Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area
Special Topic: Posthuman Science Fiction and Fantasy
2004 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
25th Annual Conference, held in conjunction with the National Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas
April 7-10, 2004.
The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to invite paper and panel proposals for several session on representations of the Posthuman in literature and film. Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 word panel proposals, including full contact info for all participants, to both dr_c_jason_smith_at_yahoo.com and ximena_gallardo_c_at_yahoo.com. For more on information on our the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of the SW/TX PCA/ACA see our website at www.geocities.com/pcascifi.
All papers presented at the conference will be considered for a special edition of the online journal Reconstruction (www.reconstruction.ws). For more information, see below.
Deadline for proposal submissions: October 15, 2003.
(Papers on other subjects should be submitted to the National Science Fiction and Fantasy Area—Chair: Wendy Stengel, Science, 1200 New York Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20005, E-mail submissions are highly recommended -- send to wendywoowho_at_yahoo.com. Receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail. If you have any questions, e-mail or phone at 202.326.6465. Deadline is September 15, 2003.)
The 2004 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas, at the beautiful San Antonio Marriott River Center Hotel, on the Riverwalk. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate a quarter-century of this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~swpca
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Post•hu•man•ous: A Special Edition of Reconstruction.
Reconstruction 3.3 (Summer 2004). Guest Editors: C. Jason Smith, Ximena Gallardo C., and Geoff Klock.
Post•hu•man•ous, adj. From the combination of “posthumous” and “posthuman”; 1. Occurring or continuing after the death of the human: a posthumanous writing. 2. Published after the death of the Author: a posthumanous book. 3. Born after the death of the patriarchy: a posthumanous child. 4. Any activity which presumes the fatal limitation of the rational-humanist subject: a posthumanous subject.
Contact dr_c_jason_smith_at_yahoo.com for more information about this special edition.
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