METU BRITISH NOVELISTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:

BUCHI EMECHETA AND HER WORK

5-6 December 2024

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle East Technical University is pleased to announce the call for its 27th British Novelists Conference, the theme of which is "Buchi Emecheta and Her Work." The conference will be held on 5-6 December 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. By encouraging submissions from a broad variety of disciplines, theoretical perspectives, and genres, including but not limited to, post-colonialism, feminism, sexuality, gender, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, and media studies, we seek to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholars. Proposals using any methodology by established academics as well as by young scholars and graduate students are welcomed.

Proposals for 20-minute papers (about 200 words) should be sent by 16 September 2024 to metubnic@metu.edu.tr. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, student status (graduate or undergraduate), contact information (address, email address), and a list of any audio/visual equipment needed for your presentation. All submitted abstracts will go through a blind peer-review process.

Queries can be directed to Prof. Dr. Nurten Birlik at nbirlik@metu.edu.tr or metubnic@metu.edu.tr.

The PDF version of the CFP can be accessed through this link