USS Conference. Narrating Knowledge: Science in Anglophone Literatures

The United Students Society of the Department of North American Literature and Culture at the University of Łódź warmly invites you to its 13th student conference:

Narrating Knowledge: Science in Anglophone Literatures

🗓 Location: Faculty of Philology, University of Łódź, ul. Pomorska 171/173
📍 On-site only
🎤 Keynote Speaker: Anna Shmatenko, MA (Sorbonne Université / Research Unit VALE)

"Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife!
Underneath their fine incisions
Stirs the Culprit – Life!"
— Emily Dickinson

Explore how literature has conceptualized and represented the scientific across various epochs, from proto-scientific reflections to contemporary issues surrounding Big Tech and the implications of science in our lives.
We invite you to delve into themes such as:

• The fears and hopes tied to scientific advancement
• Financial entanglements in science
• The ethics surrounding experimentation
• Gendered perspectives in scientific discourse
• The portrayal of science in literature and its metaphoric implications
• Responses to major scientific revolutions
• And much more!

We encourage doctoral candidates, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, to submit an abstract of 150-200 words along with a brief bio of 30-50 words to litandscience2026@gmail.com. 📧
Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: by the end of September
Note: There is no conference fee.

Conference Committee:
dr Krzysztof Majer,
dr hab. Justyna Fruzińska, prof. UŁ,
Gabriela Gryz (Conference Secretary),
Helena Sitarek,
Zofia Klimecka

🔗 For more details, check out our event page: Facebook Event

🧪 Conference logo by Justyna Fruzińska