CFP: Science Fiction Media (Sept. 14; Apr. 10-14)
Call for Papers
The 2013 Joint Eaton/SFRA Conference
Science Fiction Media
April 10-14, 2013
Riverside Marriott Hotel
Riverside, California
This
conference—cosponsored by the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and
Fantasy (UC Riverside) and the Science Fiction Research Association—will
examine science fiction in multiple media. The past several decades
have witnessed an explosion in SF texts across the media landscape, from
film and TV to comics and digital games. We are interested in papers
that explore SF as a multimedia phenomenon, whether focusing on popular
mass media, such as Hollywood blockbusters, or on niche and subcultural
forms of expression, such as MUDs and vidding. We invite paper and panel
proposals that focus on all forms of SF, including prose fiction, and
that address (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Mainstream Hollywood vs. Global SF Cinema
- SF Comics and Manga
- SF Anime and Animation
- SF on the Internet and the World Wide Web
- Multimedia “dispersed” SF narratives
- Fandom, Cosplay, Mashups, and Remixing
- Broadcast and Cable SF Television
- SF Videogames
- World’s Fairs, Theme Parks, and other “Material” SF Media
- Short-form SF film
- Afrofuturism
- SF and/in Music
- SF Idiom and Imagery in Advertising
- Webisodes and TV Games
- SF Art and Illustration
The conference will also feature the fourth Science Fiction Studies Symposium
on the topic of “SF Media(tions),” with speakers Mark Bould, Istvan
Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., and Vivian Sobchack. Keynote speakers and special
guests will be announced as they are confirmed; see the conference
website at <http://eaton.ucr.edu> for periodic updates.
Conference
sessions will be held at the newly remodeled and centrally located
Riverside Marriott Hotel, with rooms at a reduced conference rate
($109). For more about the hotel, see their website at <http://www.marriott.com/ hotels/ hotel-information/travel/ ralmc-riverside-marriott>.
A block of rooms will also be available at a discount ($139) at the
historic Mission Inn Hotel and Spa two blocks from the Marriott: <http://missioninn.com>. Rooms in both hotels are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Abstracts
of 500 words (for papers of 20-minutes in length) should be submitted
by September 14, 2012. We also welcome panel proposals gathering three
papers on a cohesive topic. Send electronic submissions to conference
co-chair Melissa Conway at > with the subject heading: EATON/SFRA CONFERENCE PROPOSAL. Please
include a brief bio with your abstract and indicate whether your
presentation would require A/V. Participants will be informed by
December 1 if their proposals have been accepted.
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