Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this call. Please feel
free to forward this call to other listservs and individuals who might be
interested!
The purpose of this email is to solicit people to participate in a panel
discussion on the topic of "Fandom and Academia."
Information on participants and topics will be used to create a proposal
for a panel discussion which will be submitted to the 2003 International
Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) Conference. More
information on the ICFA Conference can be found later in this message.
A panel discussion at ICFA is typically 4-5 people participating in an
informal discussion with panelists and the audience rather than formal (and
longer) presentations based on papers. ICFA allows people to present a
paper as well as to participate in a panel discussion.
Deadline for application to panel to be received (email preferred w/hard
copy backup):
October 10, 2002
PANEL INFORMATION:
If you are currently a fan or have formerly been a fan (in ANY area of
fandom) and are currently an academic (graduate student, independent
scholar, adjunct or full-time faculty member) and would like to participate
in this panel, please mail or email a one-page statement to:
Eden Lackner
Department of English
The University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2N 1N4
eden.lackner@shaw.ca
Your statement should include:
Name
Snailmail address
Email address
Telephone number
A brief description of your fan affiliations and activities
A brief statement of your academic affiliations and activities
A brief statement of what issue or issues you would like to cover in the
discussion
Issues the panel discussion might consider include (but are not limited to):
Does your scholarship include your fan interests?
How are "fans" perceived by academics?
How are "academics" perceived by fen?
What happens when fen become academics?
What happens when academics become fen?
What happens when academics study "fandom"?
How does identifying yourself as an "academic" to other fen influence your
interactions with
them?
How does identifying yourself as a "fan" to other academics influence your
work/their perceptions of that work?
You do not have to address ALL (or indeed any) of the above issues and are
encouraged to raise other issues to do with "Fandom and Academia."
Each panelist will have 5-10 minutes for individual statements, then the
discussion will be opened up for audience questions and participation.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
If you have not yet sent in a proposal for a PAPER for ICFA, you have until
October 15, 2002.
The 24th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
What Might be Going to Have Been: Dark Myths and Legends
March 19 to March 23, 2003
Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hilton
GUEST OF HONOR: Canadian fantasist Charles de Lint
GUEST SCHOLAR: S. T. Joshi
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or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu
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