Call for papers for the Issue 12 (June 2024)
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Join us for the Global Webinar on Human Behavioral Science, a prestigious event that brings together leading experts, researchers, and practitioners to explore the intricacies of human behavior through a multidisciplinary lens. With sessions covering topics such as the neurobiology of behavior, cognitive psychology, social and cultural influences, and motivation and goal pursuit, this Webinar offers a deep dive into the fascinating world of human behavior.
The concept of the/a “usable past” was coined by Van Wyck Brooks in 1918 in an attempt to retrospectively bind together disparate cultural elements in the USA. The instrumentalising of the past to shape collective memory is a feature of all human collectivities.
The Institute for Research in Jewish Law is pleased to announce the publication of The Jewish Law Annual, Vol. 22.
Editors: David Flatto and Benjamin Porat.
The table of content is available here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Jewish-Law-Annual-Volume-22/Porat-Flatto/p/book/9781138674745
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)?
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)