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The Good Place and Philosophy

updated: 
Friday, July 13, 2018 - 11:31am
Meredith College
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Abstracts are sought for a collection of philosophical essays related to the book and television series The Good Place. This volume will be published by Open Court Publishing (the publisher of The Simpsons and Philosophy, Pink Floyd and Philosophy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy, Bullshit and Philosophy, Mr. Robot and Philosophy, and The Americans and Philosophy, etc.) as part of their successful Popular Culture and Philosophy series. Chapters of the book are meant to be accessible and entertaining to a lay audience. Potential contributors may want to examine other volumes in the Open Court series.

Daphne du Maurier: A Critical Reassessment

updated: 
Friday, July 13, 2018 - 12:01pm
Le Mans Université, France
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, January 6, 2019

Daphne Du Maurier: A Critical Reassessment – An Interdisciplinary International Conference

28-29 June 2019

Venue : Le Mans Université, Department of Anglophone Studies, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans cedex 09, France

Key Words: Daphne du Maurier – Short fiction – Novels – Film adaptations – Didactics --Biography – Psychoanalysis – Local history

Film & Media Festivals Studies, SCMS 2019 in Seattle (March, 13th-17th)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 9:00am
SCMS Film & Media Festivals Scholarly Interest Group
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

To participate in a preconstituted panel sponsored by the Film and Media Festivals SIG, please submit a summary no longer than 500 words, 3-5 bibliographic sources, and an author bio no longer than 150 words.

Please copy and paste your proposal into the body of the email message (avoid sending attachments!) and include in the subject heading “Film Festival SCMS paper (or workshop) submission.”

The suggested panel/workshop titles/themes are for your consideration. If you wish, feel free to suggest another! We are providing this service to help coordinate the papers of the SIG members so that a maximum number have the best chance of being selected to participate in the conference; this has proven to be a very successful tactic.

 

What Is Dead May Never Die: Italian Revivals of the Tragic (NeMLA 2019)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 10:34am
Victoria Fanti
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, September 30, 2018

In today’s mass media landscape, reports of domestic tragedies, inexplicable violence, and familial collapse have become staples of the 24-hour news cycle. Meanwhile, television series like Game of Thrones (Il Trono di Spade) and soap operas like The Bold and the Beautiful (Beautiful) sensationalize transgressions like parricide, incest, and tyrannical impulses to massive global success.

Women Filmmakers Around the Globe

updated: 
Monday, July 9, 2018 - 11:47am
Society for Cinema & Media Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, August 10, 2018

Call for Abstracts for Proposed Panel (Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Seattle 2019)

Proposed Panel: Women Filmmakers Around the Globe

 

Of late, there is a decided increase in the attention toward women’s contributions to culture and media, both in the popular press and academic literature. Numerous writers have documented historical achievements, contemporary struggles, everyday lived experiences, and cultural and societal triumphs of women’s experiences, particularly in screen media.

Digital and New Media Issue - Meta-Section -- MEDIASCAPE

updated: 
Friday, July 6, 2018 - 8:53am
Mediascape - UCLA's Graduate Cinema and Media Studies Journal
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Mediascape, UCLA’s graduate journal for Cinema and Media Studies, seeks submissions for the Meta-Section of its upcoming issue on digital and new media.

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