Call for Papers: International Doctoral Conference: In Other Words. The Practice of Rewriting in Germanic and Slavic contexts (24th – 25th June 2026)
When seen through the lens of Gérard Genette’s concept of hypertextuality, rewriting may be understood as a process of linguistic, stylistic, content, and ideological reworking of a text (Alwis, Hinterberger, and Schiffer 2021). It may be also analysed from several other perspectives, ranging from André Lefevre’s (1992) definition of translation as textual reworking to feminist and post-colonial approaches (Spivak 1988; Ashcroft, Griffiths, and Tiffin 1989). The aim of this conference is to explore the theme of rewriting within the Germanic and Slavic fields of study, from a literary, philological and philosophical perspective.
The practice of rewriting has been playing a fundamental role since premodern times up
to nowadays in shaping our perception of reality. Consequently, this conference aims at investigating its impact in the Germanic and Slavic fields of study, regarding the following topics:
● Germanic, Scandinavian, and Slavic literatures from their origins to modern times (rewriting from a stylistic, content, ideological point of view);
● translation studies and reception studies;
● post-colonial and gender studies;
● rewritings of founding myths in Germanic, Scandinavian and Slavic cultures;
● rewriting and manuscript culture;
● Cinema, visual arts, and music from Germanic, Scandinavian, and Slavic countries.
How to apply: the organising committee welcomes contributions from MA graduates, PhD students, as well as young researchers. Each candidate should provide an abstract, written in English and no longer 250 words, followed by an essential bibliography, and a short biographical note (up to 150 words).
The proposals should be submitted through this form: https://forms.gle/cw6vnyoXBDXkxC5L9. The Conference working language will be English, and speakers will have 15 to 20 minutes to present their papers. There is no participation fee. Participants will have to cover their own expenses.
For further questions, you may contact the organising committee by email:
Submission deadline: 10/04/2026.
Notification of acceptance will be communicated from 30/04/2026.
Venue: Sapienza University of Rome, Edificio Marco Polo, Viale dello Scalo S. Lorenzo, 82, 00159
Roma (RM).
Organising committee: Antonella Candela, Tiziana Di Felice, Chiara Maciocci, Kateryna Mychka, Natálie Nováková, Viviana Santovito, Chiara Viceconti – students of International PhD programme in Germanic and Slavic Studies Sapienza University of Rome – Department of European American, and Intercultural Studies Charles University in Prague – Faculty of Arts.
Scientific committee: proff. Gabriele Guerra, Rosanna Morabito, Michele Sisto
International PhD programme in Germanic and Slavic Studies Sapienza University of Rome – Department of European American, and Intercultural Studies Charles University in Prague – Faculty of Arts
More information in the CfP.
