CFP: The Sixth International Symposium on the Poetics of Science Fiction, 17-18 March 2019, Tel-Aviv University
The Sixth International Symposium on the Poetics of Science Fiction Re-Collections: Memory, History and Mindspace in Science Fiction Department of English and American Studies and the Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel-Aviv University 17-18 March 2019 While science fiction excels[...]
read moreCFP: Laboring Bodies and the Quantified Self, University of Mannheim, Oct 5-6, 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS: LABORING BODIES AND THE QUANTIFIED SELF University of Mannheim, Oct 5-6, 2018 The body has become central to practices of self-tracking and self-improvement. Quantifying the self, for example by counting steps, calories, tracking sleep patterns, heart rate,[...]
read moreCfP: Edited Collection: Excessive Reflections: Doubles and Other Transmutations in Latin American Gothic
Edited Collection: Excessive Reflections: Doubles and Other Transmutations in Latin American Gothic deadline for submissions: November 30, 2017 full name / name of organization: Edited Collection: Excessive Reflections: contact email: antonio.alcala@itesm.mx Background: The collection Excessive Reflections focuses on a recurrent[...]
read moreCfP: The Fourth Annual Dartmouth Illustration, Comics and Animation Conference. May 26th and 27th, 2018
The Fourth Annual Dartmouth Illustration, Comics and Animation Conference. May 26th and 27th, 2018. deadline for submissions: December 1, 2017 full name / name of organization: Dartmouth College contact email: michael.chaney@dartmouth.edu The Fourth Annual Dartmouth Illustration, Comics and Animation Conference.[...]
read moreCfP: Generation BioWare conference (December 2017), Wroclaw
Conference website: https://generationbioware.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/generation-bioware-international-academic-conference-wroclaw/ American Literature and Culture Section (Department of English Studies, University of Wrocław) and New Media and Popular Literature Section (Department of Polish Studies, University of Wrocław) invite paper abstracts for “Generation BioWare,” a conference focused exclusively on[...]
read moreWinners of the 2014 Ditmar Awards
At Continuum X, 6-9 June 2014, the following were the winners and runners-up of the annual Australian SF Awards (Ditmars). Winners in each category are in bold. Best Novel Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing) Fragments of a[...]
read moreVolume 55.1 (2014) of Extrapolation Now Available
Dear colleague: Volume 55.1 (2014) of Extrapolation is now available on the liverpool.metapress.com website at http://liverpool.metapress.com/content/g6114146054k/. Extrapolation is a leading international journal publishing academic work on the specialized popular culture genres of science fiction and fantasy. You can keep up[...]
read moreExtrapolation: Call for Reviewers
Call for Reviewers The following books are available for review in Extrapolation. As always, if we haven’t worked together before, please send me an email explaining who you are and why you are qualified to review a particular book. Thanks! Charles L. Adler. Wizards,[...]
read moreNew Student Caucus Representatives
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Student Caucus election: the next representative to the board will be Skye Cervone, and the Vice-Representative will be Stina Attebery. Congratulations, Skye and Stina! Their terms will run from August 1, 2014[...]
read more2014-15 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship
Deadline: September 5, 2014, 5:00 pm Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society, Robert D. Clark Honors College, and University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA). Purpose: The intention of the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship[...]
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