About Anglophonia

Anglophonia is an international student conference in English studies organized by the English Student Club X.a.

The primary goal of the conference is to provide students of English language and literature from Croatia and other European countries with an opportunity to present their works and creative ideas. Our wish is to connect English students with their colleagues and thus create or strengthen the already existing bonds between related faculties, both in Croatia and across Europe. Aiming to make it a beautiful and long-lasting tradition, we strive to see the conference grow and improve every year.

Anglophonia 2024 – Keynote speakers

Dear all,

we are pleased to announce our keynote speakers for this year’s Anglophonia!

Mark Sawin is a professor of U.S. history at Eastern Mennonite University. He currently also serves as the co-director of EMU’s Honors program and has served as the chair of the History and Political Science program, and as president of the Faculty Senate. In the larger academic world, he has served as a member and chair of the Regional Chapters Committee of the American Studies Association; as president and a board member of the Eastern American Studies Association; and as area chair of American Studies for the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association. In 2008-09 professor Sawin was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and he has  returned to teach courses at our Faculty in 2017, 2019 and 2024. His scholarship focuses largely on the religious, literary, and popular culture of antebellum America (1840–1850s). His most recent books are annotated editions of popular 19th-century author Ned Buntline’s early novels: the Mexican-American War story, The Volunteer; or, the Maid of Monterey (1847); and the pirate tale, The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main (1847). He also works on local African American history projects, recently editing The Way it Was… Coming of Age in Harrisonburg and VA in the Jim Crow Era: The Memoirs of Doris Harper Allen.

More on Professor Sawin: https://emu.edu/faculty-staff/?show=mms326

Fred Gardaphé is Distinguished Professor of English and Italian American Studies at Queens College/CUNY and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. He directs the Italian/American Studies Program at Queens and formerly directed the programs in Italian American and American studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is Associate Editor of Fra Noi, an Italian American monthly newspaper, editor of the Series in Italian American Studies at State University of New York Press, and co-founding-co-editor of Voices in Italian Americana, a literary journal and cultural review. He is past president of MELUS (2003-2006), the American Italian Historical Association (1996-2000), and The Working Class Studies Association (2008-2011). His edited books include: New Chicago Stories, Italian American Ways, From the Margin: Writings in Italian Americana and Anti-Italianism: Essays on a Prejudice. He has written two one-act plays: Vinegar and Oil, produced by the Italian/American Theatre Company in 1987, and Imported from Italy, produced by Zebra Crossing Theater in 1991.

More on Professor Gardaphé: https://calandrainstitute.org/the-institute/fred-gardaphe/

Anglophonia 2024 – Second Call for papers

Dear all,

we invite you once again to participate in this year’s Anglophonia International Anglophone Conference for Young Scholars. Please note that we have extended the application deadline to March 7, 2024.

Second Call for Papers containing all additional information can be found on our site here, but it’s also available in PDF form. Feel free to forward it to all your colleagues who might be interested.

For further details about the conference please follow the conference website, and for any additional enquiries regarding the programme, and other general questions, please contact the following e-mail address:
anglophonia.ksaxa@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you at our conference!

Anglophonia 2024 – Call for Papers

ENGLISH STUDENT CLUB X.A. is pleased to announce the seventh International Anglophone Conference for Young Scholars ANGLOPHONIA: FORKING PATHS, which will take place FROM 16TH TO 18TH MAY 2024 at the FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN ZAGREB, Croatia. The conference will provide a platform for young scholars (BA, MA and PhD students, graduates and scholars who have recently obtained a PhD) to discuss their works in a friendly, yet professional environment. The aim of the conference is to connect young and promising researchers who share an interest in all areas of Anglophone studies by providing them with an opportunity to exchange information, ideas, and views.

The call for papers is now available in pdf here, or you can access it on our site here.