CFP: Video Games, Culture, & Justice
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74784/cfp-video-games-culture-justice
Announcement published by Kishonna Gray on Friday, July 10, 2015
Type:
Call for Papers
Date:
July 11, 2015 to October 1, 2015
Subject Fields:
Communication, Contemporary History, Cultural History / Studies, Digital Humanities, Demographic History / Studies, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Library and Information Science
Call for Papers: Video Games, Culture, & Justice
The purpose of this edited volume is to propel game studies towards a more responsive existence in the area of social justice. The text will attempt to move beyond the descriptive level of analysis of what and begin engaging the why, highlighting the structural and institutional factors perpetuating inequalities that permeate gaming culture and extend into a myriad of institutions. The public outcry associated with GamerGate has put 'why' at the forefront of game studies. GamerGaters, who gained media attention through their misogynist and racist attacks on women gamers and developers, even tried to justify their campaign as an attempt to restore the ethics needed in video game journalism. This attack directed at 'social justice warriors' brought the hidden reality of harassment, cyberbullying, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other injustices to light. These attacks are part and parcel of gaming culture; challenges to the lack of diversity or the gross stereotypes are often met with demonization and rhetorical violence directed at those who merely seek to help gaming reach its fullest potential. Yet, in these struggles, we must move beyond individual acts of prejudice, discrimination, and microaggressions to examine the structural and institutional factors that allow them to exist. We must look at how the daily practices sustain what Mark Anthony Neal calls "micro-nooses" and lived reality of violence on and offline.
Amid this culture of violence, the gaming industry has embraced the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. In response to protests, game developers have incorporated statements asserting their commitment to producing diverse games and building an industry no longer dominated by white men. Given the post-racial rhetorical turn of the last six years, it is important to push conversations about gaming and gamers beyond diversity, to expose the disconnect between rhetorics of multiculturalism and the struggle for justice and equity. It is important to highlight the contradiction between ideals of inclusion espoused within the video game industry and society as a whole and the persistence of injustices within the structural and institutional context in which they may have developed. This compilation not only seeks to answer these questions but also to produce work that intervenes in the culture of violence and inequity from which these works emanate from inside and outside of academia.
Traditionally, academic public discourses concerned with criminal justice focused on issues pertaining to crime and legal justice; within game studies, there has an effort to examine criminogenic effects of violent video games on the streets. We must move beyond this simple construction of justice and video games. This interdisciplinary text defines justice broadly, but in terms to speak to the struggle of racial, gender, and social justice. Moving beyond abstract principles, the collection focuses on the stakes playing out in virtual reality, demonstrating the ways that struggles for justice online, in the policy booth, in the court house, in our schools, in legislatures and in streets must be waged online.
As such, this collection seeks a broader range of critical perspectives on justice issues within gaming culture seeking whether gaming culture can foster critical consciousness, aid in participatory democracy, and effect social change. It will give voice to the silenced and marginalized, offering counter narratives to those post-racial and post-gendered fantasies that so often obscure the violent context of production and consumption. In offering this framework, this volume will be grounded in the concrete situations of marginalized members within gaming culture.
Early career scholars, game industry personnel, gaming activists, graduate students, and others are invited to submit work addressing the connected themes of Video Games, Culture, & Justice. Suggested essay topics may include (but are not limited to):
· Representation and Identity in Video Games
· Examining the complex nature of intersections
· Marginalized identities within gaming culture
· Developing culturally responsive games
· Activism within video games
· Power and anonymity
· Negative experiences in multiplayer settings
· Applying social justice theories to gaming
· Militarization and video games
· Cyberbullying, online harassment, and other virtual violence
· Policing game communities
· Swatting and blurring boundaries of virtual and physical spaces
· Online disinhibition, anonymity, and trolling
· The impact of serious games and games for change
· Hacking inequalities (sexism, racism, heterosexism, ableism, etc)
· Solutions to eliminate bias
· Hypermasculinity in tech culture
· Methodological successes and challenges
· Genre, representation, and social justice
· Gaming interfaces as social praxis
· The graphical arms race: hyperreality, phenotype, and identity
Please submit abstracts (500 word max) along with a short bio and your CV/resume to gamesculturejustice@gmail.com by September 15th, 2015. Authors will be notified by October 5th, 2015 if their proposals have been accepted for the prospectus. Final essays should be within the range of 4000 – 6000 words, submitted as a Word or Rich Text Format. Notifications to submit full essays will occur shortly after abstracts are submitted and they will be due December 28th, 2015. For more information please contact the co-editors at gamesculturejustice@gmail.com.
Deadline for Abstracts: September 15th, 2015
Full Essays Due: December 28th, 2015
André Brock (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. His research interests include digital and online performances of race and culture, African American technoculture, and critical cultural informatics. Follow him on Twitter @DocDre.
Kishonna L. Gray (Ph.D., Arizona State University) is the Director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University as well as faculty in the School of Justice Studies, African/African-American Studies, & Women & Gender Studies. Her work broadly intersects identity and new media although she has a particular focus on gaming. Her most recent book, Race, Gender, & Deviance in Xbox Live, provides a much-needed theoretical framework for examining deviant behavior and deviant bodies within that virtual gaming community. Her work can be found at www.kishonnagray.com and at www.criticalgaminglab.com. Follow her on Twitter @DrGrayThaPhx and @CriticalGameLab.
David J. Leonard (Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley) is Associate Professor and chair in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman. He regularly writes about issues of race, gender, inequality, and popular culture. His work has appeared in a number of academic journals and anthologies. His works can be found at http://www.drdavidjleonard.com. Follow him on Twitter @drdavidjleonard.
Contact Info:
For more information please contact the co-editors at gamesculturejustice@gmail.com
André Brock (University of Michigan), Co-Editor
Kishonna L Gray (Eastern Kentucky University), Co-Editor
David J Leonard (Washington State University), Co-Editor
Contact Email:
gamesculturejustice@gmail.com
URL:
http://www.criticalgaminglab.com/cfp-video-games-culture--justice.html
Monday, July 20, 2015
CFP Southern Studies Conference (10/15/15; Alabama 2/5-6/16)
Southern Studies Conference
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/75401/southern-studies-conference
Announcement published by John Havard on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Type: Conference
Date: October 15, 2015
Location: Alabama, United States
Subject Fields: African American History / Studies, American History / Studies
Now in its eighth year, the AUM Southern Studies Conference invites panel and paper proposals on any aspect of Southern literature. The conference will be held 5-6 February 2016. Topics may include but are not limited to:
--Southern food studies
--Slavery and the American South; slave narratives
--Civil War narratives
--Civil Rights narratives; explorations of race and conflict
--Southern religion and literature
--Ecocriticism and the landscape of Southern writing
--Regionalist writers of the American South
--Explorations of the Southern worker
--The plantation novel
--Changing conceptions of Southern aristocracy in literature
--Southern women writers
--Southern travel writing
--Southern children’s literature
--Cross-cultural exchanges between the South and other geographic areas
--Native American literature of the South
--Stories of immigration / migration and border-crossings
--Contemporary reconceptions of "The South"
--Contemporary literacy and writing programs of the American South
--Studies of works by canonical Southern authors such as Twain, Welty, and Faulkner
--Studies of works by lesser-known Southern writers
This two-day conference includes two keynote presentations. One will be given by Dr. Trudier Harris, a renowned scholar of African-American literature from the University of Alabama. The other will be given by Dr. Kenneth W. Noe, a distinguished Civil War historian from Auburn University. Registrants to the conference will also be able to enjoy a variety of peer-reviewed panels and exhibits on southern topics representing all of the liberal arts disciplines.
Proposals can be emailed to southernstudies@aum.edu and should include a 250-word abstract and a brief CV. The deadline is 15 October 2015. Proposals will be refereed by established scholars in each discipline. For more information, please visit the conference website:
http://www.liberalarts.aum.edu/southern-studies-conference
or contact
John C. Havard
Assistant Professor of English
Auburn University at Montgomery
jhavard@aum.edu
Contact Info:
John C. Havard
Assistant Professor of English
Auburn University at Montgomery
jhavard@aum.edu
Contact Email:
jhavard@aum.edu
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/75401/southern-studies-conference
Announcement published by John Havard on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Type: Conference
Date: October 15, 2015
Location: Alabama, United States
Subject Fields: African American History / Studies, American History / Studies
Now in its eighth year, the AUM Southern Studies Conference invites panel and paper proposals on any aspect of Southern literature. The conference will be held 5-6 February 2016. Topics may include but are not limited to:
--Southern food studies
--Slavery and the American South; slave narratives
--Civil War narratives
--Civil Rights narratives; explorations of race and conflict
--Southern religion and literature
--Ecocriticism and the landscape of Southern writing
--Regionalist writers of the American South
--Explorations of the Southern worker
--The plantation novel
--Changing conceptions of Southern aristocracy in literature
--Southern women writers
--Southern travel writing
--Southern children’s literature
--Cross-cultural exchanges between the South and other geographic areas
--Native American literature of the South
--Stories of immigration / migration and border-crossings
--Contemporary reconceptions of "The South"
--Contemporary literacy and writing programs of the American South
--Studies of works by canonical Southern authors such as Twain, Welty, and Faulkner
--Studies of works by lesser-known Southern writers
This two-day conference includes two keynote presentations. One will be given by Dr. Trudier Harris, a renowned scholar of African-American literature from the University of Alabama. The other will be given by Dr. Kenneth W. Noe, a distinguished Civil War historian from Auburn University. Registrants to the conference will also be able to enjoy a variety of peer-reviewed panels and exhibits on southern topics representing all of the liberal arts disciplines.
Proposals can be emailed to southernstudies@aum.edu and should include a 250-word abstract and a brief CV. The deadline is 15 October 2015. Proposals will be refereed by established scholars in each discipline. For more information, please visit the conference website:
http://www.liberalarts.aum.edu/southern-studies-conference
or contact
John C. Havard
Assistant Professor of English
Auburn University at Montgomery
jhavard@aum.edu
Contact Info:
John C. Havard
Assistant Professor of English
Auburn University at Montgomery
jhavard@aum.edu
Contact Email:
jhavard@aum.edu
CFP Mater Dolorosa: The Representation of the Blessed Mary in Literature and Art (7/31/15)
Call for Book Chapters. Mater Dolorosa: The Representation of the Blessed Mary in Literature and Art
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74980/call-book-chapters-mater-dolorosa-representation-blessed-mary
Announcement published by Elena Shabliy on Monday, July 13, 2015
Type: Call for Publications
Date: July 11, 2015 to July 31, 2015
Location: United States
Subject Fields:
Ancient History, Art and Art History, European History / Studies, Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies, Modern European History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology
In today’s complex world religious discourse is especially crucial, considering that secularism is expanding around the globe. We seek contributions on the representation of the Virgin Mary in World Literature and Art. Comparative approaches are always welcome. Religious and cultural literacy is important for domestic and international politics, the practice of peace, harmony, justice, and social prosperity. Thus, this edited volume will help diminish religious illiteracy. Universitas Press has agreed to publish this edited volume. Contributions are welcome from scholars in various disciplines in the humanities. Please send your proposals, along with your CV by July 31, 2015, to Elena Shabliy eshabliy@tulane.edu.
July 31, 2015: Proposal Submission Deadline
Contact Info:
Elena Shabliy, an Interdisciplinary Scholar, Tulane University eshabliy@tulane.edu
Contact Email:
eshabliy@tulane.edu
URL:
http://universitaspress.com/
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74980/call-book-chapters-mater-dolorosa-representation-blessed-mary
Announcement published by Elena Shabliy on Monday, July 13, 2015
Type: Call for Publications
Date: July 11, 2015 to July 31, 2015
Location: United States
Subject Fields:
Ancient History, Art and Art History, European History / Studies, Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies, Modern European History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology
In today’s complex world religious discourse is especially crucial, considering that secularism is expanding around the globe. We seek contributions on the representation of the Virgin Mary in World Literature and Art. Comparative approaches are always welcome. Religious and cultural literacy is important for domestic and international politics, the practice of peace, harmony, justice, and social prosperity. Thus, this edited volume will help diminish religious illiteracy. Universitas Press has agreed to publish this edited volume. Contributions are welcome from scholars in various disciplines in the humanities. Please send your proposals, along with your CV by July 31, 2015, to Elena Shabliy eshabliy@tulane.edu.
July 31, 2015: Proposal Submission Deadline
Contact Info:
Elena Shabliy, an Interdisciplinary Scholar, Tulane University eshabliy@tulane.edu
Contact Email:
eshabliy@tulane.edu
URL:
http://universitaspress.com/
CFP Children and Media (7/20/15; SCMS 2016)
CFP: SCMS 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia - Panel on Children and Media, Disney, Nickelodeon, Gender, Girls etc.
https://networks.h-net.org/node/14467/discussions/74776/cfp-scms-2016-atlanta-georgia-panel-children-and-media-disney
Discussion published by Christina Hodel on Friday, July 10, 2015
Children, Teens and Everyone In-between: Youth Media
This panel is intended to explore representations of childhood/children on screen. The panel is currently broadly conceived and is open to submissions relating to other aspects of children’s media although topics relating to girls and gender are highly encouraged.
Some possible suggestions for topics are below, but again, please apply if anything related to children and media (and especially gender) is part of your thesis.
· Disney, Nickelodeon and other producers of children’s media content
· Child gender and sexuality issues
· Race, Culture, Class and Children
· Children and relationships
· Advocating for children
· The dark side of childhood/children
· Child perpetrators and victims of violence on screen
· The status of children’s films and/or family films in terms of genre
· The commercial and/or aesthetic aspects of children’s media
· The reception of children’s media
· Participatory video or child-led cinema
· The liminality of childhood and its relation to questions of nationhood on screen
· Aspects of film and television that teach us about current constructions of childhood
· How films/television resist/undermine contemporary constructions of childhood
· How media helps us better understand the role of children in a given societal context
· How media shed light on the relationship between children/adults
· Depictions of childhood understood as metaphors for specific cultural phenomena
· Societal anxieties embedded in media featuring children
· Explanations of how ideas regarding childhood have affected movies and television
Proposals should be sent to Christina (hodel@ku.edu) and consist of a 250 word abstract, a list of three keywords, and a brief biographical statement listing your title, the name of your college or university, and your areas of research.
Deadline to submit is July 20, 2015.
Decisions will be communicated by July 25, 2015.
https://networks.h-net.org/node/14467/discussions/74776/cfp-scms-2016-atlanta-georgia-panel-children-and-media-disney
Discussion published by Christina Hodel on Friday, July 10, 2015
Children, Teens and Everyone In-between: Youth Media
This panel is intended to explore representations of childhood/children on screen. The panel is currently broadly conceived and is open to submissions relating to other aspects of children’s media although topics relating to girls and gender are highly encouraged.
Some possible suggestions for topics are below, but again, please apply if anything related to children and media (and especially gender) is part of your thesis.
· Disney, Nickelodeon and other producers of children’s media content
· Child gender and sexuality issues
· Race, Culture, Class and Children
· Children and relationships
· Advocating for children
· The dark side of childhood/children
· Child perpetrators and victims of violence on screen
· The status of children’s films and/or family films in terms of genre
· The commercial and/or aesthetic aspects of children’s media
· The reception of children’s media
· Participatory video or child-led cinema
· The liminality of childhood and its relation to questions of nationhood on screen
· Aspects of film and television that teach us about current constructions of childhood
· How films/television resist/undermine contemporary constructions of childhood
· How media helps us better understand the role of children in a given societal context
· How media shed light on the relationship between children/adults
· Depictions of childhood understood as metaphors for specific cultural phenomena
· Societal anxieties embedded in media featuring children
· Explanations of how ideas regarding childhood have affected movies and television
Proposals should be sent to Christina (hodel@ku.edu) and consist of a 250 word abstract, a list of three keywords, and a brief biographical statement listing your title, the name of your college or university, and your areas of research.
Deadline to submit is July 20, 2015.
Decisions will be communicated by July 25, 2015.
CFP Tarot/Divination Area (10/1/15; PCA/ACA 2016)
CFP: Tarot/Divination at the 2016 PCA/ACA conference
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/75067/cfp-tarotdivination-2016-pcaaca-conference
Discussion published by Emily Auger on Thursday, July 16, 2015
It's time to submit proposals for the Tarot and Other Methods of Divination area at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) conference in Seattle March 21-25 (Monday through Friday), 2016. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to,
a) any aspect of the traditional or innovative uses of Tarot, astrology, cartomancy, I Ching, numerology, runes, tarot, tasseomancy, etc., such as counseling, fortune-telling, and gaming, etc.
b) the history and analysis of any of these practices, including relevant individuals, organizations, objects, texts, etc.
c) the history and analysis of representations of any of these practices in comics, drama, film, graphic novels, literature, television, etc.
All participants should be prepared to present their work as scholarly research and/or for the benefit of an interested audience of academics.
Submissions should be made to the conference website and should include an abstract or proposal (100-250 words), a short biography (100-150 words), and CV.
Deadline: The conference submission website closes Oct. 1, 2015.
Queries welcome.
Emily E. Auger, PhD
PCA/ACA Conference website: http://pcaaca.org/
Personal website with faq page for the area: http://emilyeauger.weebly.com/cfp-tarot--divination-at-the-pcaaca-conference.html
Email: augeremily@gmail.com
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/75067/cfp-tarotdivination-2016-pcaaca-conference
Discussion published by Emily Auger on Thursday, July 16, 2015
It's time to submit proposals for the Tarot and Other Methods of Divination area at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) conference in Seattle March 21-25 (Monday through Friday), 2016. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to,
a) any aspect of the traditional or innovative uses of Tarot, astrology, cartomancy, I Ching, numerology, runes, tarot, tasseomancy, etc., such as counseling, fortune-telling, and gaming, etc.
b) the history and analysis of any of these practices, including relevant individuals, organizations, objects, texts, etc.
c) the history and analysis of representations of any of these practices in comics, drama, film, graphic novels, literature, television, etc.
All participants should be prepared to present their work as scholarly research and/or for the benefit of an interested audience of academics.
Submissions should be made to the conference website and should include an abstract or proposal (100-250 words), a short biography (100-150 words), and CV.
Deadline: The conference submission website closes Oct. 1, 2015.
Queries welcome.
Emily E. Auger, PhD
PCA/ACA Conference website: http://pcaaca.org/
Personal website with faq page for the area: http://emilyeauger.weebly.com/cfp-tarot--divination-at-the-pcaaca-conference.html
Email: augeremily@gmail.com
CFP Failed Adaptations from Page to Screen (9/30/16; NeMLA 2016)
"Ruined!" On Failed Adaptations from Page to Screen | NeMLA 2016 (Abstract Submission Deadline: September 30, 2015)
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/75907/ruined-failed-adaptations-page-screen-nemla-2016-abstract
Announcement published by Derek McGrath on Monday, July 20, 2015
Type: Call for Papers
Date: June 30, 2015 to September 30, 2015
Location: Connecticut, United States
Subject Fields: Film and Film History, Literature
This session will explore adaptations that fail in some way. Among our goals, we would like to identify what could be productive about failed adaptations. How do such failures identify what not to do, and can an adaptation that fails to be faithful to its source material still produce a valuable, worthwhile text? We are particularly interested in proposals that look at the adaptation of older artistic and literary forms in online and/or interactive content.
Submit abstracts (300 words maximum) by September 30, 2015, to Session ID#15658 at https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15658
An adaptation from page to screen is fraught with tension due to potentially conflicting goals: on the one hand, adhering to its source material, and on the other hand, attempting to make something new. Adaptation can be imagined as an argument between the creator of the original text and the creator of its adaptation, hilariously - and perhaps accurately - represented by Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep’s characters cursing each other in the appropriately titled film Adaptation.
This session will explore adaptations that fail in some way. Among our goals, we would like to identify what could be productive about failed adaptations. How do such failures identify what not to do? And can an adaptation that fails to be faithful to its source material still produce a valuable, worthwhile text?
Potential topics will include not only those adaptations that diverge so drastically from the plot, characterization, and setting of the original story but also the formal differences. How does the screen fail to adapt more covert aspects present in narration? How is the fantastic reduced to the realistic in image, performance, and setting? Which ekphrastic challenges did the creators fail to adapt moving between media?
In Spring 2016, the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) will meet in Hartford, Connecticut, for its 47th Annual Convention. Every year, this event affords NeMLA’s principal opportunity to carry on a tradition of lively research and pedagogical exchange in language and literature.
Please join us for this convention, which will feature approximately 400 sessions, dynamic speakers, and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
Full information regarding the 2016 Call for Papers may be found on NeMLA's website: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/cfp
Contact Info:
Emily Lauer (SUNY Suffolk County Community College), lauere@sunysuffolk.edu
Derek McGrath (SUNY Stony Brook), derek.s.mcgrath@gmail.com
Contact Email:
lauere@sunysuffolk.edu
URL:
https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15658
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/75907/ruined-failed-adaptations-page-screen-nemla-2016-abstract
Announcement published by Derek McGrath on Monday, July 20, 2015
Type: Call for Papers
Date: June 30, 2015 to September 30, 2015
Location: Connecticut, United States
Subject Fields: Film and Film History, Literature
This session will explore adaptations that fail in some way. Among our goals, we would like to identify what could be productive about failed adaptations. How do such failures identify what not to do, and can an adaptation that fails to be faithful to its source material still produce a valuable, worthwhile text? We are particularly interested in proposals that look at the adaptation of older artistic and literary forms in online and/or interactive content.
Submit abstracts (300 words maximum) by September 30, 2015, to Session ID#15658 at https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15658
An adaptation from page to screen is fraught with tension due to potentially conflicting goals: on the one hand, adhering to its source material, and on the other hand, attempting to make something new. Adaptation can be imagined as an argument between the creator of the original text and the creator of its adaptation, hilariously - and perhaps accurately - represented by Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep’s characters cursing each other in the appropriately titled film Adaptation.
This session will explore adaptations that fail in some way. Among our goals, we would like to identify what could be productive about failed adaptations. How do such failures identify what not to do? And can an adaptation that fails to be faithful to its source material still produce a valuable, worthwhile text?
Potential topics will include not only those adaptations that diverge so drastically from the plot, characterization, and setting of the original story but also the formal differences. How does the screen fail to adapt more covert aspects present in narration? How is the fantastic reduced to the realistic in image, performance, and setting? Which ekphrastic challenges did the creators fail to adapt moving between media?
In Spring 2016, the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) will meet in Hartford, Connecticut, for its 47th Annual Convention. Every year, this event affords NeMLA’s principal opportunity to carry on a tradition of lively research and pedagogical exchange in language and literature.
Please join us for this convention, which will feature approximately 400 sessions, dynamic speakers, and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
Full information regarding the 2016 Call for Papers may be found on NeMLA's website: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/cfp
Contact Info:
Emily Lauer (SUNY Suffolk County Community College), lauere@sunysuffolk.edu
Derek McGrath (SUNY Stony Brook), derek.s.mcgrath@gmail.com
Contact Email:
lauere@sunysuffolk.edu
URL:
https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15658
CFP Cultural Encounters during Global War, 1914-1918: Traces, Spaces, Legacies Conference (9/14/15; London 1/21-23/16)
This sounds interesting:
Cultural Encounters during Global War, 1914-1918: Traces, Spaces, Legacies
Announcement published by Daniel Steinbach on Friday, July 17, 2015
Type: Call for Papers
Date: September 14, 2015
Location: United Kingdom
Subject Fields:
British History / Studies, American History / Studies, Communication, Eastern Europe History / Studies, European History / Studies, French History / Studies, German History / Studies, Languages, Cultural History / Studies, Italian History / Studies, Military History, Modern European History / Studies, Nationalism History / Studies, Psychology, Russian or Soviet History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese History / Studies, World History / Studies
Call for Papers for an interdisciplinary conference on Cultural Encounters during Global War, 1914-1918:
Traces, Spaces, Legacies
Date: 21 – 23 January 2016
Place: London, United Kingdom
Convenors: Dr Santanu Das, King’s College London
Prof Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute
Dr Daniel Steinbach, King’s College London
The First World War resulted in an unprecedented range of encounters between peoples from different ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds. Soldiers from across the globe travelled to different theatres of war – Europe, the Middle East, East Africa, Egypt, Gallipoli – where they not only encountered fellow-soldiers and non-combatants with different languages, religions or customs, but also interacted with friendly or belligerent civilians. Between 1914 and 1918, on French soil alone, there were over 1 million Asian and African men, both soldiers and non-combatants, in addition to soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and North America.
Europe would never be the same again not just in terms of the war’s wreckage but in terms of people, ethnicities and cultures that were encountered, manipulated, studied, befriended. These encounters not only affected the individuals involved, but left deep traces in the literature, arts and culture of the times.
Simultaneously, a different kind of ‘cultural encounter’ was being engineered within Europe: the belligerent states were each trying to win over the neutral nations by funding cultural institutions and trying to influence artists, writers and opinion makers throughout the war. Neutral countries, particularly Sweden and Switzerland, became hubs for the activities of anti-colonial revolutionaries from Asia and North Africa. Furthermore, belligerent countries carried out intensive propaganda in Europe as well as in the colonies to ensure either imperial loyalty or to mobilize anti-colonial feelings and actions.
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to investigate the different kinds of encounters, exchanges and entanglements happening during wartime. What particular pressures did the conditions of war put on such encounters? What is the relationship between ‘forced encounters’ (as in camps for POW or civilian internees), ‘voluntary’ encounters (as in towns, markets, billets) and the state-sponsored ideologically motivated ‘indirect’ encounters (in the neutral countries)? Does encounter always involve exchange? What were the structures of power and how did they navigate the prevalent ideologies of race? How did the encounters and exchanges occur across linguistic, national, religious, ethnic and social barriers, and what were their post-war legacies in terms of social, cultural, artistic and literary memory for Europe? Papers which pay attention to encounters or exchanges which involve colonials and neutrals – which is still a largely under-researched area – are particularly welcome.
The conference aims to overcome the dominant national and geographical approaches to the First World War and seeks to investigate moments and processes of cultural encounters, exchange, porosity and (mis-)understanding from different disciplinary perspectives, including history, geography, literature, anthropology, cultural, area, visual and gender studies. We would like to invite papers on the following themes, but are also open other aspects of cultural exchange during the First World War:
Accommodation will be provided for speakers for the duration of the conference and speakers’ travel expenses will be reimbursed within reason.
Proposals from scholars at any stage in their career are invited and papers with an interdisciplinary approach are particularly welcome.
Participants should send abstracts of up to 300 words for a 20-25 minute paper, a short biography, and any enquiries to daniel.steinbach@kcl.ac.uk by 14 September 2015.
Contact Info:
Dr Daniel Steinbach
King's College London
Virgina Woolf Building
22 Kingsway
London WC2B 6LE
Contact Email:
daniel.steinbach@kcl.ac.uk
URL:
http://www.cegcproject.eu/activities-events/cegc-events-conferences-and-workshops/
Cultural Encounters during Global War, 1914-1918: Traces, Spaces, Legacies
Announcement published by Daniel Steinbach on Friday, July 17, 2015
Type: Call for Papers
Date: September 14, 2015
Location: United Kingdom
Subject Fields:
British History / Studies, American History / Studies, Communication, Eastern Europe History / Studies, European History / Studies, French History / Studies, German History / Studies, Languages, Cultural History / Studies, Italian History / Studies, Military History, Modern European History / Studies, Nationalism History / Studies, Psychology, Russian or Soviet History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese History / Studies, World History / Studies
Call for Papers for an interdisciplinary conference on Cultural Encounters during Global War, 1914-1918:
Traces, Spaces, Legacies
Date: 21 – 23 January 2016
Place: London, United Kingdom
Convenors: Dr Santanu Das, King’s College London
Prof Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute
Dr Daniel Steinbach, King’s College London
The First World War resulted in an unprecedented range of encounters between peoples from different ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds. Soldiers from across the globe travelled to different theatres of war – Europe, the Middle East, East Africa, Egypt, Gallipoli – where they not only encountered fellow-soldiers and non-combatants with different languages, religions or customs, but also interacted with friendly or belligerent civilians. Between 1914 and 1918, on French soil alone, there were over 1 million Asian and African men, both soldiers and non-combatants, in addition to soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and North America.
Europe would never be the same again not just in terms of the war’s wreckage but in terms of people, ethnicities and cultures that were encountered, manipulated, studied, befriended. These encounters not only affected the individuals involved, but left deep traces in the literature, arts and culture of the times.
Simultaneously, a different kind of ‘cultural encounter’ was being engineered within Europe: the belligerent states were each trying to win over the neutral nations by funding cultural institutions and trying to influence artists, writers and opinion makers throughout the war. Neutral countries, particularly Sweden and Switzerland, became hubs for the activities of anti-colonial revolutionaries from Asia and North Africa. Furthermore, belligerent countries carried out intensive propaganda in Europe as well as in the colonies to ensure either imperial loyalty or to mobilize anti-colonial feelings and actions.
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to investigate the different kinds of encounters, exchanges and entanglements happening during wartime. What particular pressures did the conditions of war put on such encounters? What is the relationship between ‘forced encounters’ (as in camps for POW or civilian internees), ‘voluntary’ encounters (as in towns, markets, billets) and the state-sponsored ideologically motivated ‘indirect’ encounters (in the neutral countries)? Does encounter always involve exchange? What were the structures of power and how did they navigate the prevalent ideologies of race? How did the encounters and exchanges occur across linguistic, national, religious, ethnic and social barriers, and what were their post-war legacies in terms of social, cultural, artistic and literary memory for Europe? Papers which pay attention to encounters or exchanges which involve colonials and neutrals – which is still a largely under-researched area – are particularly welcome.
The conference aims to overcome the dominant national and geographical approaches to the First World War and seeks to investigate moments and processes of cultural encounters, exchange, porosity and (mis-)understanding from different disciplinary perspectives, including history, geography, literature, anthropology, cultural, area, visual and gender studies. We would like to invite papers on the following themes, but are also open other aspects of cultural exchange during the First World War:
- Spaces of cultural encounters and exchange (e.g. ships, trenches, camps, billets, hospitals)
- Cultural encounters and/or exchange among soldiers at the front and between soldiers and civilians
- Occupation, captivity, deportation and cultural exchange
- Medium of cultural exchange (e.g. newspapers, letters, journals, films)
- Propaganda and cultural exchange
- Contemporary public and private reaction to and reflection on cultural exchange
- Intellectual, literary and artistic exchanges and networks during the war
- Transnational movements (Pan-Asianism, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Islamism) and anti-colonial networks
- Impact of the cultural exchanges and their post-war legacies
Accommodation will be provided for speakers for the duration of the conference and speakers’ travel expenses will be reimbursed within reason.
Proposals from scholars at any stage in their career are invited and papers with an interdisciplinary approach are particularly welcome.
Participants should send abstracts of up to 300 words for a 20-25 minute paper, a short biography, and any enquiries to daniel.steinbach@kcl.ac.uk by 14 September 2015.
Contact Info:
Dr Daniel Steinbach
King's College London
Virgina Woolf Building
22 Kingsway
London WC2B 6LE
Contact Email:
daniel.steinbach@kcl.ac.uk
URL:
http://www.cegcproject.eu/activities-events/cegc-events-conferences-and-workshops/
CFP Doctor Who and History (9/1/15)
Another call from the SFRA-L:
Call for Chapter Proposals: Doctor Who and History
Deadline: 1 September 2015 (contributors will be notified within two weeks of the deadline)
When Sydney Newman created a new family-orientated show for the BBC back in early 1963, he envisioned it as being, in John Reith’s terms, to “educate, inform and entertain”, one in which all stories “were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time”. It was no coincidence therefore that consequently the Doctor took on board the TARDIS a science teacher and a history teacher to learn from and share in his travels. “How wonderful,” Newman would later recall, “if today’s humans could find themselves on the shores of England seeing and getting mixed up with Caesar’s army in 54 BC, landing to take over the country; be in Rome burning as Nero fiddles; get involved in Europe’s tragic 30 years war, etc.” There would be no bug-eyed monsters, Newman warned, and the Doctor was not allowed to interfere in history, only to observe.
Over fifty years later, Doctor Who has itself become part of the cultural history of Britain, and its many stories across television, audio plays and books – whether set in the past or populated with the inevitable bug-eyed-monsters – have engaged directly and indirectly with important contemporary and historical issues, characters and events.
We invite contributions for an edited volume that focuses on Doctor Who and History: A Cultural Perspective. While there have been many publications recently celebrating the show’s longevity, or those reflecting on the programme as a product of the BBC as British institution, this volume focuses specifically on the topic of history. This publication promotes a scholarly and interdisciplinary approach to Doctor Who, exploring how the programme reflects on and contributes to notions of history.
Doctor Who engages with history in multifarious ways and can therefore reveal much about how history is practised, produced, consumed and remediated. Chapter proposals may therefore seek to explore Doctor Who from a diverse range of academic approaches (e.g. media studies; reception theory; fan studies; education) and should draw on and identify appropriate historiographical methods and debates. It is envisaged that the collection will speak both to the programme and to history as a subject area.
Your contribution may focus on the classic series, the reboot (or both), the Big Finish audios, original novels, or fan fiction.
That said, your contribution might focus on some aspect of
Topics already under consideration include the depiction of Nero and the early Roman Empire in 1965’s The Romans, imagery of the Holocaust, focalisation techniques in lost story Marco Polo, and an investigation into the cultural practices and social sign-posting in The Awakening.
Proposals/abstracts should be 300-350 words in length and sent as a Word file. Accepted proposals will be developed into 5000-8000 word essays (including notes and references). Please send your abstract (and all correspondence) to Carey Fleiner, University of Winchester (carey.fleiner@winchester.ac.uk) James A. Jordan, University of Southampton (J.A.Jordan@soton.ac.uk) and Dene October, University of Arts London (d.october@lcc.arts.ac.uk).
See https://doctorwhoandhistory.wordpress.com/. for details.
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Dr Lincoln Geraghty FHEA, FRSA
Reader in Popular Media Cultures
School of Media and Performing Arts
University of Portsmouth
Call for Chapter Proposals: Doctor Who and History
Deadline: 1 September 2015 (contributors will be notified within two weeks of the deadline)
When Sydney Newman created a new family-orientated show for the BBC back in early 1963, he envisioned it as being, in John Reith’s terms, to “educate, inform and entertain”, one in which all stories “were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time”. It was no coincidence therefore that consequently the Doctor took on board the TARDIS a science teacher and a history teacher to learn from and share in his travels. “How wonderful,” Newman would later recall, “if today’s humans could find themselves on the shores of England seeing and getting mixed up with Caesar’s army in 54 BC, landing to take over the country; be in Rome burning as Nero fiddles; get involved in Europe’s tragic 30 years war, etc.” There would be no bug-eyed monsters, Newman warned, and the Doctor was not allowed to interfere in history, only to observe.
Over fifty years later, Doctor Who has itself become part of the cultural history of Britain, and its many stories across television, audio plays and books – whether set in the past or populated with the inevitable bug-eyed-monsters – have engaged directly and indirectly with important contemporary and historical issues, characters and events.
We invite contributions for an edited volume that focuses on Doctor Who and History: A Cultural Perspective. While there have been many publications recently celebrating the show’s longevity, or those reflecting on the programme as a product of the BBC as British institution, this volume focuses specifically on the topic of history. This publication promotes a scholarly and interdisciplinary approach to Doctor Who, exploring how the programme reflects on and contributes to notions of history.
Doctor Who engages with history in multifarious ways and can therefore reveal much about how history is practised, produced, consumed and remediated. Chapter proposals may therefore seek to explore Doctor Who from a diverse range of academic approaches (e.g. media studies; reception theory; fan studies; education) and should draw on and identify appropriate historiographical methods and debates. It is envisaged that the collection will speak both to the programme and to history as a subject area.
Your contribution may focus on the classic series, the reboot (or both), the Big Finish audios, original novels, or fan fiction.
That said, your contribution might focus on some aspect of
- Reflections in the programme of particular social and political eras and events
- How the show engages with historical cultural icons
- How the show expresses a continuing dialogue with literature, folklore, and mythology
- Tensions between academic and ‘public history’, between history from above and below
- How changing approaches to history and alterations in understanding of historical fact have impacted upon the show
- Non-canonical historical travels or themes
- The interaction of media and technologies in how they inform the practice of history in the programme
- Developments in the Doctor’s strict policy of non-intervention – or not
- Case studies of the ‘pure historicals’/pseudo historicals/celebrity historicals
Topics already under consideration include the depiction of Nero and the early Roman Empire in 1965’s The Romans, imagery of the Holocaust, focalisation techniques in lost story Marco Polo, and an investigation into the cultural practices and social sign-posting in The Awakening.
Proposals/abstracts should be 300-350 words in length and sent as a Word file. Accepted proposals will be developed into 5000-8000 word essays (including notes and references). Please send your abstract (and all correspondence) to Carey Fleiner, University of Winchester (carey.fleiner@winchester.ac.uk) James A. Jordan, University of Southampton (J.A.Jordan@soton.ac.uk) and Dene October, University of Arts London (d.october@lcc.arts.ac.uk).
See https://doctorwhoandhistory.wordpress.com/. for details.
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Dr Lincoln Geraghty FHEA, FRSA
Reader in Popular Media Cultures
School of Media and Performing Arts
University of Portsmouth
CFP Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media (abstract by 8/1/15)
A reminder from the SFRA Listserv:
Call for Contributions
Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)
Contributions are invited for a critical anthology focusing on cyberpunk beyond its literary dimension, its presentation in visual/virtual media, and its ongoing relevance in the 21st century.
Cyberpunk, that immensely popular form of 1980s science fiction (SF), was shaped by the innovative and highly stylized literary works of writers such as William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, and Lewis Shiner, to name a few. Gibson’s debut novel Neuromancer is the ur-text of cyberpunk, and as the opening line quoted above reveals, it is a genre that relied strongly on visual motifs for its brushed-chrome literary splendor. The cyberpunk imaginary is richly saturated with computer-generated worlds, video games, music videos, simulated stimuli, consensual hallucinations, and many other technologies that highlight the visual and/or the virtual. As a result, the importance of the visual/virtual component readily translated cyberpunk into contemporaneous film, television, and video games, such as Blade Runner (1982), Tron (1982), Videodrome (1983), Max Headroom (1985; 1987), Wasteland (1987), Akira (1988), and so forth.
It is in no small part due to this visual/virtual form that cyberpunk survived many pronouncements of its demise over the years and decades that followed its initial popularity. Cyberpunk has evolved beyond the original cadre of eighties-era authors and undergone transformations in successive waves with increasingly varied thematic and political interests and goals; in other words, as Thomas Foster remarks in The Souls of Cyberfolk, cyberpunk “didn’t so much die as experience a sea change into a more generalized cultural formation.”
Visual and virtual embodiments of cyberpunk have continued to resonate well into the new millennium, in media as varied as film, television, video games, comic books/graphic novels, and art (photography, painting, design, fashion, etc.); yet, monographs and anthologies tend to focus overwhelmingly on literary cyberpunk with little attention paid to its visual/virtual offspring. Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media seeks to redress this oversight by focusing on the ‘sea changes’ of cyberpunk in visual/virtual media, including (but not limited to) the following:
Cyberpunk in Film and Television
· Aeon Flux
· Akira
· Almost Human
· Avalon
· Blade Runner
· Dollhouse
· Elysium
· Gamer
· Ghost in the Shell
· Hackers
· Hardwired
· Johnny Mnemonic
· Lawnmower Man
· RoboCop
· Sleep Dealer
· Strange Days
· TekWar
· Terminator
· The Matrix
· Total Recall
· Tron
· Ultraviolet
· Videodrome
· Virtuosity
Cyberpunk in Video Games
· Beneath a Steel Sky
· Cyberpunk 2077
· Cypher
· Deus Ex
· Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
· Fear Effect
· Metal Gear Solid
· Neocron
· Remember Me
· Shadowrun
· Shin Megami Tensei
· Syndicate
· System Shock
· Wasteland
· Watch Dogs
Cyberpunk in Comic Books/Graphic Novels
· Transmetropolitan
· The Resistance
· Hard Boiled
· Heavy Liquid
· Singularity 7
· Channel Zero
· Hard Drive
· Ballistic
· Doktor Sleepless
· The Surrogates
Cyberpunk in art/photography/design/fashion/advertisement
The visual/virtual in Cyberpunk-derived genres
Theoretical approaches to visual/virtual cyberpunk
Aesthetics of visual/virtual cyberpunk
Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media seeks to highlight visual and virtual forms of cyberpunk with outstanding academic scholarship and new critical approaches in an anthology that can be readily accessible to academics, scholars, teachers, and students alike. 1-2 page abstracts (Word or RTF) and brief biographies are invited by August 1st, 2015.
The projected timeline for the anthology is: Abstracts due by August 1st , 2015; participants notified by Sep 1st 2015; finished papers due Jan 1st , 2016; revisions in spring 2016; publication in fall 2016 (pending publisher timelines).
Submissions and queries can be sent to the editors Graham J. Murphy (Seneca College, Toronto, Canada) and Lars Schmeink (Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, Germany) via email. Regular mail addresses will be provided upon request.
Graham J. Murphy: gjamurphy@gmail.com
Lars Schmeink: lars@wortraub.com
Call for Contributions
Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)
Contributions are invited for a critical anthology focusing on cyberpunk beyond its literary dimension, its presentation in visual/virtual media, and its ongoing relevance in the 21st century.
Cyberpunk, that immensely popular form of 1980s science fiction (SF), was shaped by the innovative and highly stylized literary works of writers such as William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, and Lewis Shiner, to name a few. Gibson’s debut novel Neuromancer is the ur-text of cyberpunk, and as the opening line quoted above reveals, it is a genre that relied strongly on visual motifs for its brushed-chrome literary splendor. The cyberpunk imaginary is richly saturated with computer-generated worlds, video games, music videos, simulated stimuli, consensual hallucinations, and many other technologies that highlight the visual and/or the virtual. As a result, the importance of the visual/virtual component readily translated cyberpunk into contemporaneous film, television, and video games, such as Blade Runner (1982), Tron (1982), Videodrome (1983), Max Headroom (1985; 1987), Wasteland (1987), Akira (1988), and so forth.
It is in no small part due to this visual/virtual form that cyberpunk survived many pronouncements of its demise over the years and decades that followed its initial popularity. Cyberpunk has evolved beyond the original cadre of eighties-era authors and undergone transformations in successive waves with increasingly varied thematic and political interests and goals; in other words, as Thomas Foster remarks in The Souls of Cyberfolk, cyberpunk “didn’t so much die as experience a sea change into a more generalized cultural formation.”
Visual and virtual embodiments of cyberpunk have continued to resonate well into the new millennium, in media as varied as film, television, video games, comic books/graphic novels, and art (photography, painting, design, fashion, etc.); yet, monographs and anthologies tend to focus overwhelmingly on literary cyberpunk with little attention paid to its visual/virtual offspring. Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media seeks to redress this oversight by focusing on the ‘sea changes’ of cyberpunk in visual/virtual media, including (but not limited to) the following:
Cyberpunk in Film and Television
· Aeon Flux
· Akira
· Almost Human
· Avalon
· Blade Runner
· Dollhouse
· Elysium
· Gamer
· Ghost in the Shell
· Hackers
· Hardwired
· Johnny Mnemonic
· Lawnmower Man
· RoboCop
· Sleep Dealer
· Strange Days
· TekWar
· Terminator
· The Matrix
· Total Recall
· Tron
· Ultraviolet
· Videodrome
· Virtuosity
Cyberpunk in Video Games
· Beneath a Steel Sky
· Cyberpunk 2077
· Cypher
· Deus Ex
· Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
· Fear Effect
· Metal Gear Solid
· Neocron
· Remember Me
· Shadowrun
· Shin Megami Tensei
· Syndicate
· System Shock
· Wasteland
· Watch Dogs
Cyberpunk in Comic Books/Graphic Novels
· Transmetropolitan
· The Resistance
· Hard Boiled
· Heavy Liquid
· Singularity 7
· Channel Zero
· Hard Drive
· Ballistic
· Doktor Sleepless
· The Surrogates
Cyberpunk in art/photography/design/fashion/advertisement
The visual/virtual in Cyberpunk-derived genres
Theoretical approaches to visual/virtual cyberpunk
Aesthetics of visual/virtual cyberpunk
Crank up the Resolution: Cyberpunk in Visual/Virtual Media seeks to highlight visual and virtual forms of cyberpunk with outstanding academic scholarship and new critical approaches in an anthology that can be readily accessible to academics, scholars, teachers, and students alike. 1-2 page abstracts (Word or RTF) and brief biographies are invited by August 1st, 2015.
The projected timeline for the anthology is: Abstracts due by August 1st , 2015; participants notified by Sep 1st 2015; finished papers due Jan 1st , 2016; revisions in spring 2016; publication in fall 2016 (pending publisher timelines).
Submissions and queries can be sent to the editors Graham J. Murphy (Seneca College, Toronto, Canada) and Lars Schmeink (Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, Germany) via email. Regular mail addresses will be provided upon request.
Graham J. Murphy: gjamurphy@gmail.com
Lars Schmeink: lars@wortraub.com
CFP ICFA (10/31/15; Orlando, FL 3/16-20/16)
CfP: ICFA 37 – Wonder Tales
Posted on July 17, 2015 by Public Information Officer
http://www.fantastic-arts.org/2015/cfp-icfa-37-wonder-tales/
Please join us for ICFA 37, March 16-20, 2016, when our theme will be Wonder Tales.
Folklorists often use this term to refer to the stories commonly known as “fairy tales” due to the genre’s emphasis on the marvelous and its invocation of wonder, but what is wonder and where can it be found? Many events, characters, or objects generate a response of wonder—transformations and resurrections—but wonder also may be generated in technological advances and from the “sense of wonder” in science fiction. Papers might explore wonder tales and their modern incarnations, readers’ responses of wonder to fantastic texts, uses of wonder within fantastic texts, how wonder is invoked across media and genres, and the relationship between wondering (marveling) and wondering (questioning).
We welcome papers on the work of our guests: Guest of Honor Terri Windling, Guest of Honor Holly Black, and Guest Scholar Cristina Bacchilega. We also welcome proposals for individual papers and for academic sessions and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media.
The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2015. We encourage work from institutionally affiliated scholars, independent scholars, international scholars who work in languages other than English, and graduate students.
Join us in Orlando in 2016. We will add your intellectual and creative distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile.
For more information on the IAFA and its conference, the ICFA, see http://www.fantastic-arts.org/.
To submit a proposal, go to http://www.fantastic-arts.org/icfa-submissions/
Download the CfP for ICFA 37 from Dropbox @ https://www.dropbox.com/s/6uleynif1wijh2z/IAFA37-CfP-2.docx?dl=0
Posted on July 17, 2015 by Public Information Officer
http://www.fantastic-arts.org/2015/cfp-icfa-37-wonder-tales/
Please join us for ICFA 37, March 16-20, 2016, when our theme will be Wonder Tales.
Folklorists often use this term to refer to the stories commonly known as “fairy tales” due to the genre’s emphasis on the marvelous and its invocation of wonder, but what is wonder and where can it be found? Many events, characters, or objects generate a response of wonder—transformations and resurrections—but wonder also may be generated in technological advances and from the “sense of wonder” in science fiction. Papers might explore wonder tales and their modern incarnations, readers’ responses of wonder to fantastic texts, uses of wonder within fantastic texts, how wonder is invoked across media and genres, and the relationship between wondering (marveling) and wondering (questioning).
We welcome papers on the work of our guests: Guest of Honor Terri Windling, Guest of Honor Holly Black, and Guest Scholar Cristina Bacchilega. We also welcome proposals for individual papers and for academic sessions and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media.
The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2015. We encourage work from institutionally affiliated scholars, independent scholars, international scholars who work in languages other than English, and graduate students.
Join us in Orlando in 2016. We will add your intellectual and creative distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile.
For more information on the IAFA and its conference, the ICFA, see http://www.fantastic-arts.org/.
To submit a proposal, go to http://www.fantastic-arts.org/icfa-submissions/
Download the CfP for ICFA 37 from Dropbox @ https://www.dropbox.com/s/6uleynif1wijh2z/IAFA37-CfP-2.docx?dl=0
Friday, July 10, 2015
CFP SFFTV Special Issue on Mad Max franchise (2/1/16)
SFFTV CFP: Special Issue on Mad Max franchise
full name / name of organization: Dan Hassler-Forest
contact email: dhasslerforest@gmail.com
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62589
Science Fiction Film and Television seeks submissions for a special issue on the Mad Max franchise.
Guest editor: Dan Hassler-Forest
The original MAD MAX (1979) was a hard-edged low-budget exploitation film with sf elements, frantically put together in twelve weeks by a small crew working in and around Melbourne on a $325,000 budget. Its worldwide success led to two incrementally more ambitious sequels that expanded the first film’s dystopian vision significantly: MAD MAX 2 (aka THE ROAD WARRIOR) in 1982, and Hollywood behemoth MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME in 1985. The film trilogy became hugely influential in its depiction of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the sequels in particular establishing a visual style that soon became a default for visual representations of punk dystopias in film, television, comic books, video games, and music videos. At the same time, a wide range of comics, novels and novelizations, and video games expanded the films’ storyworld significantly.
When the fourth film in the franchise was released to much acclaim three decades after the original trilogy ended, it proved to be neither prequel, sequel, nor reboot. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD instead revived the franchise as a variation on established themes, full of references to earlier films, but without a clear chronological relationship to its precursors. The film’s gender politics, ideology, and aesthetics have been widely debated, and new films and transmedia expansions are once again being prepared.
SFFTV invites fresh approaches to Mad Max as a sf entertainment franchise and transnational cultural phenomenon, with possible emphases on:
* politics and ideology
* fossil fuel and peak oil in sf
* post-apocalyptic narratives
* franchising and transmedia world-building
* sequels, spin-offs, and novelizations
* ecological disaster sf
* transnational cinema
* exploitation cinema and cult film
* materiality and sf: film vs. digital cinema
* transnational celebrity: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron
* representations of race and ethnicity
* gender politics and queer theory
* sf literature influences
* music video aesthetics
* “the indie blockbuster”: independent cinema in post-classical Hollywood
* representations of children and childhood
* George Miller and auteur theory
* MAD MAX and transnational exploitation cinema
* MAD MAX 2 and queer theory
* MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME and 1980s corporate synergy
* MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and digital cinema
Articles of 6,000-9,000 words should be formatted using MLA style and according to the submission guidelines available on our website. Submissions should be made via our online system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:80/lup-sfftv. Articles not selected for the special issue will be considered for future issues of SFFTV.
Any questions should be directed to the editors, Dan Hassler-Forest (dhasslerforest@gmail.com), Mark Bould (mark.bould@gmail.com), Sherryl Vint (sherryl.vint@gmail.com), and Gerry Canavan (gerrycanavan@gmail.com).
The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2016, with anticipated publication in spring 2017.
By web submission at 06/17/2015 - 20:51
full name / name of organization: Dan Hassler-Forest
contact email: dhasslerforest@gmail.com
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62589
Science Fiction Film and Television seeks submissions for a special issue on the Mad Max franchise.
Guest editor: Dan Hassler-Forest
The original MAD MAX (1979) was a hard-edged low-budget exploitation film with sf elements, frantically put together in twelve weeks by a small crew working in and around Melbourne on a $325,000 budget. Its worldwide success led to two incrementally more ambitious sequels that expanded the first film’s dystopian vision significantly: MAD MAX 2 (aka THE ROAD WARRIOR) in 1982, and Hollywood behemoth MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME in 1985. The film trilogy became hugely influential in its depiction of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the sequels in particular establishing a visual style that soon became a default for visual representations of punk dystopias in film, television, comic books, video games, and music videos. At the same time, a wide range of comics, novels and novelizations, and video games expanded the films’ storyworld significantly.
When the fourth film in the franchise was released to much acclaim three decades after the original trilogy ended, it proved to be neither prequel, sequel, nor reboot. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD instead revived the franchise as a variation on established themes, full of references to earlier films, but without a clear chronological relationship to its precursors. The film’s gender politics, ideology, and aesthetics have been widely debated, and new films and transmedia expansions are once again being prepared.
SFFTV invites fresh approaches to Mad Max as a sf entertainment franchise and transnational cultural phenomenon, with possible emphases on:
* politics and ideology
* fossil fuel and peak oil in sf
* post-apocalyptic narratives
* franchising and transmedia world-building
* sequels, spin-offs, and novelizations
* ecological disaster sf
* transnational cinema
* exploitation cinema and cult film
* materiality and sf: film vs. digital cinema
* transnational celebrity: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron
* representations of race and ethnicity
* gender politics and queer theory
* sf literature influences
* music video aesthetics
* “the indie blockbuster”: independent cinema in post-classical Hollywood
* representations of children and childhood
* George Miller and auteur theory
* MAD MAX and transnational exploitation cinema
* MAD MAX 2 and queer theory
* MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME and 1980s corporate synergy
* MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and digital cinema
Articles of 6,000-9,000 words should be formatted using MLA style and according to the submission guidelines available on our website. Submissions should be made via our online system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:80/lup-sfftv. Articles not selected for the special issue will be considered for future issues of SFFTV.
Any questions should be directed to the editors, Dan Hassler-Forest (dhasslerforest@gmail.com), Mark Bould (mark.bould@gmail.com), Sherryl Vint (sherryl.vint@gmail.com), and Gerry Canavan (gerrycanavan@gmail.com).
The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2016, with anticipated publication in spring 2017.
By web submission at 06/17/2015 - 20:51
CFP Researching New York (7/19/15; Albany, NY 11/19-20/15)
Also of potential interest:
Researching New York: An annual conference on all aspects of New York State History
Announcement published by Susan McCormick on Friday, July 10, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74951/researching-new-york-annual-conference-all-aspects-new-york-state
Type: Call for Papers
Date: July 19, 2015
Location: United States
Subject Fields: American History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Local History, Rural History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Sociology, Urban History / Studies
RESEARCHING NEW YORK 2015
Communities of New York
November 19 & 20, 2015
University at Albany, SUNY
A reminder that the deadline for this year's Researching New York Conference Call for Papers is approaching. As always, we seek proposals on all aspects of New York State History. For 2015, we also encourage proposals that explore the diverse communities of NY-their histories and how they are gathered, preserved, and presented-whether asking "what is a community?" or exploring the experiences of specific communities. Often defined by geography or physical location, communities may also include, or transcend, shared cultural, political, religious, ethnic, racial or gender identities or experiences. From the earliest Natve Americans of New York to the virtual communities of today; how they have evolved, worked together, or challenged each other has profoundly shaped New York history. Whether as notable historic actors or everyday citizens, how individuals have navigated, often multiple, communities has influenced their accomplishments as well. We ask how do these understandings shape our understanding of New York history, not only in telling the stories of the past, but also helping to engage with diverse communities today.
See submission guidelines on conference website. This annual conference brings together historians, archivists, public historians, graduate students, museum curators, documentarians, and more to share their work on New York State history.
Contact Info:
Susan McCormick, Conference Chair
History Dept. Social Science 144
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, NY 12222
518-442-5431
Contact Email:
smccormick@albany.edu
URL:
http://www.nystatehistory.org
Researching New York: An annual conference on all aspects of New York State History
Announcement published by Susan McCormick on Friday, July 10, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74951/researching-new-york-annual-conference-all-aspects-new-york-state
Type: Call for Papers
Date: July 19, 2015
Location: United States
Subject Fields: American History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Local History, Rural History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Sociology, Urban History / Studies
RESEARCHING NEW YORK 2015
Communities of New York
November 19 & 20, 2015
University at Albany, SUNY
A reminder that the deadline for this year's Researching New York Conference Call for Papers is approaching. As always, we seek proposals on all aspects of New York State History. For 2015, we also encourage proposals that explore the diverse communities of NY-their histories and how they are gathered, preserved, and presented-whether asking "what is a community?" or exploring the experiences of specific communities. Often defined by geography or physical location, communities may also include, or transcend, shared cultural, political, religious, ethnic, racial or gender identities or experiences. From the earliest Natve Americans of New York to the virtual communities of today; how they have evolved, worked together, or challenged each other has profoundly shaped New York history. Whether as notable historic actors or everyday citizens, how individuals have navigated, often multiple, communities has influenced their accomplishments as well. We ask how do these understandings shape our understanding of New York history, not only in telling the stories of the past, but also helping to engage with diverse communities today.
See submission guidelines on conference website. This annual conference brings together historians, archivists, public historians, graduate students, museum curators, documentarians, and more to share their work on New York State history.
Contact Info:
Susan McCormick, Conference Chair
History Dept. Social Science 144
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, NY 12222
518-442-5431
Contact Email:
smccormick@albany.edu
URL:
http://www.nystatehistory.org
CFP Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century (9/30/15)
Three calls for the night.
Of potential interest:
Call for Contributions: Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century
Announcement published by Julie R. Enszer on Friday, July 10, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74794/call-contributions-lesbian-literature-and-aesthetic-diversity
Type: Call for Papers
Date: September 30, 2015
Location: United States
Subject Fields: Communication, Humanities, Intellectual History, Languages, Literature, Psychology, Rhetoric, Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Please share with your networks!
Call for Contributions
When We Were Modern: Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century
Collection edited by Jaime Harker and Julie R. Enszer
How do we locate lesbian writers and lesbian characters in popular, middlebrow, and highbrow fiction in the 20th century? What meanings can we make of lesbian identities and lesbian communities from this fiction across the century?
Considering lesbian writers and lesbian characters across the 20th century challenges the narrative of the closet that emerges in 1970 and continues today. The apparent massive coming out in the 1970s and 1980s was in relationship to a closet that was constructed simultaneously. In the 1950s, Elizabeth Bishop did not live like she was in the closet. During the 1910s and 1920s, Amy Lowell was not in the closet. In 1946, when Jo Sinclair won the Harper & Brothers Prize for her novel, The Wasteland, the lesbian character central to the novel was not excised, nor was she in the closet.
When We Were Modern: Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century will explore how literature by lesbians with open lesbian characters circulated widely. The political and material realities for lesbians during the 20th century, including the openness of the 20s and 30s for lesbians and the constriction of the 50s and early 60s, are still largely unmapped for lesbians and lesbian literature. And the influence of those lesbians on writers of the 70s and beyond has also not been investigated; what happens when we read more contemporary lesbian writers as part of an ongoing, diverse lesbian tradition? This anthology will begin to construct a new genealogy of lesbian literary traditions in the 20th century.
Exploring the historical, biographical, and material aspects of lesbian literature and aesthetic diversity, the editors invite proposals for contributions by September 30th with full papers by January 30th. Email proposals to Jaime Harker, jlharker@olemiss.edu, and Julie R. Enszer, JulieREnszer@gmail.com.
While we are in discussion with editors, this collection is not yet under contract.
Contact Info:
Julie R. Enszer, JulieREnszer@gmail.com
Of potential interest:
Call for Contributions: Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century
Announcement published by Julie R. Enszer on Friday, July 10, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/74794/call-contributions-lesbian-literature-and-aesthetic-diversity
Type: Call for Papers
Date: September 30, 2015
Location: United States
Subject Fields: Communication, Humanities, Intellectual History, Languages, Literature, Psychology, Rhetoric, Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Please share with your networks!
Call for Contributions
When We Were Modern: Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century
Collection edited by Jaime Harker and Julie R. Enszer
How do we locate lesbian writers and lesbian characters in popular, middlebrow, and highbrow fiction in the 20th century? What meanings can we make of lesbian identities and lesbian communities from this fiction across the century?
Considering lesbian writers and lesbian characters across the 20th century challenges the narrative of the closet that emerges in 1970 and continues today. The apparent massive coming out in the 1970s and 1980s was in relationship to a closet that was constructed simultaneously. In the 1950s, Elizabeth Bishop did not live like she was in the closet. During the 1910s and 1920s, Amy Lowell was not in the closet. In 1946, when Jo Sinclair won the Harper & Brothers Prize for her novel, The Wasteland, the lesbian character central to the novel was not excised, nor was she in the closet.
When We Were Modern: Lesbian Literature and Aesthetic Diversity in the 20th Century will explore how literature by lesbians with open lesbian characters circulated widely. The political and material realities for lesbians during the 20th century, including the openness of the 20s and 30s for lesbians and the constriction of the 50s and early 60s, are still largely unmapped for lesbians and lesbian literature. And the influence of those lesbians on writers of the 70s and beyond has also not been investigated; what happens when we read more contemporary lesbian writers as part of an ongoing, diverse lesbian tradition? This anthology will begin to construct a new genealogy of lesbian literary traditions in the 20th century.
Exploring the historical, biographical, and material aspects of lesbian literature and aesthetic diversity, the editors invite proposals for contributions by September 30th with full papers by January 30th. Email proposals to Jaime Harker, jlharker@olemiss.edu, and Julie R. Enszer, JulieREnszer@gmail.com.
While we are in discussion with editors, this collection is not yet under contract.
Contact Info:
Julie R. Enszer, JulieREnszer@gmail.com
More Monsters Update
Many thanks to those who have submitted monster-themed proposals this far. Five more days to the deadline.
(Also, my apologies for the odd formatting of the calls on the blog. I had not realized that Blogger did not accept my use of creative fonts. I will be more boring going forward.)
(Also, my apologies for the odd formatting of the calls on the blog. I had not realized that Blogger did not accept my use of creative fonts. I will be more boring going forward.)
Thursday, July 2, 2015
CFP More Monsters for NEPCA (7/15/15)
REVISED FINAL CALL FOR
PAPERS
MORE MONSTERS
FOR THE EIGHTH-ANNIVERSARY SESSIONS
OF THE
SCIENCE FICTION,
Fantasy,
HORROR, AND LEGEND AREA
Online at NEPCA Fantastic: http://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com
2015 Conference of The Northeast Popular
Culture/American Culture Association (NEPCA)
Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire
Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October 2015
Proposals no later than by 15 July 2015
Formed in 2008, the Science
Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area celebrates its eighth anniversary in 2015,
and we seek proposals from scholars of all levels for papers that explore any
aspect of the intermedia traditions of the fantastic (including, but not
limited to, elements of science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, gothic, horror, legends,
and mythology) and how creative artists have altered our preconceptions of
these subtraditions by producing innovative works in diverse countries and time
periods and for audiences at all levels.
Special topics:
·
Given the proximity to Halloween,
were have assembled several panels related to monsters and the monstrous, but
we now seek additional proposals to round out these sessions.
Please see our website NEPCA
Fantastic (http://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com) for further details and
ideas. Presentations will be limited to 15-20 minutes in length (depending on
final panel size).
If you are interested in proposing a paper, please submit a
biographical sketch and paper abstract (each of 500 words) to both
the Program Chair AND to the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area
Chair at the following addresses (please note “NEPCA Fantastic Proposal 2015”
in your subject line):
Kraig Larkin
Program Chair
Kraig.Larkin@colby-sawyer.edu
Michael A. Torregrossa
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and
Legend Area Chair
NEPCAFantastic@gmail.com
The Northeast Popular/American
Culture Association (a.k.a. NEPCA) was founded in 1974 as a professional
organization for scholars living in New England and New York. It is a community
of scholars interested in advancing research and promoting interest in the
disciplines of popular and/or American culture. NEPCA’s membership consists of
university and college faculty members, emeriti faculty, secondary school
teachers, museum specialists, graduate students, independent scholars, and
interested members of the general public. NEPCA is an independently funded
affiliate of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
Membership is open to all interested parties, regardless of profession, rank,
or residency. NEPCA holds an annual conference that invites scholars from
around the globe to participate. In an effort to keep costs low, it meets on
college campuses throughout the region.
Membership in NEPCA is required for
participation and annual dues are included in conference registration fees.
Further details are available at http://nepca.wordpress.com/membership-information/.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Thoughts on The Martian
I recently read Andy Weir's The Martian (originally published in 2011 and re-released in 2014). It was a quick read and offered an interesting premise detailing the life of an astronaut stranded on Mars. The astronaut was a likable fellow, though one wonders how believable his story of survival is. Also, he has a lot of bad luck--signaled conveniently by a shift to third-person narration--just when things look hopeful. It is not the worst science fiction book I have read, but I also cannot buy into the hype and say it is among the best. Perhaps the upcoming film will alter my feelings on the story.
Further details about the book can be found online at the publisher's website at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234102/the-martian-movie-tie-in-by-andy-weir/paperback#.
The Kraken and Its World
Further details about the book can be found at the publisher's website at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/114260/kraken-by-china-mieville/paperback#.
Area History Updated
I finally updated the area history page to include the complete details from last year's sessions. Full information at http://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com/p/the-history-of-science-fiction-fantasy.html.
Michael A Torregrossa
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area Chair
Michael A Torregrossa
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area Chair
Sunday, June 21, 2015
NEPCA Fantastic 2015 First Area Update
A quick update on our recent campaign for papers for the 2015 meeting of NEPCA at Colby-Sawyer College this coming Halloween weekend. The area received approximately 20 submissions with the majority fitting into our theme of monsters. Thanks again to everyone who submitted a proposal. Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be going out ASAP.
Michael A Torregrossa
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area Chair
Michael A Torregrossa
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area Chair
Friday, June 19, 2015
CFP Saga Making in Contemporary (Jap)animations (6/10/15; PAMLA 11/6-8/15)
One last call for the day:
Saga Making in Contemporary (Jap)animations
CFP for PAMLA conference in Nov, Portland, on animation
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/70918/cfp-pamla-conference-nov-portland-animation
Special session for 113th Annual Conference of Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association - Portland, Oregon Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8, 2015. Submission should be made electrically on the webpage of PAMLA by June 10. Session chair: Takayuki Yokota-Murakami (Osaka University)
Panel description:
Lyotard declared the death of grand narratives in postmodernity. (Jap)animations, however, demonstrate tendency for large-scale chronology (Gundam, Evangelion, etc.). Are these attempts at giving signification to reality? Or are they simply commercialization of time and narrative? This session invites explorations of the notions of history and narrative in contemporary (Jap)animations. Longer description: Lyotard’s diagnosis that grand narratives are dead in the age of postmodernity is widely accepted. However, the penchant for a master narrative appears to have remained active in Japanese animations. This is all the more significant since Japanimation is often regarded as a typically “postmodern” genre. In fact, the Japanese philosopher, Hiroaki Azuma, relying on Aleksandr Kojeve’s idea that history has terminated in Japan, points to a database-like system of Otaku sexuality as opposed to a narrative construction of desire. Nonetheless, many of the canonical Japanimations, notably SF animes, demonstrates a marked tendency for historicization: Gundam series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, etc. Not only do they adhere to large-scale chronology, but some even give the sense of a grand narrative of emancipation (consider, for instance, Evangelion’s Human Instrumentality Project). Do they defy Lyotard’s rejection of grand narratives? Are these sagas attempts at giving signification to reality, by means of narratives, in the postmodern world of relativization? Or are they simply commercialization of time and narrative that is deprived of any sense of emancipation, progress, or speculation? This session thus invites explorations of the notions of history and narrative in contemporary (Jap)animations. - See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2015/topics/saga-making-contemporary-japanimations#sthash.n0k3EEmb.dpuf
Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Email: takmancooldude@aol.com
Saga Making in Contemporary (Jap)animations
CFP for PAMLA conference in Nov, Portland, on animation
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/70918/cfp-pamla-conference-nov-portland-animation
Special session for 113th Annual Conference of Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association - Portland, Oregon Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8, 2015. Submission should be made electrically on the webpage of PAMLA by June 10. Session chair: Takayuki Yokota-Murakami (Osaka University)
Panel description:
Lyotard declared the death of grand narratives in postmodernity. (Jap)animations, however, demonstrate tendency for large-scale chronology (Gundam, Evangelion, etc.). Are these attempts at giving signification to reality? Or are they simply commercialization of time and narrative? This session invites explorations of the notions of history and narrative in contemporary (Jap)animations. Longer description: Lyotard’s diagnosis that grand narratives are dead in the age of postmodernity is widely accepted. However, the penchant for a master narrative appears to have remained active in Japanese animations. This is all the more significant since Japanimation is often regarded as a typically “postmodern” genre. In fact, the Japanese philosopher, Hiroaki Azuma, relying on Aleksandr Kojeve’s idea that history has terminated in Japan, points to a database-like system of Otaku sexuality as opposed to a narrative construction of desire. Nonetheless, many of the canonical Japanimations, notably SF animes, demonstrates a marked tendency for historicization: Gundam series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, etc. Not only do they adhere to large-scale chronology, but some even give the sense of a grand narrative of emancipation (consider, for instance, Evangelion’s Human Instrumentality Project). Do they defy Lyotard’s rejection of grand narratives? Are these sagas attempts at giving signification to reality, by means of narratives, in the postmodern world of relativization? Or are they simply commercialization of time and narrative that is deprived of any sense of emancipation, progress, or speculation? This session thus invites explorations of the notions of history and narrative in contemporary (Jap)animations. - See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2015/topics/saga-making-contemporary-japanimations#sthash.n0k3EEmb.dpuf
Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Email: takmancooldude@aol.com
CFP Critical Insights FILM volume on Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (10/15/2015)
Call for Papers: Critical Insights FILM volume on Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/70926/call-papers-critical-insights-film-volume-bonnie-and-clyde-1967
The editor of a new Critical Insights FILM volume on Arthur Penn’s 1967 film, Bonnie and Clyde, seeks contributors to write chapters on any topic on the film.
Critical Insights FILM is a new multi-volume series that offers original introductory criticism on key directors and individual films that are used in teaching at the advanced high school and the undergraduate level. The quality of scholarship and the level of analysis for this series are designed to provide the best and most well-rounded overviews of the directors and films covered. Each volume is peer edited by a scholar in the field. The result is a collection of authoritative, in-depth scholarly essays, written with clarity and avoiding excessive jargon, for students and teachers alike. All chapters are written as original material and include an MLA-style “Works Cited” section and citations embedded in the text.
Published and distributed by Salem Press, new volumes in the series are solicited and edited by Grey House Publishing. The publisher owns the copyright of all submissions to its volumes.
Topics of interest might include Bonnie and Clyde and gangster film, American masculinity, influence on fashion, relationship to the historical Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, “lovers on the lam” films, the French New Wave, reception of the film in non-North American markets, cinematography, sound, montage.
Specific slightly shorter (4000-5000 words) essays are requested on the film’s critical reception, on its relationship to its time, and a comparative analysis of two or three films across the genre represented by the film.
Final drafts of chapters of approximately 5000-5500 words will be due on October 15, 2015.
Contributors will be compensated upon the submission of completed chapters.
To contribute, please send a proposed title and a short abstract (250 words or less) of the proposed chapter along with a short bio (150 words) by July 15, 2015, to Rebecca Martin at doc.rmartin@gmail.com. Please also feel free to send any questions.
Rebecca Martin
Pace University
Dept of English & Modern Language Studies
861 Bedford Rd/Choate 255W
Pleasantville NY 10570
Fax (914) 989-8639
Email: doc.rmartin@gmail.com
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/70926/call-papers-critical-insights-film-volume-bonnie-and-clyde-1967
The editor of a new Critical Insights FILM volume on Arthur Penn’s 1967 film, Bonnie and Clyde, seeks contributors to write chapters on any topic on the film.
Critical Insights FILM is a new multi-volume series that offers original introductory criticism on key directors and individual films that are used in teaching at the advanced high school and the undergraduate level. The quality of scholarship and the level of analysis for this series are designed to provide the best and most well-rounded overviews of the directors and films covered. Each volume is peer edited by a scholar in the field. The result is a collection of authoritative, in-depth scholarly essays, written with clarity and avoiding excessive jargon, for students and teachers alike. All chapters are written as original material and include an MLA-style “Works Cited” section and citations embedded in the text.
Published and distributed by Salem Press, new volumes in the series are solicited and edited by Grey House Publishing. The publisher owns the copyright of all submissions to its volumes.
Topics of interest might include Bonnie and Clyde and gangster film, American masculinity, influence on fashion, relationship to the historical Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, “lovers on the lam” films, the French New Wave, reception of the film in non-North American markets, cinematography, sound, montage.
Specific slightly shorter (4000-5000 words) essays are requested on the film’s critical reception, on its relationship to its time, and a comparative analysis of two or three films across the genre represented by the film.
Final drafts of chapters of approximately 5000-5500 words will be due on October 15, 2015.
Contributors will be compensated upon the submission of completed chapters.
To contribute, please send a proposed title and a short abstract (250 words or less) of the proposed chapter along with a short bio (150 words) by July 15, 2015, to Rebecca Martin at doc.rmartin@gmail.com. Please also feel free to send any questions.
Rebecca Martin
Pace University
Dept of English & Modern Language Studies
861 Bedford Rd/Choate 255W
Pleasantville NY 10570
Fax (914) 989-8639
Email: doc.rmartin@gmail.com
CFP Authorizing Tolkien (Spec Issue of the Journal of Tolkien Research) (7/1/2015)
A great idea; please note some modification in the call to link the reference:
CFP: Authorizing Tolkien: Questions of Adaptation, Control, Dissemination, and Transformation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works [Special Issue of the Journal of Tolkien Research]
Friday, May 29, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/71278/cfp-authorizing-tolkien-questions-adaptation-control-dissemination
This proposal for a themed issue of the Journal of Tolkien Research seeks articles about the matters of adaptation, control dissemination, and transformation of Tolkien’s works (including those published by his son, Christopher), and the implications such matters have for current and future scholarship in the areas of Tolkien Studies, film and media studies, cultural studies, adaptation studies, gaming, and fan studies.
In 2012, Christopher Tolkien gave an interview to Le Monde, a French newspaper, in which he describes himself as turning his head from the recent commercialization of his father’s work: “Il ne me reste qu’une seule solution: tourner la tête” (Tolkien, l'anneau de la discorde). Fans and critics alike have had strong opinions about the validity of adaptations of Tolkien’s works, beginning with the Rankin-Bass animated versions of The Hobbit and Return of the King, Ralph Bakshi’s partially-rotoscoped animated adaptation, a number of video games based on Tolkien’s narratives, fan fiction, fan art, etc.
These public adaptations, both commercial and amateur, are a direct reflection of the complex global receptions of Tolkien's works over the past seventy-eight years, including the ways in which his works are discussed and taught in a variety of socio-political contexts and the growing high and medieval fantasy publishing and film productions.
Article topics are not limited to, but can include, ideas of authority with respect to Tolkien’s intellectual property” (crossing) boundaries in adaptation, expanding (even potentially negative) critiques of Tolkien’s narratives, modes of retelling Tolkien’s stories, the issues of adaptation into different media, original fantasy fiction and films influenced by Tolkien's work, approaches to teaching Tolkien's work, etc.
Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2015
First Draft Deadline: December 10, 2015
Final Draft Deadline: May 10 2016 (to Journal of Tolkien Research)
Co-editors:
Michael Elam (melam@regent.edu)
Robin Anne Reid (Robin.Reid@tamuc.edu)
Length: (recomended): 10,000-30,000 words (including Works Cited)
Format: MLA 7th
Michael Elam; Robin Reid
Email: melam@regent.edu; robin.reid@tamuc.edu
CFP: Authorizing Tolkien: Questions of Adaptation, Control, Dissemination, and Transformation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works [Special Issue of the Journal of Tolkien Research]
Friday, May 29, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/71278/cfp-authorizing-tolkien-questions-adaptation-control-dissemination
This proposal for a themed issue of the Journal of Tolkien Research seeks articles about the matters of adaptation, control dissemination, and transformation of Tolkien’s works (including those published by his son, Christopher), and the implications such matters have for current and future scholarship in the areas of Tolkien Studies, film and media studies, cultural studies, adaptation studies, gaming, and fan studies.
In 2012, Christopher Tolkien gave an interview to Le Monde, a French newspaper, in which he describes himself as turning his head from the recent commercialization of his father’s work: “Il ne me reste qu’une seule solution: tourner la tête” (Tolkien, l'anneau de la discorde). Fans and critics alike have had strong opinions about the validity of adaptations of Tolkien’s works, beginning with the Rankin-Bass animated versions of The Hobbit and Return of the King, Ralph Bakshi’s partially-rotoscoped animated adaptation, a number of video games based on Tolkien’s narratives, fan fiction, fan art, etc.
These public adaptations, both commercial and amateur, are a direct reflection of the complex global receptions of Tolkien's works over the past seventy-eight years, including the ways in which his works are discussed and taught in a variety of socio-political contexts and the growing high and medieval fantasy publishing and film productions.
Article topics are not limited to, but can include, ideas of authority with respect to Tolkien’s intellectual property” (crossing) boundaries in adaptation, expanding (even potentially negative) critiques of Tolkien’s narratives, modes of retelling Tolkien’s stories, the issues of adaptation into different media, original fantasy fiction and films influenced by Tolkien's work, approaches to teaching Tolkien's work, etc.
Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2015
First Draft Deadline: December 10, 2015
Final Draft Deadline: May 10 2016 (to Journal of Tolkien Research)
Co-editors:
Michael Elam (melam@regent.edu)
Robin Anne Reid (Robin.Reid@tamuc.edu)
Length: (recomended): 10,000-30,000 words (including Works Cited)
Format: MLA 7th
Michael Elam; Robin Reid
Email: melam@regent.edu; robin.reid@tamuc.edu
CFP Journeys, Detours, Breakdowns - Film & History Conference 2015 (7/1/2015; Madison, WI 11/5-8/2015)
Journeys, Detours, Breakdowns - DEADLINE EXTENDED (7/1/15; 11/5-8/15)
Discussion published by Cynthia Miller on Saturday, June 6, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/71381/journeys-detours-breakdowns-deadline-extended-7115-115-815
***** DEADLINE EXTENDED!!! *****
ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH JULY 1, 2015.
“Journeys, Detours, Breakdowns”
The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club
Madison, WI (USA)
November 5-8, 2015
Journeys can be deceptive. Full of purpose, they are nonetheless plastic and boundless: from the social journeys of women in Britain or children in India and the political journeys of native populations in Australia or the Americas, to the physical journeys of ships through space and time or of comic-book heroes through urban landscapes; from the psychological journeys of warriors in Kenya and painters in New York, to the economic journeys into Wall Street or the middle class or the empty street. To what extent might the journey on a film also be the journey of that film, of the actors, writers, and directors striving to give shape to experiences outside their own?
On the other hand, what kinds of journeys matter to which kinds of audiences? Ten different films might be made about the journey of coal miners in West Virginia or of engineers in South Korea. Why does one “journey” prevail or another? What has one specific cinematic experience done to their stories, to their histories? What teleological shape has Hollywood given to “crime” in Los Angeles or to “medicine” in urban centers, to the expansionist ideology of nuclear powers or to the racial ideology of homogenous populations? What goals or purposes have certain films or networks of films created? For whom? And which detours or breakdowns on the road to those purposes have decisively altered them?
Film & History welcomes paper and panel proposals for all areas, exploring the interlocking concepts of “Journeys, Detours, Breakdowns” across a wide variety of production systems [Hollywood, independent film, network and cable television], genres [animation, science fiction, noir, comedy, reality television], geographies [narratives of immigration, national and transnational movement of films], ideas and innovations [sight, sound, special effects], individuals [producers, filmmakers, stars, production personnel], and venues [movie palaces, drive-in theaters].
Our annual conference will be held at The Madison Concourse Hotel (in the heart of downtown Madison, WI, next to the historic Capitol), November 5-8, 2015. Attendees will receive specially-discounted room rates for this premier hotel. Air travel may be arranged conveniently through the regional airport in Madison or the international airport in Milwaukee.
Deadline for proposals for individual papers and full panels has been EXTENDED to July 1, 2015. Please consult our website <www.filmandhistory.org> or our Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/groups/33713683204/> for full calls for papers for each area. If your proposal does not seem to fit squarely within one of our areas, please submit it directly to Cynthia Miller, Area Chair Manager, at cynthia_miller@emerson.edu.
The following is a list of our topic areas:
1950s and 60s TV
Adaptation
Classical Antiquity
Disability & Difference
Exploitation Film
Explorers and Exploration
Film Exhibition
Girlz II Women
Heroes
Independence
Journeys of Identity
Journeys of Love
Masculinity
Post-Socialism
Queer Film and Television
Race & Ethnicity
Road Movies
Sound
Stardom
Studio System
Time Travel
Wandering Jews
War
Westerns
Discussion published by Cynthia Miller on Saturday, June 6, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/71381/journeys-detours-breakdowns-deadline-extended-7115-115-815
***** DEADLINE EXTENDED!!! *****
ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH JULY 1, 2015.
“Journeys, Detours, Breakdowns”
The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club
Madison, WI (USA)
November 5-8, 2015
Journeys can be deceptive. Full of purpose, they are nonetheless plastic and boundless: from the social journeys of women in Britain or children in India and the political journeys of native populations in Australia or the Americas, to the physical journeys of ships through space and time or of comic-book heroes through urban landscapes; from the psychological journeys of warriors in Kenya and painters in New York, to the economic journeys into Wall Street or the middle class or the empty street. To what extent might the journey on a film also be the journey of that film, of the actors, writers, and directors striving to give shape to experiences outside their own?
On the other hand, what kinds of journeys matter to which kinds of audiences? Ten different films might be made about the journey of coal miners in West Virginia or of engineers in South Korea. Why does one “journey” prevail or another? What has one specific cinematic experience done to their stories, to their histories? What teleological shape has Hollywood given to “crime” in Los Angeles or to “medicine” in urban centers, to the expansionist ideology of nuclear powers or to the racial ideology of homogenous populations? What goals or purposes have certain films or networks of films created? For whom? And which detours or breakdowns on the road to those purposes have decisively altered them?
Film & History welcomes paper and panel proposals for all areas, exploring the interlocking concepts of “Journeys, Detours, Breakdowns” across a wide variety of production systems [Hollywood, independent film, network and cable television], genres [animation, science fiction, noir, comedy, reality television], geographies [narratives of immigration, national and transnational movement of films], ideas and innovations [sight, sound, special effects], individuals [producers, filmmakers, stars, production personnel], and venues [movie palaces, drive-in theaters].
Our annual conference will be held at The Madison Concourse Hotel (in the heart of downtown Madison, WI, next to the historic Capitol), November 5-8, 2015. Attendees will receive specially-discounted room rates for this premier hotel. Air travel may be arranged conveniently through the regional airport in Madison or the international airport in Milwaukee.
Deadline for proposals for individual papers and full panels has been EXTENDED to July 1, 2015. Please consult our website <www.filmandhistory.org> or our Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/groups/33713683204/> for full calls for papers for each area. If your proposal does not seem to fit squarely within one of our areas, please submit it directly to Cynthia Miller, Area Chair Manager, at cynthia_miller@emerson.edu.
The following is a list of our topic areas:
1950s and 60s TV
Adaptation
Classical Antiquity
Disability & Difference
Exploitation Film
Explorers and Exploration
Film Exhibition
Girlz II Women
Heroes
Independence
Journeys of Identity
Journeys of Love
Masculinity
Post-Socialism
Queer Film and Television
Race & Ethnicity
Road Movies
Sound
Stardom
Studio System
Time Travel
Wandering Jews
War
Westerns
CFP MAPACA 2015 (6/30/2015; Philadelphia 11/5-7/2015)
This is a great venue:
CFP: Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) -- 26th Annual Conference – Philadelphia, PA – Nov. 5-7, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/72544/cfp-mid-atlantic-popular-american-culture-association-mapaca-26th
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
26th Annual Conference
November 5-7, 2015
Philadelphia, PA –Sonesta Philadelphia
Call for papers:
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association conference in Philadelphia, PA. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome.
Proposals should take the form of 300-word abstracts, and may only be submitted to one appropriate area. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
UPDATE: MAPACA is pleased to announce that this year’s special guest and Divine Impact Award winner will be Terry Gross, award-winning host of NPR’s Fresh Air. More details will be announced soon.
For a list of areas and area chair contact information, visit mapaca.net/areas. General questions can be directed to mapaca at mapaca dot net.
MAPACA’s membership is comprised of college and university faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate and undergraduate students. MAPACA is an inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multi-disciplinary manifestations. It is a regional division of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association, which, in the words of Popular Culture Association founder Ray Browne, is a “multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life.”
For more info, visit mapaca.net.
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
P.O. Box 25033
Philadelphia, PA 19147-0033
mapaca@mapaca.net
twitter.com/mapacanet
facebook.com/mapacanet
CFP: Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) -- 26th Annual Conference – Philadelphia, PA – Nov. 5-7, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/72544/cfp-mid-atlantic-popular-american-culture-association-mapaca-26th
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
26th Annual Conference
November 5-7, 2015
Philadelphia, PA –Sonesta Philadelphia
Call for papers:
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association conference in Philadelphia, PA. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome.
Proposals should take the form of 300-word abstracts, and may only be submitted to one appropriate area. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
UPDATE: MAPACA is pleased to announce that this year’s special guest and Divine Impact Award winner will be Terry Gross, award-winning host of NPR’s Fresh Air. More details will be announced soon.
For a list of areas and area chair contact information, visit mapaca.net/areas. General questions can be directed to mapaca at mapaca dot net.
MAPACA’s membership is comprised of college and university faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate and undergraduate students. MAPACA is an inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multi-disciplinary manifestations. It is a regional division of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association, which, in the words of Popular Culture Association founder Ray Browne, is a “multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life.”
For more info, visit mapaca.net.
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
P.O. Box 25033
Philadelphia, PA 19147-0033
mapaca@mapaca.net
twitter.com/mapacanet
facebook.com/mapacanet
CFP Encyclopedia of American Folklore (7/15/2015)
CFP: American Myths, Legends, and Folktales
Sunday, June 14, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/72545/cfp-american-myths-legends-and-folktales
ABC-Clio is publishing a three-volume reference collection titled American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore in early 2016. The editors seek contributors from fields of literature, history, anthropology, sociology, folklore, and allied subjects to write entries ranging from 750-2500 words on a wide range of topics. The purpose of the encyclopedia is to introduce students and general readers to the key myths and legends in North American culture, and to provide extensive, easily accessible coverage of the multifaceted American folklore tradition.
ABC-Clio intends to offer an up-to-date, attractive resource based on current scholarship in the field, including useful illustrations, selections from primary texts, informative sidebars, and references for further reading and research. Entries will provide coverage of diverse traditions within the genre of folklore and mythology, including Native American traditions, and include treatment of newer traditions such as urban legends and UFO stories.
Contributors will receive publication credit in the encyclopedia and may choose from several options for compensation. The editors will send information about compensation upon request.
Deadline for the FINAL round of submissions is July 15, 2015.
Writers should contact the editors to request a list of available entries. Send name, title, institutional affiliation (if applicable), mailing address, email address and a current CV to:
Jeffrey B. Webb
Edwina Patton Chair in the Arts & Sciences and
Professor, Department of History
Huntington University
2303 College Avenue
Huntington, Indiana 46750
email: jwebb@huntington.edu
Sunday, June 14, 2015
https://networks.h-net.org/node/13784/discussions/72545/cfp-american-myths-legends-and-folktales
ABC-Clio is publishing a three-volume reference collection titled American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore in early 2016. The editors seek contributors from fields of literature, history, anthropology, sociology, folklore, and allied subjects to write entries ranging from 750-2500 words on a wide range of topics. The purpose of the encyclopedia is to introduce students and general readers to the key myths and legends in North American culture, and to provide extensive, easily accessible coverage of the multifaceted American folklore tradition.
ABC-Clio intends to offer an up-to-date, attractive resource based on current scholarship in the field, including useful illustrations, selections from primary texts, informative sidebars, and references for further reading and research. Entries will provide coverage of diverse traditions within the genre of folklore and mythology, including Native American traditions, and include treatment of newer traditions such as urban legends and UFO stories.
Contributors will receive publication credit in the encyclopedia and may choose from several options for compensation. The editors will send information about compensation upon request.
Deadline for the FINAL round of submissions is July 15, 2015.
Writers should contact the editors to request a list of available entries. Send name, title, institutional affiliation (if applicable), mailing address, email address and a current CV to:
Jeffrey B. Webb
Edwina Patton Chair in the Arts & Sciences and
Professor, Department of History
Huntington University
2303 College Avenue
Huntington, Indiana 46750
email: jwebb@huntington.edu
Thursday, June 18, 2015
CFP Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses (1/4/16; UK 7/7-10/16)
I was going to post this on the monster blog, but Whedon Studies has become so much more than Buffy/Angel. Formatting was preserved from the original post:
Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, 7-10 July 2016 / Proposals, 4 January 2016
full name / name of organization:
Whedon Studies Association
contact email:
slayage.conference@gmail.com
Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association (www.whedonstudies.tv), the Whedon Studies Association, and conveners Stacey Abbott and Tanya R. Cochran solicit proposals for the seventh biennialSlayage Conference on the Whedonverses (SCW7). This conference dedicated to the imaginative universe(s) of Joss Whedon will be held on the campus of Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, England, UK, 7-10 July 2016. Simon Brown of Kingston University will serve as local arrangements chair, supported by the Euroslayage organizing committee Bronwen Calvert, Lorna Jowett, and Michael Starr.
We welcome proposals of 200-300 words (or an abstract of a completed paper) on any aspect of Whedon’s television and web texts (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Dollhouse, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.); his films (Serenity, The Cabin in the Woods, Marvel’s The Avengers, Much Ado About Nothing, The Avengers: Age of Ultron); his comics (e.g. Fray; Astonishing X-Men; Runaways; Sugarshock!; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight, Nine, and Ten; Angel: After the Fall; Angel & Faith Season Nine and Ten); or any element of the work of Whedon and his collaborators. Additionally, a proposal may address paratexts, fandoms, or Whedon’s extracurricular—political and activist—activities, such as his involvement with Equality Now. As this is the first Slayage conference to take place in Europe, we also welcome proposals about Whedon’s work in relation to notions of Britishness, heritage, globalization, language, as well as its transnational and international reception. We invite presentations from the perspective of any discipline: literature, history, communications, film and television studies, women’s studies, religion, linguistics, music, cultural studies, and others. In other words, multidisciplinary discussions of the text, the social context, the audience, the producers, the production, and more are all appropriate. A proposal/abstract should demonstrate familiarity with already-published scholarship in the field, which includes dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and over a dozen years of the blind peer-reviewed journal Slayage.
An individual paper is strictly limited to a reading time of 20 minutes, and we encourage, though do not require, self-organized panels of three presenters. Proposals for workshops, roundtables, or other types of sessions are also welcome. Submissions by graduate and undergraduate students are invited; undergraduates should provide the name, email, and phone number of a faculty member willing to consult with them (the faculty member does not need to attend). Proposals should be submitted online through the SCW7 website (scw7.whedonstudies.tv) and will be reviewed by program chairs Stacey Abbott, Tanya R. Cochran, and Rhonda V. Wilcox. Submissions must be received by Monday, 4 January 2016. Decisions will be made by 1 March 2016. Questions regarding proposals can be directed to Rhonda V. Wilcox at the conference email address: slayage.conference@gmail.com.
- By web submission at 06/18/2015 - 04:31
CFP UNApocalypse: Exploring Dystopianism in Texts (Grad Conf) (12/1/15; Alabama 2/26-27/16)
Looks like a great idea:
UNApocalypse: Exploring Dystopianism in Texts
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62588
full name / name of organization:
University of North Alabama English Department
contact email:
ehughes@una.edu
Call for Papers:
The University of North Alabama English Department
Announces the 7th Annual Alabama Regional Graduate Conference in English
February 26-27, 2016
UNApocalypse: Exploring Dystopianism in Texts
Recently, there has been a resurgence of critical interest in dystopianism, which is mirrored by dystopic themes in contemporary literature and pop culture like The Walking Dead, The Hunger Games series, and dystopian graphic novels. The University of North Alabama’s Department of English invites proposals for scholarly papers which investigate any aspect of dystopianism or its converse, utopianism, in language, literature, or other media. For example, topics might include readings of works within the genre of utopic or dystopic literature, but we also welcome examinations of these themes in texts. We are interested in receiving examinations of texts from any time period or country of origin, but we are particularly interested in contemporary and nontraditional texts or media.
Possible topics and representative texts may include (but are not limited to):
Film and film adaptations
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
YA literature and novels
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Television shows
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Comics and graphic novels
Divergent series (novels and film adaptations)
Studies of fan fiction
V for Vendetta (graphic novel or film adaptation)
Contemporary and classic literature
The Republic by Plato
Marxist and neo-Marxist criticism
Utopia by Thomas More
Gender studies and feminist theory
Zombie genre films, TV shows, novels, and graphic novels
Postcolonial theory
Science fiction and fantasy
Queer theory
Satire and political commentary
Diversity in dystopian texts
Post-apocalyptic texts
The keynote speaker for this conference will be announced at a later date.
We welcome proposals from current students and recent graduates (within the last five years) of MA or PhD programs in English, Film Studies, or Cultural Studies. Presentations should be twenty-minutes in length and may explore a range of topics addressing our theme in relation to literature, film, or other new media. Presentations that utilize audiovisual presentations are encouraged.
Proposals:
Please upload proposals of 250-300 words by December 1, 2015 to the conference website at www.una.edu/englishgradcon. You may also send proposals directly to Eric Hughes at ehughes@una.edu. Suggestions for panels are also welcomed. All proposals will receive a decision on acceptance by January 15, 2016.
Travel Scholarships:
A limited number of travel scholarships for out-of-town presenters are available and must be made at time of proposal submission. Presenters will be notified of travel scholarship award when they are notified of acceptance. More information and the application can be found on our website: www.una.edu/englishgradcon
Prize for Best Paper:
At the closing session of the conference, presenters will be asked to vote on the three best papers presented at the conference. Following the conference, a panel of judges will award first, second, and third place standing to these three papers with a cash prize awarded to the top paper.
Information:
Further information on the conference, the University of North Alabama, our department, and the Florence area is available on our website: www.una.edu/englishgradcon.
By web submission at 06/17/2015 - 19:35
UNApocalypse: Exploring Dystopianism in Texts
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62588
full name / name of organization:
University of North Alabama English Department
contact email:
ehughes@una.edu
Call for Papers:
The University of North Alabama English Department
Announces the 7th Annual Alabama Regional Graduate Conference in English
February 26-27, 2016
UNApocalypse: Exploring Dystopianism in Texts
Recently, there has been a resurgence of critical interest in dystopianism, which is mirrored by dystopic themes in contemporary literature and pop culture like The Walking Dead, The Hunger Games series, and dystopian graphic novels. The University of North Alabama’s Department of English invites proposals for scholarly papers which investigate any aspect of dystopianism or its converse, utopianism, in language, literature, or other media. For example, topics might include readings of works within the genre of utopic or dystopic literature, but we also welcome examinations of these themes in texts. We are interested in receiving examinations of texts from any time period or country of origin, but we are particularly interested in contemporary and nontraditional texts or media.
Possible topics and representative texts may include (but are not limited to):
Film and film adaptations
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
YA literature and novels
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Television shows
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Comics and graphic novels
Divergent series (novels and film adaptations)
Studies of fan fiction
V for Vendetta (graphic novel or film adaptation)
Contemporary and classic literature
The Republic by Plato
Marxist and neo-Marxist criticism
Utopia by Thomas More
Gender studies and feminist theory
Zombie genre films, TV shows, novels, and graphic novels
Postcolonial theory
Science fiction and fantasy
Queer theory
Satire and political commentary
Diversity in dystopian texts
Post-apocalyptic texts
The keynote speaker for this conference will be announced at a later date.
We welcome proposals from current students and recent graduates (within the last five years) of MA or PhD programs in English, Film Studies, or Cultural Studies. Presentations should be twenty-minutes in length and may explore a range of topics addressing our theme in relation to literature, film, or other new media. Presentations that utilize audiovisual presentations are encouraged.
Proposals:
Please upload proposals of 250-300 words by December 1, 2015 to the conference website at www.una.edu/englishgradcon. You may also send proposals directly to Eric Hughes at ehughes@una.edu. Suggestions for panels are also welcomed. All proposals will receive a decision on acceptance by January 15, 2016.
Travel Scholarships:
A limited number of travel scholarships for out-of-town presenters are available and must be made at time of proposal submission. Presenters will be notified of travel scholarship award when they are notified of acceptance. More information and the application can be found on our website: www.una.edu/englishgradcon
Prize for Best Paper:
At the closing session of the conference, presenters will be asked to vote on the three best papers presented at the conference. Following the conference, a panel of judges will award first, second, and third place standing to these three papers with a cash prize awarded to the top paper.
Information:
Further information on the conference, the University of North Alabama, our department, and the Florence area is available on our website: www.una.edu/englishgradcon.
By web submission at 06/17/2015 - 19:35
CFP The Age of the Geek collection (7/20/15)
Sounds like fun:
"The Age of the Geek:" Book collection. Abstract deadline 7/20/15
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62590
full name / name of organization:
"The Age of the Geek:" Book Collection
contact email:
KELane@nwosu.edu
CFP: “The Age of the Geek:” Book collection
Submission Deadline: Abstracts are due July 20, 2015
“The Age of the Geek:” Book Collection
It’s every child’s schoolyard nightmare—to be called a “nerd.” From an early age, we know that being labeled a “nerd” or a “geek” isn’t a good thing. It implies too much knowledge and too few social skills. Yet, as much as we don’t want to be labeled a “geek,” it’s obvious that as a society we value their knowledge and expertise—or Best Buy wouldn’t have labeled their technical support “The Geek Squad.” Furthermore, the popularity of the reigning “nerd” powerhouse The Big Bang Theory (now available nightly via syndication) or any number of other series— CBS’s newest hit Scorpion, NBC’s Chuck and the ubiquitous “Nerd Herd,” BBC’s Doctor Who, or the Sci-Fi Channel’s Eureka (to name but a few)—proves that America may want to watch “geeks” and use them but we “wouldn’t wanna’ be them.” A quick glance through an evening’s primetime programming begs the question: is it that American culture is becoming more accepting of difference or have we made “geeking out” okay and thereby created a new level of “geekdom”?
This book collection seeks to examine the relationship between popular culture and the ever-changing geek or nerd—to look at the way the concept of the nerd has changed over time, and at what these changes can mean for the future of “nerds” of every type. Topics could include: defining the “geek,” the geek versus the nerd, female geeks or nerds, depictions of geeks, depictions of nerds, tropes surrounding nerds/geeks, Hollywood’s pseudo-nerd creations, the “babe” in nerd/geek television series or films, differences between the two terms and their depictions in television or film, the power of the nerd, the social acceptance of the term “geek,” and much more.
Article abstracts (approximately 500 words) and a brief CV should be sent to Dr. Kathryn E. Lane at KELane@nwosu.edu by July 20, 2015. Longer outlines or drafts are also welcome at this time. Selected authors will be notified by August 1, 2015. For those invited to contribute to the collection, articles should be 5,000-7,000 words (MLA format, minimal footnotes or endnotes, please), and completed essays should be submitted by November 30, 2015. Queries are welcome concerning submission topics.
By web submission at 06/17/2015 - 21:36
"The Age of the Geek:" Book collection. Abstract deadline 7/20/15
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62590
full name / name of organization:
"The Age of the Geek:" Book Collection
contact email:
KELane@nwosu.edu
CFP: “The Age of the Geek:” Book collection
Submission Deadline: Abstracts are due July 20, 2015
“The Age of the Geek:” Book Collection
It’s every child’s schoolyard nightmare—to be called a “nerd.” From an early age, we know that being labeled a “nerd” or a “geek” isn’t a good thing. It implies too much knowledge and too few social skills. Yet, as much as we don’t want to be labeled a “geek,” it’s obvious that as a society we value their knowledge and expertise—or Best Buy wouldn’t have labeled their technical support “The Geek Squad.” Furthermore, the popularity of the reigning “nerd” powerhouse The Big Bang Theory (now available nightly via syndication) or any number of other series— CBS’s newest hit Scorpion, NBC’s Chuck and the ubiquitous “Nerd Herd,” BBC’s Doctor Who, or the Sci-Fi Channel’s Eureka (to name but a few)—proves that America may want to watch “geeks” and use them but we “wouldn’t wanna’ be them.” A quick glance through an evening’s primetime programming begs the question: is it that American culture is becoming more accepting of difference or have we made “geeking out” okay and thereby created a new level of “geekdom”?
This book collection seeks to examine the relationship between popular culture and the ever-changing geek or nerd—to look at the way the concept of the nerd has changed over time, and at what these changes can mean for the future of “nerds” of every type. Topics could include: defining the “geek,” the geek versus the nerd, female geeks or nerds, depictions of geeks, depictions of nerds, tropes surrounding nerds/geeks, Hollywood’s pseudo-nerd creations, the “babe” in nerd/geek television series or films, differences between the two terms and their depictions in television or film, the power of the nerd, the social acceptance of the term “geek,” and much more.
Article abstracts (approximately 500 words) and a brief CV should be sent to Dr. Kathryn E. Lane at KELane@nwosu.edu by July 20, 2015. Longer outlines or drafts are also welcome at this time. Selected authors will be notified by August 1, 2015. For those invited to contribute to the collection, articles should be 5,000-7,000 words (MLA format, minimal footnotes or endnotes, please), and completed essays should be submitted by November 30, 2015. Queries are welcome concerning submission topics.
By web submission at 06/17/2015 - 21:36
CFP Sherlock Holmes Fandom (Spec Issue of TWC) (3/1/16)
NB: The original containing formatting errors; I corrected what I could, but I could not find the original source for the call:
CFP: Transformative Works and Cultures Special Issue on Sherlock Holmes
http://fanstudies.org/2015/06/18/cfp-transformative-works-and-cultures-special-issue-on-sherlock-holmes/
By Bethan
Transformative Works and Cultures Special Issue CFP: SHERLOCK HOLMES FANDOM, SHERLOCKIANA, and THE GREAT GAME (3/1/16; 3/15/17)
Sherlock Holmes has attracted devoted fans almost since the date of first publication in 1887. The oldest still-existing Sherlockian society, the Baker Street Irregulars, was founded in 1934, while the Sherlock Holmes Society of London dates from 1951. More recent additions to the ever-growing network of organized Sherlock Holmes literary societies include the formerly all-female Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes, and fan groups in the media fandom model have arisen, such as the Baker Street Babes and other online communities. This special issue seeks to engage both academics and fans in writing about the older, long established Sherlockian fandom. We welcome papers that address all fandoms of Sherlock Holmes and its adaptations, particularly those that trace the connections and similarities/differences among and between older and newer fandoms.
We welcome submissions dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics:
* Questions of nomenclature, cultural distinction, class, race, gender, and sexuality
* The role of Sherlockian fandom and the Great Game in fandom history
* Academic histories of Sherlockian fandom, both organized and informal
* Connections between new adaptation-based fandoms and the older fandom
* Fan productions, e.g., pastiche, fan works, and Sherlockian writings on the Canon
* Influence of intellectual property law and norms on adaptations and fan productions
* Sherlockian publishing, e.g., MX, Titan, BSI Press or Wessex Press
* Community, e.g., Sherlockians on the Internet or Sherlockian world gatherings
* Specific national fandoms, e.g., Japanese or Chinese Sherlock Holmes reception
*Submission guidelines* Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC, http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) is an international peer-reviewed online Gold Open Access publication of the nonprofit Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative Commons License. TWC aims to provide a publishing outlet that welcomes fan-related topics and to promote dialogue between the academic community and the fan community. TWC accommodates academic articles of varying scope as well as other forms that embrace the technical possibilities of the Web and test the limits of the genre of academic writing.
Theory: Conceptual essays. Peer review, 6,000-8,000 words.
Praxis: Case study essays. Peer review, 5,000-7,000 words.
Symposium: Short commentary. Editorial review, 1,500-2,500 words.
Please visit TWC’s Web site (http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) for complete submission guidelines, or e-mail the TWC Editor (editor@transformativeworks.org).
*Contact* Contact guest editor Betsy Rosenbaum and Roberta Pearson with any questions or inquiries attwcsherlock@gmail.com.
*Due date* Contributions are due March 1, 2016
CFP: Transformative Works and Cultures Special Issue on Sherlock Holmes
http://fanstudies.org/2015/06/18/cfp-transformative-works-and-cultures-special-issue-on-sherlock-holmes/
By Bethan
Transformative Works and Cultures Special Issue CFP: SHERLOCK HOLMES FANDOM, SHERLOCKIANA, and THE GREAT GAME (3/1/16; 3/15/17)
Sherlock Holmes has attracted devoted fans almost since the date of first publication in 1887. The oldest still-existing Sherlockian society, the Baker Street Irregulars, was founded in 1934, while the Sherlock Holmes Society of London dates from 1951. More recent additions to the ever-growing network of organized Sherlock Holmes literary societies include the formerly all-female Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes, and fan groups in the media fandom model have arisen, such as the Baker Street Babes and other online communities. This special issue seeks to engage both academics and fans in writing about the older, long established Sherlockian fandom. We welcome papers that address all fandoms of Sherlock Holmes and its adaptations, particularly those that trace the connections and similarities/differences among and between older and newer fandoms.
We welcome submissions dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics:
* Questions of nomenclature, cultural distinction, class, race, gender, and sexuality
* The role of Sherlockian fandom and the Great Game in fandom history
* Academic histories of Sherlockian fandom, both organized and informal
* Connections between new adaptation-based fandoms and the older fandom
* Fan productions, e.g., pastiche, fan works, and Sherlockian writings on the Canon
* Influence of intellectual property law and norms on adaptations and fan productions
* Sherlockian publishing, e.g., MX, Titan, BSI Press or Wessex Press
* Community, e.g., Sherlockians on the Internet or Sherlockian world gatherings
* Specific national fandoms, e.g., Japanese or Chinese Sherlock Holmes reception
*Submission guidelines* Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC, http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) is an international peer-reviewed online Gold Open Access publication of the nonprofit Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative Commons License. TWC aims to provide a publishing outlet that welcomes fan-related topics and to promote dialogue between the academic community and the fan community. TWC accommodates academic articles of varying scope as well as other forms that embrace the technical possibilities of the Web and test the limits of the genre of academic writing.
Theory: Conceptual essays. Peer review, 6,000-8,000 words.
Praxis: Case study essays. Peer review, 5,000-7,000 words.
Symposium: Short commentary. Editorial review, 1,500-2,500 words.
Please visit TWC’s Web site (http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) for complete submission guidelines, or e-mail the TWC Editor (editor@transformativeworks.org).
*Contact* Contact guest editor Betsy Rosenbaum and Roberta Pearson with any questions or inquiries attwcsherlock@gmail.com.
*Due date* Contributions are due March 1, 2016
CFP Intersection of Cartoons/Animation/Youth Media (Spec Issue of ChLAQ) (11/1/16)
Of related interest:
The Intersection of Cartoons, Animation, and Youth Media: A Special Issue of Children's Literature Association Quarterly
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/61774
full name / name of organization:
Joseph Michael Sommers/ in association with the Children's Literature Association
contact email:
somme1jm@cmich.edu
-Call For Papers-
The Intersection of Cartoons, Animation, and Youth Media:
A Special Issue of Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Edited by Joseph Michael Sommers
Deadline: 1 November 2016
In connection with the upcoming 2016 ChLA conference on Animation, this special issue of ChLAQ will focus broadly and widely on that multimodal and ever-expanding medium known as youth animation. From children's cartoon shorts such as Walt Disney's Steamboat Willy (1928) and Leon Schlesinger's Looney Tunes (1930-1969); to full-length animated motion pictures such as the work of Studio Ghibli, Pixar, and Nickelodeon; to Homestar Runner, video games, and flip books, if it's sequential art put into motion, it's on the table for discussion.
The Quarterly invites papers that craft, extend, and/or disrupt existing discussions, including (but certainly not limited to):
- Histor(-ies) of children's animation (from the Walt Disney, Fleischers, and Warners forward to the Hanna Barbera and Terrytoon Television era and all stops in between and beyond)
- The adoption of animation intended for other audiences and venues to an audience of children (The Flintstones, Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, etc.)
- New Frontiers of Animation (modes and media, interactivity, video games, etc.)
- The commodification of and interaction between animated media and revenue streams (animation as product tie-in/commercial for toys and games [Barbie, GI Joe, Transformers, Disney Princesses, etc.])
- Adaption of print media into animation and further transmedia
- Difference in animation (broadly from cultural and global perspectives, styles, historical perspectives etc.)
- Stop motion, CGI, puppetry, and other operative modes in the creation of animation
- Sex(-ing) and gender(-ing) in animation for youth culture
- Close readings of animated properties.
Papers should conform to the usual style of ChLAQ and be between 5,000-7,000 words in length.
Queries and completed essays should be sent to Joseph Michael Sommers (somme1jm@cmich.edu with a re: line indicating "ChLAQ Essay") by 1 November 2016.
The selected articles will appear in ChLAQ in 2017.
By web submission at 04/12/2015 - 19:10
The Intersection of Cartoons, Animation, and Youth Media: A Special Issue of Children's Literature Association Quarterly
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/61774
full name / name of organization:
Joseph Michael Sommers/ in association with the Children's Literature Association
contact email:
somme1jm@cmich.edu
-Call For Papers-
The Intersection of Cartoons, Animation, and Youth Media:
A Special Issue of Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Edited by Joseph Michael Sommers
Deadline: 1 November 2016
In connection with the upcoming 2016 ChLA conference on Animation, this special issue of ChLAQ will focus broadly and widely on that multimodal and ever-expanding medium known as youth animation. From children's cartoon shorts such as Walt Disney's Steamboat Willy (1928) and Leon Schlesinger's Looney Tunes (1930-1969); to full-length animated motion pictures such as the work of Studio Ghibli, Pixar, and Nickelodeon; to Homestar Runner, video games, and flip books, if it's sequential art put into motion, it's on the table for discussion.
The Quarterly invites papers that craft, extend, and/or disrupt existing discussions, including (but certainly not limited to):
- Histor(-ies) of children's animation (from the Walt Disney, Fleischers, and Warners forward to the Hanna Barbera and Terrytoon Television era and all stops in between and beyond)
- The adoption of animation intended for other audiences and venues to an audience of children (The Flintstones, Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, etc.)
- New Frontiers of Animation (modes and media, interactivity, video games, etc.)
- The commodification of and interaction between animated media and revenue streams (animation as product tie-in/commercial for toys and games [Barbie, GI Joe, Transformers, Disney Princesses, etc.])
- Adaption of print media into animation and further transmedia
- Difference in animation (broadly from cultural and global perspectives, styles, historical perspectives etc.)
- Stop motion, CGI, puppetry, and other operative modes in the creation of animation
- Sex(-ing) and gender(-ing) in animation for youth culture
- Close readings of animated properties.
Papers should conform to the usual style of ChLAQ and be between 5,000-7,000 words in length.
Queries and completed essays should be sent to Joseph Michael Sommers (somme1jm@cmich.edu with a re: line indicating "ChLAQ Essay") by 1 November 2016.
The selected articles will appear in ChLAQ in 2017.
By web submission at 04/12/2015 - 19:10
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