CfP: “200 Years of the Fantastic: Celebrating Frankenstein and Mary Shelley,” ICFA 39, March 14-18, 2018
Please join us for ICFA 39, March 14-18, 2018, when our theme will be “200 Years of the Fantastic: Celebrating Frankenstein and Mary Shelley.” We welcome papers on the work of: Guest of Honor John Kessel (Nebula, Locus and Tiptree[...]
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of our Special Guest Emeritus, Brian Aldiss. Brian was a longtime friend of the IAFA and a giant in the field. He authored over 80 books, edited 40 anthologies, and was[...]
read moreCfP: Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out (edited collection)
Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out (edited collection) deadline for submissions: November 1, 2017 full name / name of organization: Ruth Heholt and Melissa Edmundson contact email: me.makala@gmail.com Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out ‘The boundary[...]
read moreCfP: ExRe(y) 2018. Exhaustion and Regeneration in Post-Millennial North-American Literature and Visual Culture
The Department of American Literature and Culture at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, in cooperation with the Video Game Research Center, is organizing the second of the biannual ExRe(y) conferences. The two-day international conference titled “ExRe(y) 2018. Exhaustion and Regeneration in[...]
read moreMullen Research Fellowships: DEADLINE 4/2/18
Call for Applications: R.D. Mullen Fellowships Named for the founder of our journal, Richard “Dale” Mullen (1915-1998), the Mullen fellowships are awarded by Science Fiction Studies to support archival research in science fiction. We have four categories of awards: Postdoctoral[...]
read more“All Borders Are Temporary” SF competition –Deadline 1 Sep 2017
Link: http://www.trap.no/en/project/science-fiction-short-story-competition Borders have always been a central political problem. Discussions of national and territorial boundaries, ethnic geo-rootedness, many kinds of -exits, mark our news feeds. Digital border crossings challenge and hack into political manipulations as well as offer new[...]
read moreCfP: Queer Tolkien Studies, PCA/ACA 2018 National Conference (March) 28-31, 2018
CfP: QUEER TOLKIEN STUDIES Paper Session(s) and or Roundtable Please note that this call is for individual proposals to be sent to the two area chairs who will organize them into complete sessions to be uploaded into the conference database.[...]
read moreWANTED: Fantasy/Science Fiction/Pop Culture Preceptor
The Department of Language & Literature at Signum University is currently seeking preceptors to join the faculty team in our Imaginative Literature concentration. Please visit the university’s website for more information: https://signumuniversity.org/news/wanted-fantasyscience-fictionpop-culture-preceptor/[...]
read moreCfP: Investigating Identities in Young Adult (YA) Narratives: Symposium on the 13/12/2017 at The University of Northampton UK
Investigating Identities in Young Adult (YA) Narratives: Symposium on the 13/12/2017 at The University of Northampton UK deadline for submissions: October 8, 2017 full name / name of organization: The University of Northampton UK contact email: anthony.stepniak2@northampton.ac.uk Investigating Identities in[...]
read moreCfP: Disasters, Apocalypses, and Catastrophes: PCA/ACA 2018 3/28-3/31 Indianapolis
Disasters, Apocalypses, and Catastrophes: PCA/ACA 2018 3/28-3/31 Indianapolis deadline for submissions: October 1, 2017 full name / name of organization: Pop Culture/American Culture Association contact email: disasterculture@yahoo.com PCA/ACA 2018 Indianapolis, IN Disasters, Apocalypses, and Catastrophes (Ficociello and Bell) The PCA/ACA[...]
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