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Batman… Also Starring: Essays on the Caped Crusader’s Supporting Cast

updated: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:43am
Christopher Maverick
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

The editor of Batman… Also Starring is seeking abstracts for essays that could be included in the upcoming collection. Many academic texts focus on Batman as a cultural figure in comics as well as in films, television programs, and video games. However, like all great superheroes, Batman is as much defined by his supporting cast as he is by his costume, abilities or origin. While there is no shortage of scholarship devoted to his most famous sidekicks — such as Nightwing, Batgirl or the many Robins — and his most popular villains — like Joker, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn — little critical attention has been paid to the majority of his cast.

Reality TV in the Social Media Economy Cluster

updated: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:36am
ASAP/J
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, October 6, 2023

Something has changed about the way we watch reality TV. For example, Selling Sunset, a show about selling luxury homes in the Hollywood Hills area, is the new platonic ideal of reality TV. It presents the glamorous, unattainable Hollywood lifestyle but is grounded by the viewers’ social media engagement with the subjects online. These viewing practices facilitate a novel method of watching reality TV. Engagement is now self-reflexive: drama on many of the shows has its roots in Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit feuds about the show, rather than actual conflicts that unfold on-camera. Other series, such as Vanderpump Rules, Indian Matchmaking, and Too Hot to Handle similarly thrive in this social media economy.

International Ph.D. Seminar in American History / American Studies

updated: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:43am
Roosevelt Institute for American Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, September 29, 2023

Call for Papers

International Ph.D. Seminar in American History / American Studies

Middelburg, The Netherlands, 6-8 December 2023

The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) is a leading research center and graduate school, partnered with Leiden University, dedicated to the study of American history, politics, and society. Since 2003, the Institute has organized regular seminars for doctoral students pursuing research in its areas of interest.

Mothering and Motherhood: Past, Present, and Future

updated: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:44am
IAMAS and Boston University
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Mothering and Motherhood: Past, Present, and Future  

 

Location: Boston, Mass. (USA) and online 

Dates: June 21-23, 2024

Abstract due date: Oct. 15, 2023

 

EDITED BOOK: Deconstruction in Action: From Theory to Praxis

updated: 
Monday, October 23, 2023 - 6:22am
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Call for Book Chapters to the forthcoming edited volume, Deconstruction in Action: From Theory to Praxis, edited by Dr. Raisun Mathew, Assistant Professor of English, Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), India. The publisher of the edited volume is Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.

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The Forms of Academic Work

updated: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:36am
The Working Group on Academic Forms
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 1, 2023

Call for Papers: The Forms of Academic Work 

Special Issue of Postmodern Culture

Edited by The Working Group on Academic Forms