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Nayoung Bishoff
@nayoungbishoff.bsky.social
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PhD Scholar of Shakespeare Adaptation | Literature and Korean Pop Culture | Media Studies | Gender Studies
@ George Washington University

Published in Literature/Film Quarterly, Borrowers and Lenders, and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Shakespeare
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The 2026 George Washington University English Graduate Student Association Symposium, titled “The Mind and the Machine: Mental Disability and Technology,” invites papers that examine the intersections of mental disability and technology in literature, film, and media.
#mental #disability #AI
The Mind and the Machine: Mental Disability and Technology George Washington University (GWU) English Graduate Student Association Symposium Friday, 6 March, 2026 Keynote Speaker : Dr. Lauren M.E. Goodlad Lauren M. E. Goodlad is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, editor of Critical AI and chair of the Critical AI @ Rutgers as well as a faculty affiliate of the Center for Cultural Analysis (CCA), the Rutgers British Studies Center, and the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science. This virtual symposium invites papers that explore how mental disability and technology intersect in literature, film, and media. By mental disability, we include conditions such as mental illness, neurodivergence, emotional distress, and psychological differences as represented across cultures. By technology, we refer broadly to scientific, digital, or mechanical systems (such as medical instruments, typewriters, social media, surveillance systems, and artificial intelligence). We invite submissions that consider questions: How do technologies shape the way we think about madness, desire, emotion, and care? How do literature and media represent the mind as a kind of machine, or the machine as human-like? How can disability studies, queer and feminist theory, or decolonial approaches help reimagine technologies and human psyche? Submission Details Please submit 300–500 word abstracts for fifteen-minute presentations to be shared virtually. All submissions must include the title of the proposed paper and a short bio (100 words). Please submit these by email to gwegsa@gmail.com with the subject line “2026 EGSA Symposium Submission.” Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 30, 2025
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Thrilled to share that my review of the excellent book Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare, edited by Alexa Alice Joubin @profjoubin.bsky.social, has been published in Borrowers and Lenders!
✏️ Review: doi.org/10.18274/1m0...
📘 Book: www.bloomsbury.com/us/contempor...
Thrilled to share that my review of the excellent book Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare, edited by Alexa Alice Joubin @profjoubin.bsky.social, has been published in Borrowers and Lenders! ✏️ Review: https://doi.org/10.18274/1m0a6264 📘 Book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/contemporary-readings-in-global-performances-of-shakespeare-9781350410817/
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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This year brought an unforgettable honor: receiving the Korean Honor Scholarship from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S., presented by Ambassador Dr. Kang Kyung-hwa (강경화 대사님)! I am profoundly grateful for this recognition and for everyone who supported me along the way!
This year brought an unforgettable honor: receiving the Korean Honor Scholarship from the #Embassy of the Republic of #Korea in the #U.S., presented by #Ambassador Dr. Kang Kyung-hwa (강경화 대사님)! I am profoundly grateful for this honor and for all who supported me, making it possible!
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Thank you so much for your interest in the symposium! That’s a great suggestion—I’ve just added a new version of the graphic with the alt text included!

Our CFP link is also available here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/....
The Mind and the Machine: Mental Disability and Technology The 2026 George Washington University English Graduate Student Association Symposium Friday, 6 March, 2026 This virtual symposium invites papers that explore how mental disability and technology intersect in literature, film, and media. By mental disability, we include conditions such as mental illness, neurodivergence, emotional distress, and psychological differences as represented across cultures. By technology, we refer broadly to scientific, digital, or mechanical systems (such as medical instruments, typewriters, social media, surveillance systems, and artificial intelligence). We invite submissions that consider questions: How do technologies shape the way we think about madness, desire, emotion, and care? How do literature and media represent the mind as a kind of machine, or the machine as human-like? How can disability studies, queer and feminist theory, or decolonial approaches help reimagine technologies and human psyche? Possible topics include (but are not limited to): * Mental illness, neurodivergence, and machines in literature or film * Assistive or accessible technologies in art and performance * Algorithms, surveillance, and mental health classification * Social media and self-representation * Disability aesthetics: repetition, silence, free association, flashback as creative forms * Environmental and technological effects on mental health * AI companions, speculative fiction, and posthumanism * Pedagogy, accessibility, and digital humanities * Community-based or abolitionist models of technological care Submission Details Please submit 300–500 word abstracts for fifteen-minute presentations to be shared virtually. All submissions must include the title of the proposed paper and a short bio (100 words). Please submit these by email to gwegsa@gmail.com with the subject line “2026 EGSA Symposium Submission.” Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 30, 2025
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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The 2026 George Washington University English Graduate Student Association Symposium, titled “The Mind and the Machine: Mental Disability and Technology,” invites papers that examine the intersections of mental disability and technology in literature, film, and media.
#mental #disability #AI
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM