CFP: Brutal Themes in Brutal Times: Teaching Edgar Allan Poe in a Culture of Violence, Northeast Modern Language Association
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-brutal-themes-in-brutal-times-teaching-edgar-allan-poe-in-a-culture-of-violence-northeast-modern-language-association/
July 24, 2018
Brutal Themes in Brutal Times: Teaching Edgar Allan Poe in a Culture of Violence
deadline for submissions:
September 30, 2018
full name / name of organization:
Northeast Modern Language Association
contact email:
chendricks@goodwin.edu
This panel seeks papers that explore pedagogical strategies for teaching the horror stories of Edgar Allan Poe and his contemporaries. With the looming, true-to-life violence bombarding us every day in the news and in other media outlets, the macabre tales of our favorite authors resonate too well. Teaching the violent and psychologically disturbing short stories of Poe, and others writing in this genre, can be challenging in the current climate of violence in America. Exploring the depths and darkness of humanity through literature can be traumatic for contemporary students who are bombarded with violent words and images every day through social media and news outlets. This panel seeks papers that explore pedagogical strategies devoted to travelling through dark literary themes while maintaining a safe atmosphere in the classroom. How can instructors align class discussions, specifically the ones that take a sociopolitical turn, to heal the contemporary student in an America riddled with nihilism, senseless violence, and psychological desperation? The significance of this panel is to uncover innovative teaching strategies when bringing students classic horror tales for discussion in the milieu of a terrorizing era in American history.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
CFP: Articles and Reviews on Robert Holdstock’s Writing, Spec. Issue of Gramarye (9/21/2018)
(Apologies if this is a repeated post.)
CFP: Articles and Reviews on Robert Holdstock’s Writing
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-articles-and-reviews-on-robert-holdstocks-writing/
June 15, 2018
Call for Submissions: Articles and reviews on Robert Holdstock’s writing
Robert Holdstock – a celebration of ‘Mythago Wood’
‘No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood’, Michael Moorcock
Call for Submissions: Articles and reviews on Robert Holdstock’s writing
With the tenth anniversary of Robert Holdstock’s death approaching, the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy seeks articles and reviews with a focus on the author’s Mythago Wood series for publication in Gramarye, its peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Chichester.
Neil Gaiman considers Mythago Wood to be a ‘classic of the literature of fantasy.’ In this spirit we are looking for scholarly and imaginative submissions that will once more take readers in to the heart of the British mythic landscape.
The deadline for this issue is 21 September 2018, and the Guest Editor will be Dr Steven O’Brien.
General Gramarye submissions information
Gramarye is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal examining folk narratives, fairy tales and fantasy works, both as independent genres and also in terms of the resonances and dissonances between them and other cultural forms.
There is no charge or fee for submitting an article or abstract.
Articles should be 5,000 – 7,000 words, book reviews c.1,000 words, and submitted as a Word .doc or .rtf attachment to the editor (Email: info@sussexfolktalecentre.org).
All submissions should be accompanied by a 100-word abstract and 100-word biographical note.
Relevant colour image files, along with copyright permission, must also be supplied by the deadline.
For contributions that include any copyrighted materials, the author must secure written permission (specifying “non-exclusive world rights and electronic rights”) to reproduce them. The author must submit these written permissions with their final manuscript. Permission fees are the responsibility of the author.
The deadlines are always 21 March for the summer issue and 21 September for the winter issue. If you would like to receive a complimentary e-book of the most recent issue to check content and style, please request one from assistant Heather Robbins (h.robbins@chi.ac.uk).
Only original articles that are not simultaneously under consideration by another journal will be considered. Unrevised student essays or theses cannot be considered.
Submissions must include all quotations, endnotes, and the list of works cited. References should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
The copyright for a submission remains with the author at all times.
The peer-review process for Gramarye is as follows:
The paper, edited to fit Gramarye’s house style, will first be sent to the editorial board to approve it for peer review if they find it to be original, interesting, and of value to Gramarye’s readers.
One or two experts in the field of the paper will then be chosen as peer reviewers, in a double-blind process in which neither reviewer nor author identity will be made available to the other.
The reviewers will ascertain the relative strengths and weaknesses of the paper, including but not limited to:
a. whether it is properly referenced,
b.whether any opinion or evidence is presented clearly and is relevant to the overall argument,
c. and whether the language and purpose of the paper and its conclusion are clear and comprehensible.
This takes one to two weeks.
The reviewers’ comments will be returned to the editor, who will ensure the reviewers’ anonymity and return them to the author if any revisions are necessary.
If the author resubmits their revised article to the editor after peer-review and some queries haven’t been addressed, the editorial board will make the final decision on whether the article should be returned to the author to address the remaining issues, or whether it should be published or discarded. The author will be informed about this decision as soon as possible.
CFP: Articles and Reviews on Robert Holdstock’s Writing
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-articles-and-reviews-on-robert-holdstocks-writing/
June 15, 2018
Call for Submissions: Articles and reviews on Robert Holdstock’s writing
Robert Holdstock – a celebration of ‘Mythago Wood’
‘No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood’, Michael Moorcock
Call for Submissions: Articles and reviews on Robert Holdstock’s writing
With the tenth anniversary of Robert Holdstock’s death approaching, the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy seeks articles and reviews with a focus on the author’s Mythago Wood series for publication in Gramarye, its peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Chichester.
Neil Gaiman considers Mythago Wood to be a ‘classic of the literature of fantasy.’ In this spirit we are looking for scholarly and imaginative submissions that will once more take readers in to the heart of the British mythic landscape.
The deadline for this issue is 21 September 2018, and the Guest Editor will be Dr Steven O’Brien.
General Gramarye submissions information
Gramarye is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal examining folk narratives, fairy tales and fantasy works, both as independent genres and also in terms of the resonances and dissonances between them and other cultural forms.
There is no charge or fee for submitting an article or abstract.
Articles should be 5,000 – 7,000 words, book reviews c.1,000 words, and submitted as a Word .doc or .rtf attachment to the editor (Email: info@sussexfolktalecentre.org).
All submissions should be accompanied by a 100-word abstract and 100-word biographical note.
Relevant colour image files, along with copyright permission, must also be supplied by the deadline.
For contributions that include any copyrighted materials, the author must secure written permission (specifying “non-exclusive world rights and electronic rights”) to reproduce them. The author must submit these written permissions with their final manuscript. Permission fees are the responsibility of the author.
The deadlines are always 21 March for the summer issue and 21 September for the winter issue. If you would like to receive a complimentary e-book of the most recent issue to check content and style, please request one from assistant Heather Robbins (h.robbins@chi.ac.uk).
Only original articles that are not simultaneously under consideration by another journal will be considered. Unrevised student essays or theses cannot be considered.
Submissions must include all quotations, endnotes, and the list of works cited. References should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
The copyright for a submission remains with the author at all times.
The peer-review process for Gramarye is as follows:
The paper, edited to fit Gramarye’s house style, will first be sent to the editorial board to approve it for peer review if they find it to be original, interesting, and of value to Gramarye’s readers.
One or two experts in the field of the paper will then be chosen as peer reviewers, in a double-blind process in which neither reviewer nor author identity will be made available to the other.
The reviewers will ascertain the relative strengths and weaknesses of the paper, including but not limited to:
a. whether it is properly referenced,
b.whether any opinion or evidence is presented clearly and is relevant to the overall argument,
c. and whether the language and purpose of the paper and its conclusion are clear and comprehensible.
This takes one to two weeks.
The reviewers’ comments will be returned to the editor, who will ensure the reviewers’ anonymity and return them to the author if any revisions are necessary.
If the author resubmits their revised article to the editor after peer-review and some queries haven’t been addressed, the editorial board will make the final decision on whether the article should be returned to the author to address the remaining issues, or whether it should be published or discarded. The author will be informed about this decision as soon as possible.
CFP “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory,” Special Feature in The New Americanist (expired)
(Sorry to have missed this earlier.)
CFP: “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory,” Special Feature in The New Americanist
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-hobgoblins-of-fantasy-american-fantasy-fiction-in-theory-special-feature-in-the-new-americanist/
June 8, 2018
The New Americanist would like to announce a general call for papers for its third issue (Fall 2019). The New Americanist is an interdisciplinary journal publishing scholarly work on the United States and the Americas broadly considered. We are especially interested in work which includes a global perspective, introduces new critical approaches, and proposes theoretical frameworks to the study of the US. We welcome contributions from scholars from around the world and across the humanities and social sciences.
“Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory”
Special feature in The New Americanist
In association with the American Studies Center, University of Warsaw
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” The Communist Manifesto (1850)
A frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy is haunted by that same ghost, the ghost of critical theory. The fantastic, the hobgoblin, and fantasy literature as we know it were “always already” present in the early articulations of critical theory. Fantasy, though, does not merely echo within, or from, Marx and Engels. It presents unique challenges to critical theory, both to readers and to literary critics, not least because of its seeming opposition to realism, materialism, and history itself. That is to say, critical theory’s ostensible rationalism confronts fantasy’s vision of itself as myth. Even the word “myth” carries such different meanings in the theories of Horkheimer and Adorno, Barthes, or Lacan, rather than in fantasy, that the two can barely understand each other. That instability roots fantasy in a “negative capability,” possibly even an antifoundationalist tendency, when it comes to theorizing it. Suvin or Jameson, for example, set it in opposition to science fiction, its twin genre. So while fantasy finds more traction than SF in political allegory or feminist critique, that very capability clashes with the class theory of history, the critique of neoliberalism, that SF ostensibly contains. The result is that fantasy vacillates between Marxist critique, with its determinism and false consciousness, and social commentary, with its direct representation and even accusation.
What are readers to do? Must the hobgoblin be exorcised, or do we find a medium through which to communicate? Is the hobgoblin itself a product of the struggle between fantasy and rationality? As a special feature in the newly-relaunched The New Americanist, and in association with the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw, “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory” seeks articles on critical approaches to American fantasy fiction. The special feature section is open to articles from any critical paradigm and of any period in American fantasy but is particularly interested in readings of fantasy that draw on the conflicts among competing critical methods. This collection reflects debates around definitions, sub-genres (urban fantasy vs. heroic fantasy, or high & low fantasy, etc.), periodization, historicization, gender & sexuality in reading communities, reception theory, and so forth. Portals into the critical fantastic include (but are not limited to) some suggestive tensions:
Please submit 1-page abstracts and a short biographical note for proposed articles to James Gifford (gifford@fdu.edu) and Orion Kidder (okidder@sfu.ca) by 31 July 2018. Selected articles (6,000–8,000 words) will then be due by 31 December 2018 for peer-review. The third issue of The New Americanist will be published in Fall 2019 with “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory” as its special feature.
CFP: “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory,” Special Feature in The New Americanist
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-hobgoblins-of-fantasy-american-fantasy-fiction-in-theory-special-feature-in-the-new-americanist/
June 8, 2018
The New Americanist would like to announce a general call for papers for its third issue (Fall 2019). The New Americanist is an interdisciplinary journal publishing scholarly work on the United States and the Americas broadly considered. We are especially interested in work which includes a global perspective, introduces new critical approaches, and proposes theoretical frameworks to the study of the US. We welcome contributions from scholars from around the world and across the humanities and social sciences.
“Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory”
Special feature in The New Americanist
In association with the American Studies Center, University of Warsaw
“A frightful hobgoblin stalks through Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism.” The Communist Manifesto (1850)
A frightful hobgoblin stalks through genre fiction, too. Fantasy is haunted by that same ghost, the ghost of critical theory. The fantastic, the hobgoblin, and fantasy literature as we know it were “always already” present in the early articulations of critical theory. Fantasy, though, does not merely echo within, or from, Marx and Engels. It presents unique challenges to critical theory, both to readers and to literary critics, not least because of its seeming opposition to realism, materialism, and history itself. That is to say, critical theory’s ostensible rationalism confronts fantasy’s vision of itself as myth. Even the word “myth” carries such different meanings in the theories of Horkheimer and Adorno, Barthes, or Lacan, rather than in fantasy, that the two can barely understand each other. That instability roots fantasy in a “negative capability,” possibly even an antifoundationalist tendency, when it comes to theorizing it. Suvin or Jameson, for example, set it in opposition to science fiction, its twin genre. So while fantasy finds more traction than SF in political allegory or feminist critique, that very capability clashes with the class theory of history, the critique of neoliberalism, that SF ostensibly contains. The result is that fantasy vacillates between Marxist critique, with its determinism and false consciousness, and social commentary, with its direct representation and even accusation.
What are readers to do? Must the hobgoblin be exorcised, or do we find a medium through which to communicate? Is the hobgoblin itself a product of the struggle between fantasy and rationality? As a special feature in the newly-relaunched The New Americanist, and in association with the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw, “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory” seeks articles on critical approaches to American fantasy fiction. The special feature section is open to articles from any critical paradigm and of any period in American fantasy but is particularly interested in readings of fantasy that draw on the conflicts among competing critical methods. This collection reflects debates around definitions, sub-genres (urban fantasy vs. heroic fantasy, or high & low fantasy, etc.), periodization, historicization, gender & sexuality in reading communities, reception theory, and so forth. Portals into the critical fantastic include (but are not limited to) some suggestive tensions:
- China Miéville observes in Red Planets that the SF project had begun subtitled “Marxism, Science Fiction, Fantasy.” Whence fantasy and why this trend?
- Jameson and Suvin welcome fantasy into history with the departure of magic, or precisely when it ceases to be fantastical. Are other historicizations of fantasy possible?
- Urban fantasy has flourished through identity politics (gender, LGBTQ+, “minority” communities), but what of concepts of consolation, inoculation, or cultural appropriation that question foundational works in the sub-genre?
- The rise of Afrofuturism in SF suggests a parallel Afrofantastic. What of other communities find voice through (or represented in) fantasy? What voices do Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, and other fantasy communities find in the genre?
- Reader response and reception theory in pulp fiction has largely related to romance reading communities—in what ways is fantasy divergent from (or contiguous with) this established critical project?
- Other questions might include (but are not limited to):
- Is there a “Hard Fantasy,” and is it complicit in the potential toxic masculinity of demands for a Hard SF?
- Fanfic studies have concentrated on SF, often in relation to identity and communities of resistance in underground publications, yet S/K echoes very differently in the commercial success of Fifty Shades responding to Twilight. What are the sexual politics of fantasy fanfic? What are its genders and communities?
- What are fantasy’s nationalisms? Is there a manifest destiny stalking American fantasy?
- Is “Cli-Fi” necessarily a subset of SF’s cognitive estrangements, or is a fantastic confrontation with nature “always already” allegorizing anthropogenic climate change?
- Do Animal Studies or human/non-human networks find unique representations or opportunities in fantasy and/or in fantasy audiences?
- Do we confront, through Klein, Lacan, Žižek, et al., the “phantasy” in fantasy, linking it to desire, the Other, and radical transformation, or must we also remain discontent with metonymic substitutes as a function of fantasy?
Please submit 1-page abstracts and a short biographical note for proposed articles to James Gifford (gifford@fdu.edu) and Orion Kidder (okidder@sfu.ca) by 31 July 2018. Selected articles (6,000–8,000 words) will then be due by 31 December 2018 for peer-review. The third issue of The New Americanist will be published in Fall 2019 with “Hobgoblins of Fantasy: American Fantasy Fiction in Theory” as its special feature.
CFP “Being Dragonborn: Critical Essays on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” (edited collection 10/31/2018))
CFP: Call for Chapters: “Being Dragonborn: Critical Essays on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” (edited collection)
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-call-for-chapters-being-dragonborn-critical-essays-on-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-edited-collection/
August 14, 2018
Type:
Call for Papers
Date:
October 31, 2018
Location:
Ohio, United States
Subject Fields:
Cultural History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Women’s & Gender History / Studies, Humanities, Digital Humanities
Call for Chapters: “Being Dragonborn: Critical Essays on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” (edited collection)
In advance of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s tenth anniversary in 2021, this collection of essays seeks to investigate how the game hails its player as “dragonborn,” a calling that merges political, social, and religious narratives in the game toward the player’s assumption of the dragonborn identity position: savior of Skyrim. Our collection aims to identify and explore these hailed positions within the cultural ecology of the game, which is always connected to the player’s out-of-game realities. Situated on the threshold of intricately detailed “cultural” cities and the expansive “natural” wilderness, the dragonborn negotiates the complex political workings of life under the civil war between the rebel Stormcloaks and the Imperial Legion.
Being Dragonborn will be the first collection of critical inquiries into the Elder Scrolls franchise. Skyrim depicts the complexities of the video game medium as seen in the player’s precarious position between the in-game fantasy world and out-of-game subjectivities, realities, and positions. The game’s narrative, gameplay, iconography, music, and in-game mechanics and items are invested in a romanticized invention of medieval life and architecture, colonialist and militaristic structures of play amid civil war, and particular constructions of gender, class, race, and language. How these critical issues coalesce in the game, and through the experience of playing the game, make Skyrim a fertile space to consider what this winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards teaches its loyal players, modders, and enthusiasts.
The collection would be geared toward the interest of game studies scholars, game designers, Skyrim players, and instructors who may already incorporate Skyrim into the classroom—many of us wearing several of these proverbial hats simultaneously. The collection’s title—Being Dragonborn—speaks to the primacy of player ontology and identity within the game by means of the game’s colonial narratives, medieval resonances, in-game labor and economic conditions, aesthetically sublime environment, and its consumptive and productive practices. In an attempt to go beyond fraught dichotomies and territorial disputes within Game Studies that restrict discourse on the video game medium, the editors seek diverse and interdisciplinary approaches, readings, and methodologies.
The editors are looking for fresh, interpretive analyses of Skyrim that call attention to issues of culture, politics, theory, practices, game design, and the gaming industry. The collection welcomes contributions from emerging and established scholars on topics including the following:
- Visual aesthetics of Skyrim – the sublime and the immanent
- Post-colonial approaches to the social and militaristic game narrative and play
- Neomedievalist approaches to Skyrim—tradition, lore, nostalgia, architecture
- Critical race theory—the ex-nomination of whiteness in Skyrim; racial hierarchies; confronting the racialized other in the game
- Religious studies approaches to Skyrim narratives, mysticism, or mythologies
- Politics and simulation of (civil) war in the game
- Music studies—in game songs, music, and covers that operate harmonically and/or contrapuntally with other in-game elements
- Marxist approaches to in-game labor, leisure, property ownership, production/consumption practices, and idyllic domestic spaces
- Linguistic and cultural studies of Dovahzul, the dragon language embedded in Skyrim shouts, word walls, names, and conversation.
- Modding Skyrim—analysis of modding community, modding interfaces, IP and economic concerns related to modders/industry
- Gender, sex, and sexuality in Skyrim—queer readings of Skyrim
- Psychoanalytic approaches to player experience, ludic forms, and game narrative
- Studies of spatiotemporality in the game and its historico-cultural affordances
- Skyrim VR—technical and/or metaphysical considerations of Skyrim in light of Skyrim’s recent VR release.
- Feminist and eco-feminist approaches to Skyrim ecologies
- Teaching with Skyrim—affordances and dangers of gaming pedagogies
- Philosophical and theoretical arguments emerging out of gameplay or fan experience
- Studies that account for the material engagements of the game’s design, marketing, promotion
400-word abstracts are due by October 31, 2018. Please send abstracts in .doc(x) format and queries to Mike Piero (mikepiero@gmail.com) and Marc A. Ouellette (mouellet@odu.edu) with the subject heading “Being Dragonborn.” This collection is under contract with McFarland & Company for their Studies in Gaming series, edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell. If your abstract is accepted, full essays between 5,000-7,500 words will be due by May 31, 2019. When submitting an abstract, please provide:
Name, rank/position and affiliation, email address
Proposed chapter title
400-word abstract
Up to 5 keywords for the essay
Do you plan to include figures or images in the essay?
Contact Info:
Mike Piero, Associate Professor of English, Cuyahoga Community College, and Ph.D. Candidate, English, Old Dominion University, mikepiero@gmail.com
Marc A. Ouellette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, Old Dominion University and Learning Games Initiative Research Fellow, mouellet@odu.edu
Contact Email:
mikepiero@gmail.com
CFP Food and Drink in Science Fiction, Edited Volume (proposals by 11/15/2018)
CFP: Food and Drink in Science Fiction, Edited Volume
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-food-and-drink-in-science-fiction-edited-volume/
August 7, 2018
CFP, edited volume: Food and Drink in Science Fiction
“But now, we must eat!”
Food and Drink in Science Fiction
Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2018
Edited by Cindy Miller, Steve Rabitsch, and Michael Fuchs this volume will discuss food and drink in science fiction across media—movies, television shows, literature, video games, comics, etc. Of course, as forms of sustenance, food and drink are among the essential elements of life. But this is also precisely why representations of food and drink are always ripe with meaning. As this book will show, science fiction uses food and drink to explore pertinent issues ranging from the homogenization of food in a globalized economy to the exploitation of our natural resources and the attendant phenomena of water, air, and soil pollution, deforestation, and the scarcification of food.
If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please submit a 500-word proposal to science.fiction.food@gmail.com. All submissions will be acknowledged. If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt within 48 hours, you may assume that your email hasn’t reached us for some reason. In that case, please re-submit. Please also direct any questions you might have to the email address indicated above.
We will most likely first approach European university presses with this project, as they generally move ahead faster than their American counterparts.
Please check out this attached CFP for more details, and do not hesitate to drop us a line if you have any questions.
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-food-and-drink-in-science-fiction-edited-volume/
August 7, 2018
CFP, edited volume: Food and Drink in Science Fiction
“But now, we must eat!”
Food and Drink in Science Fiction
Deadline for abstracts: November 15, 2018
Edited by Cindy Miller, Steve Rabitsch, and Michael Fuchs this volume will discuss food and drink in science fiction across media—movies, television shows, literature, video games, comics, etc. Of course, as forms of sustenance, food and drink are among the essential elements of life. But this is also precisely why representations of food and drink are always ripe with meaning. As this book will show, science fiction uses food and drink to explore pertinent issues ranging from the homogenization of food in a globalized economy to the exploitation of our natural resources and the attendant phenomena of water, air, and soil pollution, deforestation, and the scarcification of food.
If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please submit a 500-word proposal to science.fiction.food@gmail.com. All submissions will be acknowledged. If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt within 48 hours, you may assume that your email hasn’t reached us for some reason. In that case, please re-submit. Please also direct any questions you might have to the email address indicated above.
We will most likely first approach European university presses with this project, as they generally move ahead faster than their American counterparts.
Please check out this attached CFP for more details, and do not hesitate to drop us a line if you have any questions.
CFP The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction, Academia Lunare (11/30/2018)
(Apologies for cross-posting with the Arthurian villains' site)
The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction, Academia Lunare
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/the-evolution-of-evil-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction-academia-lunare/
July 9, 2018
Academia Lunare
Academia Lunare is the Luna Press Publishing academic branch for Fantasy and Science Fiction.
One of the most exciting aspects of fandom is the critical assessment of literature, as a way to show one’s love for a particular author or body of work. Speculative non-fiction is also a mirror for society, with an eye cast into the future.
The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction
We are very proud to announce our third Call For Papers. The theme of the 2018 CfPs is: “The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction”.
Our first call for papers, “Gender and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction” received 2 BSFA Awards nomination and one BSFA Awards shortlist. The second call for papers, “The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction”, will be out this summer.
It is time for a new challenge!
Writers are invited to explore the concept of evil in all its shapes and developments, in literature, games, movies and TV.
Here is some food for thought, though it should not restrict your own ideas:
Before you start, get in touch! Send us an email either with your abstract or simply to let us know what topic you intend to explore: it is perfectly fine to have more than one author discussing the same topic, as long as the angle is different.
Word Limit: up to 6,000 words.
Full references for citations must be included using Harvard referencing style. Download the full guide and the quick guide on the Academia Lunare page.
Closing Date: 30th of November 2018.
Publishing contract for all participants, with shared royalties from each sale and a free copy of the book.
Do not fear if this is your first non-fiction work: if you love research, you need a chance to start somewhere. Take a look at the past two Call For Papers blog posts and explore the articles submitted – it may help you decide your course of action.
For more information, please see https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/academialunare. FacebookTwitterGoogle+
The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction, Academia Lunare
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/the-evolution-of-evil-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction-academia-lunare/
July 9, 2018
Academia Lunare
Academia Lunare is the Luna Press Publishing academic branch for Fantasy and Science Fiction.
One of the most exciting aspects of fandom is the critical assessment of literature, as a way to show one’s love for a particular author or body of work. Speculative non-fiction is also a mirror for society, with an eye cast into the future.
The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction
We are very proud to announce our third Call For Papers. The theme of the 2018 CfPs is: “The Evolution of Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction”.
Our first call for papers, “Gender and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction” received 2 BSFA Awards nomination and one BSFA Awards shortlist. The second call for papers, “The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction”, will be out this summer.
It is time for a new challenge!
Writers are invited to explore the concept of evil in all its shapes and developments, in literature, games, movies and TV.
Here is some food for thought, though it should not restrict your own ideas:
- Focus on a specific character which has embodied the concept of evil
- The development of a specific archetypal character which, over the course of the centuries, has undergone a transformation from neutral/positive figure into an evil one, or vice versa – historical and socio-political influences that brought about this transformation
- Development of a representative type of evil over time (trolls, fairies, mad gods, dark lords, vampires, demons, etc.)
- The impact of religion on folklore
- Latest incarnations of evil mirroring socio-political changes
- Latest incarnations of evil in general
- Evil as an embodiment of modern society
- Evolution of evil through the ages
- Possible representations of minorities as evil
- Creating evil – what makes a successful villain?
- Heroes as villains
- Other representations of evil, e.g. hostile environments. Music as a tool for implying threat and hostility
Before you start, get in touch! Send us an email either with your abstract or simply to let us know what topic you intend to explore: it is perfectly fine to have more than one author discussing the same topic, as long as the angle is different.
Word Limit: up to 6,000 words.
Full references for citations must be included using Harvard referencing style. Download the full guide and the quick guide on the Academia Lunare page.
Closing Date: 30th of November 2018.
Publishing contract for all participants, with shared royalties from each sale and a free copy of the book.
Do not fear if this is your first non-fiction work: if you love research, you need a chance to start somewhere. Take a look at the past two Call For Papers blog posts and explore the articles submitted – it may help you decide your course of action.
For more information, please see https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/academialunare. FacebookTwitterGoogle+
CFP “Politics and Conflicts,” the 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (10/31/2018; 3/13-17/2019)
(Apologies if this is a repeat post.)
CFP: “Politics and Conflicts,” the 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-politics-and-conflicts-the-40th-international-conference-on-the-fantastic-in-the-arts/
July 2, 2018
CFP: “Politics and Conflicts,” the 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Please join us for ICFA 40, March 13-17, 2019, when our theme will be “Politics and Conflicts.”
We welcome papers on the work of: Guest Scholar Mark Bould (Reader, University of the West of England; winner of the SFRA Pilgrim Award; author of several books on sf including Science Fiction: The Routledge Film Guidebook) and Guest Author G. Willow Wilson (winner of a PEN Center award; writer of the Hugo-Award-winning series Ms. Marvel, author of Alif the Unseen).
Speculative texts have a tremendous power to help us envision how the world might be otherwise and to see the historical contingencies that have given us the world as we find it. Fantastic genres allow us to imagine other paths that history might have taken and to explore the power dynamics of conflicts among competing factions, from the local scale of family and gender arrangements to the global scale of transnational trade and migration. Such texts can often articulate critiques that would have been silenced by censorship of realist genres in times and places of government, religious, or other oppression. We invite papers that understand the concept of politics very broadly, from international relations and structures of governance, through to the politics of everyday life. If at times the genres of the fantastic can be complicit in naturalizing and perpetuating dominant power structures and the politics they endorse, more often they provide a rich set of tools for telling such stories from marginalized perspectives, visions that cannot be captured by a realism that is structured by default ideological assumptions. We also welcome proposals for individual papers, academic sessions, creative presentations, and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media. We will gather in 2019 to question, celebrate, argue over, and deduce speculative fiction’s contributions to thinking through the politics and conflicts of our past and its capacity to guide us toward more inclusive futures.
The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2018. We encourage work from institutionally affiliated scholars, independent scholars, international scholars who work in languages other than English, graduate students. Artists are encouraged to submit proposals for our Creative Track, which features sessions on writing, art, music, and poetry, as well as panel discussions on topics of interest for creative professionals.
For more information on the IAFA and its conference, the ICFA, see https://www.fantastic-arts.org/. The Submissions Portal opens on September 1st. To submit a proposal, go to https://www.fantastic-arts.org/icfa-submissions/.
To contact the Division Heads for help with submissions, go to https://www.fantastic-arts.org/about/governance/division-heads/.
For information on the Creative Track, go to https://www.fantastic-arts.org/annual-conference/creative-track/.
CFP: “Politics and Conflicts,” the 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-politics-and-conflicts-the-40th-international-conference-on-the-fantastic-in-the-arts/
July 2, 2018
CFP: “Politics and Conflicts,” the 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Please join us for ICFA 40, March 13-17, 2019, when our theme will be “Politics and Conflicts.”
We welcome papers on the work of: Guest Scholar Mark Bould (Reader, University of the West of England; winner of the SFRA Pilgrim Award; author of several books on sf including Science Fiction: The Routledge Film Guidebook) and Guest Author G. Willow Wilson (winner of a PEN Center award; writer of the Hugo-Award-winning series Ms. Marvel, author of Alif the Unseen).
Speculative texts have a tremendous power to help us envision how the world might be otherwise and to see the historical contingencies that have given us the world as we find it. Fantastic genres allow us to imagine other paths that history might have taken and to explore the power dynamics of conflicts among competing factions, from the local scale of family and gender arrangements to the global scale of transnational trade and migration. Such texts can often articulate critiques that would have been silenced by censorship of realist genres in times and places of government, religious, or other oppression. We invite papers that understand the concept of politics very broadly, from international relations and structures of governance, through to the politics of everyday life. If at times the genres of the fantastic can be complicit in naturalizing and perpetuating dominant power structures and the politics they endorse, more often they provide a rich set of tools for telling such stories from marginalized perspectives, visions that cannot be captured by a realism that is structured by default ideological assumptions. We also welcome proposals for individual papers, academic sessions, creative presentations, and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media. We will gather in 2019 to question, celebrate, argue over, and deduce speculative fiction’s contributions to thinking through the politics and conflicts of our past and its capacity to guide us toward more inclusive futures.
The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2018. We encourage work from institutionally affiliated scholars, independent scholars, international scholars who work in languages other than English, graduate students. Artists are encouraged to submit proposals for our Creative Track, which features sessions on writing, art, music, and poetry, as well as panel discussions on topics of interest for creative professionals.
For more information on the IAFA and its conference, the ICFA, see https://www.fantastic-arts.org/. The Submissions Portal opens on September 1st. To submit a proposal, go to https://www.fantastic-arts.org/icfa-submissions/.
To contact the Division Heads for help with submissions, go to https://www.fantastic-arts.org/about/governance/division-heads/.
For information on the Creative Track, go to https://www.fantastic-arts.org/annual-conference/creative-track/.
CFP New England Studies Area (10/1/2018; PCA/ACA Washington DC 4/17-20/2019)
New England Studies at PCA CFP
https://nepca.blog/2018/09/21/new-england-studies-at-pca-cfp/
NEW ENGLAND STUDIES — CALL FOR PAPERS (2019)
The 2019 Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference will be held in Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2019,. The New England Studies Area invites presentations on any aspect of New England popular culture: Architecture; Art; Ecology/Environment; Economics; Fashion; Film and Theater, especially films made in New England, and plays set in the region, e.g. ‘The Crucible’; Folklore; Food; Language and Literature; Politics; History; Music; Sports; Celebrities; Entertainment; Gambling/Casinos; Industries, e.g. Fishing; Regional Cultures; Sports and Recreation; Tourism and Travel; and numerous other topics. The subjects are endless.
Quite welcome will be papers or panels that focus on any of these topics:
Please submit a proposal to only one area at a time. All proposals and abstracts must be submitted through the PCA Database. See the website at ncp@pcaaca.org. . Presentations should be 15-20 minutes in length and lively in nature! The deadline for the submission of a 200-word abstract is October 1, 2018. Acceptance will be earlier than usual as well to enhance your ability to seek funding. Although all proposals should be submitted to the PCA Database directly, please also cc: me, and include university or organization affiliation (if applicable), telephone number, and e-mail address. Graduate students welcome. Individual and full panel proposals are considered. Please feel confident about attendance if you are accepted.
If you give a paper, you must register for the conference. See: http://www.pcaaca.org. Site also includes information on travel grants and rates at the conference hotel.
Send inquiries and paper proposals to:
Martin J. Manning
4701 South Park Court
Woodbridge, VA 222193
E-mail preferred: ManningMJ@state.gov
https://nepca.blog/2018/09/21/new-england-studies-at-pca-cfp/
NEW ENGLAND STUDIES — CALL FOR PAPERS (2019)
The 2019 Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference will be held in Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2019,. The New England Studies Area invites presentations on any aspect of New England popular culture: Architecture; Art; Ecology/Environment; Economics; Fashion; Film and Theater, especially films made in New England, and plays set in the region, e.g. ‘The Crucible’; Folklore; Food; Language and Literature; Politics; History; Music; Sports; Celebrities; Entertainment; Gambling/Casinos; Industries, e.g. Fishing; Regional Cultures; Sports and Recreation; Tourism and Travel; and numerous other topics. The subjects are endless.
Quite welcome will be papers or panels that focus on any of these topics:
- New England politics and the Washington connection, e.g. presentations on political issues, such as the Massachusetts politicians who became Speakers of the House (Joseph Martin, John McCormack, Thomas ‘Tip’ O’Neill) and their impact on the nation and on the state.
- Sports and New England, especially a discussion of fan loyalties with champions such as the New England Patriots and the Red Sox; baseball rivalries (Red Sox v. Yankees); football rivalries, such as the old quarterback rivalry between Tom Brady v. Peyton Manning; Tom Brady and the rest of the NFL quarterbacks; Patriots v. NY Giants or NY Jets).
- New England tourism sites and architecture. A good presentation would be how New England holds its own against the Washington, DC, tourist trade.
- U.S. Capitol v. six New England capitols. How many were based on the national capitol? How has the Bulfinch capitol in Boston been imitated elsewhere in other state capitols and buildings?
- Multi-culturalism of New England today compared to its former ethnic separatism, e.g. Irish in Boston, Portuguese in Gloucester or Fall River, French in parts of Rhode Island. Impact of immigration in making New England a vast, diverse culture over the decades.
- Films and plays set in New England or filmed there, e.g. ‘The Departed,’ ’Mystic River,’ ‘On Golden Pond,’ ‘The Magnificent Yankee.’
- Infamous figures, such as Whitey Bulger in Boston, Lizzie Borden in Fall River, or Buddy Cianci in Providence, whose cases became national profile with the attendant media attention.
- Holiday celebrations, such as St. Patrick’s Day parades, various ethnic Christmas celebrations, and Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, at Halloween.
- Also of interest would be presentations on literary personalities, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain (and his Connecticut connection), and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Cultural attractions, e.g. Freedom Trail, Boston Pops, Fenway Park; any of our higher institutions of learning.
- Role of religion on New England life and community.
- Famous personalities born in New England, such as Bette Davis; Katherine Hepburn; John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family; Rosalind Russell; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Howie Long; and Kurt Russell.. How many kept their New England roots or left them behind for other geographic locations. Example: Kurt Russell was born in Springfield but you now think of him more as a Californian. Howie Long is from Somerville but he is now a resident of Charlottesville, VA, where he raised his family. Has anyone heard or read Howie mention Massachusetts in his professional life?
Please submit a proposal to only one area at a time. All proposals and abstracts must be submitted through the PCA Database. See the website at ncp@pcaaca.org. . Presentations should be 15-20 minutes in length and lively in nature! The deadline for the submission of a 200-word abstract is October 1, 2018. Acceptance will be earlier than usual as well to enhance your ability to seek funding. Although all proposals should be submitted to the PCA Database directly, please also cc: me, and include university or organization affiliation (if applicable), telephone number, and e-mail address. Graduate students welcome. Individual and full panel proposals are considered. Please feel confident about attendance if you are accepted.
If you give a paper, you must register for the conference. See: http://www.pcaaca.org. Site also includes information on travel grants and rates at the conference hotel.
Send inquiries and paper proposals to:
Martin J. Manning
4701 South Park Court
Woodbridge, VA 222193
E-mail preferred: ManningMJ@state.gov
CFP Southern Studies Conference (10/22/2018; Montgomery 2/1-2/2019)
CFP: Southern Studies Conference (10/22/2018; 2/1-2/2019)
https://www.navsa.org/2018/09/07/cfp-southern-studies-conference-10-22-2018-2-1-2-2019-2/
Sep 07, 2018
Southern Studies Conference
Auburn University at Montgomery, AL
February 1-2, 2019
Now in its eleventh year, the AUM Southern Studies Conference, hosted by Auburn University at Montgomery, explores themes related to the American South across a wide array of disciplines and methodologies. Registrants to the two-day interdisciplinary conference enjoy a variety of peer-reviewed panels, two distinguished keynote speakers and a visiting artist, who gives a talk and mounts a gallery exhibition.
The 2019 Conference Committee invites proposals for twenty-minute academic papers, creative presentations, or pre-formed panels on any aspect of Southern Studies (broadly defined), including those relating to the fields of anthropology, geography, art history, history, literature, theater, music, communications, political science, and sociology. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to this theme are welcome. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Proposals can be emailed to southernstudies@aum.edu and should include a 250-word abstract and a 2-page CV. The deadline for submission is October 22, 2018. Please note that submission of a proposal constitutes a commitment to attend, if accepted. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by November 2018. For more information, please visit the conference website, or contact Naomi Slipp, Conference Director and Assistant Professor of Art History, Auburn University at Montgomery: nslipp@aum.edu.
https://www.navsa.org/2018/09/07/cfp-southern-studies-conference-10-22-2018-2-1-2-2019-2/
Sep 07, 2018
Southern Studies Conference
Auburn University at Montgomery, AL
February 1-2, 2019
Now in its eleventh year, the AUM Southern Studies Conference, hosted by Auburn University at Montgomery, explores themes related to the American South across a wide array of disciplines and methodologies. Registrants to the two-day interdisciplinary conference enjoy a variety of peer-reviewed panels, two distinguished keynote speakers and a visiting artist, who gives a talk and mounts a gallery exhibition.
The 2019 Conference Committee invites proposals for twenty-minute academic papers, creative presentations, or pre-formed panels on any aspect of Southern Studies (broadly defined), including those relating to the fields of anthropology, geography, art history, history, literature, theater, music, communications, political science, and sociology. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to this theme are welcome. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Southern food studies
- Pedagogy and the teaching of Southern topics
- Canonicity and the South
- Slavery and the American South
- Civil War narratives
- Southern archives, museums, and collections
- Civil Rights narratives
- Southern Geographies
- Explorations of race and conflict in the South
- Religion in the South
- Southern literature
- History of science or medicine in the South
- Southern arts (in any medium or genre)
- Southern architecture
- Explorations of the Southern worker
- Southern politics
- Anthropological studies of the South
- Sociological studies of the South
- Southern music
- Cross-cultural exchanges between the South and other geographic areas
- Native American topics of the South
- Stories of immigration/migration and border-crossings
- Contemporary re/mis-conceptions of "The South"
- Presentations by artists/performers/writers working in the South/making work about the South
Proposals can be emailed to southernstudies@aum.edu and should include a 250-word abstract and a 2-page CV. The deadline for submission is October 22, 2018. Please note that submission of a proposal constitutes a commitment to attend, if accepted. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by November 2018. For more information, please visit the conference website, or contact Naomi Slipp, Conference Director and Assistant Professor of Art History, Auburn University at Montgomery: nslipp@aum.edu.
Updated CFP Positioning Pooh - Edward Bear After 100 Years (10/31/2018)
CFP: Positioning Pooh - Edward Bear After 100 Years
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/09/17/cfp-positioning-pooh-edward-bear-after-100-years
deadline for submissions:
October 31, 2018
full name / name of organization:
Jennifer Harrison, East Stroudsburg University
contact email:
jharriso11@esu.edu
Call for Chapters: Positioning Pooh: Edward Bear after 100 Years
Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2018
Full name / Name of Organization: Jennifer Harrison, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Contact email: jharriso11@esu.edu
I am currently seeking further chapter submissions for an edited volume celebrating the centenary in 2026 of A. A. Milne’s The World of Pooh. This collection is under contract with the University Press of Mississippi in conjunction with the ChLA, and will be included in the ChLA’s centennial series.
As classics from the “golden age” of children’s literature, Milne’s Pooh stories have received considerable attention from critics and fans over the years; however, less critical attention has been devoted to the continuing relevance of the Pooh phenomenon in contemporary children’s culture. As recent critics have discussed, the Pooh stories are complex and multifaceted, written in many different modes and employing a vast array of different narrative styles and techniques; they have also undergone transformation and adaptation into a plethora of related cultural artefacts.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of The World of Pooh, therefore, this volume will explore Pooh in light of cutting-edge children’s literature and culture theory, with a particular focus on how the Pooh stories have engaged critical theorists across the decades since its publication. Anticipated publication of this volume is for 2020 - the birthyear of Christopher Robin, and the year in which the “real” Winnie was adopted by London Zoo.
Submissions of an interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcome, as are submissions which examine the relationship between the texts and modern adaptations and artefacts. High-priority areas for inclusion in the volume include:
However, this list is nowhere near exhaustive and I am happy to consider any submission which focuses on the Pooh stories and their role in modern children’s culture.
I hope to include chapters by authors from a variety of disciplines and viewpoints, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of current studies in children’s literature and culture, as well as the diverse relevance of the Pooh stories in modern children’s culture. Please submit a 500-word chapter abstract and a biography of no more than 250 words by October 31, 2018, to: jharriso11@esu.edu. Full chapter drafts will be due by December 31, 2018.
All proposed abstracts will be given full consideration, and submission implies a commitment to publish in this volume if your work is selected for inclusion.
All questions regarding this volume should be directed to: jharriso11@esu.edu.
I look forward to what I hope will be a stimulating and exciting array of submissions on this fascinating topic!
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/09/17/cfp-positioning-pooh-edward-bear-after-100-years
deadline for submissions:
October 31, 2018
full name / name of organization:
Jennifer Harrison, East Stroudsburg University
contact email:
jharriso11@esu.edu
Call for Chapters: Positioning Pooh: Edward Bear after 100 Years
Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2018
Full name / Name of Organization: Jennifer Harrison, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Contact email: jharriso11@esu.edu
I am currently seeking further chapter submissions for an edited volume celebrating the centenary in 2026 of A. A. Milne’s The World of Pooh. This collection is under contract with the University Press of Mississippi in conjunction with the ChLA, and will be included in the ChLA’s centennial series.
As classics from the “golden age” of children’s literature, Milne’s Pooh stories have received considerable attention from critics and fans over the years; however, less critical attention has been devoted to the continuing relevance of the Pooh phenomenon in contemporary children’s culture. As recent critics have discussed, the Pooh stories are complex and multifaceted, written in many different modes and employing a vast array of different narrative styles and techniques; they have also undergone transformation and adaptation into a plethora of related cultural artefacts.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of The World of Pooh, therefore, this volume will explore Pooh in light of cutting-edge children’s literature and culture theory, with a particular focus on how the Pooh stories have engaged critical theorists across the decades since its publication. Anticipated publication of this volume is for 2020 - the birthyear of Christopher Robin, and the year in which the “real” Winnie was adopted by London Zoo.
Submissions of an interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcome, as are submissions which examine the relationship between the texts and modern adaptations and artefacts. High-priority areas for inclusion in the volume include:
- Pooh across cultures and from multicultural perspectives
- The marketing of the Pooh franchise
- Postcolonial and ecocritical readings
- Interdisciplinary readings (especially readings from outside the Arts)
However, this list is nowhere near exhaustive and I am happy to consider any submission which focuses on the Pooh stories and their role in modern children’s culture.
I hope to include chapters by authors from a variety of disciplines and viewpoints, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of current studies in children’s literature and culture, as well as the diverse relevance of the Pooh stories in modern children’s culture. Please submit a 500-word chapter abstract and a biography of no more than 250 words by October 31, 2018, to: jharriso11@esu.edu. Full chapter drafts will be due by December 31, 2018.
All proposed abstracts will be given full consideration, and submission implies a commitment to publish in this volume if your work is selected for inclusion.
All questions regarding this volume should be directed to: jharriso11@esu.edu.
I look forward to what I hope will be a stimulating and exciting array of submissions on this fascinating topic!
CFP 6th Annual Ray Browne Conference — Formulas in Flux: Conventions and Adaptability in Popular Culture (12/1/18; Bowling Green 2/15-16/2019)
The 6th Annual Ray Browne Conference — Formulas in Flux: Conventions and Adaptability in Popular Culture
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/09/19/the-6th-annual-ray-browne-conference-%E2%80%94-formulas-in-flux-conventions-and-adaptability
deadline for submissions:
December 1, 2018
full name / name of organization:
The Popular Culture Scholars Association at Bowling Green State University
contact email:
raybrowneconf@bgsu.edu
The Popular Culture Scholars Association at Bowling Green State University is excited to announce the 6th Annual Ray Browne Conference—Formulas in Flux: Conventions and Adaptability in Popular Culture—to be held Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th, 2019.
The study of popular culture often requires scholars to consider the limits and possibilities of conventions. While the lack of variation from convention in a popular culture piece may facilitate an intimate shared literacy among a community of practitioners, it might also problematically bar diverse voices in favor of an endorsement of the hegemonic and traditional. The Popular Culture Scholars Association invites the academic consideration of such possibilities, negotiations, and limits.
Interested scholars are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to raybrowneconf@bgsu.edu. Individual proposals, pre-formed panels, and creative works are all welcome. Submissions should include the presenter(s)’s name, affiliation, and title; the presentation title; and professional contact information for the presenter(s).
Deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2018.
PLEASE NOTE: While this is primarily a graduate student conference, the PCSA welcomes abstracts from instructors and independent researchers outside of the grad student community.
The 6th Annual Ray Browne conference will take place on Friday, February 15 and Saturday, February 16, 2019. Please check back frequently for conference updates.
Website: https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/news-events/ray-browne-conference/ray-browne-cfp-2019.html.
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/09/19/the-6th-annual-ray-browne-conference-%E2%80%94-formulas-in-flux-conventions-and-adaptability
deadline for submissions:
December 1, 2018
full name / name of organization:
The Popular Culture Scholars Association at Bowling Green State University
contact email:
raybrowneconf@bgsu.edu
The Popular Culture Scholars Association at Bowling Green State University is excited to announce the 6th Annual Ray Browne Conference—Formulas in Flux: Conventions and Adaptability in Popular Culture—to be held Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th, 2019.
The study of popular culture often requires scholars to consider the limits and possibilities of conventions. While the lack of variation from convention in a popular culture piece may facilitate an intimate shared literacy among a community of practitioners, it might also problematically bar diverse voices in favor of an endorsement of the hegemonic and traditional. The Popular Culture Scholars Association invites the academic consideration of such possibilities, negotiations, and limits.
Interested scholars are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to raybrowneconf@bgsu.edu. Individual proposals, pre-formed panels, and creative works are all welcome. Submissions should include the presenter(s)’s name, affiliation, and title; the presentation title; and professional contact information for the presenter(s).
Deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2018.
PLEASE NOTE: While this is primarily a graduate student conference, the PCSA welcomes abstracts from instructors and independent researchers outside of the grad student community.
The 6th Annual Ray Browne conference will take place on Friday, February 15 and Saturday, February 16, 2019. Please check back frequently for conference updates.
Website: https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/news-events/ray-browne-conference/ray-browne-cfp-2019.html.
CFP Mythopoeic Children’s Literature, Special Issue of Mythlore (3/30/2019)
CFP: Mythopoeic Children’s Literature, Special Issue of Mythlore
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-call-for-papers-mythopoeic-childrens-literature-special-issue-of-mythlore/
September 14, 2018
Call for Papers: Mythopoeic Children’s Literature, Special Issue of Mythlore
Fall 2019 Guest Edited by Donna R. White ** Draft Deadline: March 30, 2019 ** Final paper deadline: June 30, 2019 **
Mythlore, a journal dedicated to the genres of myth and fantasy (particularly the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), invites article submissions for a special issue focused on children’s literature.
Children’s fantasy has always been a part of mythopoeic literature, and Mythlore has occasionally published articles about myth- building children’s writers such as J.K. Rowling and Nancy Farmer; however, this special issue will focus specifically on mythopoeic literature for children. As always, we welcome essays on The Chronicles of Narnia and The Hobbit, but we also encourage articles that discuss the works of other mythopoeic writers for young readers. Classic works like Peter Pan and The Wind in the Willows have clear mythopoeic elements, as do modern fantasies by Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne Jones, Lloyd Alexander, and many others. Studies of lesser known writers like Carol Kendall are also welcome. To get an idea of the range of topics covered in Mythlore, visit the online archive at https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/ and consult the electronic index, which can be downloaded free at http://www.mythsoc.org/press/mythlore-index-plus.htm Submission guidelines can be found at http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore/mythlore-submissions.htm.
Send queries and questions to Donna R. White, dwhite@atu.edu. Drafts and final papers should be submitted via https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-call-for-papers-mythopoeic-childrens-literature-special-issue-of-mythlore/
September 14, 2018
Call for Papers: Mythopoeic Children’s Literature, Special Issue of Mythlore
Fall 2019 Guest Edited by Donna R. White ** Draft Deadline: March 30, 2019 ** Final paper deadline: June 30, 2019 **
Mythlore, a journal dedicated to the genres of myth and fantasy (particularly the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), invites article submissions for a special issue focused on children’s literature.
Children’s fantasy has always been a part of mythopoeic literature, and Mythlore has occasionally published articles about myth- building children’s writers such as J.K. Rowling and Nancy Farmer; however, this special issue will focus specifically on mythopoeic literature for children. As always, we welcome essays on The Chronicles of Narnia and The Hobbit, but we also encourage articles that discuss the works of other mythopoeic writers for young readers. Classic works like Peter Pan and The Wind in the Willows have clear mythopoeic elements, as do modern fantasies by Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne Jones, Lloyd Alexander, and many others. Studies of lesser known writers like Carol Kendall are also welcome. To get an idea of the range of topics covered in Mythlore, visit the online archive at https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/ and consult the electronic index, which can be downloaded free at http://www.mythsoc.org/press/mythlore-index-plus.htm Submission guidelines can be found at http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore/mythlore-submissions.htm.
Send queries and questions to Donna R. White, dwhite@atu.edu. Drafts and final papers should be submitted via https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/
CFC Fantasy/Animation Research Network
Fantasy/Animation Research Network, Call for Contributors
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/fantasy-animation-research-network-call-for-contributors
September 10, 2018
Following the recent publication of Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres (Routledge, 2018), we are pleased to announce the arrival of the Fantasy/Animation Research Network that pursues further the relationship between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. We are hoping that the network will open out a critical conversation on the study of the rich legacy and complexity of animated fantasy media, in whatever form this might take, and provide a space for discussion and debate among like-minded academics, practitioners, special interest groups and fans of fantasy and/or animation. This will, we hope, lead to the building of a much-needed scholarly community that will continue, develop and complicate some of the ideas put forward in the anthology. The website has recently gone live, so visit https://www.fantasy-animation.org/ to read all our news/events and collection of blog posts, as well as listening to our associated Fantasy/Animation podcast.
We are also delighted to open out a call for contributors to write short pieces or posts for the website. These blog posts can take several forms, but we anticipate starting off with 500-1000 word written blog posts that might come together as either:
– a short editorial (movie analysis/critical reflection on an idea or concept)
– event/conference reports
– film reviews
– book reviews
Potential methodological/critical approaches within individual contributions are varied, and our concern is not necessarily how animation operates as fantasy or how fantasy operates through animation, but rather how both ideas can be productively considered in dialogue with one another. This methodology allows fantasy and animation to function as a dialectic that critically examines a relationship that has, to date, been assumed, pre-supposed or obfuscated within both popular and critical discourse.
If potential contributors have ideas for blogs, or want to suggest other possible formats for content (interviews/Q&As, pieces to camera, video essays), then please do send them over and let us know the type of post under which it fits, as well as 3-4 keywords that relate to your post. We would welcome any ideas submitted either to us directly (christopher.Holliday@kcl.ac.uk and asergeant@bournemouth.ac.uk) or through the ‘Contact Us’ Tab on the network’s website.
Best wishes, and many thanks,
Christopher Holliday and Alexander Sergeant
CFP: Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency (essays by 10/15/2018)
A few CFPs for the night, starting with this one.
Do note that this is for PhDs only. I would not post it ordinarily because of this, but it sounds a worthwhile project.
CFP: Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-walking-in-other-worlds-fantastical-journeys-of-childrens-agency/
September 23, 2018
Call for Papers
Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency
Editors: Ingrid E. Castro and Jessica Clark
We are seeking completed submissions for an edited volume that interrogates representations of child and youth agency in fantasy. Our collection Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency explores child and youth agency in the context of fantasy popular cultural forms. These sources of analyses may include television, cartoons, films, novels, toys, comic books/graphic novels, advertising, storytelling/folklore, fashion, art, video games, etc. An academic publisher is connected to this project.
Representations of children’s agency in fantasy can be analyzed from a variety of grounding points. For example, chapters might consider the intersection of agency and:
We will be including chapters by authors from a variety of disciplines, nationalities, and viewpoints, reflecting the contemporary study of and with children and childhood. In their submissions, authors are expected to engage with both their own discipline’s work on children/youth/agency as well as the interdisciplinary Childhood Studies work on children/youth/agency.
All accepted chapters must be written by PhD holders, as per publisher stipulation. Please submit to: representationsofagency@gmail.com
Due date for submission of completed drafts: October 15, 2018
Jargon-free drafts should be 7,000-9,000 words in length, Times New Roman 12 font, double spaced, Chicago Style in-text references. Please use endnotes, not footnotes, for any additional information or useful commentary when necessary.
Do note that this is for PhDs only. I would not post it ordinarily because of this, but it sounds a worthwhile project.
CFP: Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2018/cfp-walking-in-other-worlds-fantastical-journeys-of-childrens-agency/
September 23, 2018
Call for Papers
Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency
Editors: Ingrid E. Castro and Jessica Clark
We are seeking completed submissions for an edited volume that interrogates representations of child and youth agency in fantasy. Our collection Walking in Other Worlds: Fantastical Journeys of Children’s Agency explores child and youth agency in the context of fantasy popular cultural forms. These sources of analyses may include television, cartoons, films, novels, toys, comic books/graphic novels, advertising, storytelling/folklore, fashion, art, video games, etc. An academic publisher is connected to this project.
Representations of children’s agency in fantasy can be analyzed from a variety of grounding points. For example, chapters might consider the intersection of agency and:
- Friendships/Dating
- Family/Intergenerational Relations
- Pets/Animals/Nature
- Age/Time
- Material Culture: Permanent/Impermanent
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity/Class
- Bodies/Sexuality/Disability
- Religion/Spirituality
- Education/Work
- Innocence/Knowledge
- Space/Place/Location
- Genre/Era
We will be including chapters by authors from a variety of disciplines, nationalities, and viewpoints, reflecting the contemporary study of and with children and childhood. In their submissions, authors are expected to engage with both their own discipline’s work on children/youth/agency as well as the interdisciplinary Childhood Studies work on children/youth/agency.
All accepted chapters must be written by PhD holders, as per publisher stipulation. Please submit to: representationsofagency@gmail.com
Due date for submission of completed drafts: October 15, 2018
Jargon-free drafts should be 7,000-9,000 words in length, Times New Roman 12 font, double spaced, Chicago Style in-text references. Please use endnotes, not footnotes, for any additional information or useful commentary when necessary.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Newish Book: Star Wars: The Rise of a Hero
Simonson, Louise. Star Wars: The Rise of a Hero. Art by Walter Simonson, Tom Palmer, and Laura Martin. Los Angeles and New York: Disney-Lucasfilm Press-Disney Book Group, May 2017. 978-1-4847-9933-8
Released in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the original Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of a Hero details the life of young Luke Skywalker through words and images based on the film; however, in design, it is very unlike traditional picture books. Instead, it offers an illustrated narrative reminiscent of illustrated comic strips, like Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant. Louise Simonson’s text (which is sometimes a bit too close to the dialogue of the film) is depicted in a comics-style font with related features of italics and bold accents; this is presented alongside and around the comics-like images produced by her husband Walter Simonson and his fellow artists Tom Palmer and Laura Martin. For the most part, the text and images are depicted separately, but a few pages include the text boxes within the image panels; at other occasions, the images are stacked creating an even more comics-like page. Both occurrences further reinforce the work’s connection to the comic form.
More details and ordering instructions from Disney Books at https://books.disney.com/book/star-wars-the-rise-of-a-hero/.
More Star Wars: DiTerlizzi's Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
DiTerlizzi, Tony. Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight. Illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie. Designed by Tony DiTerlizzi and Jason Wojtowicz. Glendale, CA: Lucasfilm Press-Disney Book Group, 2014. 978-1-4847-0668-8
This an interesting idea. Writing for young readers, DiTerlizzi presents the story of Luke Skywalker adapted (sometimes word-for-word) from the Original Trilogy, and his narrative is accompanied by the Star Wars concept art of the late Ralph McQuarrie.
There are some resources on the making of the book at DiTerlizzi's website (http://diterlizzi.com/book/the-adventures-of-luke-skywalker-jedi-knight/), and Disney Books includes a trailer on its official page for the book at https://books.disney.com/book/star-wars-the-adventures-of-luke-skywalker-jedi-knight/.
Of Interest: Marvel's Star Wars: A New Hope—The 40th Anniversary
Harrold, Jess. Star Wars: A New Hope—The 40th Anniversary. Book design by Adam Del Re with Salena Mahina. New York: Marvel Worldwide-Marvel Ent., 2018. 978-1-302-91128-7
Very much a companion to the earlier Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1, Star Wars: A New Hope—The 40th Anniversary is a celebration of both forty years of Star War and a spotlight on Marvel’s renewed association with the franchise. The book begins by reproducing a series of forty-eight variant covers, which ran across Marvel’s new and expanded Star Wars line in 2017, retelling iconic scenes from the original film through fresh images. Each cover includes a plot synopsis (often very much indebted to the dialogue of the film) and samples of concept art or (sometimes) comic art from Marvel’s 1977 adaptation of the film that depicts a similar image. The next section (similar to Marvel’s earlier collection) allows the creators involved in the commemorative celebration to comment on their experiences with the original film and highlight their role in furthering its legacy. Another section offers a selection of other recent covers and variants from a number of Marvel’s current Star Wars series, serving as somewhat of an incomplete continuation of the material reproduced in Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1. The final section reprints the first issue of Marvel’s 1977 comic book adaptation of the original Star Wars along with writer Roy Thomas’s introduction to the series and a further text piece (possibly a studio press release) on the film, both also from the issue.
A digital copy is available from the publisher at https://comicstore.marvel.com/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope-The-40th-Anniversary/digital-comic/47717.
Of Inteterest: Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1
Harrold, Jess. Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1. New York: Marvel Worldwide-Marvel Ent., 2015. 978-0-7851-9838-3
Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1 is focused on the Marvel re-launch of Star Wars comics in 2015. The bulk of the book is composed of reproductions of the cover art for the initial arc of the three new series Star Wars, Darth Vader, and Princess Leia, and this gallery includes the regular covers as well as all the variants. These sections also include interviews with the writers and artists involved in the project, and they reminisce about their experiences with the Star Wars franchise and comment on their contribution to its latest manifestation in the comics medium. A final section offers a selection of covers from Marvel’s original Star Wars line—including Marvel Treasury Edition Featuring Star Wars (1977), the main Star Wars series (1977-1986), and the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi limited series (1983-1984)—plus cover images from the publisher’s recent reprinting of its earlier Star Wars line books in new collected editions.
The digital version can be purchased direct from the publisher at https://comicstore.marvel.com/Star-Wars-The-Marvel-Covers-Vol-1/digital-comic/39963.
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