{"id":9,"date":"2024-12-05T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/letters2025\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:44:28","slug":"call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/letters2025\/news\/call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Call for Papers is now closed. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors will be informed of the outcome of their submission by <strong>23 July 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><s>Call for Papers: Letters and Literature 1500-2025: histories, forms, communities<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>5-7 November 2025 (FREE online only conference)<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>Deadline for submissions is 20 June 2025<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/dhou-data\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/Letters-and-Literature-Call-for-Papers.pdf\">Call for Papers (PDF)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome individual paper presentations or round table discussions in any of the following formats:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Individual paper (20 minutes speaking time\/2500 words)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual lightning talk (7 minutes speaking time\/1000 words)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round table panel, up to 5 participants (40 minutes speaking time in total)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative writing responses or creative\/critical responses to conference themes (20 minutes speaking time\/2500 words).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To propose an individual paper, response or panel to present at the conference, please submit a <strong>300-word abstract and a brief biography (50 words<\/strong>) to <a href=\"mailto:sara.haslam@open.ac.uk?subject=Letters%20and%20Literature%20submission\">Sara Haslam<\/a> by <strong>20 June 2025<\/strong>. We welcome proposals from individuals at all stages of their academic careers, including graduate students, and dedicated graduate student panels are anticipated for the event. We will aim to inform you of the outcome of your proposal submission by <strong>30 July 2025<\/strong>. The conference will be FREE to attend, but registration in advance will be required.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Journal Special Issue is a planned outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/dhou-data\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Bodleian_Jane_Austen_1813_envelope_edit02-1024x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Envelope reading: Miss Austen, Chawton. Written by Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, 1813. Detail from Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. 21838: https:\/\/digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/objects\/4ed2b41d-fdc2-4824-9d26-55957ee35040\/ CC BY-NC 4.0\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/dhou-data\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Bodleian_Jane_Austen_1813_envelope_edit02-1024x300.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/dhou-data\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Bodleian_Jane_Austen_1813_envelope_edit02-300x88.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/digital-humanities.open.ac.uk\/dhou-data\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Bodleian_Jane_Austen_1813_envelope_edit02.jpeg 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Envelope reading: Miss Austen, Chawton. Written by Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, 1813. 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