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Graduate Student Conference 2027
Global Narratives, Local Realities: Mythmaking from a Transcultural Perspective
Submit an Abstract
We warmly welcome submissions from graduate students, doctoral candidates, and early-career scholars whose research interrogates myth, narrative, and lived experience. Abstracts reflecting a broad range of disciplines, methodological approaches, and forms of media are particularly encouraged, in keeping with of the openness of Transcultural Studies.
Submission Deadline
15 January 2027
Acceptance notifications will be sent by the end of January 2027.
Themes
This conference asks how global narratives become local realities, and what is gained, transformed, or lost in that process. Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the creation and transmission of myth across cultural boundaries; the institutions, media, and actors that consolidate or contest it; and the ways it is remembered, revised, or dismantled over time.
We encourage abstracts reflecting a broad range of disciplines, methodological approaches, and forms of media.
Submission Materials
Abstract
500 words, with 5-8 keywords as a single PDF file
Short Biography
~150 words, in the email body, not the PDF file
Presentation Format
Presentations will be held on-site at the Center for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) at Heidelberg University and should be 20 minutes in length, followed by Q&A led by the panel organizer.
Procedures for Submission
Please submit your abstract and keywords as a single PDF file to the email address below by 15 January 2026.
grad-conf-2027@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de
Please include your biography in the email body, not the PDF file.