IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The conference will be held online on April 28, 2023. To join a Zoom session, please click on "Join the Session" button on the program:
***
CALL FOR PAPERS
This year, The Second Ankara Undergraduate Literature Conference, jointly hosted by TEDU and Ankara University, will take place on 28 April, 2023. Third- and fourth-year students of literature in Ankara are invited to submit an abstract (200-300 words) with at least five keywords and a short biography (100 words) to tedtcf.konferans@gmail.com.
We invite papers on the act of writing as a useful tool for questioning the human condition. Potential topics on this theme of “writing as a path to discovery” may include, but are not limited to:
- Writing Possible Futures (science fiction)
- Writing to Speculate (dystopias, speculative fiction, climate change fiction, posthumanism, transhumanism)
- Writing Imaginative Worlds (gothic, fantasy literature, graphic novels)
- Writing the Self and the Other (cultural, gender and political identities & outsiders, misfits, outcasts in literature)
- Time in writing & Writing in time (literary periods and writers / memory, nostalgia / historiographic metafiction, memoir, and autobiographical writing)
- Writing, Travel and Nature (Romantic poetry, travel writing, nature writing)
- Creative writing: We welcome young writers and poets who would like to display their works in poster presentations
Important Dates
30 March Deadline for abstract submission
7 April Notification for accepted papers
28 April Conference
Guidelines for the creative writing poster presentations:
- Dear students, please submit an abstract of your creative work by March 30, 2023. Your abstract should specify the genre (poem/short story/novel/play), provide a brief summary, and offer context (literary, social, or historical) for your work.
- If the conference is held in-person, please ensure that your poster print size is 120x80 cm. In case the event takes place online, a PDF or PowerPoint version of your poster with a 12:8 width to height ratio is acceptable.
- You can download the attached poster template, which includes the following:
- The title of your work
- Your name and surname
- The title of the event (The Second Ankara Undergraduate Literature Conference)
- Your department, university, city/province, and email address
- Date and venue of the event (April 28, 2023, Ankara)
- The complete text of your creative work (if possible). In case of lengthy works, please include an extract(s).
- Abstract of your work
- Details about your writing process
- An illustration that supports or explains your work
- References (if applicable)
- The logos of TEDU and Ankara University
Please feel free to modify the design of your poster while ensuring that it includes the above-mentioned content.
Thank you and looking forward to your participation.
Organisers:
Department of English Language and Literature, TED University
Department of English Language and Literature, Ankara University
Department of American Culture and Literature, Ankara University