FID Anglo-American CultureDid you know that the UK celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth in October?
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
For #MonsterMonday you might also want to take note of the #CfP #CallforPapers for next year's #Inklings symposium:
#Inklings2026 conference will focus on "Enmonsterisations in the Fantastic" - #LiteraryStudies #FilmStudies #ComicsStudies #DnD #TVStudies & more
eskoOh frabjous day, @finfar is here! Follow them for all things related to the academic study of speculative fiction. #SFStudies #AcademicChatter #LiteraryStudies #Finfar
[ πɑ@Betty_Fn0rd ~ ]$ 
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Over two days, the symposium will explore themes such as:
- Cats in music history and music education
- Feline metaphors in music
- Music about cats, for cats, and even by cats
- Multispecies soundscapes & bonds between musicians and their cats
- Cats, gender, and politics
- Cats in recording studios and digital meme culture👉 Attendance is free. Registration is now open via Eventbrite: https://musicandcats.eventbrite.dehttp://musicandcats.eventbrite.de/
📖 To access the book of abstracts, including the full program, click on the image/link: https://monikaschoop.paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODk8906038&v=3.1&p=1
#cats #music #MusicStudies #MusicHistory #MusicTheory #PopularmusicStudies #HumanAnimalStudies #psychology #BehavioralBiology #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #LiteraryStudies #ArtisticPractice
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#LeuphanaUniversität is going to host a free two-day online symposium on November 28/29 2025 that promises to be
the first-ever comprehensive symposium dedicated to the intersection of music and cats.
See posts below for details … 
#cats #music #MusicStudies #MusicHistory #MusicTheory #PopularmusicStudies #HumanAnimalStudies #psychology #BehavioralBiology #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies #LiteraryStudies #ArtisticPractice
Read essays on subliminal dream creations in 200 years of #Gothic works - from #Coleridge & #Walpole to #Piranesi #Goya & #Fuseli & #MaryWollstonecraft to #vampires #Marxism & videogames such as #TheWitcher & #Bloodbourne
Find the book here:
https://s.gwdg.de/B3pPBe
#LiteraryStudies #GamesStudies #Romanticism #RomanticLiterature
Fachbereich 09 Philologie der Universität Münster🎓✨ Apply Now: PhD Scholarships in Literature ✨🎓
Fully funded 3-year PhD scholarships at our Graduate School Practices of Literature @uni-muenster.de in Germany, with the possibility of a 4th-year extension. Apply by December 31, 2025! #PhD #Scholarship #LiteraryStudies
More info: uni.ms/gssp
Assoc for Scottish LiteratureThe latest issue of the Journal of Irish & Scottish Studies, vol. 12/1 (2025), is now available free online
Academic EuropeJob Alert
Two Start-up Grants of the Doctoral Program in Literary Studies
Deadline: 2025-11-16
Location: Schweiz, Basel
https://www.academiceurope.com/ads/two-start-up-grants-of-the-doctoral-program-in-literary-studies/
#hiring #PhD #LiteraryStudies #StartUpGrant #CulturalStudies #Philology #NordicStudies #Germanstudies
The final day of #Inklings2025 had some great talks, for example Gustav Styrbjørn Johannessen's talk on #Conlangs as a space of audience collaboration in fiction & Milena Wein's look at the functions of Conlangs in Christopher Paolini's #Eragon books / #InheritanceCycle
