Tag Archives: the fantastic
CFPs: Fantasy, Irish literature, religion, the occult, Islam, horror, Shelley, the Inklings
CFPs for some exciting conferences ahead. 1. Once and Future Fantasies conference, Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic (CFF) at the University of Glasgow, 13 –17 July 2022. Deadline: 22 October 2021 We therefore ask how fantasy and the fantastic engage with … Continue reading
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Tagged C. S. Lewis, Fantasy, horror, Irish literature, Islam, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Percy Shelley, religion, SF, the fantastic, The Inklings, theology, Tolkein
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CFPs: IGA 2019, Mapping the Mythosphere
Calls for papers for two exciting conferences. First, following the fabulous IGA 2018 in Manchester, the IGA 2019 conference, Gothic Terror, Gothic Horror is being held on 30 July to 2 August 2019, at Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois, United States. Deadline: … Continue reading
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Tagged American Gothic, Fantasy, Genre, Gothic, horror, myth, terror, the fantastic
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CFP: Space and place in Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture, Lancaster University, 23 June 2017
CFP for a conference at Lancaster University, Space and place in Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture (deadline 30 April 2017): This conference responds to the genre of neo-Victorianism from the perspective of space and place. It aims to probe how a … Continue reading
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Tagged gender, geography, neo-Victorianism, Nineteenth century, phenomenology, place, sexuality, steampunk, the fantastic
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CFP: Performing Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Lancaster University, April 28-29 2017
CFP for Fantastika’s 4th conference, on performing fantistika (deadline 1 March 2017): The 4rd annual Fantastika conference will focus on performative bodies in fantastika. This includes performance in theatrical plays and films, as well as an examination of the body … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Film, gender, performance, the body, the fantastic, theatre, TV
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CFP: George MacDonald’s Scotland, University of Aberdeen, 19-21 July 2017
Seeking proposals for papers for this conference on the fantastic writing of George MacDonald by 1 March 2017: This three-day conference will be held from Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st of July 2017 in the Old Aberdeen Campus of the … Continue reading
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Tagged C S Lewis, Fantasy, George MacDonald, Inklings, Scotland, the fantastic
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CFP: Fantastic London: Dream, Speculation and Nightmare, University of London, 13–14 July 2017
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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Tagged cities, fantastic literature, London, the fantastic, urban gothic
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CFP: Locating Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 8 July 2015, Lancaster University
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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Tagged CFP, Fantasy, Film, graphic novels, horror, SF, steampunk, the fantastic, TV
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CFP: Reading the Fantastic: Tales Beyond Borders conference, University of Leeds, 23rd-25th April, 2015
Also approaching the deadline of 31 January 2015, this conference and workshop at the University of Leeds looks fantastic (if I can say that), and offers much to postgraduates as well as established scholars–and invites contributions from outside academia. We … Continue reading
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Tagged art, CFP, Fairy tales, Fantasy, Folklore, Genre, music, myth, the fantastic, workshop
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