[Commlist] Virtual Conference CFP: Revisiting the Warrior Princess and her legacy: Xena 20 years on

*Virtual Conference*

*Revisiting the Warrior Princess and her legacy: /Xena /20 years on*

*18^*^th * and 19^th June 2021*

On 18^th June 2021 it will be twenty years since the controversial final 
episode of ground-breaking television series /Xena: Warrior Princess/, 
‘A Friend in Need Part II’//aired. Although the series was first 
conceived as a spin-off from a series featuring a male hero, /Hercules 
The Legendary Journeys/, /Xena/'s popularity surpassed that of 
/Hercules/, and ran for six seasons from 1995-2001. /Xena/paved the way 
for subsequent action heroines, from Buffy in /Buffy the Vampire 
Slayer/, who reached our television screens in 1997, to the 
re-envisioned Wonder Woman in the recent blockbuster films.//The 
(initially subtextual) relationship between Xena and Gabrielle also 
influenced the depiction of LGBT relationships in popular culture. 
/Xena/garnered a large fan base and spawned an interest in the ancient 
world for a generation of young viewers. //

This virtual conference aims to bring together scholars from across a 
range of disciplines to mark the 20^th anniversary of the end of /Xena: 
Warrior Princess /and explore different aspects of the series and its 
impact. The organisers aim to publish selected papers following the 
conference.

Possible topics might include (but are not limited to):

/Xena/and the representation of ancient civilisations

/Xena/and historical events/characters

/Xena /and historical women warriors

/Xena/and mythology/religion

/Xena/and queer theory

/Xena/and feminism

/Xena/as action heroine

Xena and television studies

/Xena/and fan studies

/Xena/tie-ins (comics, novels, etc)

The legacy of /Xena/

Please submit abstracts of circa 300 words, together with details of 
academic background, to (amandapotter /at/ caramanda.co.uk) <about:blank> 
and_anise.strong@wmich.edu_ by 15^th March 2021.


Amanda Potter (Open University) and Anise Strong (Western Michigan 
University)

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