[ecrea] CFP: 40 Years of Alien

*/40 years of Alien/***

*An academic symposium hosted by*

*The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies*

*Bangor University, UK*

*_Friday 24 May 2019_**__*

*Keynote Speaker: Dr Rikke Schubart (University of Southern Denmark)*

/Alien /has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Conceived 
primarily to cash in on the popularity of science-fiction films in the 
late 1970s, directed by a person known for making adverts (Ridley Scott) 
and starring an unknown actor in the lead role (Sigourney Weaver), it 
transcended its humble origins to frighten and disturb audiences on its 
initial release. Its success has led to three direct sequels, two 
prequels, one ‘mashup’ franchise, a series of comic books, graphic 
novels, novelisations and games, and has an enormous and devoted 
fanbase. For forty years, /Alien/ (and its progeny) has animated debate 
and discussion among critics and academics from a wide variety of 
disciplines and methodological perspectives.

Hosted by the Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies at Bangor 
University, this symposium proposes to bring together scholars from 
diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore /Alien/ forty years since 
its release, debate its legacy and consider its position within visual 
culture.

*Colin Arthur, who worked on the make-up and special effects for the 
film, has confirmed his attendance.*We also hope Roger Dicken, who also 
worked on the film’s visual effects, will be able to join us.

*We are delighted to confirm that Dr Rikke Schubart (University of 
Southern Denmark) will deliver the keynote address.*Dr Schubart has 
written extensively about gender and genre, the action heroine in 
popular cinema, and women and horror. Her most recent monograph, 
/Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions and Contemporary Horror/, was published 
by Routledge in 2018.

We welcome contributions from any perspective such as (but not limited 
to) the following:

  * /Alien /– origins, influences, production, aesthetics, publicity,
    reception, afterlife
  * Sequels, prequels and mashups: /Aliens, Alien 3/, /Alien:
    Resurrection, Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, Alien vs Predator, Alien
    vs Predator: Requiem/
  * The /Alien /Transmedia Universe: games, comic books, graphic novels,
    novelisations
  * Sigourney Weaver: star, producer, auteur?
  * Ripley as feminist icon: the gender politics of the /Alien /universe
  * /Alien/ and motherhood
  * /Alien/ and race, ethnicity and otherness
  * HR Giger and The Art of /Alien/
  * /Alien /and psychoanalysis
  * A Haunted House in Space: /Alien /as Gothic horror
  * /Alien/ and science-fiction
  * /Alien/, audiences,//fandom and ‘cult’
  * ‘The perfect organism’: /Alien/ and evolutionary biology
  * /Alien/ and neoliberalism, post-industrialism and the rise of
    multinational corporations
  * /Alien/ and artificial intelligence, cybernetic organisms, and the
    post-human

**

*Oxford University Press has expressed a keen interest in producing a 
collection of essays based on the symposium.*

*We are applying for funding to facilitate postgraduate and unwaged 
participation.*

Please send 300-word abstracts and a short biographical note to Dr 
Gregory Frame ((_g.frame /at/ bangor.ac.uk) <mailto:(g.frame /at/ bangor.ac.uk)>_) by 
1 January 2019.

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