#literarystudies — Public Fediverse posts

📝 New blog post:
Finding the perfect PhD topic – or how it finds you

Julia Flattich reflects on the early stages of doctoral research: how an initially well-defined proposal develops through reading, discussion and new questions. Her post explores the challenges of balancing curiosity, academic relevance and feasibility—and why uncertainty can be an important part of the research process.

🔗 Read more: https://uni-freiburg.de/empires/finding-the-perfect-phd-topic-or-how-it-finds-you/

@unifreiburg @dfg_public

#PhDlife #doctoralresearch #humanities #literarystudies #academia #academicmastodon #empires

Entre os dias 14 e 16 de Maio, a conferência internacional "Literatura & Sociedade" vai examinar as potencialidades do encontro entre as ciências sociais e a literatura, através de uma obra literária e do seu papel na leitura dos processos sociais.

As suas actividades vão-se distribuir entre a Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, a Casa da Achada e o Museu do Neo-Realismo (VFX).

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/literatura-sociedade/

#Histodons #Anthropodons #Literature #LiteraryStudies #SocialSciences #History

This #LiteraryStudies collection edited by Nicole Anae reads women in #menopause through the lens of #Ecocriticism
Covering a variety of topics (incl #menophobia ) & literary genres of #fiction & #autofiction - from #VictorianGothic & #fairytales to contemporary literature

#mothersday #Ecofeminism

The edited volume "Care and Disability", edited by D. Christopher Gabbard & @taliaschaffer1 offers new perspectives on the representations on the relation between the carer & the cared-for, and #CareEthics in a variety of #Literature s & contexts

#DisabilityStudies #LiteraryStudies

This new 2025 monograph by Grant Matthew Jenkins examines the avant-garde stance and methods of Black American poets in #poetry since 1980 with a focus on their portrayal of the Other

#BlackWriters #BlackStudies #AmericanStudies #LiteraryStudies #PostcolonicalStudies

For #MonsterMonday you might also want to take note of the #CfP #CallforPapers for next year's #Inklings symposium:
#Inklings2026 conference will focus on "Enmonsterisations in the Fantastic" - #LiteraryStudies #FilmStudies #ComicsStudies #DnD #TVStudies & more

🧌https://s.gwdg.de/HwZ1bY

Read essays on subliminal dream creations in 200 years of #Gothic works - from #Coleridge & #Walpole to #Piranesi #Goya & #Fuseli & #MaryWollstonecraft to #vampires #Marxism & videogames such as #TheWitcher & #Bloodbourne

Find the book here:
https://s.gwdg.de/B3pPBe

#LiteraryStudies #GamesStudies #Romanticism #RomanticLiterature

British author Brian Aldiss was #BOTD 100 years ago!
Apart from many famous #sciencefiction works, incl. his #Helliconia trilogy & "Supertoys Last All Summer Long", adapted as #Spielberg's "A.I.", he also wrote general fiction, poetry & non-fiction on SF

#BOTD #BrianAldiss #BrianAldiss100 #ScienceFictionWriters #BritishWriters #LiteraryStudies #EnglishLiterature

Or read Myka Tucker-Abramson's "Cartographies of Empire" for an in-depth analysis of the #roadnovel & its place in political economy, problematising the genre's #Americanness by discussing examples from 20+ countries

#AmericanLiterature #AmericanStudies #genrestudies #LiteraryStudies #Roadtrip

Sneaking into this #MonsterMonday thread thanks to its name is
"William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love" by @philiphoare.bsky.social
Why does #WilliamBlake continue to inspire poets, artists & filmmakers? Find out in this enthusiastic volume

#Romanticism #RomanticLiterature #LiteraryStudies

Day 2 of #DGAVL 2025 #conference had fascinating talks by Daniel Weidner on confessions in the #autofiction s of KO Knausgard, Annie Ernaux & Sheila Heti, and by Sara R Gallardo on #autobiographies by psychiatrized authors, from 19th c to today #MadMovement #MadStudies

#LiteraryStudies

In the GAPS #conference panel " #CulturalStudies Approaches to Neoliberal Capitalism", Alexander Rüter spoke abt startup mentality & Neal Stephenson's "Termination Shock", Nora Pleßke read Beukes' "Zoo City" w Orwell and Harald Pittel talked about #IndianCinema / #Bollywood & cinema halls in crisis

#PostcolonialStudies #AmericanStudies #LiteraryStudies #FilmStudies

✍️ Continuamos a receber inscrições para a próxima oficina #REWIND, na qual Diego Giménez irá fazer uma introdução prática ao uso da Voyant Tools, uma ferramenta digital de análise textual.

É no dia 21 de Novembro, entre as 14h e as 16h.

GRATUITO mas de INSCRIÇÃO OBRIGATÓRIA

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/introducao-voyant-tools/

#DigitalHumanities #HumanidadesDigitais #LitStudies #LiteraryStudies #Histodons #TextualAnalysis #AnáliseTextual #VoyantTools #FreeWorkshop #OficinaGratuita

✍️ Continuamos a receber inscrições para a próxima oficina #REWIND, na qual Diego Giménez irá fazer uma introdução prática ao uso da Voyant Tools, uma ferramenta digital de análise textual.

É no dia 21 de Novembro, entre as 14h e as 16h.

GRATUITO mas de INSCRIÇÃO OBRIGATÓRIA

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/introducao-voyant-tools/

#DigitalHumanities #HumanidadesDigitais #LitStudies #LiteraryStudies #Histodons #TextualAnalysis #AnáliseTextual #VoyantTools #FreeWorkshop #OficinaGratuita

✍️ Continuamos a receber inscrições para a próxima oficina #REWIND, na qual Diego Giménez irá fazer uma introdução prática ao uso da Voyant Tools, uma ferramenta digital de análise textual.

É no dia 21 de Novembro, entre as 14h e as 16h.

GRATUITO mas de INSCRIÇÃO OBRIGATÓRIA

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/introducao-voyant-tools/

#DigitalHumanities #HumanidadesDigitais #LitStudies #LiteraryStudies #Histodons #TextualAnalysis #AnáliseTextual #VoyantTools #FreeWorkshop #OficinaGratuita

✍️ Continuamos a receber inscrições para a próxima oficina #REWIND, na qual Diego Giménez irá fazer uma introdução prática ao uso da Voyant Tools, uma ferramenta digital de análise textual.

É no dia 21 de Novembro, entre as 14h e as 16h.

GRATUITO mas de INSCRIÇÃO OBRIGATÓRIA

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/introducao-voyant-tools/

#DigitalHumanities #HumanidadesDigitais #LitStudies #LiteraryStudies #Histodons #TextualAnalysis #AnáliseTextual #VoyantTools #FreeWorkshop #OficinaGratuita

✍️ Continuamos a receber inscrições para a próxima oficina #REWIND, na qual Diego Giménez irá fazer uma introdução prática ao uso da Voyant Tools, uma ferramenta digital de análise textual.

É no dia 21 de Novembro, entre as 14h e as 16h.

GRATUITO mas de INSCRIÇÃO OBRIGATÓRIA

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/introducao-voyant-tools/

#DigitalHumanities #HumanidadesDigitais #LitStudies #LiteraryStudies #Histodons #TextualAnalysis #AnáliseTextual #VoyantTools #FreeWorkshop #OficinaGratuita