CFP New York Tolkien Conference 2024 (4/30/2024; New York 6/15/2024)

New York Tolkien Conference

deadline for submissions: April 30, 2024

full name / name of organization: New York Tolkien Conference

contact email: christopher.tuthill@baruch.cuny.edu

main site: https://nyctolkienconference.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/call-for-papers-20...



The organizers of the 2024 New York Tolkien Conference are seeking proposals related to the following:

• Presentations on Tolkien and the Inklings, their literary work, or related issues.
• Papers on fantastic fiction–this can include anything from books heavily influenced by Middle-earth to other genres of fantasy. Examples of authors we’re interested in include George RR Martin, Octavia Butler, Tad Williams, Ursula K. LeGuin, Gene Wolfe, Susanna Clarke, Terry Pratchett, Tim Powers, J.K. Rowling, and Nnedi Okorafor.
• Fantasy that preceded Tolkien, or presentations dealing with Tolkien’s influences.
• Presentations on (or demos of) board and tabletop games dealing with Middle-earth or other fantasy realms.
• Discussions of Tolkien’s scholarly work

If you are wondering whether your topic might fit with the conference, please ask! We are open to different approaches.

If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please upload your paper proposal at the link below. Proposals are now open, and we will make decisions for scheduling by mid-April. https://baruch.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8cUCJKsREiLqV0i

For further information about previous conferences and the organizers, please see the conference page and archive below. The conference will take place Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Baruch College in New York.

If you have any other questions, please contact Christopher Tuthill at christopher.tuthill@baruch.cuny.edu


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CFP Mythmoot XI: The Resilience of Imagination (3/31/2024; Leesburg, VA/Online 6/20-23/2024)

Mythmoot XI: The Resilience of Imagination

deadline for submissions: March 31, 2024

full name / name of organization: Signum University

contact email: events@signumu.org

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/02/05/mythmoot-xi-the-resilience-of-imagination

event page: https://signumuniversity.org/mythmoot/mythmoot-xi/

The Resilience of Imagination

June 20-23, 2024

National Conference Center,

Leesburg, VA

“In a time of destruction, create something”

Maxine Hong Kingston

This year, our theme is “The Resilience of Imagination.” Imagination intrinsically ties into stories and the creative work that creates the world and characters contained within said stories. Imagination does not limit itself just to writers though – anyone who creates or interacts with art relates to imagination. What does imagination mean in a story? How do you use imagination? What does it encompass?

Resilience is a capacity to withstand, an endurance, and a term that can apply to imagination in a variety of ways. How do you see the resilience of imagination in the books, games, films, and other media you consume? Is it something the author places into the secondary world? Is it something that you, as a creator, consider?


“We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it—we all get to dream.”

N. K. Jemisin

We are accepting proposals for Papers, Panels, Workshops, and Creative Presentations about our theme of “The Resilience of Imagination” in the following areas:

• Imaginative Literature including film and other media (ex: Howl’s Moving Castle, Dune, The Broken Earth Trilogy, Naruto, The Left Hand of Darkness, Star Trek, Kindred, The Vorkosigan Saga, Lord of the Rings, Watership Down, etc.)
• Tolkien and Inklings Studies
• Classic Literature from ancient times to the present
• Philology, Historical Linguistics, ConLangs and invented worlds
• interrelated topics such as superheroes, philosophy, media, and fandom studies

If you are unsure whether your topic fits, send your proposal or a description of your idea to events@signumu.org, and we will review it for relevance.

(N.B. The “creative” category is not limited to original works of fiction but can include crafting, music, drama, dance, or other performative arts. If you have questions about what you can present, please contact us.)

Individual presentation/paper whether creative or critical, will have 30 minutes: 20 minutes for presentation and 10 for Q&A. Each presentation/paper will be presented in 90-minute sessions of 1 – 3 presenters.

Panels must contain at least 3 papers and/or presenters and will be allocated 90 minutes total, inclusive of presentations and Q&A.

Workshops will be either 30 min, 60 min, or 90 min; the proposal must include justification for the requested time. We recommend at least two leaders for each workshop. (Workshop examples: the knitting of a phoenix, an interactive discussion on the elements of haunted house novels that are also used when describing houses in the real world, etc.)!

To submit visit the conference CFP page: https://signumuniversity.org/mythmoot/mythmoot-xi/mythmoot-xi-call-for-p... which will have a link to the submission form.

No presentations will be given if you are not registered to attend, and your submission to Mythmoot XI is considered an agreement to both register, at the cost of the conference ticket, and attend (either digitally or in person) to present should your proposal be accepted.

For an in-person event, each room will have a projector for presenter use. If you are presenting virtually, ensure that you have access to a computer, video camera, and microphone.



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CFP Academic Track Multiverse Convention (6/30/2024; Peachtree City, GA 10/18-20/2024)

Multiverse Convention 2024

deadline for submissions: June 30, 2024

full name / name of organization: Multiverse Convention

contact email: learn@multiversecon.org

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/02/16/multiverse-convention-2024

Call for Submissions Multiverse Convention Event Date & Location: October 18-October 20, 2024, Hilton Peachtree City, 2443 HWY 54

Call for Submissions
Multiverse Convention
Event Date & Location: October 18-October 20, 2024, Hilton Peachtree
City, 2443 HWY 54 West, Peachtree City, Georgia, 30269
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2024

Name of Organization: Multiverse Convention
Organization Website: https://www.multiversecon.org
Contact Email: Rhonda Jackson Joseph, Learn@Multiversecon.org

CONVENTION THEME:

Multiverse Convention was formed from our belief that great stories don’t
only come from the books and comics we love to read. Each fan is their
own universe as well, with their own unique story to tell. Added together,
these infinite stories create the Multiverse of modern fandom.
This Multiverse also informs the creation of works of speculative fiction, a
body of work encompassing every imaginable academic field. In this light,
we seek to create a multidisciplinary academic program that will showcase
the innumerable ways speculative fiction is inspired by various branches of
academia.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Multiverse Convention is seeking academic presentations of 15, 25, and 45
minutes in length for our 2024 convention. While we require presentations
to reflect rigorous academic scholarship, we are not requesting conference
paper readings. Presentations only, please.

We are seeking presentations that approach an academic topic in a way
that non-academic audiences will find accessible and entertaining. Ideally,
presentations will incorporate a core theme or topic of interest to
speculative fiction fans.

Example topics may include, but are not limited to:

• An interesting historical event that garners immense speculation. What really happened?
• A comparison between modern governments and dystopian societies
• The application of a sociological lens in examining a popular speculative fiction TV show or movie
• From a scientific angle, could one of the monsters from horror tropes really exist?
• How might the fantasy elements of speculative fiction lend themselves to child development in teaching various lessons?
• A chemistry presentation that teaches children how to create spider webbing
• A presentation on new, emerging technologies or scientific breakthroughs (e.g., artificial intelligence, biotech, space travel, etc.)

Presentations on specific authors, works of fiction, or genres within
speculative fiction are also welcome. Of particular interest are
presentations on the works of any of our Guests of Honor and/or focuses
on voices within speculative fiction that are not typically amplified.
Please note: we would like to include at least one presentation per
convention day that fits our theme and is targeted to a child/family
audience, so please submit those presentation proposals, as well. Our
definition of child/family targeted includes any images, videos, or handouts
accompanying the presentation.

Please provide the following in your submission:

300-500 word abstract
Preliminary bibliography
Length of presentation (15, 25, or 45-minute category)
100-word professional biography (should reflect academic credentials)
Any required props or specialized A/V equipment
Do you have any special accommodations or additional requests we
should be aware of? (any request for a video presentation should be indicated here, please)
What are your pronouns?

Email your submissions and/or questions to Rhonda Jackson Joseph at:
Learn@Multiversecon.org

Accepted presenters will receive a complimentary convention membership
for 2024 and may be invited to participate in other panels within the
convention’s other programming tracks. If you would like to be considered
for other programming at the convention, separately or in conjunction with
your proposed academic presentation, please fill out our guest application here:
https://www.multiversecon.org/be-a-guest-apps-open.

Please note that guest applications (not the CFP) close on April 1.

Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis up until June 30th.

Acceptances will be sent out no later than July 31.


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CFP Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference 2024 (3/24/2024; Liverpool, Eng./Hybrid 7/3-5/2024)

Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference 2024

deadline for submissions: March 24, 2024

full name / name of organization: Current Research in Speculative Fiction

contact email: crsf.team@gmail.com

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/01/22/current-research-in-speculative-fiction-conference-2024

Current Research in Speculative Fiction 2024

14th Annual Conference

3 – 5th July 2024, University of Liverpool, Offline and Online, https://crsfhome.home.blog/



“I realize I don’t know very much. None of us knows very much. But we can all learn more. Then we can teach one another. We can stop denying reality or hoping it will go away by magic.”(Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower)



KEYNOTES: Lindz McLeod (Manchester Metropolitan University); TBC



AUTHOR ROUNDTABLE: (TBC)



ACADEMIC PUBLISHING ROUNDTABLE (TBC)



SF WRITING WORKSHOP

Dr Rachel Handley (Possible Worlds and Other Stories, 2022; various other publications including in The Liminal Review and Sonder Magazine)



OTHER ACTIVITIES (in person): ARCHIVE VISIT (July 3rd); OPEN MIC (July 4th)



“Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of those unfortunate measurement concepts, like inches or the British thermal unit, that ought to have been retired long before.” (Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars)



“When the reasoning mind is forced to confront the impossible again and again, it has no choice but to adapt.”

(N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season)



Whether it is science fiction, fantasy, or horror, speculative fiction allows us to imagine new worlds, for authors and readers to fully engage their imaginations with what is beyond our current capabilities or comprehension. We build up Earth in beauty and destruction. We think of distant new planets or dimensions, radical and fantastical species, and find that even in the darkest dystopias there is something to learn. For CRSF’s 14th year, this hybrid offline/online event seeks to generate interdisciplinary discussions of growth in speculative fiction, exploring the theme in its many different guises.



We welcome papers from the fields of literary studies, creative writing, media studies, philosophy, art, anthropology, sociology, and political theory that speak to, but are not limited to:

• Technological growth, uplift fictions; advanced societies
• Expansion; population growth; space colonisation; speculative worlds
• Representations of waste such as nuclear waste; humans and animals as waste; natural resources
• Representations of transhumanism, augmented or artificial intelligence, robotics, and extra-terrestrial life
• The body and its transformations (the posthuman body; the racialised & gendered body; the queer body)
• Speculative fiction as a vehicle of political critique and social transformation
• Interrelationships between power, fantasy, actors, action, forms, and reality
• Forms of alternative kinship made possible (or restricted) by speculative fiction
• Breaching boundaries in speculative fiction

We welcome proposals for academic and artistic contributions that speak to any of the issues. Papers should be 15-20 minutes long. Abstracts (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note (max. 100 words) should be submitted to crsf.team@gmail.com by March 24th. For those reading at the open mic, please submit your piece (any speculative prose, poetry, or drama, max. 1500 words) to the same address by May 31st to secure a reading spot on the night.



All queries can be directed to the above email address or message on Twitter @CRSFteam or Instagram @crsfliverpool.

https://crsfhome.home.blog/


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Mythlore for Fall Winter 2023

 

The latest from the Mythopoeic Society. Available for purchase at their website.

Mythlore 143 Volume 42, Issue 1

Fall/Winter 2023    

Table of Contents

Editorial

— Janet Brennan Croft

The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Frodo Baggins

— Bruce Leonard

“It is ‘About’ Nothing But Itself”: Tolkienian Theology Beyond the Domination of the Author

— Tom Emanuel

“Or Break It”: The Cost of Silmarils and Sworn Oaths

— Alexander M. Bruce

Through Fire and Water: The Exodus of the Gondothlim

— Ethan Danner

“A Bleak, Barren Land”: Women and Fertility in The Lord of the Rings

— Dylan L. Henderson

Otherworldly but not the Otherworld: Tolkien’s Adaptation of Medieval Faerie and Fairies into a Sub-creative Elvendom

— Elliot Thomas Collins

Negative Estrangement: Fantasy and Race in the Drow and Drizzt Do’Urden

— Steven Holmes

Mythos to Myth to Mythopoeia: A Cyclical Process

— Ashna Mary Jacobs and Nirmala Menon

Notes and Letters

“A Fearful Weapon” — Verlyn Flieger

The Sun, The Son, and the Silmarillion: Christopher Tolkien and the Copernican Revolution of Morgoth’s Ring — Kristine Larsen

On the Rings of Power: Thoughts Inspired by Larry Burris’s “Sentience and Sapience in the One Ring” — Nancy Martsch

Nine Tolkien Scholars Respond to Charles W. Mills’s “The Wretched of Middle-earth: An Orkish Manifesto” — Robin Anne Reid, Bianca L. Beronio, Robert Stuart, Robert T. Tally Jr., Tom Ue, Cait Coker, Cami Agan, Charlotte Krausz, Helen Young

To the Editor — Charles A. Huttar

The C.S. Lewis Correspondence Project — Bruce R. Johnson

In Memoriam: Mike Foster — Janet Brennan Croft

Reviews

Inkling, Historian, Soldier, And Brother: A Life Of Warren Hamilton Lewis by Don W. King — David Bratman

“Uncle Curro”: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Spanish Connection by José Manuel Ferrández Bru — Nicole M. duPlessis

C.S. Lewis for Beginners by Louis Markos — Wendell Wagner

Jewish Fantasy Worldwide: Trends in Speculative Stories from Australia to Chile, edited by Valerie Estelle Frankel — G. Connor Salter

Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology through Mythology with the Maker of Middle-earth by Austin M. Freeman — Alex (Oleksiy) Ostaltsev

The Lion’s Country: C.S. Lewis’s Theory of the Real by Charlie W. Starr — Mark-Elliot Finley

How to Misunderstand Tolkien: The Critics and the Fantasy Master by Bruno Bacelli — Nancy Martsch

Death in Supernatural: Critical Essays, edited by Amanda Taylor and Susan Nylander — Martina G. Wise

Adapting Tolkien: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Seminar 2020, edited by Will Sherwood — Alana White

East of the Wardrobe: The Unexpected Worlds of C.S. Lewis by Warwick Ball — Philip Irving Mitchell

Nólë Hyarmenillo: An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien, edited by Nuno Simões Rodrigues, Martin Simonson, and Angélica Varandas — Nancy Martsch

Sunbeams and Bottles: The Theology, Thought and Reading of C.S. Lewis by James Prothero — Suzanne Bray

The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien, edited by Richard Ovenden and Catherine McIlwaine — Cait Coker

Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination, Second Edition, by Vigen Guroian — Sarah O’Dell

Robert Holdstock’s Mythago Woood: A Critical Companion by Paul Kincaid — Glenn R. Gray

After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man, by Michael Ward — Jeremy M. Rios

Briefly Noted:

The Fairy Tale World, edited by Andrew Teverson — Janet Brennan Croft