), Saswat Samay Das (IIT, Kharagpur) & Shashibhushan Nayak(GP Nayagarh)
Prayaas Workshop in Spring Term of 2024:
Link To All Upcoming Workshops: https://www.prayaascnes.com/s/store
Workshop 1 (Dates: 27th -28th January)
About the Globe: Understanding Diplomacy in our World
Teachers: Dr. Mohan Kumar & Dr. Rohee Dasgupta
Format: Online
The American Printing History Association (APHA) is accepting applications for the 2024 Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History. An award of up to $2,000 is available for research in any area of the history of printing, including all the arts and technologies relevant to printing, the book arts, and letter forms.
Call for Papers: Empowering First-Generation College Students - Strategies for University Success
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2024.
Are you passionate about fostering the success of first-generation college students? Do you possess valuable insights, research findings, or practical strategies that can guide and empower these students on their journey through university?
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, Department for the Study of Religion, presents
The TORONTO NEWAR SUMMER SCHOOL, May 27 – June 7, 2024, online
The Toronto Newar Summer School offers the opportunity to learn to speak the idiom of the Kathmandu Valley, to access the vast Buddhist and Hindu literature preserved in classical Newar, and to delve into the texts of a thriving contemporary literary Himalayan society.