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Reading Short Fiction in Transnational Contexts’ A conference of the European Network for Short Fiction Research School of English, University of Dublin, Trinity College; School of English, Drama, and Film, University College Dublin April 17-18, 2015Much scholarly work has been done in recent years on the idea of transnationalism in literary studies, but the extent to which the term relates to works of short fiction has not yet received sustained scrutiny. This conference aims to address this scholarly lacuna with a series of lectures and panel discussions on a range of issues including (but not limited to) the following:The transnational origins of short fictionShort fiction between nationsShort fiction and nation-buildingShort fiction and the idea of the nationShort fiction as transnational formShort fiction between national culturesReading short fiction across nationsShort fiction authors between statesShort fiction and its international audiencesShort fiction and issues in translationShort fiction and the nation stateShort fiction and the transatlantic worldShort fiction in EuropeShort fiction and empireShort fiction and the gendering of nationIn addition to papers on these and other topics, the conference will include a panel discussion on the first five years of Best European Fiction, an annual anthology of short fiction in English (and translation into English) published by the Dalkey Archive Press. The conference will also include some readings by contemporary Irish short fiction writers.300-word abstracts for 20-minute papers should be sent to ensfrdublin@gmail.com no later than midnight on the 1st of December 2014. Contributors should also send a short biographical note indicating institutional affiliation. A provisional conference programme will be announced in early January 2015.It is envisaged that conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice:  http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=196/&#160;