Category Archives: conference

PCA/ACA Call for Participants: A Roundtable on Contemporary American Horror Cinema

November 17th, 2013 | Posted in call for papers, conference, pop culture

Call for Participants: “‘Oh Yes, There Will Be Blood’: A Roundtable on Contemporary American Horror Cinema” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) National Conference Chicago, IL USA April 16-19, 2014 This roundtable discussion is centered upon recent scholarship, research and criticism concerning contemporary American horror cinema. Participants will read the volumes American Horror Film: The […]

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2nd Symposium at Emory on Zombies and ‘Zombethics’

October 19th, 2013 | Posted in conference, ethics, zombie

I was privileged to be a part of the first Symposium by the Emory Center for Ethics on Zombies and ‘Zombethics,’ where I made a brief presentation via Skype as part of a panel.  I am pleased to see the second symposium for 2014.

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CFP – Larger Than Life: Superheroes at the Box Office

May 12th, 2013 | Posted in call for papers, comics, conference, superheroes

CALL FOR PAPERS Larger Than Life: Superheroes at the Box Office An area of multiple panels for the 2013 Film & History Conference on Making Movie$: The Figure of Money On and Off the Screen November 20-24, 2013 Madison Concourse Hotel (Madison, WI) www.filmandhistory.org/The2013FilmHistoryConference.php DEADLINE for abstracts: July 1, 2013 AREA: “Larger Than Life: Superheroes […]

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Wellesley College on Global Science Fiction

March 4th, 2013 | Posted in conference, scholarship, science fiction

International group of scholars examines science fiction through national and cultural traditions Key note address with reading and musical performance, Friday, March 8, 4 p.m.; Screening of Cloud Atlas, Friday, March 8, 7 p.m. Symposium Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Wellesley, Mass., March 1, 2013 – […]

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Call for Papers: Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference

January 30th, 2013 | Posted in call for papers, conference, fantasy, horror, science fiction

Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference Monday 17th June 2013 at the University of Liverpool Keynote Lectures from: Pat Cadigan (Double Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Author) and Dr. Peter Wright (Edge Hill University) Now in its third year, CRSF is a one day postgraduate conference designed to promote the research of speculative fictions, including […]

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Emory Symposium on Zombies and ‘Zombethics’

September 29th, 2012 | Posted in conference, ethics, religion, zombie

I will be sitting on a panel and contributing to the topic via religion and zombies. For further background see my previous post.

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Call for Papers: Mystery Science Theater and the Culture of Riffing

September 18th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, conference, Mystery Science Theater 3000

Call for Papers: Mystery Science Theater and the Culture of Riffing and the mash-up in popular culture Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association http://conference2013.swtxpca.org The Area chair seeks papers/presentations on Mystery Science Theater and the culture of riffing and Mash-up. Due on November 16, 2012. In the fall of 1988 on a small public […]

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Emory University Conference on Neuroscience, Zombies, and ‘Zombethics’

August 31st, 2012 | Posted in conference, ethics, The Walking Dead, zombie

I am amazed at the opportunities and invitations that have come my way since I extended my academic work into the area of religion and popular culture. This has included writing for publications like Religion Dispatches, where among other things I have written on the intersection between zombies in popular culture and theology. In that […]

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Examiner.com Review of Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

May 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Comic Con, comics, conference, geek cultures

I’ve started writing brief articles for Examiner.com. My in-depth analysis will continue here. My latest piece for the former is a review of the documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope. This is an interesting film that does not so much explore Comic-Con, but rather the significance of the convention and fantastic fandom to the […]

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Open Graves, Open Minds: Bram Stoker Centenary Symposium

March 15th, 2012 | Posted in Bram Stoker, conference, Dracula, Open Graves Open Minds, undead, vampire

Dr. Sam George of the University of Hertfordshire informed me about the following upcoming conference. Open Graves, Open Minds: Bram Stoker Centenary Symposium 20-21 April 2012 This symposium arose from the Open Graves, Opens Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture Research Project, led by Dr Sam George at the University of Hertfordshire. Initiated […]

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