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Society for Literature, Science and the Arts

The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) fosters interdisciplinary dialogue at the crossroads of the humanities and sciences. We support creative and scholarly work through conferences, publications, awards, and community collaboration.

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New Book Covers for: Microscopic Life in Early-Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature and Performance, edited by Liliane Campos, Sarah Bouttier, François-Joseph Lapointe and Sarah Montin; and Entangled Life in Twenty-First-Century Fiction: A Multi-scalar Poetics, by Liliane Campos.
New Book Covers for: Cutting Up Books by Ania Malinowska; and The New College Circle by Meredith Tromble and Jennifer Rissler.
New Book Covers for: From Earth to the Moon, edited by Anastasia Klimchynskaya; and Shifting Paradigms of the Anthropocene by Stephanie S. Turner.
New Book Covers for: First Encounters with AI, edited by Nina Beguš; and Artificial Humanities by Nina Beguš.

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Academic Opportunities

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) of Critical Game Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Department of English and Comparative Literature in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is looking for an applicant who engages with Critical Game Studies methods and scholarship in their teaching and research. Candidates should utilize interdisciplinary humanities approaches for analyzing, participating, and creating in games studies.

SLSA Announcements

Books to Review for Configurations

If you would like to review one of the books below, please contact Jay Labinger. Current as of August 5, 2026

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November 18–21, 2027 Washington DC

SLSA Annual Conference 2027

The next SLSA annual conference will be held November 18-21, 2027, in Washington, DC concurrently with the History of Science Society annual conference: Josh DiCaglio and Dawna Schuld of Texas A&M are planning the 2027 SLSA meeting in collaboration with HSS organizers. Conference registrants will have access to both conferences, with a shared conference hotel (the Omni Shoreham) and some shared activities; SLSA sessions will be held at the hotel and at the Texas A&M location in Washington, DC, which is conveniently located near the National Mall. The SLSA theme will be “Habitability,” although proposals for other SLSA-related topics will also be considered. A call for paper with the likely deadline of late March 2027 and including details about submission will be circulated soon. Given the constraints of conference planning, the deadline will not be extended.

August 25–29, 2026 São Paulo, Brazil

RATIO ETHICA: Towards Epistemic Justice

RATIO ETHICA: Toward Epistemic Justice is an international conference dedicated to reflecting on the ethical, epistemic, social, environmental, and cultural challenges of the contemporary world. Anchored in the notion of Epistemic Justice, the event brings together scholars, researchers, artists, activists, and members of civil society to promote dialogue among diverse forms of knowledge, disciplines, languages, and lived experiences.

Organized by the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), the conference seeks to question hegemonic epistemologies and to value plural, insurgent, Indigenous, Afro-diasporic, migrant, refugee, feminist, queer, and Global South knowledges, fostering a university and a society committed to social transformation, inclusion, and dignity.