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AmLit - American Literatures Online Journal

The online journal AmLit – American Literatures (AmLit; ISSN 2789-889X) is a peer-reviewed open-ac AmLit – American Literatures (AmLit; ISSN 2789-889X.)

is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal for literary criticism in the fields of U.S. American, Canadian, and Latin American Studies. AmLit is a cooperation between eight universities spread all over Europe:

- University of Graz (Austria)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
- „L’Orientale‘ University of Naples (Italy)
- Queen’s University, Belfast (United Kingdom)
- Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
- Palacký University, Olomouc (Czech Republic)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Akaki Tsereteli University, Kutaisi (Georgia)

Our scope of research includes fictional, non-fictional, as well as graphic texts. We are also open for book reviews. The unique philosophy of the journal is its focus on cutting-edge discourses in the fields of digital literatures & cultures, transnationality & border studies, as well as visuality & transmediality. The journal specifically tackles the following questions:

1.) What significance do literary texts have within the vortex of ongoing global changes and social transformations?

2.) Which theoretical instruments can we employ to rethink ‘the literary’ today?

3.) How have the functions of literature changed in the course of recent developments such as the Covid-19 pandemic?

4.) Which roles do digitization and intermediation assume in the creation of innovative methods of narrativization and aestheticization in literatures from the Americas?

18/06/2026

21/04/2026

‼️Call for Proposals – AmLit Special Issue

We invite proposals from prospective guest editors for special issues of AmLit – American Literatures, a Diamond Open Access journal focusing on contemporary American literary studies.

We welcome innovative thematic proposals engaging with current developments in American literatures across theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

📄 Detailed information, including submission guidelines and topics, can be found attached and under this link https://amerikanistik.uni-graz.at/de/unsere-forschung/transnationality-and-space/amlit/.

📅 Deadline: June 1, 2026
📧 Submission: [email protected]
🌐 www.amlit.eu

We look forward to your submissions.

16/04/2026

🚨We warmly invite you to attend the lecture “India as a Place of Longing in American Culture” (Indien als Sehnsuchtsort in der amerikanischen Kultur) held by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan L. Brandt (University of Graz) as part of the Montagsakademie 2025/26 on 🗓️1 June 2026 at ⏱️7:00 pm.

The lecture explores the enduring fascination with India in Western cultural imagination and its significance for the development of American literature, philosophy, and cultural identity within a global context.

India has long occupied a central place in the Western imagination—not only as a geographical destination, but as a symbolic space of wealth, spirituality, and transformation. From Columbus to the American Transcendentalists and into the present, it has served as a powerful projection surface for cultural desires and visions of selfhood. The lecture explores how these imaginaries have shaped American literature, philosophy, and cultural identity, highlighting the global interconnectedness of cultural history.

Attendance is free of charge and no registration is required. The event will take place 📍at the AULA der Universität Graz, Hauptgebäude (1. Stock), Universitätsplatz 3, 8010 Graz, and will also be available via regional livestream locations as well as online at montagsakademie.uni-graz.at.

The lecture will be held in German.

Detailed information can be found in the attachment.

14/04/2026

📣We are excited to announce that the April 2026 Issue of AmLit - American Literatures "Envisioning Q***r Racialized Self-Representations in the Americas” edited by Corina Wieser-Cox, Oluwadunni O. Talabi, Rita Maricocchi, and Dorit Neumann is out and can be read and downloaded here:

26/02/2026

📢 Call for Papers: 3rd International Academic Conference 📢

“Ukraine and the United States: Experience and Prospects for Cooperation”🇺🇦🇺🇸

🗓 April 18, 2026 | Online

Thematic Areas:
- Ukrainian–American relations: history & prospects
- U.S. foreign policy: global & regional dimensions
- Contemporary American society
- Ukrainian diaspora in the Americas

📝 Deadline for registration & submissions: April 10, 2026

📄 Papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Detailed info & submission guidelines in the attached files.

We kindly invite all interested scholars, students, and professionals to participate!

24/02/2026

📢 Call for Papers – 13th IASA World Congress (Mérida, Mexico, Feb 17–19, 2027) 📢

The International American Studies Association invites submissions for its 13th World Congress, themed “Sense, Senses, Sensuality: Embodied Experiences in the Americas.”

We welcome interdisciplinary contributions from across the humanities and social sciences.

📅 Abstract deadline: April 30, 2026
📍 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Full details and submission guidelines are available in the attached link to the CfP PDF🇲🇽🌊

12/12/2025

📣Online Symposium "Digitality and Power in American Studies" - December 19, 2025📣

Dear all,

We warmly invite you to join the online symposium “Digitality and Power in American Studies,” co-organized by the Department of American Studies, Section for American Literary and Cultural History with a Focus on Trans/Nationality and Space (University of Graz).

🗓️The event will take place via ZOOM on December 19, 2025, and participation is free of charge.

Please find the symposium program and additional details here: https://static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/_files/_gewi_sites/_amerikanistik/AB_Transnationality_and_Space/EAAS_Digital_Studies_Network_Forum_19_Dec_2025_PROGRAM.pdf.

If you would like to attend, we kindly ask you to register using the link provided: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebWENBK1N6TZURuq0rOgPKEc9pskJE9RkojF3UrPe50LTMxA/viewform

We look forward to connecting with you there!💫

02/12/2025

📣JOB ANNOUNCEMENT📣

🇺🇸The Department of American Studies🇺🇸 at the University of Graz seeks applications from B.A., M.A., and Lehramt students in Anglistik/Amerikanistik interested in working as a student assistant for four months (March 2026 to June 2026) as part of the “Amerikanistik 2” team (Prof. Brandt).

For full details, please refer to the following link:

https://static.uni-graz.at/fileadmin/_files/_gewi_sites/_amerikanistik/AB_Transnationality_and_Space/Dokumente/STUMA_Announcement_Dec_2025_.pdf

We look forward to receiving your application by Monday, January 5, 2026, 8 p.m.📧

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