Join the Frankenstein Bicentennial Workshop at Arizona State University
Deadline for Applications: Friday, February 28, 2014 No work of literature has done more to shape the way humans imagine science and its consequences than _Frankenstein_, Mary Shelley’s enduring tale of creation and responsibility. In _Frankenstein_, Shelley established the creature[...]
read moreICFA Grad Student Writing Workshop
Hello Graduate Students, I’m writing to let you all know that we still have FIVE open spots in the writing workshop with Sherryl Vint! If you’ve been putting off signing up, or thinking you missed your chance, please contact me[...]
read moreNew Wave SF Conference CFP — deadline extended
Keynote: Professor Rob Latham (UC, Riverside): Senior Editor, Science Fiction Studies; editorial board member, The Journal of Science Fiction Film and Television and The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. University of East Anglia 31 May—1 June, 2014 Conference[...]
read moreScience Fiction Collection adds Filk as Deeper than Swords Exhibit Closes
Marketing and Communications | January 08, 2014 Fans of Game of Thrones have until February 7, 2013, to visit the George R. R. Martin Deeper than Swords exhibit at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives before it closes. The exhibit showcases objects, editions and manuscripts from the[...]
read moreCfP: “Popular Culture” – second issue of e-journal helden. heroes. héros.
Whether heroes of Antiquity such as Ulysses or Achill, biblical heroes like David or Judith, medieval folk heroes like Robin Hood or Joan of Arc, heroes of national revolution such as Danton or Marat, literary heroes and anti-heroes like Don[...]
read more8th Science Fiction Foundation Masterclass in Science Fiction Criticism
The Eighth Science Fiction Foundation Masterclass in Science Fiction Criticism will be held from Monday 11 August 2014 to Wednesday 13 August, immediately before Loncon3, the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention. We are pleased to announce that the venue will[...]
read moreSamatar Wins 2014 Crawford Award
The winner of the 2014 Crawford Memorial Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for an outstanding first fantasy book, is Sofia Samatar for A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press). According to award[...]
read moreBook Hotel Accommodations Now
Dear IAFA Members, The Board would like to remind everyone that the hotel block is often booked well in advance of the conference, and if you haven’t secured a reservation you should do so as soon as possible. Here’s a[...]
read moreCfP reminder: Fantastic Games: Ludic imaginary spaces and their socio-cultural impact
Fifth annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. [Association for Research in the Fantastic] at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt September 11 – 14, 2014 In Homo Ludens (1938), his essential and seminal study that is frequently seen as the beginning of Game Studies as we understand them[...]
read moreActivities in London Summer of 2014
9th and 10th August: Nine Worlds Geekfest at the Raddison Heathrow: https://nineworlds.co.uk/2014/tickets 11-13th August Science Fiction Foundation Masterclass. 14th-18th August Worldcon in London http://www.loncon3.org 20th August Bujold Conference, Anglia Ruskin Cambridge: http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/52317 21st August: Irradiating the Object: M. John Harrison Warwick University[...]
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