[Commlist] CFP Haunted Futures Conference

Haunted Futures 2025



Proposals for presentations are now being accepted for the third annual 
Haunted Futures Conference to be held from the *12th - 14th of November, 
in University College Cork.*


The conference proposes to explore haunting and spectrality as potent 
staging grounds for radical social change, which, in their dismantling 
of hegemonic relationships to time, provide a means of imagining new 
futures in the late-capitalist Anthropocene and empower marginalised and 
exploited identities, both human and otherwise.


Proposed topics include, but are not limited to:




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    Hauntings and ecology


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    Hauntings and time


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    Queer hauntings


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    Hauntings and race


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    Hauntings and gender


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    Pop hauntology


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    Hauntings and conflict


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    Postcolonial hauntings


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    The haunted archive


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    Ghosts, climate change and biodiversity loss


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    Ghostwatch(BBC, 1992)



The special focus of this year’s conference is “Haunted Technologies”, 
and we strongly encourage the submission of papers or panels which 
respond to this theme. This might include topics such as:




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    Haunted screens


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    Defunct technologies


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    Technologies as haunting


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    Technologies and war


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    Haunted industries; e.g. mining and factory work




Please note:


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    The organisers are particularly interested in the work of
    postgraduate and early career researchers


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    There is no registration or submission fee for this event.


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    The organisers also encourage proposals for _artistic or
    multimedia/practice based projects_, a specific call for this will
    be circulated to practitioners, but we encourage you to get in touch
    if you are interested or have any queries.



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES


A 300 word proposal, in Doc. or DocX format should be sent to 
(hauntedfuturesconference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(hauntedfuturesconference /at/ gmail.com)>by the 29th of August, with 
the subject heading [Author’s Surname] - Haunted Futures Abstract.


This conference will have limited hybrid capacity. Please indicate on 
your proposal if you will need to present online. Please note that due 
to the size of the conference, your selected delivery method cannot be 
amended after the 29th August.

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