CFP: IGEL 2018 – Juli 25-28 2018, Stavanger
EXTENDED DEADLINE: January 20, 2018.
The International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL) invites submissions to the 2018 biennial conference across all areas of the empirical study of literature and media, including but not limited to, cognitive processing of literature, literature/media and culture, neuroscience and literature, literary reception, reading and emotion, historical study of literature, and corpus analysis of literature.
Submissions may be accepted either as spoken presentations (individual papers or parts of pre-organized symposia) or as poster presentations. The format of spoken presentations (whether paper or symposia) is 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion.
The review committee requires a summary of the presentation. The summary should be 600-800 words and contain a short introduction, a description of the methods as appropriate, and a brief conclusion. The committee will not accept papers or posters based on data that have yet to be collected. Acceptance decisions will be communicated to the authors by March 15, 2018.
Submission Online submission system
(click on the “Abstracts” tab)
Submitters must provide the following information for each submission (see online registration for details):
- Author information
- Co-authors (if any)
- Three to five relevant keywords
- A 100-word abstract
- You indicate the format (poster, paper, symposium paper) by ticking the appropriate box
Submitters download/attach the above-mentioned summary, which should include a title and be no longer than 600-800 words (not including bibliography). Please do NOT include author information in the summary.
It should contain a short theoretical introduction/framework, methodological overview (including quantitative or qualitative approach), key findings, and a brief discussion. The summary should be saved using a generic name (e.g. summary.pdf). Proposals that exceed the specified length will not be reviewed.
Inquiries about the submission process or the conference should be sent to lesesenteret@uis.no (please put “IGEL” in the subject line).
Outstanding Student Paper Award
IGEL will give an Outstanding Student Paper Award. In order to be considered for this award, the first author must be a graduate student, and the student’s supervisor must send a recommendation to lesesenteret@uis.no describing the student’s contribution to the research project. First authors should indicate the eligibility of their submission using the provided checkbox during the submission process.
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EXTENDED DEADLINE: January 20, 2018.
Additional Information
The official website of IGEL: http://www.igel.uni-goettingen.de/
The IGEL 2018 conference website: http://igel2018.no/
We look forward to seeing you in Stavanger for the 2018 IGEL conference!
