[Commlist] CfP Outlander Conference

_*CALL FOR PAPER ENDS FRIDAY 31ST OF JANUARY 2020.*_


*CALL FOR PAPERS
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*/Outlander/Conference Glasgow 
<https://www.outlanderconferenceglasgow.com/>2020*
University of Glasgow, 2-6 June 2020

Click here to access a PDF version of the CfP on our website. 
<https://www.outlanderconferenceglasgow.com/academic-call-for-papers>

/Outlander/(2014-) is a major US television series based on the 
historical fantasy novels of Diana Gabaldon, combining time travel with 
18th-century Scottish politics and post-war British and American 
culture. The globally successful series has triggered more interest in 
Scotland and its history than any other cultural artefact in recent 
years. Interest continues to grow as/Outlander/moves into its fifth season.

While hundreds of fan-based gatherings and interest groups around the 
world promote and encourage/Outlander/fandom, and thousands of media 
articles ponder its reach and appeal, there has not yet been an event 
which takes an academic approach to the series and brings together the 
multiple areas of expertise involved in its creation. The University of 
Glasgow plans to do just this: it will host a major 
international/Outlander/conference in June 2020 which will offer the 
chance to discuss the elements that make up this remarkable phenomenon.

/Outlander/establishes new perspectives on a wide range of topics. As 
yet, scholarship has particularly focused on the Highland image, time 
travel, temporality, genealogy and the Scottish diaspora (Clarke 2015, 
Cateridge 2018, Noorda 2018, Potter 2019); race, gender, sexuality and 
feminism and the female audience (Frankel 2016, Donelan 2018, Lagerwey 
2018, Byrne and Taddeo 2019); transnationalism, media distribution and 
ideology (Shacklock 2016) and the effect of Outlander on international 
tourism to Scotland (Herrero Bas 2018).

The /Outlander/ Conference Glasgow 2020 intends to be an inclusive 
showcase of exciting research and diverse contributions from all 
academic disciplines. We are seeking submissions on all themes relating 
to /Outlander/, including the topics presented below.

  * *Texts, theory and production*including adaptation, transnational
    media flow, time and space in literature and on screen,
    representation of place etc.

  * *Cultural impact and legacy of the series*including higher education
    implications, audience and fandom, women’s studies etc.

  * *Investigation into the past*including material culture; ancestry
    and genealogy, memory studies, archeology etc.

  * *Scotland and the world*including migration and diaspora, empire,
    colonialism and slavery, travel and tourism etc.

  * *18th-century culture*including folklore, medicine, warfare,
    Scottish history and culture etc.

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Contributions can include:

  * individual papers: max. length 15 minutes, to be panelled by the
    conference committee

  * pre-constituted panels: 15-minute papers + Q&A

  * roundtables: pre-constituted or individual interest to participate,
    duration: 1 hour

  * poster presentations: A1-sized posters


We also welcome creative input and alternative formats of presentation 
such as:

  * workshops: Scottish arts and crafts, warfare/weaponry, props and
    costume-making etc.

  * performances: theatre, music, recitals of 18th-century poetry,
    storytelling, historical re-enactments etc.

  * artwork: short films, paintings, sculptures etc.



To complement the academic programme, we are planning additional events 
that will take place in the week of the conference. Both the academic 
and the additional events will be open to members of the public, as we 
intend to share the scholarly interest in/Outlander/beyond academia and 
promote the cross-disciplinary discourse on the series among all audiences.

Scotland is the main focus of the series, and not just the rural 
Scotland of tourist brochures with castles, islands, lochs and 
mountains, but towns and cities also play a part, and none more notably 
than Glasgow. The/Outlander/Conference Glasgow 2020 will take place in 
Scotland’s biggest city that has become a focal point for/Outlander/and 
the themes that it develops: Glasgow Cathedral, St Andrews in the Square 
and George Square have all been used as locations for key scenes, while 
West End streets and Kelvingrove Park stand in for Boston.

The University of Glasgow has a unique place in/Outlander/: it doubles 
as Harvard in the series, and several academics from a range of 
disciplines have been directly involved in the production of the series 
as researchers, advisors and even cast members. There is a vast range of 
research and consultation involved in the making of the series, and an 
equally diverse array of potential areas for future exploration as we 
seek to build/Outlander/Studies as an interdisciplinary field.

We cordially invite you to participate in the/Outlander/Conference 
Glasgow 2020, which will generate vibrant interdisciplinary discussions 
around one of the most influential TV productions ever made and which 
promises to be a highly popular event.

*/Please send proposals (200 words max.) including a short biography 
(100 words max.) to (outlanderconference /at/ glasgow.ac.uk) by 31 January 2020./*


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