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ICFA 42 Information
ICFA 42 “Climate Change and the Anthropocene” When: March 18–21, 2021, via Zoom Guest scholar: Stacy Alaimo (University of Oregon) Guest author: Jeff VanderMeer Call for papers (proposals due November 29, 2020): https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2020/call-for-papers-for-the-42nd-annual-international-conference-on-the-fantastic-in-the-arts-climate-change-and-the-anthropocene/ Detailed scholarly proposal info: https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Proposal Netiquette: https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Netiquette[...]
read moreDeadline Extended: Call for Applications, Division Head of the International Fantastic (IF) Division and the Film and Television (FTV) Division
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is accepting applications for the position of Division Head of the International Fantastic (IF) Division and the Film and Television (FTV) Division. (Please see division descriptions below.) Division Heads are appointed[...]
read moreCall for Papers for the 42nd Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Climate Change and the Anthropocene
Call for Papers for the 42nd Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Climate Change and the Anthropocene March 18-21, 2021 ICFA 42 will be a virtual event. *Submissions portal opens 2 November and closes 29 November* Since[...]
read moreCFP: Global Indigenous Literature and Climate Change
Special Issue to Appear in Transmotion: An Online Journal of Postmodern Indigenous Studies http://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion Extended Deadline for Abstracts: December 1, 2020 Late in March of 2014, Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer declared war on the Keystone XL, a pipeline[...]
read moreCall for Division Head Applications: International Fantastic and Film and Television
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is accepting applications for the position of Division Head of the International Fantastic (IF) Division and the Film and Television (FTV) Division. (Please see division descriptions below.) Division Heads are appointed[...]
read moreFinal Call for Submissions: 2021 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award
Final Call for Submissions: 2021 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts announces its 15th annual Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for a critical essay on the fantastic originally written in a language other than[...]
read moreIAFA 2021 Statement
IAFA 2021 Statement Dear IAFA Members, The Board has been monitoring the ongoing situation with the pandemic closely and has met twice this summer to consider options for the 2021 conference. The future prospects remain unclear, but based on information[...]
read moreCall for Proposals: NeMLA, “Climate Change as Reflected in Science Fiction, Film and World Literature”
Climate Change as Reflected in Science Fiction, Film and World Literature deadline for submissions: September 30, 2020 full name / name of organization: Northeast Modern Language Association contact email: amagid1763@gmail.com Climate change is an important issue that has become a[...]
read moreCall for Proposals: NeMLA 2021 Creative Session, “Speculative Figures and Speculative Futures: Our Uncanny Postapocalypse”
Call for Proposals: NeMLA 2021 Creative Session “Speculative Figures and Speculative Futures: Our Uncanny Postapocalypse” Mary Shelley, in her classic piece of speculative fiction and of speculative visual culture, Frankenstein (1818), sparked life into a body that started an unending[...]
read moreCFP: Living in the End Times: Utopian and Dystopian Representations of Pandemics, Cappadocia University, Thu, Jan 14, 2021 – Fri, Jan 15, 2021
CFP: Living in the End Times: Utopian and Dystopian Representations of Pandemics, Cappadocia University, Thu, Jan 14, 2021 – Fri, Jan 15, 2021 Join us for an interdisciplinary conference examining utopian and dystopian representations of pandemics in fiction, film and[...]
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