[ecrea] CFP: THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE: THE X-FILES 20 YEARS ON

This is a reminder that the deadline for the following CFP is the 31st 
May 2011.

*CALL FOR PAPERS
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE: THE X-FILES 20 YEARS ON*
/A Special Issue of Science Fiction Film and Television/
/
/September 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of The 
X-Files, a show which, from relatively humble beginnings, would change 
the face of cult television and define the televisual landscape of the 
1990s.

To mark the anniversary the journal Science Fiction Film and Television 
will be publishing a special issue devoted to /The X-Files/ guest edited 
by Simon Brown and Stacey Abbott. The aim of the issue will be to 
revisit this landmark series and to explore its legacy, reflecting upon 
the impact that the show had on telefantasy and cult TV, as well as its 
place within Science Fiction.  To this end the editors are seeking 
proposals of 300-500 words for articles of up to 6000 words.
The deadline for the proposals is 31st May 2011. The deadline for 
submission of the article is 31st January 2012.

We welcome proposals on any area to do with the series but particularly 
around the following:

·         Genre (Science Fiction, Horror, Postmodernism)

·         Aliens and Abduction

·         Conspiracy and Paranoia

·         Science, Religion and Faith

·         Influences on Television and Science Fiction

·         Technology

·         Gender

·         Televisuality (aesthetics, industry context)

·         Cult TV

·         Fandom and its afterlife

·         Specific Characters

·         The X-Files Movies

Articles can consider the series in its entirety, particular narrative 
arcs, or standalone episodes.
Proposals and a short biography of 50-100 words should be sent by the 
31st  May 2011 as an e-mail attachment to the editors Stacey Abbott 
((s.abbott /at/ roehampton.ac.uk) <mailto:(s.abbott /at/ roehampton.ac.uk)>) and Simon 
Brown ((simon.brown /at/ kingston.ac.uk) <mailto:(simon.brown /at/ kingston.ac.uk)>).

Simon Brown and Stacey Abbott are the co-editors of Investigating Alias: 
Secrets and Spies (I.B. Tauris, 2007) as well as co-authors of the 
article “The Art of Sp(l)atter: Body Horror in Dexter” in Doug Howard 
(ed.) Dexter: Investigating Cutting Edge TV (I.B. Tauris, 2010). Simon 
is the author of “Cult Channels: Showtime, FX and Cult TV” and “The 
X-Files: Britain and the Emergence of a Cult Classic” in Stacey Abbott 
(ed.) The Cult TV Book (I.B.Tauris 2010). Stacey is also the author of 
Celluloid Vampires (University of Texas Press, 2007) and Angel: A TV 
Milestone (Wayne State University Press, 2009).


Dr. Stacey Abbott
Reader in Film and Television Studies
Programme Convener for Film
Department of Media, Culture and Languages
Roehampton University
Roehampton Lane
London
SW15 5PH
tel: 0208 392 3439

Editor of the Investigating Cult TV series for I.B. Tauris
http://www.ibtauris.com/en/Series/Investigating%20Cult%20TV%20Series.aspx

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