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QUEER JOURNEYS IN NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

This two-day conference will consider the diverse ways in which journeys undertaken by queer people have been represented in North American literature and culture, as well as how queer journeys interact with and impact social structures, transnational relations, and cultural forms. LGBTQ+ people in North America and beyond continue to experience forms of mobility characterized by complex and often fraught economic, cultural, and affective dynamics. Queer journeys may contain forms of movement that are voluntary or involuntary, joyful or exploitative, expansive or inhibiting, normative or deviant. This conference will consider such queer mobilities through an interdisciplinary lens that includes literary and cultural studies, media studies, gender and queer studies, history, and the social sciences. 
More information available on the conference website:  QUEER JOURNEYS IN NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

14th and 15th November 2025| Claudiana, University of Innsbruck| Benjamin Robbins, Devon Anderson and Matthias Klestil

International Conference “Making Sense of America: Conversations on Matters and Methods”

Co-organized by Mahshid Mayar and Philipp Leonhardt and scheduled to take place at the department of American Studies, University of Innsbruck, on July 2-3, 2026, the international conference “Making Sense of America: Conversations on Matters and Methods” invites Americanists to a two-day exchange on the study of the United States through a multisensory, embodied, co-created, and affective lens. 

We seek contributions that engage with the sensory dimensions of American culture, literature, and history, considering them both as a subject of study and as a methodological approach.
Full CfP available here.

2nd and 3rd July 2026 |University of Innsbruck| Mahshid Mayar and Philipp Leonhardt