ICR: "The Dark Side of Romanticism," Colorado Springs, CO, October 20-23, 2016

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International Conference on Romanticism

The 2016 International Conference on Romanticism will be sponsored by The Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, near the base of Pikes Peak. Conference panels will be held in the Antlers Hotel, which will also serve as the main hotel for participants. In keeping with the traditions of the ICR we are sponsoring a conference with international and interdisciplinary aims. In the spirit of Halloween, our topic is "The Dark Side of Romanticism." We view this topic in a broad context and will accept papers on a wide range of topics.

We welcome proposals for completed panels with papers and participants.

Please send 250 word proposals to: ICR2016@ColoradoCollege.edu

The deadline for proposals is June 1, 2016.
We view the conference theme, "The Dark Side of Romanticism," in a broad context. Suggested possible topics include (but are not limited to):

Angst
Anxiety
Blending/Melding
Dark Materials
Death
Dreams
Distortion and Illusion
Ghosts
Gothic
Haunting
Macabre
Madness
Magic
Mayhem
Mephistotelean
Monsters
Nightmares
Perversion
Psychoanalytic
Repression
Satan
Strange Science
Sublime
Terror
Trance
Uncanny/Unheimlich
Underground
Violence
Visions
Wayward
Wonder