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CFP: The SLAYAGE Conference on the Whedonverses

July 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, call for papers, Joss Whedon

CFP: The SLAYAGE Conference on the Whedonverses (SCW5) University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2012 Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association (slayageonline.com) and the Whedon Studies Association solicit your proposal for the fifth Slayage Conference: The Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, sponsored by the University of British Columbia. This conference dedicated […]

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Science Fiction Film and Television CFP: The Battlestar Galactica Phenomenon

July 21st, 2011 | Posted in Battlestar Galactica, call for papers, science fiction

Science Fiction Film and Television is seeking submissions for a special issue on the Battlestar Galactica phenomenon. Although the rebooted series has received much critical attention, significantly less has been written on other BSG texts. This issue seeks to redress that imbalance. We are interested in articles that consider topics such as * The original […]

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International Academic Conference on Cultural Influence of Harry Potter

June 5th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, conference, fantasy, Harry Potter

A call for papers from the Academic Study Magic list. ‘Magic is Might 2012’ : 23-24 July 2012, University of Limerick, Ireland An International Academic Conference Exploring the Cultural Influence of the Harry Potter Books and Films Hosted by the University of Limerick Department of Sociology in collaboration with the UL Interaction Design Centre, Dept. […]

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Undead in the West: PCA/ACA Call for Contributors

May 31st, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, undead

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association have issued a Call for Contributors: Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier (anthology) Deadline for abstracts: September 18, 2011 The frontier has long been framed as a landscape of life and death, but few scholarly works have ventured into the […]

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Theology and the Undead

April 4th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, The Undead and Theology, undead, vampire, zombie

CALL FOR PAPERS Theology and the Undead The academy and pop culture alike recognize the great symbolic and pedagogical value of the undead (or reanimated dead). Vampires and zombies possess an important ability to enable reflection in a variety of personal and cultural ways. This has been explored variously from consumerism to racism to the […]

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Call for Papers on Fairy Tales

September 8th, 2010 | Posted in call for papers, conference, fairy tales

The Popular Culture Association has another call for papers, this one coming in the area of fairy tales. The CFP is reproduced below. Curiously, there is no mention of contemporary fairy tales as expressed through Guillermo del Toro and his masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth, or as Walter Rankin has suggested in his book Grimm Pictures (McFarland, […]

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Call for Papers: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics in Education

September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in call for papers, comics, conference

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association have issued a call for papers on graphic novels and education. Call For Papers: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics in Education Edited by Robert G. Weiner and Carrye Syma Texas Tech University Library In recent years the use of graphic novels, comics, and sequential art in […]

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Call for Papers on Joss Whedon and the “Whedonverse”

August 31st, 2010 | Posted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, call for papers, conference, Joss Whedon

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Associations have issued a series of calls for papers including the following: Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area: The Works of Joss Whedon National PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Joint Conference, April 20-23, 2011, San Antonio, TX Proposal submission deadline: December 15, […]

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Call for Papers on “Vampire Love”

May 22nd, 2010 | Posted in call for papers, horror, pop culture, vampire

The Popular Culture and American Culture Associations are issuing their last call for papers on the topic of “Vampire Love:” 2010 Film & History Conference: Representations of Love in Film and Television, November 11-14, 2010, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory Third Round Deadline: June 1, 2010, AREA: Vampire Love. The history of film is regularly punctuated […]

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Themes of the Films of James Cameron: Call for Papers

January 15th, 2010 | Posted in call for papers, James Cameron, pop culture

The Popular Culture and American Culture Associations recently circulated a call for papers on the themes of the films of James Cameron: With Avatar Canadian-born filmmaker James Cameron now has the top two all-time money making films in history, yet little in the way of critical attention has been paid to his work. His movies […]

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