Category Archives: CFP (Conferences)

CFP: Gendering the Urban Imaginary: Fantasy, Affect, Transgression, University of Debrecen, Hungary, 12-13 May 2017

Posted on 6th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Another conference that followers of OGOM may be interested in: Gendering the Urban Imaginary: Fantasy, Affect, Transgression at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. The Gender, Translocality and the City Research Group based at the University of Debrecen is pleased to … Continue reading →

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CFP: Gothic Nature: New Directions in Ecohorror and the Ecogothic, Trinity College Dublin, 17-18 November 2017

Posted on 6th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Another conference! Ecogothic is an emerging trend in ways of looking at Gothic, horror, and fantastic narratives. People who attended OGOM’s 2015 Company of Wolves conference, with its probing of the interrelationship of culture and nature, human and animal, might … Continue reading →

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CFP: The Fan Studies Network 2017 Conference, University of Huddersfield, 24-25 June 2017

Posted on 6th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Another CfP for a conference on Fan Studies at Huddersfield. The fifth anniversary of the annual Fan Studies Network Conference is visiting the University of Huddersfield for a vibrant two-day programme during June 2017. The conference will celebrate and continue … Continue reading →

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CfP: Arthur Rackham in Sussex on his 150th birthday, University of Chichester, 16 September 2017

Posted on 6th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Yet another exciting-looking conference! Most people who love the fairy tale and fantastic literature will be aware of Arthur Rackham’s dreamlike illustrations. The Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tale and Fantasy are holding a one-day symposium on his work–CfP here. … Continue reading →

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CFP: Death and the Maiden Conference, University of Winchester, 21-24 July 2017

Posted on 5th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Call for papers for an interdisciplinary conference exploring the relationships between women and death–sure to inspire scholars of the Gothic and the fantastic. Death and the Maiden has long been an artistic genre in the West, with its roots in … Continue reading →

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CFP: Fantastic London: Dream, Speculation and Nightmare, University of London, 13–14 July 2017

Posted on 5th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Call for papers for a conference on London and the fantastic (deadline 17 March 2017): Proposals are invited for papers, comprised panels, and roundtable sessions, which consider any period or genre of literature about, set in, inspired by, or alluding … Continue reading →

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Beasts of the Forest: Denizens of the Dark Woods

Posted on 2nd January 2017 by Sam George

One of the emails I received over the holiday period was an invitation to be a plenary speaker at an interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, which will explore the representation of forests and their more sinister inhabitants … Continue reading →

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CFP: Thinking with Stories in Times of Conflict: A Conference in Fairy-Tale Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, August 2-5, 2017

Posted on 28th November 2016 by William the Bloody

Yet another exciting conference–on fairy tale in situations of conflict: Thinking with Stories in Times of Conflict: A Conference in Fairy-Tale Studies, at Wayne State University (whose press publish a great series on fairy tale studies), 2-5 August 2017. Deadline … Continue reading →

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CFP: Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, Kanagawa University, Japan, 29-30 March 2017

Posted on 28th November 2016 by William the Bloody

This conference on Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, subtitled ‘Contemporary Fairy-Tale Adaptations across Cultures’, looks wonderful and covers the area of research I’m concentrating on at the moment–fairy tale adaptation in various media is a key concern of all of us … Continue reading →

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CFP: Women-in-Peril or Final Girls? Representing Women in Gothic and Horror Cinema, University of Kent, 25-26 May 2017

Posted on 17th November 2016 by William the Bloody

A call for papers for an exciting conference, Women-in-Peril or Final Girls? Representing Women in Gothic and Horror Cinema, at the University of Kent in May 2017. The keynote speaker is MMU’s brilliant Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes. This conference seeks … Continue reading →

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