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CfP: ICFA 37 – Wonder Tales

Please join us for ICFA 37, March 16-20, 2016, when our theme will be Wonder Tales. Folklorists often use this term to refer to the stories commonly known as “fairy tales” due to the genre’s emphasis on the marvelous and[...]

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CfP: 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,[...]

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CfP: Scientific Utopias in Soviet Union: Fiction, science and power (1917-1991)

Deadline: 30 November 2015 Open to: anyone with a keen interest in the human and social sciences Venue: 23-24 September 2016, Paris, France Description The call for papers for the conference  “Scientific Utopias in Soviet Union: Fiction, science and power[...]

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CfP [UPDATE] Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy – February 26-28, 2016 – Spelman College

full name / name of organization: Octavia E. Butler Society contact email: oebliterarysociety@gmail.com February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E.[...]

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CfP: Essays on Space Horror in Film, 1950s – 2000s

full name / name of organization: Michele Brittany, Editor / Independent Scholar contact email: spacehorrorfilms@gmail.com Call for Papers Essays on Space Horror in Film, 1950s – 2000s Abstract Submission Deadline: August 25, 2015 In 1979, the word A L I[...]

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[CfP] On the Footsteps of Dwarves: Different Readings of a Mythical Figure in Popular Culture

full name / name of organization: Dr. Feryal Cubukcu / Dr. Sabine Planka contact email: cubukcu.feryal@gmail.com / planka@phil.uni-siegen.de Today more than ever fairy tales permeate pop culture, literature, music, fine arts, opera, ballet and cinema. Speaking of the history of[...]

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Emotional Journeys: Itinerant Theatres, Audiences, and Adaptation in the Long Nineteenth Century 

Itinerant Theatres Workshop • German Historical Institute London • 18-19 November 2015 In the nineteenth century, theatre was one of the most popular and important means of entertainment. Although only major cities could sustain more than one playhouse, theatrical touring[...]

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Speculative Fiction – SAMLA – Deadline Extended

Speculative fiction covers a broad range of narrative styles and genres. The cohesive element that pulls works together is that there is some “unrealistic” element, whether it’s magical, supernatural, or even a futuristic, technological development: works that fall into the[...]

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CfP: The Fantastic in a Transmedia Era: New Theories, Texts, Contexts

November Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25, 2015 International two-day conference at the University of Southern Denmark, SDU The fantastic is today’s most popular and significant genre in entertainment media. Among its developments are George R.R. Martin’s fantasy book series A Song[...]

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CfP: Chapters on Terry Pratchett

Call for Chapters FROM GIANT TURTLES TO SMALL GODS LITERARY, PHILOSOPHICAL AND MEDIA THEORY APPROACHES TO TERRY PRATCHETT Terry Pratchett’s death earlier this year brought into sharp relief three things: The depth of his fans’ devotion, the high esteem in which[...]

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