tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post3025022813728978443..comments2024-03-26T01:10:13.720+00:00Comments on Teach Me Tonight: Deadline Extended for 2012 IASPR Conference!E. M. Selingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-70424529055139523832012-04-16T18:11:32.254+01:002012-04-16T18:11:32.254+01:00There we go! It now says "Open to talks on a...There we go! It now says "Open to talks on any topic related to popular romance texts (in any medium) and to the representation of romantic love in global popular media, now and in the past..." etc. I think that casts the net in the right directions!E. M. Selingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-64078225927444466772012-04-16T18:09:44.267+01:002012-04-16T18:09:44.267+01:00You're a good close reader as always, Laura! ...You're a good close reader as always, Laura! Indeed, this is a broader call: in the future we're going to move away from having specific themes for IASPR conferences, and I wanted to shift things in that direction for this one.<br /><br />Speaking strictly for myself here, I'd say that any paper about romance novels actually would be eligible, so perhaps I'll slip behind the curtain and make a small revision to the CFP, to make that clear.E. M. Selingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203557.post-58602442776462009622012-04-16T16:58:09.275+01:002012-04-16T16:58:09.275+01:00Eric, I noticed that the previous CFP seemed to be...Eric, I noticed that the previous CFP seemed to be much more narrowly focused on "pleasure." This one seems to be saying that papers can be<br /><br />(a) "on any topic related to romantic love in global popular media, now and in the past"<br /><br />(b) on "the vexed issue of 'pleasure' in popular romance texts, popular romance fandom, and popular romance studies."<br /><br />This does seem to widen the possibilities for papers but presumably it still means that papers which are about romance novels, but not particularly about "romantic love" or "pleasure," aren't being sought. Is that right?Laura Vivancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906661869372622821noreply@blogger.com