European Society of Comparative Literature ESCL

22/10/2026

22/10/2026

The Asian Association for Environmental History (AAEH) is now inviting proposals for panel sessions, individual papers, posters, and roundtables for its upcoming conference. The conference will be held in Beijing, China, from 22 to 25 September 2027.

The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2026, 23:59 CST (UTC + 8).

Submit your proposals via https://www.asianeh.com/en

22/10/2026

📣 Funding Opportunity for PhD 📣
Doctoral Scholarships for Candidates from the Global South
📍 Ghent University | Ghent, Belgium

With support from its “Special Research Fund” (BOF), Ghent University grants 15 PhD " sandwich " scholarships annually to promising PhD students from Global South countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University ('North') and the other half at a university in the Global South ('South').

📅 Application deadline: February 9, 2027
👉️ For more details on applying and eligibility, including a list of eligible countries, see the scholarship listing: https://buff.ly/G7AxZ18

22/10/2026

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22/10/2026

What does it mean to be human, and could a machine become one too?

For philosopher Gigla Gonashvili, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is not a film about artificial intelligence but something older and stranger: fallen angels, trapped light, and the secret of human nature.

Here, Gonashvili argues that humanity is defined not by the film's famous empathy test, but by a sense of shared mortality, and an elegiac awareness that every captured moment is already slipping away.

Tap here to read his full article. https://iai.tv/articles/blade-runner-gnosticism-and-the-more-than-human-auid-3704

22/10/2026

🌱 Upcoming Webinar on Plant Studies

We are delighted to share an upcoming webinar by Dr. Christa Grewe-Volpp, Vice President of the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (EASLCE).
📅 Date: 30 October 2026
🕓 Time: 4:00 p.m. Madrid time (CEST, UTC+1? — see note below)
🎓 Audience: Primarily graduate students
📝 Registration deadline: 28 October 2026
For registration details, please see the poster below.

Registration link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeilcoTMBu71-K7L0exzrvRcWDbRaZvXeWqIwDogxFiTeJN-g/viewform

We look forward to this exciting event on plant studies! 🌿

22/10/2026

📣 Call for Papers 📣
Connected by Land and Sea – Entangled Histories Across Boundaries
📅 March 4-6, 2027
📍 University of Alberta | Edmonton, Canada

The History, Classics, and Religion Graduate Students’ Association (HCRGSA) at the University of Alberta invites graduate students to submit proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference, “Connected by Land and Sea: Entangled Histories Across Boundaries,” taking place from 4–6 March 2027 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

🔍️ About the Conference
The conference explores connections between people, places and the natural world across land and sea. Contributions may address themes including transnational history, migration and travel, diasporas and borderlands, religion and the natural world, environment, mythology and folklore, technology, cultural exchange and other forms of interaction across boundaries.

📊 Thematic Scope
The organizers particularly welcome interdisciplinary approaches, including work in History, Classics, Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, English, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, and Language and Cultural Studies.

📨 How to Submit
Interested graduate students should submit :
- An abstract of up to 250 words
- A short biography of up to 100 words

📅 Submission deadline: December 11, 2026
👉️ For more details, see the submission form: https://buff.ly/0qXlKpr

22/10/2026

The Royal Society was Britain’s principal scientific institution and some of its fellows were dabbling in the investigation of spirits. https://ebx.sh/NwopQW