Category: Calls for Papers (CFPs)

Deadline: August 15, 2021

“The political struggle is also a cultural struggle, a struggle for the reappropriation and
transformation of symbols of the dominant” wrote Christine Bard in her work Une histoire
politique du pantalon revisiting the methodology of history of fashion and highlighting the
symbolic function of clothes (Bard 2010). Since the 1980s, the material culture studies have developed into a solid forum of interdisciplinary research in which anthropologists,
archeologists, geographers, sociologists, literary scholars, and more recently historians, play a central role. Scholars have theorized the role of things in power relations (Bourdieu 1979), agency of material things (Gell 1998), and the ability of objects to construct, maintain, reinforce and transform social identities (Miller and Tilley 1996). Objects are important notably because we do not “see” them, the less we notice them, the more important they are in the way they determine our expectations by setting the scene and defining and ensuring normative behavior (Miller 2005 5). Thus, objects that constitute the material culture have the capacity to determine our behavior and identity by remaining at the same time peripheral to our vision.

Deadline: September 30, 2021

The Classics have exerted a profound influence on world culture from the medieval period to the present day. Scores of literary works have drawn upon the intellectual and literary models of Classical authors as well as the rich trove of pagan legends and myths. This appropriation of classical and mythological themes and personalities allows authors to exploit deep hermeneutical potential and invest their works with cultural resonance, often endowing the original exemplar with a novel, vivid representation. The figures of Antiquity, both historical and mythological, have endured to serve as exemplars to many ends. Authors use these exemplars to praise or criticize their literary subjects’ actions, invite their readers to engage emotionally with the text, subvert traditional associations with these figures, and fashion new identities for their literary subjects or for themselves. All of these uses and many more demonstrate the enduring influence of the Classics and the exemplarity of the figures of Antiquity through the modern day.

Deadline: June 30, 2021

The Duke Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center will host a summer workshop from July 29 to July 31, 2021 on Pedagogy, Diversity and Equitable Teaching and Learning of Languages and Cultures across the Curriculum and Platforms. We are pleased to call for papers by interested scholars, graduate students, and professionals on workshop-related topics and that focus on teaching/learning ANY language.
Workshop topics have included, but are not limited to:

-Neuroimaging and multilingualism
-Teaching language and culture through film
-Language proficiency testing
-Specialized language instruction at the advanced and superior levels
-The use of technology in the language classroom
-Integrating heritage students in the language classroom
-Addressing the needs of differently-abled students
-Using computer technologies to create pedagogical materials
-The role of grammar in proficiency-based instruction
-Popular culture and language instruction
-Web resources for language teachers
-Edifying Minority Voices in the Urban STEM Classroom and Beyond
-Use of Social Emotional Learning and Culturally Responsive Teaching During COVID-19
-Unmasking the Trauma of COVID-19 and George Floyd in Pre-Service Teacher Preparation
-Reimagining Language and Curriculum to Lever Equitable Classrooms and Schools