Category Archives: CFP (Conferences)

CFP: ‘Temporal Discombobulations: Time and the Experience of the Gothic’

Posted on 30th September 2015 by firekrank

I’m excited to post the following CFP for ‘Temporal Discombobulations’ a conference dedicated to the Gothic and time. This looks to be an exciting and innovative conference. At the start of the academic year, it looks like it is time … Continue reading →

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CFP: Patrick McGrath Symposium, Stirling, January 2016

Posted on 17th August 2015 by firekrank

This looks like a brilliant conference at the University of Stirling on the author Patrick McGrath, one of the leading contemporary writers on psychological terror and horror. The conference will also be looking for 20 minute papers on asylums, madness, … Continue reading →

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CFP: ‘Summer of 1816: Creativity and Turmoil’, University of Sheffield, 24-27 June, 2016

Posted on 17th June 2015 by William the Bloody

I’m very much looking forward to this conference, ‘Summer of 1816: Creativity and Turmoil’, celebrating that moment of the Shelley-Byron circle when both Frankenstein and the literary vampire were born ‘The year without a summer’, as 1816 was known, was … Continue reading →

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CFP: Slayage Conference on Joss Whedon, Kingston University, 7-10 July 2016

Posted on 17th June 2015 by William the Bloody

This looks a fantastic conference on all things Whedonesque: Here are dates for the diary – Slayage – the Biennial Conference on the Whedonverse is coming to the UK in 2016. Here is the CFP. I hope to see loads … Continue reading →

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CFP Global Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 4-5 July 2016, Lancaster University

Posted on 29th May 2015 by William the Bloody

Sadly, I was unable to attend this year’s Locating Fantastika Conference at Lancaster University in July (though Kaja is presenting there and I’m sure she’ll report back!). However, the CFP is out for the follow-up Global Fantastika conference in 2016: … Continue reading →

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CFP Books of Blood: Collaborative Project and Funding Bid

Posted on 12th April 2015 by Sam George

*Extended Deadline – submissions by 1st November 2015* All humans ‘are books of blood—wherever you open us, we’re red’ (Clive Barker). If our bodies are books of blood, then they can be read; we invite such readings and contributions where … Continue reading →

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CFP: Reimagining the Gothic: An Interdisciplinary Showcasing Event, University of Sheffield, 9 May 2015

Posted on 23rd March 2015 by William the Bloody

An invitation to present critical papers or creative work on the Gothic. Sheffield Gothic would like to announce an interdisciplinary showcasing event and symposium on the theme of Re-Imagining the Gothic. We aim to explore how the Gothic can be … Continue reading →

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CFP Company of Wolves: only ten days left to submit and actually walk with wolves!!

Posted on 17th March 2015 by Sam George

Following my post yesterday where I lamented the last wolf and talked about Maggie Stiefvater’s ‘Wolves of Mercy Falls’  Shiver books, Radio 4 today featured a discussion of this very topic – in a moment of surprising serendipity. Again, this … Continue reading →

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CFP: Enchanted Edwardians Conference, University of Bristol, 30-31 March 2015

Posted on 27th February 2015 by William the Bloody

An exciting conference on fantastic literature of the Edwardian period.

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CFP: Locating Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 8 July 2015, Lancaster University

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

An exciting conference at Lancaster in July, embracing all aspects and genres of fantastic narrative. “Fantastika”, coined by John Clute, is an umbrella term which incorporates the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but can also include alternative histories, … Continue reading →

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