The the call for the ESSE Book Awards 2026 has been published. 👇 essenglish.org/book-awards/

Call for Contributions. Conference and workshops: History up for Debate: Literature, Storytelling and the Imagined Past. Location and dates: University of Salzburg. 12 July 2026. Deadline for proposal submissions: 2nd February 2026. #essecfp. 👉 essenglish.org/cfp-conferen...

The call for papers for the HFRN Online Winter Workshop is now closed. We are currently reviewing the very interesting submissions and will be in touch.

Last chance to submit a proposal to our 2025 Online Workshop on Historical Fictions and the Anthropocene. The CfP closes tomorrow. historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-works...

"Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten" Edited by Ben Fletcher-Watson, Jo Shaw edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...

A big 'thank you' to Yolanda Rodriguez Perez for her fascinating talk on the Spanish historical novel!

To learn more about the Network and our activities, do sign up for our Newsletter if you haven't done so yet. newsletter.historicalfictionsresearch.org/subscri...

Don't forget to join us for tonight's lecture on Spanish historical fictions!

Acceptances for the 2026 HFRN Annual Conference have gone out. There'll be many exciting papers to look forward to. Registration will start in October.

Our next online lecture on "In Search of ‘usable pasts’: The Historical Novel in Spain" by Yolanda Rodríguez Pérez is next week. historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-lectu...

The CfP for the HFRN Winter Workshop is currently open. We'll be discussing "Historical Fiction in / and the Anthropocene". For details, please visit our website.

There have been more than 80 submissions to the HFRN Annual Conference at Erlangen. Happy reviewing!

The HFRN October lecture will feature Emi Tozawa: 29 October 4 pm BST (UTC+1) / 5 pm CEST: : Emi Tozawa, University of Manchester, ‘Samurai Tales and Scholars’ Frowns? Historical Novels in Japan’ For details on registration (it's free!) please visit out webpage.

Please find here the dates for the next HFRN online lecture: 24 September 4 pm BST (UTC+1) / 5 pm CEST: Yolanda Rodriguez Perez, University of Amsterdam, In Search of ‘usable pasts’: The Historical Novel in Spain

We have received more than 60 submissions for the HFRN Annual Conference 2026 so far. Still counting ...

Happy weekend, everyone! Do make use of the time to send in a proposal for HFRC2026. 🙂 The call is open until Monday.

One more week to submit the proposals to the HFRN Annual Conference 2026!

Congratulations and a big 'Thank you' to Stephanie Russo for getting out the next issue of the 'Journal of Historical Fictions'!

Don't forget to submit your proposal for our 2026 Annual Conference. You can find the details here: historicalfictionsresearch.org/hfrn-confere... The deadline is on 1 September.

The CfP for our 2025 Online Winter Workshop is out now: historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-works... We will be looking at "Historical Fiction in / and the Anthropocene" on 29 November.

Our 3rd Online Lecture on the Historical Novel in national traditions will take place on 24 September 4 pm BST (UTC+1) / 5 pm CEST. Yolanda Rodriguez Perez, University of Amsterdam, will be talking about "In Search of ‘usable pasts’: The Historical Novel in Spain."

Good morning! Unfortunately, we will have to postpone next week's Online lecture on Japanese historical fiction. Apologies! We will be in touch with a new date asap.

Thank you to the speakers at the #HFRNWorkshop2025 for a great event!

Good morning! The HFRN Online Summer Workshop on #transhistoricalfictions is live now!

A taste of last week’s wonderful Neo-Historical Fiction conference at @temporal-communities.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social - I came away with so many new ideas, and in awe of all of the important work being done. Thank you @carolinekoegler.bsky.social et al for your fabulous hospitality!

One more week until our online workshop on Transnational and Postnational Historical Fictions. Looking forward to many exciting talks.🙂

The preliminary programme for our Online Summer Workshop on Trans- and Postnational Historical Fictions is out now: historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-works...

Call for Papers. Conference: Historical Fictions Research. Location and dates: Erlangen (Germany), 19-20 February 2026. #essecfp. 👉 essenglish.org/cfp-conferen...

The CfP for the 2026 #HFRN Annual Conference is out now. historicalfictionsresearch.org/hfrn-confere... Join us in Enlangen to explore feelings and emotions in historical fictions.

Dear All, I have here a CFP for an edited book with a preliminary title "Other Spaces: Spatiality in Popular Culture." Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2025. The full CFP below. Should you have any questions, please DM me. 😁👩‍🎓📖

Please share! 👇 Our conference " #NeoHistorical #Fiction @ 2025. #PrizedTemporalities & Contested Progress" is happening /2-4 June @temporal-communities.de ☝️ @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicConference #EnglishStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies #FUBerlin

The 3rd HFRN Online Lecture is on 1 July. Join us to hear Emi Tozawa from the University of Manchester talk about: ‘Samurai Tales and Scholars’ Frowns? Historical Novels in Japan’.

You are all warmly invited to the Research Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation annual Postgraduate Conference on the theme of Re-Reading (22 and 23 May 2025). The conference is free, and hybrid. You can register her: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...

Thank you to Claudia and Lisa for their excellent talk on Swedish Historical Fiction!

The second HFRN Online Lecture is today! Don't forget to join us to hear about "Swedish Historical Fiction – The Thrill of a Miserable Past".

The deadline for the CfP for the HFRN Online Workshop on Transnational and Postnational Historical Fictions is on 15 May. Don't forget to submit an abstract.

Save the date: The HFRC 2026 will take place at Erlangen, on 19th and 20th February, on "Feelings and Emotions in Historical Fictions".

Save the date: The next #HFRN Online Lecture takes place on 14 May. Claudia Linden and Lisa Grahn will be talking about "Swedish Historical Fiction – The Thrill of a Miserable Past".

Call for Papers. 2025 Online Summer Workshop: Transnational and Postnational Historical Fictions. Location and dates: 13 June 2025 (online in Zoom) ca 8 am to 5 pm (GMT). #essecfp. 👉 essenglish.org/cfp-conferen...

The CfP for the #HFRN 2025 Online Workshop is now online! Join us to talk and hear about "Transnational and Postnational Historical Fictions" historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-works...

If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social and me to reflect on ways in which true crime narratives are deployed! The CFP is live and the proposals can be submitted via this form: forms.gle/U1hHhpWQh9u8... The deadline is 16 May!

On 13 June 2025, #HFRN will be hosting an online workshop on "Transnational and Postnational Historical Fictions". More information soon!

Book just published in honour of #WomensHistoryMonth - Women's Historical Fiction Across The Globe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Chpt 1 available open access thanks to support of Trinity College Dublin Trust @langslitscultures.bsky.social @historicalfic.bsky.social

Crime Fiction Lovers take note -- The Journal for the Study of Cultures has an open call on "Crime (Fictions) and Nostalgia in British Culture". For details see www.captivatingcriminalitynetwork.net/blog/call-fo...

#HFRN Online Lecture series will be starting on 10 March on the topic “A ‘maternal genealogy’ of the Historical Novel (in ‘England’)?”

Registration for HFRN Online Lectures is open now! historicalfictionsresearch.org/online-lectu...

A Dialogue Between Industry and Academia on Game and Opportunities Please find here the details on a hybrid event organised by another member of #HFRN: events.bookitbee.com/university-o... which takes place at the University of Glasgow on 5 March 2025.

Thank you for a great HFRC2025! See you in Erlangen next year.

Don't forget: #QAQV9 is coming! qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl

#HFRC2025 in Manchester has started! Welcome, everybody.