Author Archives: Skye Cervone

CFP: “When the Astronaut is a Woman: Beyond the Frontier in Film and Television” special issue of Science Fiction Film and Television Guest Editors: Lorrie Palmer and Lisa Purse https://gerrycanavan.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/sfftv-special-is…-for-submissions/ With the release of Hidden Figures (Melfi, 2016), public perception … Continue reading →

CALL FOR PAPERS The George Slusser Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy, to be held at the University of California, Irvine, on April 26–29, 2018 Coordinators: Jonathan Alexander (University of California, Irvine) Gregory Benford (University of California, Irvine) Howard V. … Continue reading →

Eaton Journal of Archival Research in Science Fiction The Eaton Journal of Archival Research in Science Fiction is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal hosted by the University of California at Riverside, affiliated with the UCR Library’s Eaton Collection of Science … Continue reading →

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at 200 (Science Fiction Studies, Special Issue) deadline for submissions: August 1, 2017 full name / name of organization: Nicole Lobdell and Michael Griffin contact email: nicolelobdell@depauw.edu Science Fiction Studies is currently soliciting proposals for a July … Continue reading →

APOCALYPTIC TELEVISION deadline for submissions: August 1, 2017 full name / name of organization: Michael G. Cornelius and Sherry Ginn contact email: DoctorGinn@gmail.com CALL FOR PAPERS: APOCALYPTIC TELEVISION Science fiction has always indicated that it is a matter of when—not … Continue reading →

THE AMERICAN WEIRD: ECOLOGIES & GEOGRAPHIES (Call for Papers) “The one test of the really weird is simply this—whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense of dread, and of contact with unknown spheres and powers.” … Continue reading →

Imagining the History of the Future: Unsettling Scientific Stories 27-29th March, 2018 | University of York, UK The future just isn’t what it used to be… not least because people keep changing it. Recent years have seen a significant growth … Continue reading →

To mark the 200th anniversary, in 2018, of Mary Shelley’s novel, we invite articles for a special issue, examining the impact of Shelley’s creation on the development of sf. Following Brian Aldiss’ critical intervention in Billion Year Spree (1973), this … Continue reading →

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the European Journal of American Culture: American Horror Story Guest Editors: Harriet Earle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Jessica Clark, University of Suffolk, UK This call for papers seeks submissions that engage with the television … Continue reading →