Tag Archives: globalisation
Review: CoronaGothic Conference, 30 June 2020, University of Macau Gothic
Dr Joan Passey has written an excellent review of the recent online CoronaGothic conference organised by the Gothic Research Network at the University of Macau in China. Sam’s earlier post with further details of the conference and the paper she … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Reviews
Tagged Amabie, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, eco-Gothic, globalisation, Gothic, mermaids, Nineteenth century, surveillance, Vampires, Yokai
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Fantastika Journal
The first issue of Lancaster University’s Fantastika Journal is now available here–it looks really good, with interesting critical essays and a substantial review section. There’s a link to it in the Journals category on the right-hand side of the Blog … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, Publications, Resources
Tagged fantastic literature, Fantasy, globalisation, journals, postcolonialism, SF
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CFP: Call for Papers: Translation Studies and Children’s Literature, Brussels and Antwerp, 19-20 October 2017
A conference in Belgium: Call for Papers: Translation Studies and Children’s Literature – Current Topics and Future Perspectives — deadline 15 March 2017. Since the publication of pioneering works by Göte Klingberg, Riitta Oittinen and Zohar Shavit in the 1970s … Continue reading
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Tagged Children's literature, globalisation, translation
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CFP: Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, Kanagawa University, Japan, 29-30 March 2017
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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Tagged adaptation, art, Fairy tales, Film, globalisation, graphic novels, identity, Japan, National Identity, non-Western culture
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CFP Global Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 4-5 July 2016, Lancaster University
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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Tagged CFP, Fantasy, globalisation, horror, postcolonialism, SF, steampunk, YA Fiction
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How our zombie obsession explains our fear of globalisation
Jospeh Gillings in a thoughtful piece that sees the current appeal of zombie fiction in the context of the helplessness felt in the face of the lawless nature of present-day capitalism. I would want to qualify the use of ‘globalisation’ … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged 28 Days Later, capitalism, Frankenstein, globalisation, The Walking Dead, Zombies
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