Call for Papers: 22nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium in English and Comparative Literary Studies

The Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick has opened the call for papers for the 22nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium.

Postgraduate researchers in the field of literary studies are invited to submit abstracts for 15-minute papers. There is no fixed topic for the submissions. The aim of the symposium is to make current MA, MPhil and PhD research visible and to promote inter-institutional exchange.

The event will take place on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in a hybrid format.

Submission deadline for abstracts: Friday, March 20, 2026

Further information on the symposium and details on the submission process can be found here
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/postgraduates/pgsymposiums/pgsymposiums22/

If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at
contactengpgsym@warwick.ac.uk.