CfP: Speculative Finance/Speculative Fiction (Edited Collection)
CFP: Speculative Finance/Speculative Fiction (Edited Collection) David M. Higgins and Hugh Charles O’Connell The 2008 global economic crash awakened many to the inherent precariousness of the global capitalist world-system, and it has provoked renewed demands for financial regulation as well[...]
read moreCfP: Bodies that Become: Conceptions of Female Bodies in Science Fiction, NeMLA
Bodies that Become: Conceptions of Female Bodies in Science Fiction deadline for submissions: September 30, 2016 full name / name of organization: irmak ertuna, elif sendur/ NEMLA contact email: esendur1@binghamton.edu While we may no longer be in the era of[...]
read moreCfP: The Contrary of Revelation: Apocalypse and the Epistemology of Horror, NeMLA 2017
The Contrary of Revelation: Apocalypse and the Epistemology of Horror deadline for submissions: September 30, 2016 full name / name of organization: NeMLA 2017 contact email: eleanorg@buffalo.edu Ever since Paul J. Crutzen popularized the use of the[...]
read more10th annual Jamie Bishop Memorial Award
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Announces its 10th annual Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for a critical essay on the fantastic written in a language other than English. The IAFA defines the fantastic to include science fiction,[...]
read moreCfP: 2017 Special Section of Letras Hispanas on “Contemporary Iberian Ecocriticism and New Materialisms”
Call for Papers: 2017 Special Section of Letras Hispanas on “Contemporary Iberian Ecocriticism and New Materialisms” Editor: Luis I. Prádanos, Miami University Deadline: June 1, 2017 The global proliferation of ecocriticism and environmental humanities is significantly enriching the depth and[...]
read moreCfP: Futures Near and Far: Utopia, Dystopia, and Futurity, University of Florida
Futures Near and Far: Utopia, Dystopia, and Futurity Keynote Speaker: Dr. Phillip Wegner, University of Florida Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 7TH 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s philosophical treatise Utopia. More’s book posed fundamental questions[...]
read moreCfP: Something Stirs in the Shadows: Textualizing Horror and Theorizing the Indian (edited volume)
There is a metaphysical gravity that pulls consciousness towards the incomprehensible darkness of ‘dread,’ like the impulse to willingly dive into the abyss, as into something utterly unknown – an analogy made famous by Kierkegaard in The Concept of Dread.[...]
read moreSubmissions open for a Superhero Anthology
Submissions open for a Superhero Anthology Behind the Mask is Meerkat Press’ next themed anthology and it’s all about superheroes! But not how they saved the world this time. We’re more interested in the ordinary day-to-day challenges facing these extraordinary[...]
read moreShort Entries on Economics in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Short Entries on Economics in Science Fiction and Fantasy deadline for submissions: January 1, 2017 full name / name of organization: Economics in Science Fiction and Fantasy contact email: j.walton@northumbria.ac.uk Researchers are invited to submit short entries on individual works[...]
read moreCfP: New American Notes Online NANO Issue 12 on Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Call for Papers: New American Notes Online NANO Issue 12 on Star Wars: The Force Awakens Deadline: February 1, 2017 Special Issue: Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Narrative, Characters, Media, and Event Guest Editors: Jason W. Ellis, Alan Lovegreen, and[...]
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