Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and LiteraturePublisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, GermanyWebsite: www.maurer.press We invite contributions for the next volume of our series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume is dedicated to exploring feminist perspectives in literature and culture, providing a platform for work that highlights the diverse ways feminism continues to shape literary scholarship. We welcome chapters that examine women’s and gender-diverse voices in literature, challenge patriarchal structures, and consider how feminist approaches intersect with race, class, sexuality, disability, ecology, and postcolonial contexts. Submissions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, life writing, oral traditions, or interdisciplinary forms. Possible Areas of Inquiry (not limited to): Feminist literary criticism and theory Postcolonial and decolonial feminism Ecofeminism and environmental justice Queer feminism and sexuality in literature Disability feminism and embodiment Re-reading canons and genres through feminist lenses Feminist experimentation with form and narrative Other feminist and intersectional approaches to literature are also welcome. Submission Guidelines Abstract: Minimum 250 words (including a short bio of the author) Full Chapter: Minimum 4,000 words Formatting: Times New Roman, APA 6th edition, justified text, 1.15 spacing Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Plagiarism and Similarity Policy All submissions will be screened using Turnitin. Works with a similarity index above 20% cannot be considered. Important Dates Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 September 2025 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025 Estimated Publication Date: January / February 2026 There will also be publication fees charged Submission Emails Please send abstracts and full chapters (once accepted) to all of the following: Dr. Gülşah Kıran Elkoca (Editor): gulsah.k@adu.edu.tr Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr Read more: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20122592/edited-volume-feminism-and-literary-studies  Read more

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts/Chapters for the third volume of our book series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume invites scholars, researchers, and academics to contribute high-quality chapters focused on ecocritical approaches to literary inquiry. We encourage submissions that engage with the relationship between literature, environment, and ecology, and that interrogate how texts represent, critique, or reshape human–nature relationships. Contributions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, life writing, speculative fiction, and interdisciplinary or comparative literary studies. The volume welcomes submissions in English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani. Suggested (but not limited to) Research Areas: Ecocritical Literary AnalysisContributions are invited across all literary genres—novels, poetry, drama, life writing, and experimental forms—addressing topics such as environmental ethics, ecological consciousness, climate change, urban ecologies, multispecies relations, and representations of nature in literature. Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Exploring how environmental concerns intersect with colonial and neocolonial histories. Submissions may consider extractivism, land dispossession, ecological imperialism, and indigenous or Global South perspectives on sustainability, resistance, and resilience. Ecofeminism and Gendered Ecologies: Examining how gender, ecology, and power are intertwined in literary texts. Topics may include women’s relationship to land, reproductive justice in ecological crises, care labor, and feminist engagements with environmental justice. Queer Ecologies in Literature: Investigating how nonnormative sexualities and genders intersect with environmental thought. Contributions may address queer kinship, environmental belonging, speculative futures, and critiques of heteronormative environmental narratives. Ecology, Disability, and the Body: Analyzing how literature portrays disabled bodies in relation to environmental contexts—such as climate vulnerability, accessibility, survival, and resilience in times of ecological crisis. Ecocriticism and Genre Studies: Re-examining established genres (such as pastoral, science fiction, climate fiction, horror, or utopia/dystopia) through ecocritical lenses. Focus may include the emergence of “cli-fi” and other forms of speculative eco-literature. Indigenous and Decolonial Ecologies: Engaging with indigenous storytelling traditions and decolonial literary practices that foreground ecological knowledge, land rights, spiritual ecologies, and cultural resilience in the face of colonial and ecological violence. Other ecocritical, intersectional, and interdisciplinary literary research is also welcome. Submission Guidelines: Abstract: Minimum 250 words (including a short bio of the scholar) Full Chapter Length: Minimum 4,000 words Formatting: Times New Roman, APA 6th Edition citation style, justified texts, 1.15-line spacing Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Plagiarism and Similarity Policy: All submissions will be screened using Turnitin. Works with a similarity index above 20% will not be considered. Authors are advised to pre-check their work for originality. Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 September 2025 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025 Estimated Publication Date: January / February 2026 There will also be publication fees charged Submission Emails: Please submit your abstract and full article (once accepted) by attaching it in an email sent to all of the following addresses: Dr. Gülşah Kıran Elkoca (Editor): gulsah.k@adu.edu.tr Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr You may reach the publication history of the series at the following link:https://www.maurer.press/kategorie/bucher/contemporary-studies-on-language-and-literature/ Read more

he George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum is pleased to announce a new research fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year. The yearlong Textile Museum Curatorial Fellowship offers a rare opportunity to pursue intensive, collections-based textile research in one of the world’s most significant textile collections, within the distinctive setting of an academic museum. The Fellowship aims to support the quality, vitality, and diversity of research in textile studies while strengthening curators’ intellectual stewardship of The Textile Museum Collection. This opportunity is ideal for an advanced doctoral student or a postdoctoral researcher who earned their Ph.D. within the past two years and whose research interests align with The Textile Museum Collection and its current research priorities. For further information and to apply, please visit: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/121582.   Contact Information TM Curatorial Department Contact Email museumcuratorial@gwu.edu Read more

This is a call for papers and discussants for the first annual Workshop on Southern Africa (WOZA!) Conference, to be held Friday May 1 - Sunday May 3, 2026. In 2024, the organization formerly known as North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa (NEWSA) changed its name to WOZA! to acknowledge that it is no longer composed only of scholars based in the northeastern part of North America. With our new name, we hope to carry on NEWSA’s long-established spirit of community, intellectual seriousness, and warm engagement with new scholarship. For more information, please see our website:  https://sites.google.com/view/workshoponsouthernafrica/home  Submission deadline, October 1, 2025 About the Conference: WOZA! is an interdisciplinary conference open to scholars at all stages of their careers. We encourage scholars from all disciplines who are currently working on southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, the Indian Ocean Islands, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to submit proposals. WOZA! is organized around intensive discussion of pre-circulated papers. There are also many opportunities for informal conversation about work in progress. This workshop model is designed to give southern Africanists the opportunity for close discussion of work across a wide variety of scholarly fields. We aim to prioritize scholarship, regardless of discipline or topic, that is evidence-based and grounded in analysis of African discourses and concepts. The program committee encourages submissions from advanced graduate students and junior faculty. We especially encourage participation from African professionals, scholars and graduate students, including those currently based outside the continent.  Participants may: (a) present a paper (b) propose a panel of three or four papers, or (c) serve as a discussant. Because of the high demand for participation relative to the size of the conference facility, and our desire to maintain the workshop atmosphere, we can only allow attendees who are presenting papers or serving as discussants, and we expect attendees to be present for the majority/all of the sessions.  Logistics: We will host the 2026 meeting, our first in-person gathering as WOZA!, at the Isabella Freedman Center in the Connecticut Berkshires  (https://adamah.org/retreat-centers/isabella-freedman/ ), from May 1-3, 2026. Located on 400 acres with a private lake and a working farm, the Isabella Freedman Center provides an ideal location to continue the NEWSA/WOZA! tradition of a scholarly retreat. Conference registration will include communal meals and on-site accommodation. This venue will also enable us to accept a limited number of virtual/online participants. For conference costs please see website Hybrid/online option: WOZA! hopes to continue NEWSA’s tradition of in-person, retreat-style engagement, where many productive conversations happen informally, in addition to the scheduled sessions. But we also recognize that a variety of barriers can make it challenging for people to attend in person. We have a limited number of spots available for online (remote) participation, which you may request when submitting your abstract/proposal. These spots will be allocated when we accept proposals. Because we need to pay for our venue, we cannot permit last-minute switches to online participation. Submission Instructions: The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2025. We will notify accepted participants by the end of October, and ask that if accepted, you confirm attendance and pay your registration fee by December 15, 2025, so that we may finalize our booking with the conference venue. Please use this submission form to submit: https://forms.gle/GkjzKf1zHySGQZwi9  Individual Paper Submission Instructions: Your abstract should explain the argument you intend to make, the source of your evidence (e.g., archival, fieldwork, survey), and the contribution your paper makes to understanding significant problems in southern Africa, to furthering conceptual debates, and/or to producing new knowledge in Southern African Studies. WOZA! papers should not be previously published, and will ideally be at a stage of preparation that allows for incorporation of the feedback received during the workshop. The maximum length for the abstract is 500 words.  Panel Submission Instructions: If you wish to organize your own three- or four-paper panel, your proposal should include a brief rationale for how the papers fit together  (250-400 words), as well as the abstracts for each individual paper (space is provided in the submission form). The organizers will be happy to negotiate alternative panel formats (such as open discussions of a current issue). We also reserve the right to accept only some papers within a panel. You may choose to include a discussant or leave it to us to provide one.   Discussant Instructions: If you wish to serve as a discussant, please use the online submission form to indicate the areas of southern African studies on which you are most prepared to comment. Once the workshop participants are selected and organized into panels, each panel will be assigned a discussant. Discussants read the pre-circulated papers by the participants in their session and, after authors introduce their papers, give a 10-minute comment on the papers individually and collectively. Discussants also coordinate discussion of the papers amongst those attending the panel. Completed papers, not to exceed 8,000 words, will be due March 15, 2026, so that the papers can be pre-circulated on the conference website ahead of the meeting. Pre-circulating papers is an essential part of the WOZA! experience. Papers are kept confidential among conference participants and will not be circulated beyond attendees. As an intellectual community, WOZA! recognizes that scholarly interpretation can undergird economic, political and social marginalization.  We also recognize that power exists within scholarly communities, and that some members of our community are marginalized due to sex, gender, race, disability, nationality, and/or institutional position.  We are committed to working against such marginalization, and the programming committee has a mandate to create and prioritize panels that help achieve this goal.  For any questions, please contact newsa.workshop@gmail.com  Read more

📅 Date: 3 November 2025📍 Location: Kigali, Rwanda (Pre-conference to the 12th Annual ANAPRI Stakeholders Conference – 4-6 Nov 2025) More and better job creation is at the top of policymakers’ agendas — and the Agrifood System (AFS) is central to that mission. From farms to food services, AFS employs a massive share of the global workforce, especially in low-income countries. But many of these jobs are informal and low-paying. The challenge? Boost productivity, sustainability, and inclusion — especially for youth and women — while harnessing disruptive technologies and climate-smart innovations. 🌱💼 We are inviting academic papers on:🔹 Current AFS job profiles & prospects (on/off farm, rural/urban)🔹 Role & constraints of MSMEs in job creation🔹 Skills for the future AFS workforce🔹 Inclusive value chain models🔹 Mechanization, automation & digital innovations🔹 Sustainable intensification & job outcomes🔹 Youth & women inclusion in AFS jobs🔹 Quality of AFS jobs Benefits:✔️ Opportunity to present your paper in Kigali✔️ Selected papers may be published in a special journal issue✔️ Findings will inform a World Bank flagship study✔️ Travel & lodging covered for one presenter per selected paper 📩 Submission deadline: 15 September 2025📢 Notification of selection: 30 September 2025📧 More info: info@anapri.net 🔗 Submit your full paper here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedQriG880hJqUDf7nyvYXhCuZUAfCcwDV23-C2ZHawDzVTWg/viewform  Read more

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Donor: Catalyst Fund Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan Area: Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Startups, Climate Change, Technology Catalyst Fund is seeking innovative, scalable African companies focused on climate adaptation and resilience to partner with. For more information, visit https://www.thecatalystfund.com/pitch-to-us Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/catalyst-fund-resilience-i-pitch-to-us-programme-africa Read more

Deadline: Aug 11, 2025 Donor: The Fashion Academy Abuja Grant Type: Training Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: Nigeria Area: Business & Industry, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Entrepreneurship, Innovation The Fashion Academy Abuja Fashion Academy Abuja Training Programme is now open to bridge skill gaps and empower the next generation of fashion innovators with technical expertise and business acumen. For more information, visit https://clap.gov.ng/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/fashion-academy-abuja-training-programme-nigeria Read more

Deadline: Oct 01, 2025 Donor: Kellogg Institute for International Studies Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Democracy & Good Governance, Individuals, PhD Holder, Research The Kellogg Institute for International Studies is seeking applications for its Kellogg Institute Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships to award newly minted PhDs who conduct research on global democracy. For more information, visit https://kellogg.nd.edu/opportunities/visiting-researchers/about-our-postdoctoral-visiting-fellowships#tab-3426 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/applications-open-for-postdoctoral-visiting-fellowships Read more

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025 Donor: National Youth Development Agency Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: South Africa Area: Arts & Culture, Organizing Events, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Hotels, Restaurants and Hospitality, Sports & Recreation, Tourism & Travel, Transportation, Youth & Adolescents Applications are now open for the Mpumalanga Tourism Youth Fund 2025, supporting young entrepreneurs running businesses in the tourism sector. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02rbSK5Kj1tCGrDhPtbKNFUyvrPpb25tH81Vhc3LK8AkQnCFp1E83SQ4KNFHb5eZP5l&id=100064507821942 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/mpumalanga-tourism-youth-fund-2025-south-africa Read more

Deadline: Oct 01, 2025 Donor: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Career Development, , Research Entries are now open for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Foundation Research Catalyst Awards for investigators beginning their careers or returning to the workforce after an extended leave. For more information, visit https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/research-awards/research-catalyst-awards/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/nominations-open-for-arvo-foundation-research-catalyst-awards Read more

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025 Donor: AAUW Action Fund Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Aland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia Federated States Of, Moldova Republic Of, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Burma(Myanmar), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre And Miquelon, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome And Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard And Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad And Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks And Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Wallis And Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Montenegro, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Kosovo, South Sudan , Curaçao, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Saint Martin (French Part), Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) Area: Education, PhD Holder, Women and Girls, Leadership, Research, Women & Gender The AAUW’s International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships promote education and equity for women by investing in international applicants who will be pursuing postdoctoral research in the U.S., with the intention of applying their expertise, professional skills, and leadership in the context of their home countries. For more information, visit https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/international-postdoctoral-research-fellowships/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/aauws-international-postdoctoral-research-fellowships Read more

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025 Donor: SurveyCTO Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Researchers, Students, Marketing, Research The SurveyCTO is excited to announce that the Primary Data Collection Research Grant is returning for another year! For more information, visit https://www.surveycto.com/data-collection-research-grant/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/surveycto-primary-data-collection-research-grant Read more