[ecrea] Call for Papers: Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) 2014

Call for Papers

*Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference
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Friday 20th June 2014 in the University of Liverpool

With Keynote Lectures from: Dr. Mark Bould (University of the West of 
England) and Prof. Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck University London)

Now in its fourth year, CRSF is a one day postgraduate conference 
designed to promote the research of speculative fictions, including 
*SCIENCE FICTION*, *FANTASY *and *HORROR*; showcasing some of the latest 
developments in these dynamic and evolving fields. CRSF attracts an 
international selection of delegates and provides a platform for 
postgraduate students to present their current research, encourages 
discussion with scholars in related subjects and the construction of 
crucial networks with fellow researchers. The University of Liverpool, a 
leading centre for the study of speculative fiction and home to the 
Science Fiction Foundation Collection, will host the conference.

We are seeking abstracts relating to speculative fiction, including, but 
not limited to, papers on the following topics:

- Alternate History - Alternative Culture - Anime - Apocalypse - Body 
Horror - Consciousness - Cyber Culture - Drama - Eco-criticism - Fan 
Culture - Gaming - (Geo)Politics - Genre - Gender - Graphic Novels - The 
Grotesque - The Heroic Tradition - Liminal Fantasy - Magic - 
Meta-Franchises - Morality - Monstrosity - Music - Non-Anglo-American SF 
- Otherness - Pastoral - Poetry - Politics - Post-Colonialism and Empire 
- Proto-SF - Psychology - Quests - Realism - Sexuality - Slipstream - 
Spiritualism - Steampunk - Supernatural - Technology - Time - TV and 
Film - Urban Fantasy - Utopia/Dystopia - (Virtual) Spaces and 
Environments - Weird Fiction - World Building - Young Adult Fiction.


Please submit an abstract of 300 words for a 20 minute English language 
paper and a 100 word biography to (CRSF.team /at/ gmail.com) by Monday 10th 
March 2014.

For further information email the conference team at 
*(CRSF.team /at/ gmail.com) *or visit our website:

*www.currentresearchinspeculativefiction.blogspot.com*
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Glyn Morgan
Postgraduate Research Student
School of English,
The University of Liverpool.

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