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BIO/HUMANITIES: LITERARY AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF LIFE
Wielogłos: A Journal of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University is calling for submissions to a new monographic issue, ‘BIO/HUMANITIES’, a collaboration with an international research group conducting a project of the same name.
We are primarily seeking case studies that reflect on past and contemporary representations of life. Material drawn from the sphere of Polish/Central European culture and situated within a comparative framework is particularly welcome, especially in relation to the potential meanings of the biohumanities as a field of cognitive practice linked to historical and contemporary theoretical traditions. While we are interested in proposals that implement tools developed in such well-established fields as ecocriticism, animal and plant studies, environmental humanities and the medical humanities, one of the most important criteria in selecting texts for this issue will be their analytical and interpretative dimension with regard to cultural texts circulating in local, multilingual and multidisciplinary contexts. This issue is planned for publication in Polish, but we also welcome English-language submissions in accordance with our editorial guidelines and following proofreading.
Suggested areas of interest include:
– historical and contemporary cross-disciplinary genres and representations of nature
– cultural representations and the history of medicine and the natural sciences
– historical and contemporary perspectives on animal and plant studies
– modern biohumanities and traditions of comparative research
– representations of the human body in historical culture and arts
– challenges of the medical humanities, health humanities, and environmental humanities
– forensic studies, necrotopographies, and representations of the dead body
– somatopoetics in artistic practices: from literature to performance
– engaged humanities and the question of life
– variants of life philosophy and their reception
– biomorphism, bioart, biopolitics, and other forms of ‘bio’
– ecocriticism, past and present
– historical representations of knowledge in culture, art and communities
– religion and the matter of nature then and now
– bioforms and the aesthetics of everyday life
Please submit your papers, edited according to the guidelines on the website, by 31 December 2026. Submissions can be sent by email to: wieloglos.redakcja@uj.edu.pl or via the ‘Submit a text’ link on the Wielogłos homepage (https://www.ejournals.eu/Wieloglos/).
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BIO/HUMANITIES: REPRESENTATIONS OF LIFE
The Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the Jagiellonian University organizes this conference and seminar series in collaboration with national and international partners (Postcolonial Studies Centre, University of Wrocław; Department of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago). It is part of the ongoing work of the bio.humanistyka research group.
Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa „Science and humanities: interdyscyplinarny namysł nad bioetyką”.
Koło Naukowe MISH UJ oraz Rada Samorządu Studentów Międzywydziałowych Indywidualnych Studiów Humanistycznych i Społecznych serdecznie zapraszają do czynnego oraz biernego udziału w Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej „Science and humanities: interdyscyplinarny namysł nad bioetyką”. Konferencja odbędzie się stacjonarnie w dniach 29.05.26 – 30.05.26 w Collegium Novum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
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XXVIII Scientific Readings / International Scientific Conference
The annual international conference “Scientific Readings” organized by the Faculty of Humanities (FH) of Daugavpils University (DU) is a big research event that represents the major spheres of the humanities, research subjects, methodologies, and interdisciplinary innovations at the faculty.