Fwd: CFP: Race and the Fantastic -- ICFA 31

[Aaron Gerow]

Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From:    "Weinstock, Jeffrey A" <weins1ja at cmich.edu>
>
> Paper and panel proposals are sought for the the 31st International
> Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts which will be held March  
> 17th -
> 21st, 2010 in Orlando, Florida at the Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel.
>
> The topic of this year's conference is "Race and the Fantastic."   
> Papers
> related to this topic, as well as to the work of our guests of honor  
> and
> attending authors, are especially welcome; as always, we also welcome
> proposals for individual papers and for academic sessions and panels  
> on
> any aspect of the fantastic in any media.
>
> The guests of honor and guest scholar for 2010 are as follows:
>
> Guest of Honor: Nalo Hopkinson, award-winning author of Blackheart  
> Man,
> Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The Salt Roads, Skin Folk,  
> The
> New Moon's Arms; editor/co-editor of Whispers from the Cotton Tree  
> Root:
> Caribbean Fabulist Fiction, Mojo: Conjure Stories, Tesseracts 9, and  
> So
> Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy
>
> Guest of Honor: Laurence Yep, award-wining author of Sweetwater,
> Hiroshima, Dragonwings, Child of the Owl, Sea Glass, Dragon Steel, The
> Rainbow People, Dragon's Gate, Dream Soul, The Junior Thunder Lord;
> co-editor of American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian American Voices
>
> Guest Scholar: Takayuki Tatsumi, author of Full Metal Apache:
> Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America, Cyberpunk
> America, Japanese SF Controversies: 1957-1997; co-editor of Robot  
> Ghosts
> and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
>
> Attending authors and scholars at the 2010 conference will include:  
> Joe
> Haldeman, Stephen R. Donaldson, Andy Duncan, Candas Jane Dorsey,
> Kathleen Ann Goonan, Patricia McKillip, Patrick O'Leary, James Morrow,
> Peter Straub, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
>
> SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
>
> In order to be considered for the 2010 program, your proposal to (1)
> read a paper, (2) recruit and chair a paper session, or (3) organize  
> and
> chair a panel discussion should be date-stamped no later than October
> 31, 2009; electronic correspondence is welcome. Proposals must be sent
> to the appropriate Division Head (addresses below). Advise the  
> Division
> Head if you would like to volunteer to chair a paper session.  
> Proposals
> must include a 500-word abstract and appropriate bibliography  
> indicating
> the project's scholarly or theoretical context. Presenters must be
> members of IAFA at the time of the conference.  Be sure to indicate  
> all
> audio-visual equipment needs in this initial proposal; later A/V
> requests cannot be guaranteed.
>
> FANTASTIC IN CHILDREN'S & YOUNG-ADULT'S LITERATURE & ILLUSTRATION
>
> All aspects of the fantastic in work aimed at children and young  
> adults.
> Division Head: Amie Rose Rotruck, Hollins University
> (AROTRUCK at GMAIL.COM) .
>
> FANTASTIC LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
>
> All aspects of the fantastic in British, American and Commonwealth
> literature. Division Head: Stefan Ekman, Lund University
> (STEFAN.EKMAN at ENGLUND.LU.SE).
>
> FANTASTIC IN FILM & MEDIA
>
> All aspects of the fantastic in television, video, and film. Division
> Head: Jeffrey Weinstock, Central Michigan University
> (JEFFREY.WEINSTOCK at CMICH.EDU).  Department of English, Central  
> Michigan
> University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA.
>
> COMMUNITIES & CULTURES IN THE FANTASTIC [formerly PCVA]
>
> All aspects of the fantastic in fan cultures and communities,  
> including
> fan fiction, comics/graphic novels, filking, conventions, hypertexts,
> viral marketing, RPG. Division Head: Barbara Lucas, VIS, 31225
> Bainbridge Rd, Suite M, Solon OH 44139 (BARBEDWRITING at YAHOO.COM).
>
> FANTATIC IN VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS [formerly PCVA]
>
> All aspects of the fantastic in live drama, music, dance, sculpture,
> body art, comics/graphic novels, and photography and digital imagery.
> Division Head: Stefan Hall, Defiance College (SHALL at DEFIANCE.EDU)
>
> HORROR LITERATURE
>
> All aspects of horror in mainstream and popular literature, including
> literary traditions, aesthetics, psychological constructs, and
> comparative influences. Division Head: Stephanie Moss, 10032 N. 52nd.
> Street, Tampa, FL 33517 (SMOSS at CAS.USF.EDU).
>
> INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC LITERATURE
>
> All aspects of the fantastic in international and comparative
> literature. Division Head: Dale Knickerbocker, Dept. of Foreign
> Languages, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
> (KNICKERBOCKERD at MAIL.ECU.EDU).
>
> SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE & THEORY
>
> All aspects of science fiction literature, history, and theory.  
> Division
> Head: Sherryl Vint, Dept. of English Literature, Brock University, St.
> Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1 (SVINT at BROCKU.CA).
>
>
> More information and updates are available at the IAFA Web site:
> http://www.iafa.org.
>
> Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Ph.D.
> Professor of English and Graduate Program Coordinator
> Associate Editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
> Central Michigan University
> 100 W. Preston Road, Anspach Hall 205
> Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859-0001
> (989) 774-3101
> Jeffrey.Weinstock at cmich.edu

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