[ecrea] CALL FOR PAPERS: The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts "The Fantastic Ridiculous"

> CALL FOR PAPERS: The
> International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
> "The Fantastic Ridiculous"
>
> As always, we also welcome proposals for individual papers and for
> academic sessions and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any
> media.  The deadline is NOVEMBER 15, 2010.
>
> March 16-20, 2011
>
> Guest of Honor: Connie Willis
> Connie Willis is the award winning author of Doomsday Book, Passage,
> To Say Nothing of the Dog, and Bellwether, among others. Connie has
> received 10 Hugo Awards, 11 Locus Poll Awards, and 6 Nebula Awards.
> Her stories have an epic feel and range from laugh out loud funny to
> deadly serious.
>
> Guest of Honor: Terry Bisson
> Terry Bisson is the author of seven novels: Wyrldmaker; Talking Man,
> a
> World Fantasy Award nominee, Fire on the Mountain; Voyage to the Red
> Planet; Pirates of the Universe, the most reviewed SF novel of 1996;
> The Pickup Artist; Numbers Don’t Lie – and two novellas, Dear Abbey,
> nominated for the British Science Fiction Association award; and
> Planet of Mystery. Bisson’s short fiction has turned up in Playboy,
> Asimov’s, Omni, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Socialism &
> Democracy,
> Southern Exposure, and Harpers.
>
> Guest Scholar: Andrea Hairston
> Andrea Hairston has received many awards for her writing and
> directing
> including a National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Playwrights, a
> Ford Foundation Grant to collaborate with Senegalese Master Drummer
> Massamba Diop, an NEA grant to work as a dramaturge/director with
> playwright Pearl Cleage, and a Shubert Fellowship for
> Playwriting.
>
>
> Look for Information and Updates at the IAFA website:
> www.iafa.org
>
> **
>
> Submission Guidelines
>
> In order to be considered for the 2011 program, your proposal to (1)
> read a paper, (2) recruit and chair a paper session, or (3) organize
> and chair a panel discussion should be date-stamped no later than
> NOVEMBER 15, 2010; electronic correspondence is preferred. Proposals
> must be sent to the appropriate Division Head (addresses below) and
> you may not submit to more than one Division. Advise the Division
> Head
> if you would like to volunteer to chair a paper session. Proposals
> must include a 500-word abstract and appropriate bibliography
> indicating the project's scholarly or theoretical context.
> Presenters
> must be members of IAFA at the time of the conference.  Be sure
> to
> indicate all audio-visual equipment needs in this initial proposal;
> later A/V requests cannot be guaranteed.
>
> CHILDREN’S & YOUNG-ADULT’S LITERATURE & ART
> The Children's and Young Adult Literature and Art division accepts
> critical scholarship papers that focus on literature aimed at
> younger
> readers. This includes picture books as well as middle-grade and
> young
> adult novels, short stories, and graphic novels that involve
> fantasy,
> horror, paranormal romance, science fiction, and any other aspect of
> the fantastic. Division Head: Amie Rose Rotruck, Hollins University
> ((AROTRUCK /at/ GMAIL.COM)).
>
> FANTASY LITERATURE
> The Fantasy Literature division welcomes papers on all aspects of
> fantasy literature (broadly defined to mean anything from genre
> fantasy to magic realism and folk tales) including, but not
> restricted
> to, criticism on works by fantasy authors writing in English, inter
> disciplinary approaches to the genre, and scholarship on fantasy
> theory. Division Head: Stefan Ekman, Lund University
> (
> (STEFAN.EKMAN /at/ ENGLUND.LU.SE)).
>
> FILM & TELEVISION
> The Fantastic in Film & Media division welcomes proposals for
> paper
> presentations that deal with the fantastic broadly construed in
> cinema
> and television.  Division Head: Jeffrey Weinstock, Central
> Michigan
> University.
> (
> (JEFFREY.WEINSTOCK /at/ CMICH.EDU)).
>
> PARTICIPATORY AND CONVERGENCE STUDIES [formerly CC]
> The Participatory and Convergence Studies (PCS) Division accepts
> papers on all aspects of fan culture, production, and communities;
> transformative works (both fan works and professional works);
> audience/reception studies; and convergence (multi-media, often
> interactive/participatory) narratives and “texts.”  This would
> include
> (but not be limited to) topics such as geek culture; fan fiction;
> fan
> art/film; vidding; conventions/convention culture; cosplay;
> marketing
> the fantastic; online fan communities, websites, forums, and mailing
> lists; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (and similar transformative
> works); alternate reality games/books/comics/tie-in products; and
> viral marketing. Division Head: Barbara Lucas, Lakeland Community
> College
> ((BARBEDWRITING /at/ YAHOO.COM)
> ).
>
> VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS [formerly PCVA]
> The Visual & Performing Arts Division turns a speculative eye
> towards
> issues of representation in visual media, both new and traditional.
> It draws its subject matter from a diverse range of texts including:
> video games; comic books & sequential art; performance studies
> and
> liveness as embodied in drama, dance, and music; plastic arts such
> as
> sculpture, painting, photography, and architecture; the full range
> of
> body art; and digital imagery. Division Head: Stefan Hall, Defiance
> College
> ((SHALL /at/ DEFIANCE.EDU)).
>
> HORROR LITERATURE
> The horror division focuses on genre.  Papers may explore any
> aspect
> of horror literature including but not limited to The Gothic,
> Physical
> Horror, Psychological Horror, Archetypes, and the Supernatural.
> Discussion of the evolution and theory of Horror is also encouraged.
> Division Head: Rhonda Brock-Servais, Longwood University
> (
> (BROCKSERVAISRL /at/ LONGWOOD.EDU)).
>
> INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC LITERATURE
> The International Fantastic division invites papers on all aspects
> of
> the international fantastic in all media. In this context
> “international” means either non-anglophone or originating in a
> culture considered/considering itself as foreign within the
> anglophone
> world; this may include minority literatures within an anglophone
> country. Comparative projects also welcome. Division Head: Rachel
> Haywood Ferreira
> ((RACHELHF /at/ IASTATE.EDU)).
>
> SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE
> The Science Fiction Literature Division accepts proposals for papers
> on topics related to science fiction novels, short stories, and
> poems,
> and on critical theory related to the SF genre.  This
> division's
> emphasis is textual; papers considering science fiction in film,
> television, or comics should apply to the Film & Media or the Visual
> &
> Performing Arts divisions instead. Division Head: David M. Higgins,
> Indiana University
> ((DMHIGGIN /at/ GMAIL.COM)).