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 Chicon 8/Worldcon 80 Academic Track Call for Papers (4/29/2022)

Chicon 8/Worldcon 80 Academic Track Call for Papers

Source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/03/15/chicon-8worldcon-80-academic-track-call-for-papers. 

deadline for submissions: April 29, 2022

full name / name of organization: Chicon 8

contact email: academic@chicon.org



Science fiction (and its cousin genres, fantasy and horror) have long explored what it means to explore the unknown. In particular, some of SF’s familiar narratives have pondered life beyond our world, grappled with the vast expanse of the universe and the many things to be discovered there, and tackled complicated meetings with other beings and other ways of life. Beyond the SF bubble, fantasy has imagined entire worlds and wondered at a cosmos of gods and magic; meanwhile, horror has teased at the edges of its genre cousins, offering disturbing visions of space and other forms of travel and exploration in which the unknown is often waiting with jaws wide open. These are some of the things we can imagine when considering Chicon 8: The 80th World Science Fiction Convention’s theme: “Take to the Stars.”

Chicon’s Academic Track Committee welcomes proposals for scholarly presentations* about genre fiction in its myriad forms**, with particular interest in those which address our convention theme, “Take to the Stars,” which may include some of the following topics (this is not an exhaustive list):

• Themes of exploration and discovery, particularly interpretations of space and sea travel, discovery as a metaphysical and/or psychological concept, the ties between genre fiction and historical or scientific discovery, and other intersections
• New encounters, cultural clashes and resolutions, alien first encounters, and other types of encounters beyond the known
• Seeking new ideas and solutions to imagined or real issues, including (but not limited to) utopian and radical political perspectives on climate change, challenges to hegemonic power structures such as contemporary empires, and visions of decolonization or other ways of structure societies
• Ties between genre fiction and community building and expansion, whether regional, global, in zines or blogs, online or in in-person spaces, and other iterations

Additionally, we also want to see proposals—theme-specific or otherwise—in some of the following categories:

• Regional interest, including representations of Chicago in genre fiction, Chicago-area creators, the influence of the Jazz Age on genre, and Chicago fandom
• Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and related futurisms and movements
• Non-U.S. and non-Eurocentric genre fiction, including works in English and in translation
• Work by Guests of Honor and by attending authors

While we appreciate the classics of the genre, our goal will be to highlight lesser known works or to place the classics in conversation with newer works. We view genre as a constantly evolving entity, and we would like to see this reflected in scholarship.

Finally, we are also interested in proposals for roundtable discussions on subjects relevant to scholars, teachers, and related individuals. These roundtables will share knowledge with (especially emerging) scholars and educators, and they might address teaching methods across the humanities disciplines, tools for scholarly research, applying research to education, editing scholarly work, or open dialogues on specific SF/F/H topics of particular interested to the broad field of scholarship.

The deadline for submissions is April 29, 2022.

The Academic Track Committee will accept proposals for the following formats:

• Individual Presentations -- A 15-minute presentation (these will be grouped into 3-presentation panels by the academic committee)
• Group Presentations -- A group of 3 presentations linked together by content, topic, etc. Presentations should be no longer than 15-minutes each. Please provide contact information for all participants with your submission.
• Panels or Roundtables
• Discussions among 3-5 scholars on subjects relevant to the academic track. These should be conversational and informative events similar to a traditional convention panel. You may propose a panel you’d like to see OR a panel with the lineup and topic fully established.

All scholars are welcome to submit, whether formally affiliated with a university or operating as an independent. We also strongly encourage BIPOC and other scholars from minority backgrounds to submit, including scholars outside of the U.S.

Chicon 8’s Academic Track will run programming items through all five days of the event (Sept. 1-5) and will include virtual items to help make scholarship accessible to virtual participants and international scholars and students who wish to be part of the conversation. We look forward to hearing your presentation ideas!

To submit, please provide proposals, bios, and other relevant details using the application form on the Chicon website: https://chicon.org/home/whats-happening/program/academic-program/

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*By “presentation” we mean talks, ideally with visual support, rather than readings of academic work. Presentations should also be geared towards a general audience, as Worldcon attendees come from a myriad of academic and non-academic backgrounds.

**Proposals may address any genre media or genre-related content, including but not limited to fiction, poetry, film and television, comics and graphic novels, plays, fandom, genre history, and so on.




Last updated March 15, 2022