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Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference held in tandem with StokerCon 2017

Conference Dates: April 27 – 30, 2017

Conference Hotel: The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California

Conference Website: www.StokerCon2017.org

The Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference co-chairs invite all interested scholars and academics to submit presentation abstracts related to horror studies for consideration to be presented at the Second Annual StokerCon, April 27-30, 2017 held on the historic The Queen Mary, moored at Long Beach, California (see: www.queenmary.com ).

Horror continues to be a dominating genre within the wider pop-culture arena, and continued academic analysis of horror remains critical. Hence, we are looking for presentations that will discuss completed or works-in-progress that expand the scholarship on various facets of horror that proliferates in:

Art
Cinema
Comics
Literature
Music
Television
Video Games
Etc.

We invite papers that take an interdisciplinary approach to their subject matter and can apply a variety of lenses and frameworks, such as, but not limited to:

Auteur theory

Close textual analysis

Comparative analysis

Cultural and ethnic

Fandom and fan studies

Film studies

Folklore

Gender/LGBT studies

Historic analysis

Interpretations

Linguistic

Literature studies

Media and communications

Media Sociology

Modernity/Postmodernity

Mythological

Psychological

Racial studies

Semiotics

Theoretical (Adorno, Barthes, Baudrillard, Dyer, Gerbner, etc.)

Transmedia

Conference Details

Please send a 250 – 300 word abstract on your intended topic, a preliminary bibliography and your CV to AnnRadCon@gmail.com by December 31, 2016. Responses will be sent out during January, 2017.

Presentation time consideration: 15 minute maximum to allow for a Question and Answer period. Limit of one presentation at the conference.

There are no honorariums for presenters; this is an academic conference. There is, however, a StokerCon2017 award opportunity; see http://horrorscholarships.com/the-scholarship-from-hell/

Organizing Co-Chairs

Michele Brittany & Nicholas Diak

Email: AnnRadCon@gmail.com

The Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference is part of the Horror Writers Association’s Outreach Program. Membership to the Horror Writers Association is not required to submit or present, however registration to StokerCon 2017 is required to present. StokerCon registration can be obtained by going to www.stokercon2017.org. If interested in applying to the Horror Writer’s Association as an academic member, please see http://horror.org/joining-the-hwa/ .

StokerCon is the annual convention hosted by the Horror Writers Association wherein the Bram Stoker Awards for superior achievement in horror writing are awarded.

Contact Info:
Nicholas Diak & Michele Brittany – co-chairs: AnnRadCon@gmail.com

Contact Email:
AnnRadCon@gmail.com
URL:
http://www.stokercon2017.org/