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Portals: A Journal of Comparative Literature

updated: 
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 11:05am
SFSU Comparative and World Literature
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 11, 2019

Portals: A Journal of Comparative Literature

Spring 2019

The Comparative Literature Student Association (CLSA) at San Francisco State University is accepting submissions for the Spring 2019 edition of the literary journal Portals.

In addition to papers looking across linguistic borders, we invite submissions from those engaging critically with literary topics from an interdisciplinary or comparative perspective. This includes:

The Force of The Umbrella Academy (MLA 2020)

updated: 
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 9:32am
Lisann Anders / University of Zurich
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 25, 2019

Call for papers for a proposed special session at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention on January 9-12, 2020, in Seattle, Washington.

The Netflix show Umbrella Academy, which is based on the comic book series from 2008/2009, gives superhero stories a new twist as it revolves more around identity quests and the acceptance of powers or the lack thereof within a dysfunctional family environment. Trying to define what it means to be a hero, what it means to have powers, what it means to be human, and what it means to be a family, the protagonists need to start over. They need to overcome their own individual struggles by means of their family to be a family once again.

Transmedia Storytelling in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

updated: 
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 8:24am
Carrie Sickmann Han / Children's and Young Adult Literature Forum at the 2020 MLA
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 3, 2019

The Children's and Young Adult Literature Forum invites abstract subissions for their 2020 MLA non-guaranteed session on Transmedia Storytelling in Children’s and Young Adult Literature:

Northeast Pop Culture 2019 Conference - CFP

updated: 
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 10:00am
Northeast Popular Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Apologies for cross posting!

I wanted to inform the list that the NEPCA conference destination has been announced for November 15-16th in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel.  We're looking forward to a great conference and have opened up the call for papers.

We have been a well-attended conference for years that offers a welcoming, encouraging and (reasonably) affordable event for graduate students, independent scholars, and scholars of all experience to present their current and forthcoming research.

Podcasting Poetics

updated: 
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 9:58am
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

11-12 October 2019

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

 

Alyn Euritt (Leipzig)

Patrick Gill (Mainz)

 

 

“Not Just Amongst the Gothic: Doubles, Duality, and Doppelgangers in Children’s and Young Adult Literature”

updated: 
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 9:38am
Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture Permanent Session/Midwest Modern Language Association Chicago, IL November 14-17, 2019.
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 5, 2019

Doubles, duality, and doppelgangers are concepts found and addressed throughout Children’s and Young Adult Literature. While twins, such as those found in the Sweet Valley Highor The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamelseries, may overtly speak to doubling, other considerations, such as the “double-voiced discourse” of young adult literature Mike Cadden explores in “The Irony of Narration in Young Adult Literature,” also speaks to the wide treatment doubles and doubling have received by scholars, critics, and authors of Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Children’s and Young Adult Literature are of wide interest to audiences of children, young adults, and adults alike.

“Repurposing Chaucer” (MLA 2020 Chaucer Forum)

updated: 
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 9:22am
MLA Chaucer Forum
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 15, 2019

“Repurposing Chaucer”

(MLA 2020 Chaucer Forum)

What are/should be Chaucerian scholarship’s ethical commitments? What is/could be its relation to Chaucerian adaptations in various media? Gender, sexuality, race, and class; politics of Chaucer scholarship and amateur or creative Chauceriana. 250-word abstracts for roundtable presentations by March 15 to Catherine Sanok (sanok@umich.edu) and Cord Whitaker (cwitak3@wellesley.edu).

Extended deadline! Gothic Feminism 3: Technology, Women and Gothic On-Screen

updated: 
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 8:43am
Gothic Feminism
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 1, 2019

 

EXTENDED DEADLINE! Abstracts accepted until Friday 1st March

 

Gothic Feminism presents:

 

Technology, Women, and Gothic-Horror On-Screen 

2 – 3 May 2019

University of Kent

 

Keynote speaker: Dr Lisa Purse (University of Reading)

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Critical Essays on James Wan

updated: 
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 11:34am
Matthew Edwards
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, May 31, 2019

Critical Essays on James Wan

 

Deadline for abstract submissions:  May, 2019

 

Full name / name of organization:

Matthew Edwards/ Independent Scholar

 

Contact email: fatherib@aol.com

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns/Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

http://artes.filo.uba.ar/la-literatura-de-las-artes-combinadas-ii

contact mail: citeron05@yahoo.com

 

Critical Essays on James Wan

 

Edited by Matthew Edwards and Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns

 

CFP NYC 2019 Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies

updated: 
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 5:37am
Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 18, 2019

CMCS 8th International Conference

Bridging Gaps: Re-Fashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics

The Terrace Club / Club Quarters (across NBC)
New York City, USA

August 30 – September 1, 2019

Abstract deadline: March 18, 2019

 

Keynote Speakers:

Dr Andrew Zolides
Communication and Media, Xavier University, USA

Dr Basuli Deb
English and Gender Studies, Rutgers University and CUNY, USA

CMCS 8th International Conference Bridging Gaps: Re-Fashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics

updated: 
Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 1:42pm
Centre for Media & Celebrity Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, March 18, 2019

We are pleased to announce professors Andrew Zolides, Basuli Deb, and Alex Symons as the keynote speakers for the 2019 CMCS conference in New York City. Best presented papers will be published in the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies@IntellectBooks. University library/individual subscription options are below.

 Extended abstract deadline: March 18, 2019

NYC 2019 CMCS 8th International Conference

Bridging Gaps: Re-Fashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics

 

Terrace Club at Club Quarters

New York City, USA

Friday, August 30 – Sunday, September 1

 

Keynote Speakers:

 

Of Entrepreneurial Castaways and Overflowing Passions: 300 Years of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Haywood's Love in Excess

updated: 
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 6:28pm
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

 

Of Entrepreneurial Castaways and Overflowing Passions:

300 Years of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe

and Eliza Haywood’s Love in Excess

 

An International Conference

13 and 14 May, 2019

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM

Mexico City

 

Summary

Superheroes in Contemporary Media

updated: 
Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 8:17am
Michelle Smith, Panic at the Dicourse - Queen's University (Kingston)
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

In common superhero mythos, unearthly, other-than-human, or more-than-human figures use their many extraordinary abilities to restore order, do battle with evil, uphold justice, and protect the innocent. Acting as guardians, protectors and defenders of Earth and its people, these courageous figures have long captured both our attention and imagination. However, with the rise of several notable media franchises, superheroes have become a ubiquitous part of our present popular cultural moment.

In this premiere print and online edition of Panic at the Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal, the editors invite submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

Fear 2000: Contemporary Horror Worldwide Conference – 1-2 June 2019 (Abstracts due 1 March 2019)

updated: 
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 12:03pm
Department of Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, March 1, 2019

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers and 80-minute panels for the fourth annual Fear 2000 conference at Sheffield Hallam University – Fear 2000: Contemporary Horror Worldwide. Hosted by staff and postgraduate students in the Department of Humanities, the conference will investigate international horror in the twenty-first century.

Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music

updated: 
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 12:01pm
J. Ryan Hibbett / Northern Illinois University
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Call for Chapter Proposals

Book Title: Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music

Editor: J. Ryan Hibbett, Northern Illinois University

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2019

 

 

Book description

Call for Papers - The Comics and Popular Arts Conference in Atlanta

updated: 
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 11:03am
The Comics and Popular Arts Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, February 11, 2019

2019 Call for Papers / Call for Proposals

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 2/11/19

The Comics and Popular Arts Conference (CPAC) invites submissions for our 12th Annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, August 30-September 2, 2019.

Page 23 Literary Conference at Denver Pop Culture Con

updated: 
Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 2:02pm
Page 23 / Pop Culture Classroom
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

Call for Papers, Panels, and PresentationsPage 23 LitConMay 31-June 2

 

500-word abstracts for papers, panels, creative presentations, roundtables, or any other appropriate event offering a critical approach on comics and pop culture are being accepted for a scholarly conference at

DENVER POP CULTURE CON at the Colorado Convention Center           DENVER, CO      MAY 31-JUNE 2, 2019

 

REMINDER: CFP: Special Issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport on Fantasy Sport

updated: 
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 10:37am
The International Journal of the History of Sport
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

Since its creation in the mid-20th century, fantasy sport has become a significant part of international sport and its history. Once an obscure subculture of statistics-obsessed sports fans, fantasy sport now constitutes a cultural phenomenon with 59.3 million North American participants in 2017 and with tens of millions more throughout the world. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, North American participants alone spend an average of $556 a year on fantasy sport and related materials, amounting to almost $33 billion in annual revenue. With this level of fan interest and earning capacity, fantasy sport is now a major force within the global sport industry.

One essay needed on reception of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

updated: 
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 8:54am
Amanda Konkle / Georgia Southern University
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, January 31, 2019

I am looking for one essay to fill an empty spot in an edited collection on the television show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. This essay should address the critical reception of the show. The final draft of the essay is needed by March 15, 2019. 

The collection overall argues that the show participates in quality or post-quality television programming through its generic hybridity and diverse cast and storylines. 

If interested, please submit queries and/or a 300-word abstract to akonkle@georgiasouthern.edu by January 31, 2019.

Literary Tattoos: Lasting Impressions, Cultural Practices and Representations.

updated: 
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 8:53am
Anne Chassagnol Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

 

Literary Tattoos:

Lasting Impressions, Cultural Practices and Representations.

 

We are pleased to announce two one-day conferences on literary tattoos. The first one will take place in Paris, at the Musée d’art et d’histoire de la ville de Saint-Denis, on June 13, 2019. The second one is scheduled for November 2019 at the Université Polytechnique Hauts de France, Valenciennes, France.

CFP: Special Issue of IJHS on Fantasy Sports

updated: 
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 2:28am
The International Journal of the History of Sport
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

Since its creation in the mid-20th century, fantasy sport has become a significant part of international sport and its history. Once an obscure subculture of statistics-obsessed sports fans, fantasy sport now constitutes a cultural phenomenon with 59.3 million North American participants in 2017 and with tens of millions more throughout the world. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, North American participants alone spend an average of $556 a year on fantasy sport and related materials, amounting to almost $33 billion in annual revenue. With this level of fan interest and earning capacity, fantasy sport is now a major force within the global sport industry.

Queer SF: Beyond the Heteronormative Paradigm

updated: 
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 1:31pm
MOSF Journal of Science Fiction
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, April 1, 2019

The Museum of Science Fiction is accepting 250-word proposals for 15-20 minute papers to be presented at this year’s Escape Velocity Conference in National Harbor Maryland, May 24th – 26th, 2019.

(Dis)ability and Comics: Fifth Annual Dartmouth College Conference on Illustration, Comics, and Animation

updated: 
Monday, January 7, 2019 - 11:31am
Dartmouth College Conference on Illustration, Comics, and Animation
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 28, 2019

Deadlined extended:

How do comics and related visual media such as illustrated books, comic strips, and animation represent disability differently from other media, and what new possibilities do they propose for thinking about or visualizing ability?

Join us for a one-day conference at Dartmouth College on Friday April 26, 2019.

Heavy Metal Music in Latin America: Perspectives from the Distorted South

updated: 
Thursday, January 3, 2019 - 9:43am
Heavy Metal Music in Latin America: Perspectives from the Distorted South
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, January 31, 2019

HEAVY METAL MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICA: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE DISTORTED SOUTH

Editors:
Nelson Varas-Díaz
Florida International University

Daniel Nevárez
University of Massachusetts – Amherst

The New York Mets in Popular Culture

updated: 
Thursday, January 3, 2019 - 9:34am
McFarland and Company
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, February 15, 2019

The New York Mets in Popular Culture

 

McFarland and Company invites baseball writers to contribute abstracts for an essay collection presently titled The New York Mets in Popular Culture.

Writers are encouraged to submit abstracts on the following topics or choose their own. 

 

DEADLINE EXTENDED - At the Intersection: Bridging Theory and Praxis through Media and Mediums

updated: 
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 11:46am
Society of English Graduate Scholars at Illinois State University
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 18, 2019

Central Illinois Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference 2019

Call for Papers:

 

At the Intersection: Bridging Theory and Praxis through Media and Mediums

 

The Third Annual Central Illinois Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference is currently accepting presentation proposals. This year’s conference theme is “At the Intersection: Bridging Theory and Praxis through Media and Mediums.”

 

Undergraduate students are welcome to apply and registration fees are waived for all participants.

 

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