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Updated: 21 March 2022
21.3.2022
FILLM Statement on Invasion of Ukraine
The International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures expresses its horror at the illegal invasion of Ukraine.
24th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 24th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more. Please do share far and wide!
22.12.2021
Minutes from FILLM Committee Meeting, July 2021
The minutes from the meeting of the FILLM Committee back in July is now available. The meeting was held in conjunction with FILLM's 28th International Congress held online and hosted by the University of Vienna.
20.8.2021
New Book in FILLM's Book Series!
Words, Books, Images, and the Long Eighteenth Century is a collection of essays published for Allen Reddick. It is edited by Antoinina Bevan Zlatar, Mark Ittensohn, Enit Karafili Steiner and Olga Timofeeva.
24.7.2021
CfP: 28th FILLM Congress Publication
Following the 28th FILLM Congress, the organizers are looking to publish a selection of papers presented at the event. Please check the CfP for further details.
7.7.2021
FILLM Book Series: Change of Editor
After 9 years in charge, Roger D. Sell decided to step down as Editor of FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures. New Editor is Haun Saussy.
7.7.2021
23rd Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 23rd volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more. Please do share far and wide!
7.7.2021
CfP: ALUS 3rd Interntional Conference
ALUS will hold its next conference at the University of Californai, Santa Barbara. Theme: "Cities Under Stress: Urban Discourses of Crisis, Resiliance, Resistance, and Renewal". Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2021.
7.7.2021
3rd Issue of HAS published
The 3rd issue of the magazine HAS has been published. Theme: "Truth and Belief".
27.4.2020
22nd Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 22nd volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more. Please do share far and wide!
27.4.2021
IAWIS/AERTI Joins FILLM!
FILLM are very pleased to announce that the Internation Association for Word and Image Studies (IAWIS/AERTI) has joined the federation.
27.4.2021
CfP for HAS
The magazine HAS is looking for contributions on the theme "Engagement and Contemplation: Two Elements Inherent of Care". Deadline for submissions 8 July 2021.
10.2.2021
New Volume Published in the FILLM Books Series
Edited volume entitled Exporing NORDIC COOL in Literary History. Edited by Gunilla Hermansson and Jens Lohfert Jørgensen.
10.2.2021
New Volume Published in the FILLM Books Series
Literary Communication as Dialogue. Responsibilities and Pleasures in Post-Postmodern Times. Selected Papers 2003-2020. By former FILLM President Roger D. Sell.
12.1.2021
The OIR Joins FILLM!
FILLM are very pleased to announce the Iberio-American Organisation of Rhetoric (OIR) has joined the federation.
22.12.2020
Deadline for CfP for 28th FILLM Congress
Please note that the deadline for the next FILLM Congress is 31 December 2020. The Congress will be held in Vienna, Austria.
21.12.2020
Changes to the FILLM Committee
At its latest meeting, the FILLM Committee elected its Treasurer for the period 2020-2023 and a new Assistant Secretary-General.
28.10.2020
CfP: "Texts and Their Limits"
Australia's Triennial Literary Studies Convention will be held online from 20-24 July 2021. The first CfP is now out.
28.10.2020
FILLM Constitutional Amendment
On 26 October 2020, an amendment to the FILLM Constitution came into effect. Read more here.
14.8.2020
New FILLM Committee (2020-2023)
On 26 June 2020, a new FILLM Committee was elected. The Committee will sit for the next three years.
15.6.2020
21st Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 21st volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
15.6.2020
COVID-19: Conference Overview
Here you can find an overview of how the events of FILLM and its members have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
15.6.2020
AILC's Next Triennial Congress
The AILC's next triennial congress will take place in Tblisi, Georgia in July 2022.
15.6.2020
Next ACLA Annual Meeting
In 2021, the Annual Meeting of the ACLA will be held in Montreal, Canada.
15.6.2020
IADA Conference Symposium
IADA holds a conference on the theme of “Towards Culture(s) of Dialogue? Communicating Unity in/and Diversity through Language and Discourse". Place: online.
15.6.2020
ALUS Symposium 2020
One-day symposium on "Representing Urban Change: Gentrification and Displacement in Literature and other Media". Held in August 2020 at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
23.4.2020
2020 FILLM Congress: Postponed!!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 28th FILLM Congress has been postponed till July 2021. The venue will still be the University of Vienna, Austria.
25.2.2020
2020 FILLM Congress: CfP Extended
The CfP for the 28th FILLM Congress to be held at the University of Vienna, Austria has been extended till 31 March 2020. The theme is "Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective".
2.1.2020
2020 FILLM Congress: CfP Extended
The CfP for the 28th FILLM Congress to be held at the University of Vienna, Austria has been extended till 16 February 2020. The theme is "Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective".
19.12.2019
20th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 20th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
19.12.2019
New Publication from CIPSH & a CfP
CIPSH has created a new magazine entitled HAS - The Magazine of Humanities, Arts and Society. They're also looking for contributions for their first issue.
19.12.2019
ALUS General Meeting
The next ALUS Generel Meeting will be held in Turku, Finland in January 2020.
18.12.2019
CfP: IASS Conference on "Memory Culture"
The next IASS conference will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania in August 2020. Theme: "Memory Culture in Scandinavian Studies".
18.12.2019
ChLA 2021 Conference
In 2021, the Annual ChLA Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia.Theme: "The Arcade".
18.12.2019
Info about next IAUPE Conference
The next triennial conference of the International Association for University Professors of English European Society will be in Sidney, Australia between 18-22 July 2020.
18.12.2019
CfP: 2021 MLA Convention
It is now possible to submit panel proposals for the Annual MLA Convenion in 2021.
1.10.2019
ALUS Joins FILLM!
FILLM are very pleased to announce the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS) as its latest member. If you have an interested in the connection between literature and the city, please do check out their website and activities!
30.9.2019
Keynotes and Final CfP for AULLA 2019
The final CfP for the next AULLA conference (University of Wollongong, Australia) has been issued. Theme: "Reception, Production, Exchange". Deadline is 15 October 2019. AULLA has also announced the keynote speakers for the conference.
16.9.2019
CfP: 2020 ChLA Conference
The CfP for the next ChLA Conference in Washington, US (18-20 July 2020) is now out. Theme: "Sustainability Through Story: Eco-Justice, Children's Literature, and Childhood".
16.9.2019
CfP: 13th ISOLA Conference
The CfP for the 13th ISOLA Conference in Nairobi, Kenya (8-10 July 2020). Theme: "Transitions, Transformations, and Translocations in African Oral Traditions and (Re)imagined Boundaries".
16.9.2019
CfP: 2020 ACLA Annual Meeting
It is now possible to submit paper proposals for the ACLA's Annual Meeting in Chicago, US (19-22 March 2020).
16.9.2019
19th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 19th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
27.8.2019
New Volumes in the FILLM Books Series
Four new books are set to be published in the FILLM Book Series this autumn. Check them out here!
14.6.2019
18th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 18th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
14.6.2019
IASS Publication: Transit - 'Norden' och 'Europa'
The International Association for Scandinavian Studies has published the proceedings from its 31st conference held in Groningen, Netherlands in 2016.
14.6.2019
Job: Professorship, Comparative Literature (Vienna, Austria)
Tenure-Track Professorship in the field of Comparative Literature with a focus on African Literature at the University of Vienna, Austria. Deadline for applications: 18 Septermber 2019.
31.5.2019
Update to Cfp for 28th FILLM Congress!
Please note that information regarding how to submit a proposal and register for the next FILLM Congress (Vienna, July 2020) has been updated.
23.5.2019
CfP: 28th FILLM Congress!
The Call for Papers for the next FILLM Congress in Vienna in July 2020 is now out! The theme of the Congress is "Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective".
18.4.2019
17th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 17th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
18.4.2019
CIPSH at 70
The International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) turned 70 in January. Luiz Oosterbeek reflects on the state of the Council and the Humanities.
17.4.2019
2020 MLA Convention
In 2020, the Annual MLA Convenion will be held in Seattle, US. Theme: "Being Human".
16.4.2019
CfP: AULLA 2019 Conference
The Call for Papers is now out for the 2019 AULLA Conference. It will be held at the University of Wollongong, Australia from December 2019. Theme: Reception, Production, Exchange.
21.2.2019
CfP: 31st WALC Conference
The Call for Papers is now out for the 31st West African Languages Congress. The congress is organized by the West African Linguistic Society and will be held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire between 11-15 August 2019.
21.2.2019
CfP: ESSE 15th Conference
The Call for Papers is now out for the15th Conference of the European Society for the Study of English will be in Lyon, France from 31 August to 4 September 2020.
21.12.2018
16th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 16th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
21.12.2019
KTS Yearly Seminar
The KTS will hold its next annual seminar in Oulu, Finland in May 2019. CfP out now!
21.12.2019
Next IADA Conference
The next IADA conference will be held in Wiconsin, US.
18.9.2018
15th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 15th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
17.9.2018
Next ALFAL Congress
The next ALFAL Congress will be held in La Paz, Bolivia in August 2020.
21.8.2018
New Member: WALS Joins FILLM
The West African Linguistic Society (WALS) is the latest organization to become a member of FILLM.
8.8.2018
FILLM 2018 Symposium: Photos
A selection of photos from FILLM's symposium in Vienna in July are now available.
6.8.2018
CfP: ChLA 2019 Conference
The CfP for ChLA's next conference is now out. Theme: "Activism and Empathy".
14.7.2018
Amendments to FILLM's Constitution
At FILLM's Committee meeting in Vienna earlier this week it was decided to make two amendments to FILLM's constitution.
15.6.2018
14th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 14th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
14.6.2018
FILLM and the GDPR
Read to get information about where FILLM stands in relation the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
14.6.2019
MLA International Symposium
The MLA will hold an international symposium in Lisbon, Portugal in July 2019. Theme: "Remembering Voices Lost".
14.6.2018
ACLA Annual Conference 2019
ACLA's next annual conference will be held in Georgetown, US in March 2019.
14.6.2018
CfP: ACLALS 2019 Conference
The CfP for ACLALS's next conference is now out. Theme: "The Uncommon Commonwealth".
12.6.2018
New Member: the ACLA Joins FILLM
The American Comparativ Literature Association (ACLA) is the latest organisation to join the FILLM community.
12.6.2018
FILLM Book Series: 9th Volume out in the Autumn 2018
The 9th volume in the FILLM Book Series is also set to be published in November 2018. The title is Where is Adaptation? Mapping Cultures, Texts, and Contexts. The volume is edited by Casie Hermansson and Janet Zepernick.
15.3.2018
13th Volume of The FILLM Newsletter
The 13th volume of The FILLM Newsletter is now out with news from FILLM, our Member Associations, Call for Papers and lots more.
15.3.2018
CfP: 2019 IAUPE Conference
The Call for Papers for the next Triennial IAUPE Conference is now available.
15.3.2018
Funding: ESSE Collaborative Project Workshop Scheme
ESSE Collaborative Project Workshop Scheme offers seed funding of up to 4,000 Euro to support a preliminary meeting of European researchers working towards a collaborative research project in the field of English Studies.
15.3.2018
CfP: ESSE Journal
The ESSE journal, EJES, calls for submissions to three issues to be published in 2020.
14.3.2018
2018 IADA Conference
The International Association for Dialogue Analysis (IADA) holds a conference in Taipai, Taiwan. Theme: "Dialogue and Becoming: Technologies, Agencies, and Ways of Relating".
14.3.2018
MLA Annual Convention 2019
In 2019, the Annual MLA Convenion will be held in Chicago, US. Theme: "Textual Transactions".
14.3.2018
Yearly Seminar of the Finnish Literary Research Society
The Finnish Literary Research Society (KTS) will be held at the University of Eastern Finland. Theme: "Literature and Literary Research's Place in a Changing World".
14.3.2018
2018 Summer School at Groeningen University
School will take place from 17-22 June 2018. Theme: "Beyond Horizons: Transmitting and Writing New Identities of Minorities and Migrants in and Beyond Europe".
14.3.2018
2018 IASS Conference
The 2018 IASS Conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Theme: "Scandinavian Exceptionalisms".
14.3.2018
2018 ChLA Conference
The 2018 ChLA Conference will be held in San Antonion, Texas, US. Theme: "Refreshing Waters/Turbulent Waters".
14.3.2018
2019 ChLA Conference
The 2019 ChLA Conference will be held in June 2019 in Indianapolis, US.
25.2.2018
FILLM Symposium in July 2018
FILLM organises a 1-day symposium on "The Contribution of Learned Societies to the Humanities: Past, Present, and Future." Event will be held at the University of Vienna, Austria.
25.2.2018
The Children's Literature Association Joins FILLM!
We're very happy to announce that the Children's Literature Association (ChLA) has joined FILLM.
20.2.2018
FILLM Book Series: 8th Volume Out Now!
The 8th volume in the FILLM Book Series has been published. The title is Narrative, Identity, and the City: Filipino Stories of Dislocation and Relocation. The volume has been edited by Raul P. Lejano, Alicia P. Lejano, Josefina D. Constantino, Aaron J.P. Almadro and Mikaella Evaristo (eds).
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