CFP: National and Global Identies in Scholarship on the Fantastic (10/15/03; ICFA, 3/24/04-3/28/04)

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The purpose of this email is to solicit panelists to participate in a panel
discussion on National and Global Identities in Scholarship on the
Fantastic for the 2004 International Conference of the Fantastic in the
Arts.Arts (Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hilton, March 24-28, 2004).

TOPIC: The scholarship (theories, methods, approaches, issues, challenges,
opportunities, politics, etc.) associated with scholarship on the fantastic
related to various aspects of national and global identities given the
complexity of cultural identities in the contemporary world. We would like
to invite anyone interested, particularly scholars who do research on
fantastic literatures written in other languages.

PANEL: A panel discussion at ICFA is typically 5-7 people participating in
a more informal discussion on the topic with greater audience participation
as compared to the formal (and longer) paper sessions. ICFA allows people
to present a paper as well as to participate in a panel discussion
(information on Division Heads and paper submissions can be found at the
IAFA web site listed below).

The panel discussion on “National and Global Identities” will be
co-sponsored by the International Fantastic Literature Division and the
Science Fiction Literature Division working in cooperation with the
Cultural Identities Caucus.

Deadline for application to panel: October 15, 2003

Robin Reid
Literature and Languages
A&M-Commerce
Robin_Reid_at_tamu-commerce.edu
903.886.5268

PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

Name, snailmail address, email address, telephone number.

BRIEF summary of your scholarly interests and the main point(s) or
questions you would like to present during the panel discussion. Each
panelist will have 5-10 (depending on number of participants) minutes for
individual statements, then the discussion will be opened up for audience
questions and participation

CONFERENCE THEME AND GOH INFORMATION

25th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Here There Be Dragons: The Global Fantastic

To be listed in the conference program, participants must join IAFA by
December 15, 2003 and must also preregister for the conference by February
15, 2004. Review the information needed and complete the forms on the IAFA
website:

http://www.iafa.org

The focus of ICFA-25 is on the global fantastic and on the ways in which
language, tradition, and geography shape the narratives we tell. Our
cultures are threaded with shifting strands of the fantastic from around
the globe: Japanese anime, Russian folktales, fragments of the Ramayana,
Latin American magic realism, African trickster stories. Possible topics
include: Postcolonial Theory and the Fantastic; the Racialized Other in
Narrative; the Representation of Race and Gender in the International
Fantastic; Fantastic Film Around the Globe; Legends and Fairy Tales of Many
Nations; Comparative Literature; The Fantastic in Translation; and the
Impact of and on Multiculturalism. In addition, papers on lesser known
authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror from all nations of the
world are welcome, as are papers focusing on the work of:

Guest of Honor: Daína Chaviano
Guest Scholar: Marcial Souto
Special Guest Author: Elizabeth Hand
Permanent Special Guest: Brian Aldiss

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