[Commlist] cfp for LFA 23: Ecologies of Adaptation

We hope to see you in Missoula in September for LFA 23. As a reminder, 
proposals are due via this Google Form 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecUBvvoU_-iWdGzdPIdxgyin-lS9uierT183BVqoSM8PHfSQ/viewform>by 
*April 7, 2023.*

*CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ECOLOGIES OF/AND ADAPTATION*
*LITERATURE / FILM ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE <https://litfilm.org/>*
*UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MONTANA SEPTEMBER 21-23, 2023*

With each passing year, the pressures of climate change make it clear 
that the natural world and human endeavor are irrevocably intertwined. 
As we head to Western Montana in 2023, we invite scholars to explore how 
the concept of “adaptation” can serve to further questions of ecologies: 
the relationships between living organisms and their environments. 
Adaptations, after all, are always already about networked 
relationships, exploring not only the connections between texts – 
including the written word, film, and media – but also the relationships 
between images and music, performers and performance, human and 
nonhuman, and bodies and physical spaces. Where do film, literature, and 
media fit within the larger web of global ecologies, and how can 
ecological thinking enrich our understanding of the interactions between 
nature, culture, and adaptation? Inspired by recent work in the 
environmental humanities and ecocriticism, we invite proposals that 
bridge the study of the environment (broadly conceived) and the study of 
textual adaptation.

While we welcome papers on any aspect of film and media studies, we are 
especially interested in papers exploring one or more of the following 
topics concerning ecology and adaptation:
● The environment as text
● Landscapes and adaptations
● Adaptation and the anthropocene
● Parasitic and symbiotic adaptations
● Apocalypse or post-apocalypse and adaptation
● Multiverses and alternate realities and adaptations
● Relationships between past, present, and future
● Worldbuilding and transmedia storyworlds as narrative ecologies
● Narratives of survival
● The relationship between biological adaptation and textual adaptation
● Ecocritical re-imaginings of well-known stories
● Fandoms as evolving ecosystems
● How adaptations operate within media ecosystems

We also have significant interest in general studies of American and 
international cinema, film and technology, television, new media, and 
other cultural or political issues connected to the moving image. In 
addition to academic papers and pre-constituted panels, presentation 
proposals about pedagogy or from creative writers, artists, video 
essayists, and filmmakers are also welcome.

Please submit your proposal, which will consist of a title, 250-word 
abstract, and keywords, via this Google Form 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecUBvvoU_-iWdGzdPIdxgyin-lS9uierT183BVqoSM8PHfSQ/viewform>by 
*April 7, 2023.* You will receive a confirmation email within 48 hours. 
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Amanda Konkle at 
*(litfilmconference /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(litfilmconference /at/ gmail.com)>*. 
Accepted presenters will be notified by *April 24*, and the conference 
program will be available by June 1 to enable travel planning.

The conference registration fee is $200 ($150 for students and retirees) 
before September 1, 2023 and $225 ($175 for students and retirees) 
thereafter. All conference attendees must also be current members of the 
Literature/Film Association. Annual dues are $20.
Presenters will be invited to submit their work to the Literature/Film 
Quarterly for potential publication. For details on the journal’s 
submission requirements, visit their website here.

Call for Authors of Recent Publications to Participate in Adaptation 
Conversations:
Have you recently published a work on adaptation? Would you like to 
participate in an inaugural Adaptation Conversation via Zoom about your 
work? There’s a space for that on the conference proposal form, or you 
can reach out to *(akonkle /at/ georgiasouthern.edu) 
<mailto:(akonkle /at/ georgiasouthern.edu)>* with information about your 
publication.


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