Outside the Frame of Theory
updated:
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 2:09pm
University of Freiburg
deadline for submissions:
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Call for Papers
OUTSIDE THE FRAME OF THEORY
June 23-24, 2017
University of Freiburg
CORRUPTIBLE SEED: Literary, Political, and Historical Perspectives on Bob Dylan
updated:
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 2:09pm
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond B.C.
deadline for submissions:
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
CORRUPTIBLE SEED: Literary, Political, and Historical Perspectives on Bob Dylan
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond B.C., September 22-23, 2017
Organisers: Tracey Kinney (Department of History, Kwantlen Polytechnic University), Gregory Millard (Department of Political Science, Kwantlen Polytechnic University), and Heather Cyr (Department of English, Kwantlen Polytechnic University).
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Heroes in Popular Culture Area CFP - MPCA/MACA Conference (Oct. 18-22 2017 in St. Louis, MO)
updated:
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 5:59pm
Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association
deadline for submissions:
Monday, May 15, 2017
Call for Papers:
HEROES IN POPULAR CULTURE
2017 Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Conference
Oct. 18-22, 2017
St. Louis, MO (Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch)
Submission Deadline: May 15, 2017
Submissions.mpcaaca.org
Papers can explore any topic relating to heroes and/or prevailing notions of heroism as they present themselves in popular culture. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
-Superheroes and action stars as heroic icons
-Video games and the experience of vicarious/learned heroism
-Connections between violence and heroism
-The gendering of heroism
-Heroines in young adult fiction