{"id":207,"date":"2026-03-08T22:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/ejmpeas-conference-2026\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:33:29","slug":"full-version-with-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/ejmpeas-conference-2026\/call-for-papers\/full-version-with-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Version with Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Conference opening<\/strong> <strong>| 09:00-9:30<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Graus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oscar Jan\u00e9 Checa (Vice-Rector for International Relations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Margarita Freixas Al\u00e0s (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elisabet Pladevall (Head of English Department)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cristina Pividori (Coordinator of the MA in English Studies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slot 1 | 09:30-11:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Graus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 1:&nbsp; Borderlines of the Self: Gender, Trauma, and Resistant Identities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr Kedon K. Willis<\/strong> <strong>(City College of New York-CCNY)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>09:30-09:45:<\/strong>&nbsp; Marie H\u00f6fler (University of Bamberg) \u201cMy goal isn\u2019t to look fuckable. The look I want is Don\u2019t fuck with me.\u201d Female Embodiment in Contemporary Women\u2019s Fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>09:45-10:00:<\/strong> Artiola Kajtazi (University of Graz) \u201cMisinterpreting Home(land): Gender, Identity, and Migration in Contemporary Albanian-American Women\u2019s Writing\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:00-10:15:<\/strong> Ana Andricic (University of Graz) \u201cStripped of Spectacle: Reclaiming Representation and Practising Care Through Collaborative Video Production in the Work of the Women\u2019s AIDS Video Enterprise (WAVE)\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:15-10:30<\/strong>: Wisal Lamsaougar (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cInherited Wounds: \u201cIndian Girls can be Forgotten so well they forget themselves\u201d \u2014 Memoirs of Trauma, Survival and Resilience among Indigenous Women\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:30-10:45:<\/strong> Ghita Lamzaouek (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cMaryam is a dyke\u201d: The Intersectionality of Islamophobic Trauma in the West and Queer Muslim Women\u2019s Sexuality in Contemporary Anglophone Literature\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:45-11:00 Discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Juntes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 2: English, Elsewhere: Mobility, Contact and Linguistic Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr Elisabet Pladevall<\/strong> <strong>(Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona-UAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>09:30-09:45:<\/strong> Hilde Olschewski (University of Bamberg) \u201cVerb Complementation Patterns in Postcolonial Englishes: A Comparative Study\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>09:45-10:00:<\/strong> Lisa Marie Ortlieb (University of Bamberg) \u201cEnglish in Denmark: Language Attitudes of Young Danes and Domains of Usage\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:00-10:15<\/strong>: &nbsp;Iulia Boboc (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) &#8220;Understanding Modern Emerging Adult Identity Formation through Sally Rooney&#8217;s <em>Intermezzo<\/em> and Ottessa Moshfegh&#8217;s <em>My Year of Rest and Relaxation<\/em>.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10:15-10:45: &nbsp;Extended discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coffee Break | 11:00-11:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slot 2 | 11:30-13:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Graus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 3: Where Text Meets Image: Intermedial Encounters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr. Virginia Pignagnoli (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona-UAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>11:30-11:45:<\/strong> &nbsp;Michela Alfonsi (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) \u201cThe Invisible Line between Theatre, Literature and Illustration\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11:45-12:00:<\/strong> Annemarie Eijlders (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cCultural Encounters across Time and Space: The Use of Archaeology in the Art of Mary Beth Edelson\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:00-12:15<\/strong>: Hunny Kyle Laurente (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cIllustrated Colonial Writings in the Philippines during American Colonialism and the Influence of Visual Anthropology\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:15-12:30:<\/strong> L\u00e9na Sebbar-Imbert (ENS Paris-Saclay \/ Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cThe Writing on the Wall: On Graffiti and Collages as a Textual Reframing of Public Space\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:30-13:00: Extended discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Juntes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 4: Speech at the Breaking Point: Witness, and Mediation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr. David Owen (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona-UAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>11:30-11:45:<\/strong> Andrea Edoardo (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) \u201cThe Literary Confession: An Inquiry into the Novel across Europe and America\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11:45-12:00:<\/strong> (ONLINE) Abhigna Shreedhar (University of M\u00fcnster) \u201cTime as Transfer: Ethical Witnessing in Shibli\u2019s Minor Detail\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:00-12:15<\/strong>: Louisa Da Costa Gravelos (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cThe Voice of the Other: Autothanatography and Relational Intersubjectivity in Patti Smith\u2019s <em>Just Kids<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:15-12:30:<\/strong> Lehna Mahdjoub (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cWhen Language Fails Us: Trauma and the Breakdown of Interaction in <em>A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:30-12:45:<\/strong> Fatima Essamadi (UAB) \u201cMediated Encounters with Palestinian Suffering: Linguistic and Narrative Strategies in Western Media Discourse\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:45-13:00: Discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13:00-14:00: Lunch Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14:00-15:00: PLENARY LECTURE 1<\/strong>: <strong>\u201cTime Is (Not)On My Side: Time and Temporality as a Cultural, Political, and Social Challenge\u201d<\/strong><br>Prof. Roberta Maierhofer (University of Graz)<br>Chair: Dr Jennifer Schumm Fauster (University of Graz)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Slot 3 | 15:00-16:30<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Graus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 5: Cartographies of Perception: Space, Form, and Worldmaking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr Nicholas Spengler (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona-UAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>15:00-15:15:<\/strong> &nbsp;Rhyan Blade (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) \u201cNaming the Ice: Linguistic Authority and Environmental Perception in <em>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>15:15-15:30:<\/strong> &nbsp;Simon Ipeau Maynadi\u00e9 (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cReinventing the Wheel: Authorship(s), Mythological Construction and Transmedia Storyworld in The Wheel of Time\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>15:30-15:45:<\/strong> (ONLINE) Bilge G\u00fcral (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cShifting Perceptions: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Aesthetics in Virginia Woolf\u2019s <em>To the Lighthouse<\/em> and <em>The Waves<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>15:45-16:15:<\/strong> <strong>&nbsp;Extended discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Juntes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 6: &nbsp;Language Under Pressure: Control, Care, Crisis, and AI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr Juli Cebri\u00e1n (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona-UAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>15:00-15:15<\/strong>: Nino Lagane Strooband (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cThe truth is that she is my spy, as I am hers\u201d: The Control of Language and Social Bonds in Margaret Atwood\u2019s Dystopias <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> and <em>The Heart Goes Last<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>15:15-15:30:<\/strong> Sergei Nazaraliev (University of M\u00fcnster) \u201cMetonymies and Metaphors of Blame and Responsibility in HBO\u2019s <em>Chernobyl<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>15:30-15:45: <\/strong>(ONLINE) Artem Saloev (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cHuman\u2013AI Encounters: Customization in NotebookLM Podcasts\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>15:45-16:15: Extended discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coffee Break | 16:30-17:00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POSTER SESSION: SIDEWAYS ENCOUNTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Literature Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atiyana Ringling (City College of New York-CCNY): \u201cUrsula K. Le Guin\u2019s Inner Lands: Bridging Worlds in <em>The Left Hand of Darkness\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doga Kaya (UAB): \u201cTesting Austen\u2019s Deceptive Men: <em>The Watsons<\/em> as a Blueprint for Male Self-Interest\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jelena Nesterjuk (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice): \u201cA Tyrant or a Victim? Richard III\u2019s Unresolved Mystery in History and Fiction\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eileen Weinert (UAB): \u201cUnder the Big Top: Circus Encounters in Angela Carter\u2019s Nights at the Circus\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Language Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ying Wang (University of Bamberg): \u201cIncongruity Theory and Cross-Cultural Encounters in Chinese American Stand-Up Comedy\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jovana Krstevska (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) \u201cLost in Translation? Cultural Proximity and Emotional Idioms in Italian, English, and Macedonian\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Josh Schraen (Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9) \u201cA Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis of Infinitive Questions in English\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Slot 4 | 17:00-18:30<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Graus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 7: Canon in Counterpoint: Queer, Postcolonial, and Revisionary Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr. Elisa Bordin (Ca&#8217; Foscari University of Venice)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>17:00-17:15: <\/strong>Iuri DiBlasio (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) \u201c<em>Jack the Modernist<\/em> or How to Orient the Novel Queerly\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17:15-17:30<\/strong>: Gianluca Sabaddin (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) &#8220;Retrieving Agency at Textual Level: Jamaica Kincaid\u2019s &#8216;Introduction&#8217; to Daniel Defoe\u2019s <em>Robinson Crusoe<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17:30-17:45:<\/strong> Zofia Betlej (Jagiellonian University in Cracow) \u201cMilk, Gall, and Meat: Hegemonic Masculinity Sterilised in William Shakespeare\u2019s <em>Macbeth<\/em> and Sarah Kane\u2019s <em>Blasted<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17:45-18:00<\/strong>: Amy Boliter (UAB) &#8220;Against the Trafficking of Trauma: Publishing and Performance in Koleka Putuma\u2019s Poetry&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>18:00-18:30<\/strong>: Extended discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sala de Juntes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel 8: Gods, Power, and Moral Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHAIR: Dr Anna Paluchowska-Messing (Jagiellonian University)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>17:00-17:15<\/strong>: &nbsp;(ONLINE) Aleksandr Slepov (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice, online) \u201cBetween Divine and Political Authority: Claims to Absolute Power in John Milton\u2019s <em>Paradise Lost<\/em> and Sergei Eisenstein\u2019s <em>Ivan the Terrible<\/em>\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17:15-17:30<\/strong>: Alessandro Vargiu (Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice) \u201cNarrating Disgust: Two Examples from the Anglo-American Landscape\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17:30-17:45:<\/strong> (ONLINE)\u00a0Anna Konopka (Jagiellonian University) \u201cMagic, Morality, and Power: Religious Reactions to Harry Potter in the English-Speaking World and Poland\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>17:45-18:00:<\/strong> Paulina Goraj (Jagiellonian University) \u201cEncountering the Divine: Love and Hatred Towards God\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>18:00-18:30: Extended discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>18:30-19:30: PLENARY LECTURE 2<\/strong>: <strong>\u201cExamining the Examiners, or A Brief Inquiry in Three Volumes into Academic Disciplines in 2026\u201d<\/strong><br>Prof. Andrew Monnickendam (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona)<br>Chair: Dr Cristina Pividori (Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19:30-19:45: Conference Closing<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference opening | 09:00-9:30 Sala de Graus Slot 1 | 09:30-11:00 Sala de Graus Panel 1:&nbsp; Borderlines of the Self: Gender, Trauma, and Resistant Identities CHAIR: Dr Kedon K. 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