interdisciplinary

A one-day conference on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK.  Conference theme: "The Multicolored Tapestry of Asia: Traditions, Conversations, and Development." We welcome individual papers, thematic panels, and poster presentations exploring and examining topics relating to Asian cultures and societies for a multidisciplinary reflection on and conversation about Asia’s past, present, and future.

Registration includes a luncheon featuring authentic Asian foods and an exquisite martial arts performance by real Japanese ninjas!

Further information can be found at https://ucoascf.wixsite.com/ucoascf

Show & Prove 2018 Hip Hop Studies Conference

December 7-9, 2018 | Riverside, CA
Keywords:  hustling, response/ability

CALL FOR PAPERS/ PANELS/ PERFORMANCES/ WORkSHOPS**DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO MAY 30TH, 2018**

This panel seeks papers from scholars working across the disciplines interested in employing interdisciplinary or otherwise innovative methodologies aimed at facilitating teaching and learning about the Anthropocene at all levels.

BayMoot:

The Inagural California Bay Area Literature and Language Symposium

August 18, 2018

Mills College, Oakland, CA

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Corey Olsen

Signum University and Mythgard Institute are proud to announce the inaugural 2018 BayMoot, a symposium dedicated to exploring the intersection between culture and speculative fiction on Saturday, August 18, 2018. A mixture of paper presentations and discussion sessions will be offered along with a keynote address by guest of honor Dr. Corey Olsen, “The Tolkien Professor.”

In what game designer Eric Zimmerman calls our 'ludic century', the proliferation of games of all sorts makes them a schema for (re)understanding the modes and habits of cultural production. Indeed, the practices of Shakespearean appropriation are frequently products of playful engagements, whereby the appropriator traverses the text, building virtual or imaginary worlds that interact with the received Shakespearean corpus, its margins, and its outliers in creative ways. Moreover, just as play may be likened to appropriation, aspects of Shakespeare games and game development might reflect and/or challenge traditional modes of humanistic inquiry, and adaptive play has the capacity to influence critical reading practices.