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Call for Papers on Paranormal Media

August 14th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, paranormal

Call for Papers for Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Annual Conference, 2013 (Chicago) Paranormal Media Annette Hill, in Paranormal Media: Audiences, Spirits and Magic in Popular Culture, observes that in recent years, paranormal beliefs have entered the mainstream. Although the paranormal had a presence in popular culture and various media forms for centuries, […]

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Steampunk Edited Collection

July 31st, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, steampunk

Steampunk Edited Collection: Call for Papers Rachel Bowser and Brian Croxall contact email: rachel.bowser@gmail.com We are seeking abstracts for inclusion in a proposal for an edited volume on the subject of steampunk. The anthology will present a varied look at steampunk culture and criticism, presenting a comprehensive look at the genre’s impact and development in […]

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Call for Papers: Environmental Science Fiction Films

July 28th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, environmentalism, science fiction

The 2013 Eaton/Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Conference Riverside, CA 4/10/13-4/14/13 From reflection on species extinction in Silent Running (1972) and overpopulation and resource management in Soylent Green (1973) to the passing away of the last tree god in Hellboy 2 (2008) and the colonial acquisition and ecological devastation of Avatar (2009), science fiction film […]

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Call for Papers: Tim Burton: Works, Characters, Themes (collection)

July 20th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, Tim Burton

CFP: Tim Burton: Works, Characters, Themes (collection) Johnson Cheu, editor (cheu@msu.edu) Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2012 Mark Salisburry writes of Tim Burton: “Burton’s characters are often outsiders, misunderstood and misperceived, misfits encumbered by some degree of duality, operating on the fringes of their own particular society, tolerated, but pretty much left to their own […]

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Call for Papers: Horror (as/is) Humor, Humor (as/is) Horror: sLaughter in Popular Cinema (collection)

July 20th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, comedy, horror, slasher films

CFP: Horror (as/is) Humor, Humor (as/is) Horror: sLaughter in Popular Cinema (collection) Johnson Cheu (cheu@msu.edu) and John Dowell (jdowell@msu.edu), eds. Deadline: 15 September 2012 In his review of Tavernier’s Coup de torchon, David Kehr wrote in When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade, Death, violence, and moral corruption aren’t just slapstick props … but […]

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Para*Doxa: African Science Fiction

July 6th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, cultural studies, race, science fiction

Para*Doxa is seeking submissions of previously unpublished essays on subjects related to AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION In 2010, Pumzi, the first Kenyan science fiction movie, won the best short film award at the Cannes Independent Film Festival, and the South African co-production District 9 was nominated for multiple Oscars. In 2011, Nigerian-American Nnedi Okorafor became the […]

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Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts – After/Lives: What’s Next for Humanity?

July 6th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, life after death

Special issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts with guest editors Sarah Juliet Lauro and Kyle William Bishop contact email: afterlivesjfa@gmail.com The recent flurry of critical attention paid to the zombie and other forms of living dead, such as the vampire (back again to haunt the cultural imagination of a new generation) […]

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Call for Papers: Representations of Ghosts in Media and Popular Culture

July 2nd, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, ghost, paranormal

CFP: Representations of Ghosts in Media and Popular Culture Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2013 Annual Conference Chicago, 6-10 March 2013 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 7 August 2012 Spirits and ghosts have been part of our culture for hundreds of years. On the stage of Shakespeare’s dramas and in religious rituals, in Dickens’ […]

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2013 Eaton Science Fiction Conference: Call for Papers

July 1st, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, science fiction

This conference — cosponsored by the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy (UC Riverside) and the Science Fiction Research Association — will examine science fiction in multiple media. The past several decades have witnessed an explosion in SF texts across the media landscape, from film and TV to comics and digital games. We are […]

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Science Fiction Research Association Call for Papers

June 18th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, science fiction

CFP: 2013 Eaton/SFRA Conference Call for Papers The 2013 Joint Eaton/SFRA Conference Science Fiction Media April 10-14, 2013 Riverside Marriott Hotel Riverside, California This conference—cosponsored by the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy (UC Riverside) and the Science Fiction Research Association – will examine science fiction in multiple media. The past several decades have […]

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