The Louisville Conference
Calling all Literature and Culture Enthusiasts!
Submissions are now open for LCLC52! Click here to learn more.
The deadline for submissions has been extended! The new deadline is Friday, October 18th at 11:59 P.M. EST.
LCLC52 is scheduled for two days of virtual panels on Monday February 17th and Tuesday February 18th 2025 followed by three days of in-person conferencing here in Louisville starting Thursday afternoon (2/20/25) and ending Saturday evening (2/22/25)
The Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture invites critical & creative papers and full panel discussions about literature from the 20th and 21st centuries. Applicants may submit papers that connect to other art forms and academic fields.
The conference also welcomes creative submissions, such as literary compositions, videos, or hybrid genres, as well as critical-creative submissions exploring poetics, crafts, or writing practices. We encourage proposals that bring together people from different universities or organizations, with varying levels of experience in academia, and from various fields of study.
Submissions are accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hebrew, and Italian. Panels involving global literature and culture in other languages are encouraged.
Featuring Keynote Speakers
Confirmed LCLC52 events include The Hero Project of the Century: As iZ by Tyrone Williams (Aldon Nielsen, organizer), The Function of Music in Poetry (Adeena Karasick and Mark Scroggins, organizers), Fred Jameson's Years of Theory (featuring Robert Tally, Andrew Cole, Carson Welch, and others to come). Follow along with our journey on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with our event announcements!
VENDORS and EXHIBITORS are welcome. Contact Emily Ravenscraft, Conference Coordinator at lclc@louisville.edu to learn how you can be a part of LCLC52.
