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Note: The Journal of Global South Studies (University of Florida Press) has shown interest in publishing this special issue
Concept Note
This volume will explore the outsized influence of community discourses on how games are experienced. Cultures and discourses surrounding games significantly impact player experiences. Salen and Zimmerman (2004) describe open cultural contexts where "the exchange of meaning between a game and its surrounding cultural context can change and transform both the game and its environment”. Consalvo (2007) discusses how videogame paratexts, including guides and wikis, serve crucial functions in understanding approaches to gameplay. Similarly, Mukherjee (2015) views games as multifaceted “assemblages” that are deeply informed by surrounding cultures and communities.
When Zac Efron was cast as Ted Bundy in Netflix’s 2019 production, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, this decision received a mixed reception. Some argued that Efron was too much of a ‘queasily parodic hottie’ for the role (Bradshaw 2019). Meanwhile, there was a counter argument to state that Efron’s starring role was in fact clever mimicry of Bundy’s alleged sex appeal and charisma, two defining qualities that enabled him to become such a prolific violent offender. Significantly though, Efron is far from the only conventionally attractive and high-profile actor to be cast in the role of a violent criminal.
Anthology Call for Submissions - UPDATED DEADLINE 8/1/24 For this astrology-themed anthology, we are looking for 12 stories—one for each Zodiac sign. Writers should submit a short story that aligns with their sign. (So, for example, a Virgo writer would submit a story that has Virgo vibes, Virgo characters, or embodies Virgo-ness in some way. Feel free to get creative with the connection!)
Open to literary fiction, experimental fiction, and genre fiction.
East-West Cultural Passage
Special Issue: Representations of Disaster in the Humanities, September 2024
Submission deadline: 1 August 2024
EXTENDED DEADLINE: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT BY 15 AUGUST 2024
We are looking for a few more contributions to our collection on trans parenting:
This anthology explores trans parenting and raising trans/non binary children from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. We welcome submissions that explore various dimensions of trans parenting in literary, cultural, artistic, political, historical, social, and economic contexts.
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) 2024 Annual Conference, November 7-9, 2024 in Atlantic City, NJ
UPDATED: Deadline has been extended to Sunday, July 7th!
Centre for Research in Posthumanities, Bankura University
Presents
A One-Day International Seminar & Panel-Discussion in Blended Mode on
Fluid Identities: Counter-heteronormative Performance and the Posthuman Ethos
(Date of the Event: 31.07.2024; 11AM-5PM IST, Wednesday)
Convener: Dr. Subhadeep Paul, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bankura University and Joint Coordinator, CRP, BKRU.
Fluid Identities: Counter-heteronormative Performance and the Posthuman Ethos
(Date of the Event: 31.07.2024; 11AM-5PM IST, Wednesday)
Convener: Dr. Subhadeep Paul, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bankura University and Joint Coordinator, CRP, BKRU.
ReFocus: The Films of Shirin Neshat
Edited by Maryam Ghorbankarimi (University of Lancaster) and Mazyar Mahan (University of Texas at Dallas)
Call for Papers
Historical Fictions Research Conference, Manchester, 13th & 14th February 2025
Deadline for proposals: 28th June 2024
The Reframing Hollywood series features dynamic and original short monographs and edited collections, each of which explore a single film of significant cultural impact which has emerged from the American film industry since the turn of the new millennium. These vibrant critical explorations of contemporary American film will offer a stimulating, academic, yet accessible interrogation of a single work from a variety of critical perspectives.
Conference online: 29-30 July 2024
ABOUT CONFERENCE:
Borders in the English-Speaking World: Mapping and Countermapping
Journal: Angles. New Perspectives on the Anglophone World
https://journals.openedition.org/angles/
Guest editors: Gwendolyne Cressman, Timothy A. Heron, Marianne Hillion
Deadline for proposal submissions: September 1st 2024
Call for proposal:
'Bhopal at 40: Remembering and storytelling' Special Issue of South Asian Review
Guest editors: Clare Barker (University of Leeds), Antara Chatterjee (IISER Bhopal) and Lynn Wray (University of Leeds)
Moveable Type is the graduate, peer-reviewed journal of the University College London (UCL) English Department. The theme for this year's journal is 'Promise'. We welcome all academic articles; book, art, music or film reviews; creative writing; and original art or film which respond to this year's theme.
The SAMLA 96 General Call for Abstracts will be used to build programming from abstracts that did not resonate with any of our currently published CFPs. SAMLA will review all submissions internally, and accepted abstracts will either be placed on an extant panel or combined with other General Call abstracts to create new sessions. The General Call is open to any and all disciplines.
Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee acceptance and placement, though we will work earnestly and diligently to place all abstracts.
Although there is no proscription against submitting multiple abstracts, each participant may present only one traditional paper per SAMLA conference.
The Victorians Institute Journal is now accepting submissions for volume 52.
In addition to publishing traditional scholarly articles and book reviews, VIJ also features shorter essays on active digital humanities projects (Digital Deliverables) and critical editions of rare and previously unpublished texts (most recently a cache of letters by John Stuart Mill, a rare pamphlet by members of the nascent Indian National Congress seeking to influence England's 1885 general election, and a new English-language translation of a Danish travelogue written by a woman painter born in Poland).
Open Call for Papers – European Journal of Theatre and Performance (EJTP)
EJTP currently welcomes submissions for the Essays Section for Issue 8. This issue will feature one of EJTP’s “open” Essays Sections (instead of a “themed” one), which means that authors can submit contributions on a topic of their choice. If interested, send your article by 15 July 2024 to ejtp_editors@eastap.com.
The PAMLA 2024 Conference will be held at the Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs, California (formerly the Riviera Resort, a favorite hangout of Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and other Hollywood and musical stars) between Thursday, November 7 and Sunday, November 10, 2024 (yes, you are correct: we have moved the conference back one week from its initially-scheduled weekend).
The 2024 PAMLA Conference is being held entirely in-person. We won’t be having any virtual or hybrid sessions or papers.
PAMLA 2024: PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
November 7-10, 2024
If you are a graduate student interested in talking about your graduate experience via a roundtable, this session is for you! This roundtable is still seeking sessions until June 16th or when there is enough submissions to fill a roundtable. All graduate students at all stages of their degree programs are heavily encouraged to submit an abstract! If you are a graduate student interested in presenting in a traditional paper panel, do not fear. You are also allowed to present in a roundtable.
Centering belonging, identity, and equity in our hiring practices requires potentially profound changes within the profession and across our institutions. Undoubtedly, departments, service-based offices, and institutions may struggle to identify the kinds of changes that can be made and may meet resistance to these changes. This collection aims to identify key points in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies’ (RCWS) hiring practices that can be adjusted or revised to enhance the inclusivity and equity of the job market experience for both applicants and hiring committee members.
Call for Reviews
For 2025 Journal Publication
We are pleased to announce a call for reviews for Volume 4 of our journal to be published in 2025.
Call for Journal Articles Now Open Sensing Euphoric and Dysphoric Atmospheres (Volume 4) Following our symposium, we invite authors to submit papers for publication consideration.
Our fifth annual online event addressed the theme of ‘sensing euphoric and dysphoric atmospheres’ in festive, celebratory, and ritual cultures. Taking an embodied perspective, we seek journal articles that focus on the role of corporeal perception in making sense of lived experience.
SAMLA 96Seen and UnseenFriday, November 15 to Sunday, November 17, 2024Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront | Jacksonville, FL
Zentrumstage 2024
The Historicities of Security and Peace
Philipps University Marburg (Germany)
October 9-11, 2024
Deadline for paper submission is June 16, 2024
Conference Topic
Femspec seeks both scholarly and creative submissions for its upcoming Issue 24.2.
Femspec is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed feminist academic journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres. Femspec publishes both academic scholarship and creative writing.
Creative writing submissions could include short fiction, poetry, or experimental forms.
To submit work for consideration, please review Femspec’s submission guidelines at the following link: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES | Femspec
NEW Deadline: Thursday, July 11, 2024 (Pete Murphy's B-Day!)
(Tentative) Conference Date(s): Friday August 16, 2024
Format: Online (via Zoom, PST)
Abstract: 150 words + short biographical statement + time zone
Submit to: bld45conference@gmail.com
Contact for inquiries: Noah Gallego @noahrgallego@gmail.com, cc: Rachel Birke @ rbirk001@g.ucla.edu (Subject Line: BLD45 Conference)
"Undead, undead, undead"
Sustainability: Which Way Now?
Bhabani Shankar Nayak
Dr Samuel O Idowu
Dr Amr Khafagy
Background
Call for Journal Articles Now Open
Every year after our symposium, we invite authors to submit papers for consideration for publication.
We are now inviting submissions for part two of the theme 'connections, interconnections, and disconnections'. To be published in Volume 3 of the Journal of Festival Culture Inquiry and Analysis by the end of 2024,
Whether ancient or modern, we continue to examine festival culture around the world. Papers should explore how these connections, interconnections, and disconnections may shape and influence cultural practices, traditions, and norms.