[Commlist] Call for Papers: Blood, Myth & Media Symposium

*Blood, Myth & Media Symposium*
Liverpool Centre for Cultural, Social and Political Research, LJMU, 
13th June 2025.
We invite proposals that explore media representations of blood and its 
associated mythologies. The symposium draws on the mythological approach 
of Barthes (1957), considering how culturally and historically 
constructed norms are naturalised through mediated representation. The 
one-day symposium welcomes 20-minute presentations of research from 
speakers at any career stage on subjects from vials to vampires and 
health to horror.
Presenters at the symposium will also be asked to commit to contributing 
their work to a publication drawn from the event (details tbc).
Presentations might encompass but are not limited to:

  * Horror
  * Gore and SFX
  * True Crime
  * Crime Scenes and Forensics
  * Health and disease
  * Scientific and Technological representations
  * Gender, race, ethnicity, disability and queer studies
  * Kinship and communities
  * Menstruation and menopause
  * Advertising
  * Film, TV, Streaming
  * Gaming
  * Social Media
  * Visual Cultures

The symposium is hosted by Dr Stella Gaynor and Dr Bee Hughes, co-leads 
of the Cultural and Textual Studies working group at the Liverpool 
Centre for Cultural, Social and Political Research, Liverpool John 
Moores University.
Friday 13th June 9:30-5 at Liverpool John Moores University.
Presentations will be in person, but online attendance will be 
facilitated for delegates.

Limited support for travel within the UK is available, but we cannot 
fund international travel, or accommodation. Travel support will 
prioritise ECR, precariously employed, unaffiliated, and low-income 
presenters.
Please submit your proposals including 200-word abstract plus a short 
bio by 5pm on Monday 14th April. Submit here: 
_https://forms.office.com/e/mKbjs0tttz 
<https://forms.office.com/e/mKbjs0tttz>_
We will respond to all submissions by the end of April.


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