[Commlist] cfp: Blood, Myth & Media Symposium

*One Week to go - Submit to the Blood, Myth & Media Symposium*

Friday 13th June 9:30-5 at Liverpool John Moores University.

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.

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 funding 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>


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