Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) 2014
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Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF)
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[email protected]
Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) 2014
Friday 20th June 2014
University of Liverpool
With Keynote Lectures from:
Dr. Mark Bould (University of the West of England)
Prof. Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck University London)
Now in its fourth year, CRSF is an interdisciplinary one day postgraduate conference designed to promote the research of speculative fictions, including SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY and HORROR; showcasing some of the latest developments in these dynamic and evolving fields. CRSF attracts an international selection of delegates and provides a platform for postgraduate students to present their current research, encourages discussion with scholars in related subjects and the construction of crucial networks with fellow researchers. The University of Liverpool, a leading centre for the study of speculative fiction and home to the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, will host the conference.
We are seeking abstracts relating to speculative fiction, including, but not limited to, papers on the following topics:
•Alternate History •Alternative Culture •Anime •Apocalypse •Body Horror •Consciousness •Cyber Culture •Drama •Eco-criticism •Fan Culture •Gaming •(Geo)Politics •Genre •Gender •Graphic Novels •The Grotesque •The Heroic Tradition •Liminal Fantasy •Magic •Meta-Franchises •Morality •Monstrosity •Music •Non-Anglo-American SF •Otherness •Pastoral •Poetry •Politics •Post-Colonialism and Empire •Proto-SF •Psychology •Quests •Realism •Sexuality •Slipstream •Spiritualism •Steampunk •Supernatural •Technology •Time •TV and Film •Urban Fantasy •Utopia/Dystopia •(Virtual) Spaces and Environments •Weird Fiction •World Building •Young Adult Fiction.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words for a 20 minute English language paper and a 100 word biography to [email protected] by Monday 10th March 2014.
For further information email the conference team at [email protected] or visit our website:
http://www.currentresearchinspeculativefiction.blogspot.com
from the UPenn CFP website
Note: I am going to be in the UK this summer, possibly also in Ireland. Because of that I am more interested in summer conferences in England this year. CFPs in that area will come up for a little bit as I am looking for ways to combine business pleasure with pleasure pleasure.