Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors
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TRANSMEDIA VILLAINS AND CREATURES
This new series by Lexington Books aims to cover the fascinating subject of villains and threatening creatures through an interdisciplinary perspective represented by fields as different as literary, film, religious, gender and art studies as much as philosophy and sociological and ecocritical approaches. Each volume will focus on a single figure (or group of figures) and examine it in its multiple incarnations, from their origins in myth, folklore and history as well as in a literary text, to their various adaptations in different media, including comics, graphic novels, cinema, TV, exhibitions, the visual arts, merchandise, fandom and tourist attractions.
FSNNA24 Call for ParticipationFan Studies Network North America Conference 2024 (virtual)October 17-20, 2024
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Coming this October!
The greatest fan studies event of this year, or any other.
An academic event of such magnitude, its like will never be seen again.
Four days of research … discussion … and community building!
Hold onto your webcams and get ready for…
FSNNA PRESENTS:
THE MONSTERS OF FAN STUDIES
WORLD TOUR ’24
Submissions for the 2024 FSNNA Conference
Building on the conference theme “Translation in Action,” this panel invites discussion on how Asia is represented and “translated” in modern and contemporary literature, literary criticism, and popular media, including, but not limited to, film, video games, visual novels, music, and fashion. Panelists are encouraged to engage with the following questions:
1. How is Asia and Asian-ness aesthetically and ideologically represented and “translated” by non-Asian authors and producers, e.g., Historia universal de la infamia (1935) by Jorge Luis Borges, La Chinoise (1967) by Jean-Luc Godard, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) by Rob Marshall, and Civilization VI (2016) by Sid Meister and Firaxis Games?
“Seen and Unseen,” the theme of SAMLA 96, which will meet from 15 through 17 November in Jacksonville, Florida, focuses on the tasks of discovering, uncovering, and recovering material that may have escaped earlier notice. The study of adaptation sharpens this duality further. Cinematic and theatrical adaptations famously present visuals that audiences for literary texts have previously had to visualize for themselves. Adaptations that censor the texts they adapt seek to replace old ways of seeing with new by concealing matters they think better unseen. Reparative adaptations seek to heal cultural traumas by shining new light on old assumptions about power and status.
This session at the 2024 Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association (PAMLA) conference will explore the tendency of contemporary literary works to portray non-human entities through a racial lens. We invite papers that examine this trend in the context of techno-Orientalism, which often reduces and objectifies the image of Asians to that of the hyper-modern. Submissions may adopt either a theoretical or a literary analysis approach. Please check the details here: View Session (ballastacademic.com).
Here's general information about the conference: 121st Annual Conference (Palm Springs, CA) - Nov. 7-10, 2024 - PAMLA
The FX Reader
Extended and revised call for chapters on select FX Channel original TV series are sought for an edited book collection. In a similar vein as The Essential HBO Reader (2008), this scholarly collection will serve as a valuable resource for TV scholars and educators on FX’s history and its most critically acclaimed, noteworthy series.
Each chapter is expected to focus on each series’ creation and production history, its overall aesthetics and key performances, core themes, its association with genre conventions, and relevance to the FX Channel. We still need chapter proposals on the following series:
UPDATE: The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 4/22/2024.
ATTN: If you submitted a CFP before April 7, due to a technical issue, please resubmit for consideration by 4/22.
Board Game Academics (BGA) is a journal and conference dedicated to the exploration of critical issues within the distinct yet overlapping communities of tabletop board and role-playing games.
We're now accepting proposals for our 2024 conference and 2025 journal through April 15, 2024. See below for details, or visit our website to learn more: https://boardgameacademics.com/submissions/
121st Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, Palm Springs, California, Margaritaville Resort, Thursday, November 7 through Sunday, November 10, 2024
"I'm Afraid Dave": Artificial Intelligence in Pop Culture Media and Fictive Narratives
Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies
Call for Papers for a Special Issue
The circulation of the Italian cinema in United States between 1945 and 1975.
Distribution, reception, impact
Guest-editors:
Federico di Chio, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Università degli Studi di Bologna
Marina Nicoli, Bocconi University
Children’s Literature and Young Adult Literature Permanent Sections
Session Coordinator: Dr. Amberyl Malkovich
Dept. of English, Concord University
“Health” in Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Cultures
Dear colleagues,
Please find below the links to the call for papers of the international conference "Political Speeches in Film" which will take place at the Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France on March 17, 18, 2025. You can also download the CFP (in both English and French) here :
https://idea.univ-lorraine.fr/sites/default/files/2024-04/CFP%20-%20Political%20Speeches%20in%20Film%20-%20EN-1_0.pdf (English version)
Call for Papers: Journal of Greek Media and Culture
Edited by Dr Olga Kourelou and Dr Lydia Papadimitriou
Special Issue: 'Greek Stardom and Celebrity: Histories and Methods'
View the full call here>>
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-greek-media-culture#call-for-papers
CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND PANEL PROPOSALS
Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference: Adaptations Area
Friday-Sunday, 4-6 October 2024
DePaul University—Loop Campus, Chicago, IL
Address: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: (312) 362-8000
Call for Journal Articles Now Open
Submit: https://tinyurl.com/bdftd8wr
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,
Call for Papers
Taylor Swift & Swiftie Studies
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
2024 SWPACA Summer Salon
June 20-22, 2024
Virtual Conference
Submissions open on March 25, 2024
Proposal submission deadline: April 15, 2024
The 121st annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) will be held from Thursday, November 7, to Sunday, November 10, 2024, at the Margaritaville Resort, Palm Springs, California.
Feminisms in the 21st-Century Science Fiction Novel:
Location: Palm Springs, California
Conference date: Thursday, Nov. 7 - Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024
Coreopsis Autumn 2024
Coreopsis Journal of Myth and TheatreWalking Another Path
Published September 2024
Dbanline for submissions: July 1, 2024
Full Call: https://societyforritualarts.com/coreopsis/spring-2024-issue/call-coreop...
To contact the editors and to submit your work to Coreopsis Journal, please write to:
In The Psychology of Clothes (1940), the psychoanalyst John Carl Flügel contends that there is a central tension in human psychology between the desire for modesty through concealment of the body and the desire for exhibitionism through decoration of the body.
Neo/noir and Thriller Imaginaries in US American Culture
Virtual Conference | September 6–7, 2024
We are inviting proposals for 20-minute conference papers on the Hulu Adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s famous 1985 dystopia. The novel was published during Ronald Reagan’s troubled presidency, which witnessed second-wave feminism, anti-pornography, pro-life and pro-legal abortion campaigns, but the first season of the adaptation was likewise released during troubled times, a few months after the controversial election of Donald Trump as the 50th President of the USA, which created an equally tense political scene. Women across the world were protesting for female and human rights, often dressed in the now iconic Handmaid’s costume.
SAMLA 96 Convention, "Seen and Unseen," will be held Friday, November 15 to Sunday, November 17, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, FL
Unreal Prisonscapes (panel--in-person)
We are soliciting manuscripts for monographs or edited collections that examine the topic of Generation X for our new series titled Generation X : Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation. Academics and non-academics alike from all generational backgrounds are welcomed to submit abstracts and/or completed manuscripts for review. Projects will be published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
Online Symposium Date: 2nd June 2024.
Sensing Euphoric and Dysphoric Atmospheres
Our annual symposiums are open to all. If you just want to come along to listen to presentations and discussions, we're happy to have you. If you'd like to present a paper and take part in discussions, make sure to submit your abstract proposal as early as possible.
Symposium Registration here:https://tinyurl.com/mry9a5tv
LGBTIQ+ Representations and Media in US Popular Culture: Exploring New Directions, Challenges, and Queer Heritage
Editor: J. Javier Torres-Fernández (University of Almería)
Conference Dates: Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March 2025
Location: Le Mans University, France (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nrrshiTddgof53vB7)
Keywords: W. Somerset Maugham, Popular, Middlebrow and High Culture, Literary Criticism, Colonialism, Travel Studies, Gender Studies, Biography, Adaptations, Translations, Cultural Transfers, Propaganda
Conference Format: In-person, but videoconference will be possible in specific cases
Conference Languages: English; French a possibility for a limited number of papers
Conference Website: https://maugham-le-mans.sciencesconf.org
Call for Papers
Stardom & Fandom
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
2024 SWPACA Summer Salon
June 20-22, 2024
Virtual Conference
Submissions open on March 25, 2024
Proposal submission deadline: April 15, 2024
Call for Papers
Children’s/Young Adult Culture
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
2024 SWPACA Summer Salon
June 20-22, 2024
Virtual Conference
Submissions open on March 25, 2024
Proposal submission deadline: April 15, 2024
Black Feminist Excesses
(MLA 2025 Proposed Working Group)
This working group aims to theorize excess, desire and unbridled being in Black feminist and womanist studies. How does Black feminism and womanism engage disparate, wayward, or fringe forms of identity, embodiment, materiality, affect and culture? How can concepts like ‘indulgence’ or ‘aspiration’ be considered or troubled among current theoretical frameworks? What do you think is on the horizon for Black feminist and womanist thought in moving beyond the postfeminist moment?