The Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic Area of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association invites paper proposals for a special panel addressing intersections of witchcraft and sexuality in practice and representation through tradition and cultural media, to be held in the forthcoming annual conference this February 21-24 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

The Area for Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association invites presentation proposals for this special panel addressing the relationship of esotericism, occultism, and magic to art, particularly in the context of art history.  A brief panel description is below, but any related proposals will be considered.  Even if your proposal is not selected for this special panel, the Area welcomes any proposals relating to esotericism, occultism, magic, and associated areas of culture.  For further details or to inquire about sending an abstract for this special panel, please contact the Area Chair, Dr.

Post/Modern Subversion and Textual Rebellion

Sequestered Places, Heaving Seas: The Life and Works of M. R. James

A One-Day Symposium, Tuesday 30 April 2024

Centre for Culture and Heritage, University of Suffolk

Keynote Speakers

Simon Loxley – M. R. James and the Suffolk Landscape

Professor Matt Hills – M. R. James and Adaptation

Title: From Home to Horizon: Women Writers of Indian Diaspora

Editors:

•             Dr. Bijender Singh

•             Dr. Protibha Sahukar

•             Dr. SK Sao

•             Dr. Anurag Ambasta

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2023

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What: Pearl Kibre Medieval Study 18th Annual Conference
Where: Hybrid, hosted through The Graduate Center, CUNY
When: Friday 3 May 2024

Yellowstone (2018, Paramount Network), Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western television series that premiered in 2018, has grown into a cultural phenomenon. Not only has the show itself been enormously popular (as measured by its ratings and fan following within the United States and South Africa, for example), but its characters, and the Dutton family that are central to the story, have since been incorporated into a shared story universe covering a period from 1881 to the present day. This story is centred around the fictional Yellowstone ranch in Montana, which is both the main setting and metaphorical heart of the show.

LITERATURE AND ECOLOGY

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for papers: Media and the Police State

Editor: Soumik Pal

Special Section of Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick would like to invite postgraduate students from any institution working in gender and women’s studies or any related field to present at the Graduate Student Seminar Series for the coming academic year 2023/2024. 

There is no particular ‘theme’ for this year’s seminar series. We welcome submissions from all disciplines on any gender related topics. There will be up to five (5) seminar slots spread over the year. 

We are pleased to announce below Call for Proposals for Special Issues/ Thematic Clusters:

In July 2023, a tech startup called “Simulation Inc” released an AI technology that the company claims will make it possible to generate entire t.v. episodes—including dialogue, voice acting, animation, and editing—from nothing more than a two-sentence prompt. Somewhat oddly—and provoking suspicion that the project might be a hoax or internet prank—Simulation Inc’s website lists a fake address under their contact info: 500 Baudrillard Drive, San Francisco, CA. 

Consent-Based Theatre Pedagogy: Anti-Oppressive Practices for Youth Performance

Consent-based performance practices have been widely discussed in recent years–specifically those practices related to the staging of intimacy in live performance and in film. While scholarship dedicated to the practices, theories, and politics of consent in theatrical and cinematic labor continues to accumulate, the use of consent-based practices in theatrical settings to impact the artistic and social-emotional learning of youth remains largely underexplored.