Since this is a long post, I thought I'd start with a short list of the CFPs in order of their submission deadlines:
- Production, Consumption, and Reception across the Canada-US Border
- The Country House in Britain, 1914-2014
- 1st Global Conference: Sexuality and Disability
- Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Popular Fantasy
- African American Print Cultures
- Supernatural Creatures: from Elf-Shot to Shrek
Cultural Crossings: Production, Consumption, and Reception across the Canada-US Border
Second international Culture and the Canada-US Border conference
University of Nottingham, 20-22 June 2014
I don't think they had Harlequin in mind when they put out their call for papers, but it does fit the topic:
We encourage analysis of cultural texts, phenomena, and industries
both in terms of how they might operate differently in Canada and the
United States and the ways in which they might straddle, or ignore, the
border altogether. We invite proposals on both contemporary and
historical cultural texts and contexts.
Although submissions on any relevant area of
interest are welcome, we particularly welcome papers focusing on the
following in a cross-border and/or comparative context:
- book histories and publication contexts
- reading cultures and communities [...]
Deadline for submissions 1 Nov. 2013. More details
here.
The Country House in Britain, 1914-2014
Newcastle University, Friday 6th - Sunday 8th June 2014
This three-day interdisciplinary conference will trace the
representation of the country house in British literature and film
between 1914 and 2014. The conference will explore how space, class and
gender operate in the wealth of filmic and literary texts which have
been concerned with the country house throughout the last century, as
well as considering how it functions in documentaries, historical
monographs and reality television. We invite 300-word abstracts (for
20-minute papers) on any topic relating to the country house.
There's specific mention of "Romance Fiction." Abstracts should be submitted via email to
countryhouseconf@ncl.ac.uk by 1 November 2013. More details
here.
1st Global Conference: Sexuality and Disability
Tuesday 6th May – Thursday 8th May 2014
Lisbon, Portugal
This conference seeks to challenge popular conceptions and perceptions
of sexuality and disability. In addition to academic papers, we are
particularly interested in opening up a space for the discussion of
personal experiences of disability and sexuality and the role of sex
workers, community programs and the work of sex educators.
Inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspectives are sought on
sexuality and disability, including cross-cultural and transcultural
perspectives. Non-traditional presentations are encouraged including
workshops, performances and round table discussions.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 6th December 2013. More information
here.
CFP for Edited Collection: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Popular Fantasy
Proposals are invited for essays which explore non-normative representations of gender and sexuality in a range of contemporary popular fantasy, including, but not limited to: tv episodes and series, films, computer games and MMORPGs, novels and short stories, comics and graphic novels, role-playing games and fanfiction. [...]
This collection will consider the ways in which contemporary writers, artists, directors and producers use the opportunities offered by popular fantasy to exceed or challenge gender and sexuality norms. In contrast to many claims made about the fantasy genre being necessarily conservative/reactionary, this collection will explore the ways in which this genre can be and is being used to reflect on the contingency of our gender and sexuality norms.
With this in mind, proposals are invited for essays of c.7000 words.
Please send proposals of 500 words plus a short biography to
j.roberts@bbk.ac.uk by 15th December. More details
here.
It may also be of interest that
Jude Roberts is looking for papers on much the same topic for "a panel on the academic track at Loncon3 – the 72
nd World Science Fiction Convention" which will be held in London from Thursday 14 to Monday 18 August 2014. Please send a 300 word abstract and brief biography to
j.roberts@bbk.ac.uk by 1st December 2013. More details
here.
MELUS CFP for 2015 Special Issue: African American Print Cultures
In 2015, a special issue of MELUS will showcase under-studied aspects
of black print culture studies or book history. We are seeking
scholarship that addresses, but is not limited to, the following
questions:
• How are contemporary print matters—ranging from concerns such as
the publication of new print editions of literary texts by emergent and
historical US black writers to online and open access publishing as well
as to the operations of the mainstream publishing industry—shaping our
understanding of what African American literature is becoming?
All essays should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words, including notes and works cited. [...] Please submit completed essays to Howard Rambsy II (
hrambsy@siue.edu) by Dec. 15, 2013. More details
here.
Supernatural Creatures: from Elf-Shot to Shrek
September 22-24, 2014
University of Lodz, Poland
The second Lodz Fantastic Literature Conference aims to bring
together experts in folklore, medieval and early modern literature and
culture as well as contemporary fantasy literature to explore the
fascinating relationship between supernatural creatures and humankind.
For centuries these creatures have been seen in both positive and
negative light – sometimes as benevolent neighbours, many a time as
dangerous folk to interfere with, at other times still as tricksters
positioned outside of the traditional dichotomy of friend or foe. Their
cultural presence is a force to be reckoned within the study of
pre-modern, modern as well as post-modern literature, and the current
fascination of popular culture with their history and nature begs ever
new questions about why they continue to seem so indispensible to us.
We would like to invite contributions that address the nature and
function of the beliefs of past eras, their postmodern transformations,
and especially those which trace the (dis)continuities in the ways in
which these creatures have been imagined and perceived over the ages.
Submissions of topics and abstracts (300-400 words) should reach the organisers no later than
January 31st, 2014. More details
here.
