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Call For Papers – Mythic Characters and Places Made Real: TV and Film In Situ

December 26th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, film, myths, television

CALL FOR PAPERS Mythic Characters and Places Made Real: TV and Film In Situ An area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on Film and Myth September 26-30, 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA www.filmandhistory.org Deadline: June 1, 2012 Popular media increasingly are becoming the foundation for “non-mediated” experiences with local, material culture. Now, […]

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Call for Papers: Joss Whedon and Theology

December 9th, 2011 | Posted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, call for papers, Joss Whedon, theology

CALL FOR PAPERS Joss Whedon and Theology The works of Joss Whedon — from his hit television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, to his popular comic book writing on Fray and X-Men, to his upcoming and highly anticipated Avengers film—are among the most influential pop culture phenomena of the last two decades. […]

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Monstrophy: Call for Papers in the Academic Study of Monsters

November 26th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, monsters

Preternature, vol. 2, issue 2 Monstrophy: The Academic Study of Monsters ‘Monstrophy’ is a term referring to the academic study of monsters as representational and conceptual categories, which has gained recent currency in several related fields of study (literary and cultural history, sociological theories of identity and difference, et al.), as well as in a […]

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Call for Papers: The Universal Vampire Series, 2 Vols.

November 17th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, vampire

CALL FOR PAPERS The Universal Vampire Series, 2 Vols. Vol. 1 – The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend Vol. 2 – The Hip and the Atavistic: Images of the Modern Vampire Editors Barbara Brodman, Nova Southeastern University James E. Doan, Nova Southeastern University Project Overview For almost 200 years, since the publication […]

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Planet of the Apes and Philosophy: Call for Papers

October 26th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, Planet of the Apes

PLANET OF THE APES AND PHILOSOPHY CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Deadline for abstract submission: January 15, 2012 Open Court Popular Culture and Philosophy Series http://www.opencourtbooks.com/categories/pcp.htm Editor: John Huss The editor encourages contributions from philosophers and other intellectuals that explore topics connected to the Planet of the Apes franchise, from Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel La Planète des […]

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Call for Papers: Medieval Magic, Myths, and Legends in Film and Television

October 15th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, myths

CALL FOR PAPERS “Medieval Magic, Myths, and Legends in Film and Television” An area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on “Film and Myth” September 26-30, 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA www.filmandhistory.org Deadline: June 1, 2012 The Middle Ages have inspired some of the most enduring myths and legends of Western culture. Whether […]

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Popular Culture Association: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture

September 16th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, comics, graphic novels, pop culture

                Call for Papers: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture-SWTXPCA 2012 Please make plans to attend our 33rd Annual Conference February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102 Tel: +1 […]

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CFP – Animating History: “Disney Americans” and Other Myths

September 11th, 2011 | Posted in animation, call for papers, Disney

Animating History: “Disney Americans” and Other Myths Area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on “Film & Myth” September 26-30, 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA http://www.filmandhistory.org Deadline: June 1, 2012 We live in a world made of myths, legends, and histories that are communicated, and often, conflated, by our entertainment media. For many […]

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Call for Papers: True Blood and the SW Popular Culture Association

September 4th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, True Blood, vampire

CFP: True Blood SW/TX PCA/ACA (12/1/11; 2/8-11/12) Join us for the 33rd Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference, February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Area Chairs of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations (www.swtxpca.org) invites paper or panel proposals about the television […]

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Relegere Call for Papers: Histories of the End

August 31st, 2011 | Posted in apocalypticism, call for papers, millenarianism, post-apocalypticism

CALL FOR PAPERS – Histories of the End In 2012 Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception will publish a special issue dedicated to reception histories of the end times, however they might be imagined, in religious contexts. We welcome reception histories not only of Christian imaginaries of the book of Revelation, but also of the […]

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