CFP: Edited volume on Star Trek and Star Wars (8/2/2021)

Call for Proposals: Edited volume on Star Trek and Star Wars

Source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/05/11/call-for-proposals-edited-volume-on-star-trek-and-star-wars

deadline for submissions:
August 2, 2021


full name / name of organization:
Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis for Vernon Press


contact email:
drahsturgis@gmail.com



Call for Abstracts

Edited volume on Star Trek and Star Wars

Edited by Emily Strand, MA and Amy H. Sturgis, PhD

Vernon Press

The generations-spanning, multimedia franchises Star Trek and Star Wars will form the focus for this edited collection of scholarly essays. As venerable and evolving repositories of science fiction and fantasy storytelling, and as towering pillars of popular culture, both Star Trek and Star Wars inspire, transform, and even at times inflame their often overlapping fan bases. Together with the publisher, the editors seek proposals for essays exploring these franchises’ themes, narratives, characters, treatment of moral and philosophical dilemmas, religious or spiritual notions, and other aspects. (Abstracts for essays which compare or contrast the two franchises are also welcome.) Collected essays will offer insight — from a variety of disciplines and perspectives — on how these franchises contribute to popular culture and the tradition of speculative storytelling.

Abstracts and subsequent essays should be academically rigorous yet accessible to the informed (even non-academic) reader.

Abstracts of 300-500 words in length should be submitted, along with a brief biographical statement, by August 2, 2021.

Authors of accepted papers will be notified by September 1, 2021, and paper drafts should be submitted by January 10, 2022.

Please submit proposals via email (with or without attachment) to emilykcstrand@gmail.com and drahsturgis@gmail.com.

Last updated May 11, 2021 

 

CFP Twenty-Five Years of Twin Peaks Collection (proposals by 9/30/2015)

[UPDATE] "It's Happening Again": Twenty-Five Years of Twin Peaks: EXTENDED DEADLINE! (new submission date: September 30 2015)
full name / name of organization: Eric Hoffman and Dominick Grace
contact email: dgrace2@uwo.ca
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/63202

Call for Papers for "It's Happening Again": 25 Years of Twin Peaks is a proposed edited collection on the television show Twin Peaks. Eric Hoffman and Dominick Grace solicit essays for a new collection celebrating one of television's greatest cult phenomena. Originally airing in 1990/91, Mark Frost and David Lynch's Twin Peaks will be returning, just over twenty-five years after it went off the air, and this collection will explore the show in the context of its time, and its legacy. We are interested in papers on all aspects of the television program as well as on tie-ins and connected materials (e.g. the film Fire Walk with Me, the new Log Lady material added for the show's run on Bravo, the book The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, etc.). Possible subjects include but are not limited to:

narrative and the televisual medium
cinema versus television textuality
Twin Peaks in relationship to Lynch's oeuvre
Twin Peaks as pop culture phenomenon
Twin Peaks as satire
Twin Peaks as cult/experimental television
Twin Peaks and sexuality/gender/feminist contexts
generic explorations - specifically murder mystery/film noir, soap opera, horror, fantasy, science fiction, etc.

Completed papers can be submitted, in Word, to Dominick Grace (dgrace2@uwo.ca) or to Eric Hoffman (diamondjoecity@gmail.com). Papers should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words and should follow MLA guidelines. Inquiries and proposals are also welcome. Eric Hoffman and Dominick Grace are the co-editors of Dave Sim: Conversations, Chester Brown: Conversations and Seth: Conversations, all of which are part of the University Press of Mississippi's Conversations with Comics Artists series. Due date: September 30 2015.


By web submission at 07/29/2015 - 21:15

CFP Apocalypse, Dystopia, and Disaster in Culture (11/1/14; SWPCA 2/11-14/15)

Apocalypse, Dystopia, and Disaster in Culture (2/11-14, 2015 ; Abstract Due Nov 1)
full name / name of organization:
36th Annual Southwest Popular/American Culture Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico
contact email:
trayers.shane@gmail.com

Apocalypse, Dystopia, and Disaster in Culture
Area of the 36th Annual Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. February 11-14, 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency Hotel

Our area now includes “dystopia”! The Apocalypse, Dystopia, and Disaster in Culture Area is calling for papers about anything apocalyptic, dystopic, or disaster-related. This can be in movies, television, literature, graphic novels, or any other cultural examples of disaster, dystopia or the end.

Once again, this year did not disappoint in these topics, from The 100 to Under the Dome to Divergent to Pompeii. So why are we so obsessed with ending it all? Why do humans keep coming back to these same types of stories? What cultural fears do the works represent? What are the positives that come out of these kinds of works? This area is interested in all types of theories, both real world and fictional.

Please note that this area is specifically for those papers related to the apocalypse, dystopia, and/or disaster. For example, there is now a separate Zombie Culture area, so if it’s about the “zombie apocalypse” it goes here, but if it is just about zombies, then it goes to that area.

Abstracts are due by November 1st and should be submitted to the submission database found at http://conference2015.southwestpca.org/

Ideas for topics on Apocalypse and Disaster (Not a Comprehensive List):

Real examples: “Doomsday Preppers” television documentary, Bath salt “Zombie” attacks, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, East Coast Earthquake, Tornadoes, Haiti, Aurora and Newtown Shootings, Atomic culture.

Film and TV: Under the Dome, The 100, Revolution, Divergent, Defiance, Elysium, Oblivion, The Host, World War Z, Sharknado, This is the End, After Earth, Pacific Rim, Adventure Time, Olympus has Fallen, Melancholia, Falling Skies, The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, Terminator, 2012, The Core, Daybreakers, Zombieland, Independence Day, Night of the Comet, Armageddon, The War of the Worlds, End of Days, Last Night, 12 Monkeys, The Road, Dark Angel, Jericho, Children of Men, The Matrix, Crimson Tide, Invasion, V, Contagion, Dante’s Peak, The Island, The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Literature: Brave New World, Infinite Jest, Oryx and Crake, Breathe, World War Z, Divergent, Pesthouse, The Road, Children of Men, Alas Babylon, The Stand
Graphic Novels and video games: Y:The Last Man, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil, The Walking Dead

Religious Apocalypse: Revelations and other religious apocalyptic texts, the Left Behind Series, Rapture Insurance.

Or any other works/topics related to apocalypse, dystopia, or disaster!


By web submission at 05/26/2014 - 16:52

CFP Recent Sherlock Holmes Film/TV (essays by 8/15/14)

[Update] Sherlock Collection of Essays
full name / name of organization:
Nadine Farghaly
contact email:
Nadine.Farghaly@gmx.net

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are one of the best known couples in Literature. Since Arthur Canon Doyle first published his famous detective stories in 1887, with his work covering the years 1880 until 1914 when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson finally retired to the countryside, these stories have not lost any of their charm. Frequent adaptations in both the book world and the movie world have demonstrated that the famous detective has neither lost his charm nor his appeal. Different adaptations have added different layers to the Sherlock Holmes universe. While Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock brought a sexy playfulness to the screen, Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock made his social ineptness as well as his disabilities more prominent. The same can be said for the different John Watsons. Jude Law, added a very sophisticated Watson while Martin Freeman's Watson is a down to earth, broke, Afghanistan war veteran who suffers from PTSD. The female characters of these adaptations are also more than worthy of a thorough analysis; the recent BBC version features Irene Adler as a dominatrix. All of these different versions show very distinctive advantages and challenges, as well as they demonstrate different views/takes on sexuality. BBC's Sherlock has been given the moniker The Virgin while Ritchie's Sherlock obviously has a promiscuous side.

The CBS adaptation titled Elementary adds another layer of discourse to the Sherlock Holmes discussion. In this version of the famous detective stories John Watson has been transformed into Jane Watson. Here, Holmes is a former consultant to Scotland Yard whose drug addiction brings him to a rehabilitation centre in NYC. Post-rehab, Holmes moves in with a “sober companion” in Brooklyn, Joan Watson, a “former surgeon who lost her medical license after a patient died while consulting with the NYPD.” The series is already highly awaited by critics and fans alike since the gender change is something that, while it has been attempted before, never worked successfully. And while not much can be said about this series at this point, it will be necessary to analyse it thoroughly. The gender politics implemented in this show alone will be a reason to review it.

This collection will strongly focus on the gender politics that have been assigned over the last three years to the different Sherlock Holmes adaptations.
The book is already under contract with McFarland

What to Send:

A full draft of the essay (5000 – 8000 words) will be required by August 15th, 2014.

Final articles should be submitted to: Nadine.Farghaly@gmx.net receipt of the abstracts will be send within one week. In case you do not receive an email, please resend your work.


By web submission at 06/02/2014 - 10:53

CFP Symposium on The Politics and Law of Doctor Who (1/17/14)

Thanks to IAFA for the head's up:

Symposium Announcement and First Call for Papers: The Politics and Law of Doctor Who

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Public Information Officer

Friday 5th September 2014

University of Westminster

Doctor Who is the BBC’s longest-running drama television series and the world’s longest-running science fiction series. The massive public attention devoted to the show’s 50th anniversary and to its choice of new lead actor confirms that the programme merits serious academic attention. Politics, law and constitutional questions often feature prominently in Doctor Who stories, whether in the form of the Time Lords’ guardianship of the universe, the Doctor’s encounters with British Prime Ministers, or the array of governance arrangements in Dalek society. The show’s politics is also an adventure through time, from the internationalising moralism of the Barry Letts-Terrance Dicks years, the dark satire of Andrew Cartmel’s period as script editor and the egalitarianism of the Russell T. Davies era. Yet the politics and law of Doctor Who have yet to be the subject of wide-ranging scholarship. Proposals for 20 minute papers are therefore invited for a symposium on 5th September 2014, to be held in the University of Westminster’s historic Regent Street building just metres away from BBC headquarters. Possible subjects for papers might include, but are by no means limited to:

• Doctor Who’s ideology
• The Doctor’s political morality
• Comparison of politics of Doctor Who with politics of other
science fiction
• The merits/demerits of Harriet Jones as Prime Minister
• Doctor Who and devolution
• Portrayals of British sovereigns in Doctor Who
• Doctor Who’s politics of class, gender and sexuality
• Fan responses to “political” Doctor Who stories
• International law, intergalactic law and non-interference
• Globalisation and corporate domination
• Satire in Doctor Who
• Politics and law in audio adventures, comic books and novels
• War crimes and genocide
• The politics of UNIT and Torchwood
• The will of villains to secure power
• Political history and political nostalgia in Doctor Who
• Doctor Who’s construction of British national identity

Abstracts should be 250 words in length, and should be accompanied by a 100-word biography of the author. Abstracts should be sent to nicold@wmin.ac.uk – deadline for receipt of abstracts 17 January 2014.

Doctor Who / Torchwood for SWPACA (11/15/13)

Sorry for the short notice. Deadline for papers closes tonight.


CFP: Doctor Who and/or Torchwood-REVISED

Location:	New Mexico, United States
Conference Date:	2014-02-19
Date Submitted:	2013-11-03
Announcement ID:	208205

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Area of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association invites paper or panel proposals on Doctor Who and/or Torchwood at the 35th annual meeting of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 19-22, 2014 Any and all topics will be considered, although we especially encourage proposals on: o genre (comedy, horror, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, etc.) o reception/transmission of either series internationally (past or present) o Doctor Who as brand o regeneration(s) of the series o gender o Use/misuse of technology o Perspectives on the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who o Queer readings and/or presentations of LGBQT characters o auteur-ship o fandom and fanwork o Intersections of Doctor Who and/or Torchwood with this year’s theme “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” Proposals Due: November 15, 2013 Submit 250-word paper or full panel (title & 250-wd abstract for each panelist) proposals at: http://conference2014.southwestpca.org Database opens July 1 Submit in category Science Fiction & Fantasy—Doctor Who Questions: Erin Giannini (egiannini37@gmail.com) For more details on the conference, please visit the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association: http://southwestpca.org or follow us on Facebook & Twitter at www.facebook.com/southwestpca or @southwestpca More about the SF&F Area: With an average of 70+ presenters annually, The Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of the Southwest and Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association is one of the most dynamic and well attended areas at the conference. Numerous book and article publications have originated from our panels. The Area was founded in 1995 by Prof. Richard Tuerk of the Texas A&M University-Commerce (formerly East Texas State University) and author of Oz in Perspective (McFarland, 2007). The Area is currently chaired by Ximena Gallardo C. of the City University of New York-LaGuardia and co-author of Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Continuum: 2004); Rikk Mulligan of Longwood University, author of “Zombie Apocalypse: Plague and the End of the World in Popular Culture” (End of Days, McFarland 2009); Tamy Burnett of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, co-editor of The Literary Angel (McFarland, 2010); Brian Cowlishaw of Northeastern State University, author of "No Future Shock Here: The Jetsons, Happy Tech, and the Patriarchy" (The Galaxy is Rated G, McFarland: 2011); Erin Giannini, independent scholar, who has presented and published work on series such as Dollhouse, Supernatural, and Mystery Science Theater 3000; and Susan Fanetti, Associate Professor at California State University Sacramento.

Erin Giannini, PhD Albuquerque, NM 87102 egiannini37@gmail.com Email: egiannini37@gmail.com Visit the website at http://conference2014.southwestpca.org/

Doctor Who Companions CFP

The following was posted on H-PCAACA recently. Unfortunately, the text is a bit corrupted. I will post a revised version when/if it becomes available.

*Call for Papers*

*Companions in Doctor Who: Roles, Characters and Themes*

On introducing the new companion Clara in March 2013, Steven Moffat,

*Doctor on the Doctor, her [sic] adventure that she [sic] goes on with the Doctor

Agree or disagree with this view, it is clear that the companion has become an integral part of the series *Doctor Who*. Rarely has the Doctor travelled without a companion since the show began in 1963.

as individuals and as a whole.

The editors welcome chapter proposals which deal with the companions as individuals, thematic groupings of companions by era/Doctor, gender and sexuality, feminism and its many permutations, or

With over forty characters travelling with the Doctor over the life of the series, there are many options available.

Proposals are due the 31 October 2013. The final article/chapter should be around 20-25 pages (Double spaced, Times New Roman 12)

Important dates:

Proposals due 31 October 2013; papers 30 September 2014; final edit 15 March 2015.

Editors: Dr Sherry Ginn & Dr Gillian Leitch

Please email your proposals to gilliandoctor@gmail.com

Thank you.

Primeval: New World TV Marathon

Syfy will air a marathon of its "new" series Primeval: New World this Saturday, 10 August. The series is actually a Canadian-made production based on the popular ITV series Primeval, which aired in the US on BBC America. The latest version lasted for 13 episodes before its cancellation (and subsequent airing on Syfy). The Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray release of the series occurs this fall; the series is already available through video on demand services.




Marathon Schedule:

10:00 AM Primeval: New World - The New World
11:00 AM Primeval: New World - Sisiutl
12:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Fear Of Flying
01:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Angry Birds
02:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Undone
03:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Clean Up On Aisle 3
04:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Babes In The Woods
05:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Truth
06:00 PM Primeval: New World  - Breakthrough
07:00 PM Primeval: New World  - The Great Escape
08:00 PM Primeval: New World  - The Inquisition
09:00 PM Primeval: New World  - The Sounds Of Thunder - Part 1
10:00 PM Primeval: New World  - The Sounds Of Thunder - Part 2

New Doctor Who--Who Cares?

Apparently the BBC announced yesterday that actor Peter Capaldi will be taking over as the next Doctor Who. Details (and some comments by fans at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23570354). Capaldi is 55 now, so this a big change from the younger Doctors we've had in recent years and (perhaps) suggests a change in the series's demographics (or the network's propagandist strategies).


However, as my post's title suggests, I'm not sure I really care about the Doctor anymore. Its been a good--sometimes great--run since 2005, but the departure of "the Ponds" (Amy Pond and Rory Williams) earlier in Season 7 seemed like a large slap in the face to fans (details at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2210593/Doctor-Who-fans-say-goodbye-Amy-Pond-killed-hands-weeping-angels.html and http://www.themarysue.com/steven-moffat-ponds/ and http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/aug/31/doctor-who-farewell-amy-ponds and (sorry) http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/most-heartbreaking-moments-of-the-ponds-exit-40223.htm [there's lots more to view at https://www.google.com/search?q=doctor+who+ponds+no+more]; more on Amy at http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/aug/31/doctor-who-farewell-amy-ponds) and I haven't had the desire to watch further.


Michael Torregrossa
Blog Editor

Science Fiction Film & Television for 2013

I don't seem to have kept up to date on journals of late, but Science Fiction Film & Television has completed its run for 2013. The contents lists consists of a series of imbedded tables and will not easily reproduce on the blog. Volume 6, Number 1 of the journal is a special issue on The X-Files, and Volume 6, Number 2 appears to be an open-topic issue.Click the preceding links for more details.

Extrapolation Open Call

Not sure if I've posted this before-- 

Extrapolation has the following open call for papers on its publisher's website: 

Extrapolation was founded in 1959 by Thomas D. Clareson and was the first journal to publish academic work on science fiction and fantasy. It continues to be a leading, peer-reviewed, international journal in that specialized genre in the literature of popular culture.

It welcomes papers on all areas of speculative culture, including print, film, television, comic books and video games, and particularly encourages papers which consider popular texts within their larger cultural context.

The journal publishes a wide variety of critical approaches including but not limited to literary criticism, utopian studies, genre criticism, feminist theory, critical race studies, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. Extrapolation promotes innovative work which considers the place of speculative texts in contemporary culture. It is interested in promoting dialogue among scholars working within a number of traditions and in encouraging the serious study of popular culture.

We are particularly interested in the following areas of study: 

• Racial constructions in speculative genres 
• Children's and YA sf and fantasy 
• Sexualities 
• Fantastic motifs in mainstream texts 
• Gender and speculative texts 
• History of sf and fantasy 
• New weird fiction 
• Remakes, rewriting and retrofitting 
• Pulp sf and fantasy 
• The body in speculative texts 
• Posthumanism 
• Political sf and fantasy 
• Non-Western speculative traditions 
• Technoculture 

Please email submissions to Javier A. Martinez (extrapolation@utb.edu )

Essays should be approximately 4000-9000 words, written according to MLA standards and include a 100 word abstract. Neither embedded footnotes nor generated footnotes that some software systems make available should be used. Electronic submissions in MS Word are encouraged. The editors aim to respond to submissions within three months. Please do not send simultaneous submissions of articles to other publications.

Sociology and Neil Gaiman Collect CFP (6/1/13)

Still catching up. Here is the first of 3 calls for papers with upcoming deadlines.

Magic and Dreams and Good Madness: Sociology and Neil Gaiman
Location: Ireland
Call for Papers Date: 2013-06-01 (in 8 days)
Date Submitted: 2013-03-12
Announcement ID: 202210

Neil Gaiman is considered one of the most popular authors of science fiction and fantasy alive today. He has written novels, short stories, film and television scripts, comic books and graphic novel series; and maintains an extremely prolific online presence through his blog, tumblr and twitter accounts. Some of his most popular works include The Sandman comics, the novels Coraline, American Gods, and Stardust, and two episodes of the popular British science fiction series Doctor Who. Gaiman has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and The Bram Stoker Award. In 2009 he was awarded The Newberry Medal for children’s novel The Graveyard Book and the following year was also awarded The Carnegie Medal, becoming the first author ever to win both awards for the same work.

This collection will contain 20 essays inspired by the work of any of Gaiman’s publications over his career. His books, graphic novels and the movies they have inspired, provide endless possibilities for sociological analysis. This collection will be unique, encouraging the publication of chapters by those beginning their academic careers. It will prioritise submissions from graduate students currently working on their MA and PhD programs.

Suggested topics include, but are in no way limited to:
 - Society and its portrayal
- Sexuality and the Erotic
- Prejudice
- Bodies and Embodiment
- The Law and the Criminal System
- Government and Politics
- Education Systems
- Gender, Race and Class
 - Relationships (sexual, friendship, the family, magic, etc…)
- Human and Non-Human Rights
- Conformity and Deviance
- Socialisation
- Mental Health

Please submit proposed abstracts of 500 words, along with a 250 word biography in Microsoft Word format to goodmadnesscfp@gmail.com by June 1 2013.

Gráinne O'Brien and Alexandra Dunne
Email: goodmadnesscfp@gmail.com
Visit the website at http://goodmadnesscfp.blogspot.com/

Time Travel in the Media CFP (6/16/13)

CFP: Time Travel in the Media edited collection
 Call for Papers Date: 2013-06-16
Date Submitted: 2013-03-18
Announcement ID: 202340

We are currently seeking chapter proposals for the first collection of essay to address time travel across different media formats. The collection, to be be published by McFarland, will be edited by Joan Ormrod (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Matthew Jones (UCL).

Time travel has been a topic that has fascinated the media since the 19th century. Indeed, cinema has used flashbacks and montage since its earliest days to experiment with time. However, film is not the only medium fascinated by the concept. Television series such as Doctor Who (1963-1989, 1996 and 2005-present), Quantum Leap (1989-1993), The Time Tunnel (1966-1967) and Torchwood (2006-2011) explore history and play with notions of time as a social construct. Video games, manga and animé also examine time travel's unique narrative possibilities, for instance in The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (1998) or Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011). Graphic novels such as Watchmen (1986-1987) and superhero narratives use time travel to explore heroes’ ingenuity and the problems created by paradoxes.

Time travel narratives have invoked socio-historic concerns for subjectivity, narrativity, history, the future and potential apocalypse. The future and the past are frequently depicted as a means of understanding the problems of the present. Lately, time travel narratives have used philosophical issues based on scientific theories such as string theory, multiple universes and the philosophical construction of time. Contemporary time travel stories also acknowledge the potential for experimentation in media narratives. Such diversity surely requires more scrutiny in academic discourse. This collection of essays will be the first dedicated solely to the topic.

The collection is aimed at:

• undergraduate and postgraduate students in film and media, cultural studies, philosophy, social sciences, history and science programmes.
• science fiction and fantasy fandoms across a range of media.

The volume will address a broad range of media, including television, cinema, video games, anime and manga, comics and graphic novels and radio plays. It will be divided into five sections addressing narrative and media form, time travel as genre, philosophical and theoretical concepts, time and culture and a number of case studies

We are currently inviting 500-word proposals for 5000-7000 word chapters. These might address, but need not be limited to, the following topics:

• Adaptation and the differences between time in media forms
• Parallel worlds/alternative realities in virtual media, gaming and avatars
• Narrative devices such as the causal time loop
• Cinematic and media apparatus as time machine
• Experimental and avant garde depictions of time and time travel
• Narrative tropes
• Key characters - H. G. Wells, The Doctor, Sam Becket, Marty McFly
• Iconography - the time travel machine, distinguishing the past/future from the present
• The adaptability of the time travel narrative to many genres - science fiction, fantasy, romance, teenpics
• The depiction of history and historical characters
• The rules and regulations of time travel and parallel worlds
• The experience and means of time travel (machine, magic, supernatural)
• Use of specific theoretical models of narrative interrogation, such as psychoanalytic, carnivalesque, discursive, Deleuzian, Ricoeur, Bergson, postmodern and semiotic perspectives or new theoretical contexts
• Philosophical considerations, such as free will and determinism, religious and ritualistic perspectives
• String theory and parallel universes
• Socio-historic notions of time (linear time, cyclical time, the Enlightenment and the mythic)
• Tourism - cosmopolitanism, the flâneur
• Time-travel narratives within the context of their socio-historic production
• Case studies which examine a specific aspect of time travel in one text.

Proposals along with a 50 word biography should be sent to timetravelcollection@gmail.com
Deadline: 16 June 2013

Joan Ormrod
Manchester Metropolitan University
Chatham 307
Manchester 44 161 247 1938
Email: timetravelcollection@gmail.com

CW's Superrnatural CFP (5/15/13)

One more from supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com for the night:


Essay Collection: CW's "Supernatural" television
Publication Date: 2013-05-15 (in 18 days)
Date Submitted: 2013-01-22
Announcement ID: 200641

Articles are invited for an edited collection on issues related to any element of the CW television series Supernatural.

The following categories suggest possibilities but are by no means exhaustive:
• Monstrosity
• Fandom and/or Reception
• Transformation and/or Adaptation
• Gender
• Race
• Desire and Sexuality
• Hybridity
• Vampires
• Shapeshifters
• Ghosts and Hauntings
• Demons and Angels
• Heroism
• Villainy
• Desire
• History and Memory
• Family
• Power
• Possession and/or Mind Control

What to Send: 300 - 500 word abstracts (or complete articles, if available) and CVs should be submitted by May 15, 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the collection, a full draft of the essay (5000 – 8000 words) will be required by October 15, 2013.

Abstracts and final articles should be submitted to supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com. Please include “Supernatural Submission” in your subject line.

Dr. Margo Collins
Email: supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com

Vampire Diaries Collection CFP (5/1/13)

Almost missed this one (though I'm starting to feel like I'm advertising for supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com). The Vampire Diaries (2009-) is a very popular series and a spin-off on The Originals has recently been announced for the fall.


Essay Collection: "The Vampire Diaries"
Publication Date: 2013-05-01 (in 4 days)
Date Submitted: 2013-01-22
Announcement ID: 200642

Articles are invited for an edited collection on issues related to any element of The Vampire Diaries (either the original books or the CW’s television series).

The following categories suggest possibilities but are by no means exhaustive:

• Monstrosity
• Fandom and/or Reception
• Transformation and/or Adaptation
• Gender
• Race
• Vampirism
• Shapeshifters
• Hybridity
• Witchcraft
• Heroism
• Villainy
• Adolescence
• Desire
\• History
• Memory
• Domesticity
• Power
• Possession and/or Mind Control

What to Send: 300 - 500 word abstracts (or complete articles, if available) and CVs should be submitted by May 1, 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the collection, a full draft of the essay (5000 – 8000 words) will be required by October 1, 2013.

Abstracts and final articles should be submitted to supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com. Please include “Vampire Diaries Submission” in your subject line.

 Dr. Margo Collins
Email: supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com

MTV's Teen Wolf Collection CFP (6/1/13)

Essay Collection: MTV's Teen Wolf
Publication Date: 2013-06-01
Date Submitted: 2013-02-19
Announcement ID: 201568

Articles are invited for an essay collection on the new MTV serial remake of Teen Wolf. In “Upright Citizens on All Fours: Nineteenth-Century Identity and the Image of the Werewolf,” Chantal Bourgault du Coudray notes that ‘an ever-growing body of scholarship utilises the concept of hybrid or heterogeneous identity. The hybrid identity is theorised and celebrated as a response to the demands of a fragmented, multi-dimensional, postmodern world, one in which shifting boundaries and a multiplicity of subject positions make it impossible to assume a homogeneous or stable subjectivity.’ Theorists such as Katherine Hayles and Donna Haraway discuss the implications of hybridity in the posthuman. Asa Simon Mittman and Peter J. Dendle deal with the monstrosity of hybridity. Many critics discuss iterations of the werewolf in literature and film. This volume aims to discuss the new MTV serial remake of Teen Wolf in terms of its connection to the popular and literary culture, though other approaches are welcome, as well.

The following categories suggest possibilities but are by no means exhaustive:

• Monstrosity and/or Hybridity
• Fandom and/or Reception
• Personal Transformation and/or Adaptation
• Genre Transformation and/or Adaptation
• Gender
• Race
• Desire and Sexuality
• Heroism and/or Villainy
• History and Memory
• Family
• Power

We are also interested in the intersections of Teen Wolf with:
• the werewolf in 19th century literary history
• the werewolf in 20th century literary history
• post humanism in teen culture
• the werewolf in the 1980s
• the werewolf in Comics (such as the werewolf in Dell comics, Marvel comics, Legends of the Dark Night)
• the werewolf in fairy tales and/or folk mythology
• the werewolf in American pulp fiction
• the werewolf in children’s literature
• the werewolf in adult television (True Blood, Doctor Who, Sanctuary, Grimm)
• the werewolf in games or anime

 What to Send: 300 - 500 word abstracts (or complete articles, if available) and CVs should be submitted by June 1, 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the collection, a full draft of the essay (5000 – 8000 words) will be required by January 1, 2014.

Abstracts and final articles should be submitted to supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com. Please include “Teen Wolf Submission” in your subject line.

Dr. Kamille Stone Stanton
supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com
Email: supernaturaltelevision@gmail.com

Essential Supernatural Out Now

Insight Editions has recently released the following:

Knight, Nicholas, and Christopher Cerasi. The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester. Foreword Eric Kripke. San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2012. Print. 978-1-60887-145-2

Profusely illustrated, this over-sized book serves as both a guide to and celebration of the first seven seasons of the Supernatural television series. The book includes a wealth of photographs from the show, commentary by the cast and crew, and a variety of extras for the fans. The book concludes with predictions for the upcoming season eight and a short episode guide devoted to seasons one through seven.

PCA Science Fiction and Fantasy Area CFP

Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of PCA 27-30 March 2013
full name / name of organization:
Popular Culture Association
contact email:
pcasff@gmail.com

One of the largest and most vibrant of the association, the Science Fiction and Fantasy (SF/F) Area invites proposals for its 2013 national conference. The goals of our area are (1) to share and support research, scholarship, and publication and (2) to mentor emerging scholars. As a result, we invite proposals from professors, independent scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates (with the guidance of a professor).

PCA/ACA SF/F welcomes any theoretical or (inter)disciplinary approach to any topic related to SF/F: art; literature; radio; film; television; comics and graphic novels; video, role-playing, and multi-player online games. Though not at all an exhaustive list, potential presenters may wish to consider the following topics. We would particularly like to encourage submissions for 2013 that celebrate a momentous event in the history of SFF. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. We welcome proposals that examine and celebrate this remarkable achievement. Next year also marks the 5th anniversary of the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a series that changed the face of television.

General Topics
• Fans and Fandom/Community Building
• Gender and Sexuality
• Class and Hierarchies
• Hybridity and Liminality
• Utopia/Dystopia
• Audience Reception
• Translation Issues
• Cross-Media Texts
• Regeneration—Moving Narratives from One Medium to Another
• Language and Rhetoric
• Genre—Space Opera, Cyberpunk, Dark Fantasy, etc.
• Franchising Narratives
• Intertexuality
• Marketing and Advertising
• Textual Analysis
• Sociological or Psychological Readings
• Archival Research
• Technology—Textual and Literal
• Pedagogy—Teaching Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Online Identity Construction
• Use of Music and Silence
• Visual, Spatial, and Design Elements
• Mythology and Quest Narratives
• Steampunk

Examples of Fantasy Texts
• Classic and Contemporary Literature—Gilgamesh; Homer’s Odyssey; J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings; C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia; Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels; J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series; Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials collection; Frank Baum’s Oz series; Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; and works by such authors as Piers Anthony, Marian Zimmer Bradley, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Orson Scott Card, Margaret Weis, Ursula K. LeGuin, Mercedes Lackey, Patricia McKillip, and others.
• Film—The Princess Bride (1987), Willow (1988), Labyrinth (1986), The Dark Crystal (1982), The NeverEnding Story (1984), The Clash of the Titans (1981; 2009), Ladyhawke (1985), Spirited Away (2001), Donnie Darko (2001), Chocolat (2000), Amelie (2001), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), etc.
• Television—The Twilight Zone (1959-64), The Prisoner (1967-68), Dark Shadows (1966-71), Wonder Woman (1975-79), Beauty and the Beast (1987-90), Wonderfalls (2004), The Dresden Files (2007), Supernatural (2005-), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001), Charmed (1998-2006), Angel (1999-2004), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Lost (2004-), Being Human (2009-), Grimm (2011-) and others.
• Comics and Graphic Novels—Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 9; Japanese manga; European comics; underground comics movement, etc.
• Gaming—Tomb Raider, World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons, Everquest, Myst, Vampire: The Masquerade, etc.

Examples of Science Fiction Texts
• Classic and Contemporary Literature—from the works of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Mary Shelley to Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Phillip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Octavia E. Butler, Anne McCaffrey, Marge Piercy, James Tiptree Jr., Frank Herbert, and Candas Jane Dorsey.
• Film—from Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902), Frankenstein (1931), and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Star Wars (1977), Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Matrix (1999), Children of Men (2006), Iron Man (2008), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), Transformers 2 (2009), Star Trek (2009).
• Television—classic TV such as Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) and The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) to recent series of interest, including Lexx (1997-2002), Twin Peaks (1990-91), The X-Files (1993-2002), Dark Angel (2000-02), The 4400 (2004-07), the Stargate series including Universe, Babylon 5 (1993-98), Battlestar Galactica (2004- 2008), Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles (2007 - 2009), Torchwood (2006-), Primeval (2007-), Heroes (2007-), Firefly (2002-03), Sanctuary (2008-12), Eureka (2006-12), and others.

The SF/F Area is also interested in featuring science fiction and fantasy writers and poets. Creative writers are welcomed.

Submission Guidelines: In Word (.doc/.docx), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or PDF, completed papers or 250-word proposals for individual papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, or creative writing readings should be submitted through the PCA website. Instructions for submission can be found at www.pcaaca.org/conference/instructions.php and submissions made at http://ncp.pcaaca.org . The document should contain the following information in this order:

• Name(s) of presenter(s)—indicate main contact person if submitting a group presentation
• Institutional affiliation—if applicable
• Name and contact information of cooperating professor—undergraduates only
• Address(es), telephone number(s), and email address(es) of presenter(s)
• Title(s) of paper(s), panel, roundtable, or workshop
• Completed paper(s) or 250-word proposal(s)—if submitting a workshop, please specifically indicate what those in attendance will gain
The paper/panel proposal will be acknowledged when received, and the sender will be notified of the submission’s status no later than 1 January 2013.

Please be aware that the Area Chairs are not able to submit proposals on your behalf. If there is a problem while submitting papers please contact the Chair.

Please, do not simultaneously submit the same proposal to multiple areas. Doing so is a discourtesy to area chairs. Also please note that, per PCA/ACA guidelines, a person may present only one paper at the annual meeting, regardless of subject area. This includes roundtables, that is, a person cannot present a paper and a roundtable discussion.

Submission Deadline: 29 November 2012

Each year after the last conference panel on Saturday evening, the SF/F Area hosts a fundraising event that includes a film, snacks, and a prize raffle of DVDs, novels, academic books, etc.—thousands of dollars in merchandise. Come enjoy the food, friendship, and fun! Location TBA; film TBA. Fundraising supports area activities and, beginning with the 2011 conference, awards to the two best papers, graduate student and professional. More details about these awards can be found at the area’s website: www.pcasff.org

Please be aware that the PCA offers several travel bursaries and deadlines for them are the 7 January 2013. Check the PCA website www.pcaaca.org for more information.

Hope to see you in DC!

Your Area Co-Chairs:

Dr. Gillian I Leitch
23 Blvd Mont-Bleu, #1
Gatineau, QC
Canada J8Z 1H9

and

Dr. Sherry Ginn
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
1531 Trinity Church Rd
Concord, NC 28110 USA

Direct all enquiries to our email address: pcasff@gmail.com

NOTE: While the PCA/ACA welcomes fresh approaches to subjects, we also appreciate serious commitment to scholarship and to presenting at the conference.

New/Recent CFPs

Here's a batch from the UPenn CFP site:

[UPDATE] CFP: The Ray Browne Conference on Popular Culture: Modes of Mobility: Popular Culture in an Age of Technology (deadline 11/16/12)

Call for Submissions: Studies in Popular Culture (no deadline)

CFP: The Gothic in Literature, Film and Culture (11/30/12; National PCA/ACA Conference, 3/27/13-3/30/13)

CFP Edited Collection on Dark Fairy Tales in Children's and Young Adult Literature (deadline 10/20/12)

Monsters and the Monstrous Volume 3, Number 1, Themed Issue on Monstrous Spaces/ Spaces of Monstrosity (deadline for submissions 3/8/13)

Call for Papers: Indigenous 'Deep' Space: Indigenous Absence and Presence in Sci-Fi and Comics (Southwest/Texas PCA deadline 11/16/12)

Call for Papers: Indigenous Science Fiction February 13-16, 2013 (SW/Texas PCA deadline 11/16/12)

The Geek and Popular Culture (SW/Texas PCA deadline 11/16/12)

Mystery & Detective Fiction Area, March 27-30, 2013, Washington, DC (National PCA deadline 11/30/12)

The Empire Tele-Calls Back: Indian Science Fiction in the Global Age (collection; deadline 11/30/12)

Weird Lovecraft: H.P. Lovecraft, Weird Tales, and the Construction of the American Horror Canon [Update] (panel; deadline 1/15/13)

Horror (Text, Media, Culture) (national PCA; deadline 11/30/12)

Call for Submissions - Edited Collection -- Fan Phenomena: Supernatural (deadline 9/15/12)

First Annual FANS Conference (deadline 2/1/13)

Stephen King Area-2013 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (Sumbissions: 11/30/12)

 The Age of Lovecraft: Cosmic Horror, Posthumanism, and Popular Culture (collection; deadline 10/31/12)

Star Trek Anniversary

The Star Trek franchise celebrated its 46th anniversary yesterday, and Google commemorated the occasion with a video Google Doodle, which has been archived at http://www.google.com/doodles/46th-anniversary-of-star-treks-1st-broadcast. An interview with the designer can be found at StarTrek.com.