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CFP: Horror(s) of Childhood and Adolescence
Please find pasted below the call for papers for the next issue of Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura [Childhood: Literature and Culture], a biannual journal published at the University of Warsaw, Poland. The theme of the issue is Horror(s) of childhood[...]
read moreCall for Chapters: Japanese Horror: New Critical Approaches to History, Narratives and Aesthetics (Extended Deadline)
Call for Chapters: Japanese Horror: New Critical Approaches to History, Narratives and Aesthetics (Extended Deadline) deadline for submissions: November 25, 2019 full name / name of organization: Subashish Bhattacharjee (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Ananya Saha (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Fernando Gabriel[...]
read moreCall for Nominations: IAFA Second Vice-President and Public Information Officer
Call for Nominations: IAFA Second Vice-President and Public Information Officer Nominations are open from 30 September to 30 October. The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts announces a call for nominations for the elected Executive Board positions of[...]
read moreAssistant Professor of Fantasy/Science Fiction Literature
Assistant Professor of Fantasy/Science Fiction Literature The Department of English at Florida Atlantic University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin August 2020. Candidates must have teaching and research interests in Fantasy literature and/or Science Fiction, preferably[...]
read moreCFP: Not Dead, But Dreaming: Reading Lovecraft in the 21st Century
Edited Volume CFP Not Dead, But Dreaming: Reading Lovecraft in the 21st Century In the one hundred and twenty-nine years since his birth, H. P. Lovecraft’s reputation has grown beyond all expectation. Not only has he influenced generations of readers,[...]
read moreGood News from the IAFA Board Re: Financial Assistance
The IAFA is committed to finding ways to make attendance of the ICFA feasible for as many financially disadvantaged members of our community as possible, and to doing so in a fair and even-handed way. Toward this end, we are[...]
read moreICFA 41 “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”, 18 Mar 2020
ICFA 41 “Climate Change and the Anthropocene” When: March 18–21, 2020 Where: Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA Guest Scholar: Stacy Alaimo, UT-Arlington Guest Author: Jeff VanderMeer Call for papers: https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/ICFA%2041%20CFP.pdf Proposal deadline: October 31, 2019 Membership and registration:[...]
read moreCFP: Threshold, Boundary, and Crossover in Fantasy, University of York Fantasy Discussion Group, 12th-13th March 2020
Threshold, Boundary, and Crossover in Fantasy Organised by the University of York Fantasy Discussion Group To be held in York 12th-13th March 2020 Keynote speakers: Professor George P. Landow (Emeritus Professor, Brown) and Dr. Rob Maslen (University of Glasgow) ‘There[...]
read moreCFP: ICFA 41, Climate Change and the Anthropocene
Please join us in Orlando, Florida, March 18-22, 2020 for the 41st International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) when our theme will be “Climate Change and the Anthropocene.” Since the turn of the millennium, the term Anthropocene[...]
read moreCall for Chapters: “Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics”
Call for Chapters: “Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics” Vernon Press invites chapter proposals on Adaptation in Comics and Television for an edited collection Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics, edited by Reginald Wiebe (Concordia University of Edmonton). All areas of study,[...]
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