CFP: SF & The Fantastic: Present & Past (10/1; 3/22-3/26)

From: Stu-Ra (sclarry@fau.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 08 1999 - 22:13:28 EDT


CALL FOR PAPERS:

21st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

Looking Backward: The Fantastic Then and Now

In this millennial year, we are especially interested in
proposals for papers, sessions, and other presentations
on the connections between the fantastic present and
past, neglected or forgotten authors or texts; changes in
critical opinion over the decades regarding authors,
texts, images or motifs (e.g., Tolkien then and now,
robots then and now, aliens then and now); founders of
genres; the fantastic in Native American texts or those
of other indigenous peoples; and any matter related to
the above theme as well as on ALL ASPECTS of the
fantastic in English, American, and Commonwealth
literature, comparative and other national literatures,
drama, art, cinema, television, science fiction, fantasy,
horror, music, philosophy, sociology, political science,
the sciences, psychology, religion, and interdisciplinary
areas.

Graduate student paper proposals are also welcome;
the Conference also sponsers an annual Graduate
Student Award for the Best Graduate Student Essay.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION- in order to be
considered for the 2000 program, your proposal to (1)
read a paper, (2) recruit and chair a paper session, or
(3) organize and chair a panel discussion must be
date-stamped no later than October 1, 1999.

For full conference information, please visit our website at

http://www.iafa.org

or e-mail Stuart Clarry at sclarry@fau.edu

Stuart Clarry
Public Information Officer
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Florida Atlantic University
(561) 297-2714

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