RELY project

🌟 Check your inboxes! Key dates ahead! Notifications of acceptance have been sent.

🗓️ 13th February – Registration opens
🗓️ 8th May – Registration closes
🗓️ 18th May – Conference begins

📩 If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at literaryassemblage@gmail.com

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🌿 More announcements coming this eventful semester!
CFP now open for #Eco-Assemblages: New Perspectives on Environmental Humanities
📍 University of Málaga | 🗓️ 5–6 March 2026
⏳ Deadline: 5 February | ecoassemblages@gmail.com
📩Link to #CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🎙️Final keynote announcement!
John McLeod, Professor of Postcolonial & Diaspora Literatures (Univ. of Leeds), author of Beginning Postcolonialism, Postcolonial London, Global Trespassers, among others.

ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staf...

Don't forget to submit your proposals by Monday!

🎙️ Another keynote announcement as the CFP deadline approaches!
Margarita Estévez-Saá, Assoc. Prof. (accredited Full Prof.) at Univ. of Santiago de Compostela. Specialist in Joyce & contemporary Irish fiction, ecofeminism & transcultural studies.

investigacion.usc.gal/investigador...

🎙️ As the CFP deadline approaches, we’re delighted to introduce our first keynote speaker: Xavier Aldana Reyes, Reader in English Lit & Film (MMU) and founding member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies.

👉Learn more about his work: www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profil...

⬇️ Remember you can send your proposals until 19th January!

Looking forward to seeing you all in Málaga 🤩

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS — DEADLINE EXTENDED!

If you haven’t submitted your proposal for our upcoming international conference yet, there’s still a chance — the new deadline is 📅 19th January.

💡 Submit: 300-word proposals + short bio
📧 Email: literaryassemblage@gmail.com

👏✨ Yesterday, our PI @rosarioarias_uma took part in the Gender Studies Graduate Seminar at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and delivered the plenary lecture “Assembling Matrifocal Narratives and the #Gothic in #Neo-Victorianism”.
We hope you enjoyed it! 💬📚💜

#RELY #LitAssemblage

Today we’re happy to share that our team took part extensively in the 48th AEDEAN Conference, held last week (12–14 November) in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Big thank-you to the organizing committee and the AEDEAN Executive Board (led by our PI @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social) for making this edition possible💬✨

🎉We’re thrilled to share the official poster for our upcoming International Conference The Poetics and Politics of Literary Assemblages: 📍University of Málaga, 🗓️ 18–20 May 2026.

📝 Remember that the #CFP is still open until 9th December!

Full #CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

📣Come and join us on our Open Day – #CentrodeEscritura / #WritingCentre ✍️
🗓 Thursday, 30 October 2025

✨ Learn about #academicwriting, exchange experiences, and get to know what we can offer!

👉 Register via the QR on the poster.
We can’t wait to see you there! 🌍✏️

🎓✨ Yesterday, our PI @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social and members of the team had the pleasure of sharing their #research and academic journeys with postgraduate students.
It was a wonderful opportunity to exchange ideas, reflect on research paths and learn from one another 💬🌍

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📢 CFP open! The Poetics and Politics of Literary Assemblages in the Anglosphere. An International Conference 🌍
📅 University of Málaga, 18–20 May 2026
📝 Send title + 300-word abstract + bio note to literaryassemblage@gmail.com by 9 December 2025.

#CFP #LitAssemblage #RELY

📢 Upcoming Online Seminar: "La tecnología y su impacto en el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera"

🗓️ 3 October 2025
🕙 10:00–11:30 (CEST)
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams
👉 Register here: u.uma.es/gPk/.

Don’t miss this opportunity to reflect on innovation in language learning 📚💡

🎉 We’re excited to host the 13th ESPRit Conference “Periodicals as Cultural Assemblages” on 3–5 Sept 2025 at the Faculty of Arts (UMA)!

See the programme here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#ESPRit2025 #LitAssemblage #RELY

🗓️ Save the Date!

We’re thrilled to announce the dates for our international conference:
18–20 May 2026 🎉
Mark your calendars—more details coming after the summer break!

#RELY #LitAssemblage #internationalconference

From 2–4 July, @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social took part in the VI #AEDEAN #DoctoralSeminar — a fantastic space where our PhD candidates shared their ongoing research and received valuable feedback. This initiative celebrates an academic culture built on confidence, kindness, and collaboration 💬✨

📚 New Publication Alert! 📚
Our team member @manuhueso has recently published his article “Corporeal Abjection and Hopefulness in Oscar Wilde’s ‘Charmides’ (1881)” in the International Journal of English Studies (IJES).

revistas.um.es/ijes/article...

#RELY #LitAssemblage #NewPublication

🖤🌿 Last week, our PI @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social gave a keynote at Gothic Crossroads, in Manchester. Her talk, “Assembling and Crossing the Human and Non-Human”, explored the EcoGothic in Neo-Victorian fiction through assemblage thinking. #EcoGothic #LitAssemblage #RELY

👥✨ Yesterday we had the chance of welcoming young students who were introduced by @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social to the background and aims of our group, offering insight into academia. The visit continued with a literary analysis workshop. Thank you for your curiosity! #RELY #LitAssemblage

🎥✨ We’re happy to share that Dr. Teresa Brus’s talk, part of our Literary Assemblage Online Seminar Series, is now available to watch online!

📍 Watch here: literaryassemblage.com/online-semin...

#RELY #LitAssemblage #onlineseries

We’re delighted to host Dr. Cristina Alsina Rísquez (Universitat de Barcelona) for an inspiring session titled:
💡 "Enamorarse de una pregunta de investigación: cómo acercarse a un proyecto de tesis y más allá”
📅 30 May 2025🕚 11:00 AM📍 Aula 1, Aulario Juan Antonio Ramírez
🖱Register at: u.uma.es/gt6/

🌟 Today’s online seminar with Dr. Teresa Brus was a real success!
A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who joined us and contributed to the discussion on "Tectonics of Fragments in Personal Essays."
We hope to see you again at our upcoming events—stay tuned! #LitAssemblage #RELY #onlineseries

📢 New session as part of our Literary Assemblage Online Seminar Series!
🗓 May 28 🎙 Dr. Teresa Brus (University of Wrocław) 📚 "Tectonics of Fragments in Personal Essays"
🖱 Register here: u.uma.es/gt4/
📲 Or scan the QR code on the poster!
#RELY #LitAssemblage #onlineseries

This week, team members will participate in two different conferences: 🗓 19th International Conference on Contemporary Narratives in English📍University of Zaragoza | May 21–23 &🗓 10th ASYRAS Conference: Bridges Across Academia: On Sharing Knowledge📍University of Murcia | May 21–23. Stay tuned!

🎨✨ Our seminar "Ensamblaje, Creación y Género" is underway! In Session 1, Prof. @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social & the artist José María Escalona explored assemblage in theory & art practice 🧩—setting the stage for a powerful series. Stay tuned for more!

That’s a wrap! 🎉 @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social & @lola-am00.bsky.social closed our series exploring Anglophone autopathographies via Assemblage thinking & Health Humanities. Thanks for joining—more inspiring initiatives soon!

#LitAssemblage #RELY #Dissemination #HealthHumanities

📸✨The third session of our seminar was a success! Dr. Rosario Arias @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social & María Torres explored the non-human via assemblage thinking in Anglophone texts. Thanks to all who joined! More soon!👇#LitAssemblage #RELY

📸✨ Thank you for joining us!

The conference "Hope and/or Resistance" with Dr. Cristina Gámez Fernández (UCO) was a success! 🌍📖

Great discussions on hope & resistance and their connection with literature—thanks to all who attended!

📢 More events coming soon—stay tuned!

📢 New event!
Join us for "Hope and/or Resistance: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Literary Analysis" with Dr. Cristina Gámez Fernández (UCO), PI of Resisting the Capitalocene.
📅 April 3, 2025 | ⏰ 16:00h | 📍 Room 1, Aulario Juan Antonio Ramírez
🔗 Register via QR code or at u.uma.es/gaP