Sunday, November 17, 2013

CFP Lovecraftian Poe (11/15/13)

Here's another expired CFP. I just learned about the project at MAPACA earlier this month. Details from cfp.english.upenn.edu:

By web submission at 09/03/2013 - 16:22

The Lovecraftian Poe: Essays on influence, reception, interpretation and transformation - abstracts due by Nov 15, 2013
full name / name of organization:
Sean Moreland, Ph.D.
contact email:
moreland.sean@gmail.com

The editor invites original scholarly essays that address the reception and transformation of Edgar Allan Poe's thought and writing by H. P. Lovecraft.

That Poe was among the greatest influences on Lovecraft is widely known; Lovecraft famously referred to Poe as both his "model" and his "God of Fiction." Yet, despite widespread recognition of this fact amongst scholars and fans of both Poe and Lovecraft's work, there has surprisingly so far been no collection that brings together scholarly approaches to this topic. This collection aims to address this absence, gathering original essays that focus closely on the precise nature and extent of Poe's influence on Lovecraft, Lovecraft's role in Poe's wider reception and dissemination, and his adoption and adaptation of many of Poe's concepts and techniques.

Topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Specific considerations of the way Lovecraft's fictions make use of and modify Poe's (for example, the reworking of “The Fall of the House of Usher” in “The Rats in the Walls,” or “M. Valdemar” in “Cool Air”).
  • The influence of Poe's philosophical and critical writings on Lovecraft's thought (for example, the cosmicism of Poe's Eureka and Lovecraft's “cosmic indifferentism,” or Lovecraft’s conception of Poe’s “Unity of Effect”).
  • Lovecraft's critical assessment of Poe (in Supernatural Horror in Literature and elsewhere).
  • The development of Gothic and science-fictional conventions in Poe and Lovecraft’s fictions.
  • Philosophical, historical and aesthetic differences and continuities between Poe's and Lovecraft's writings.
  • The interdependence of Poe and Lovecraft's literary and popular legacies.
  • The ways in which Lovecraft's reception of Poe has influenced Poe's reception by later writers (examples might include Borges, Bradbury, Matheson, King, Ligotti or Kiernan.)
  • The continuing importance of Lovecraft's contributions to Poe scholarship and appreciation.


The volume will include an introductory chapter by influential Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi.

Abstracts of 400 - 500 words on any aspect of this topic are invited, with a deadline of Nov 15, 2013. Finished essays will be due by May 2014. Abstracts may be directed to: moreland.sean@gmail.com

About the editor:

Sean Moreland is a professor, editor, and writer of poetry and short fiction. He has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Ottawa, where he currently teaches part-time. He recently co-edited the essay collection Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror (McFarland, 2013), is currently co-editing Holy Terrors: Essays on Monstrous Children in Cinema, and has recently published chapters in a number of books, including Deciphering Poe and Generation Zombie. He is on the editorial board for the Edgar Allan Poe Review, and is founder and a fiction editor of Postscripts to Darkness (PstD), a serial anthology of dark fiction and art.

CFP Poe Studies Association (1/15/13)

Another call courtesy the American Literature Association (pdf at http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/2014%20Poe%20CFP.pdf). 

American Literature Association
25th Annual Conference
May 22 – 25, 2014
Washington DC
CALL FOR PAPERS
Poe Studies Association

1. “Lyrical Eruptions in Poe’s Prose: ‘The Haunted Palace’ 175 years later”

On several occasions Poe inserted a previously published lyric into a new story, perhaps to
assure that his poems reached a wider audience. By way of exploring this mode of recycling
and re-inscription, and to honor its 175th anniversary, this session will take as its focus “The
Haunted Palace,” first published in April 1839 and then given a renewed literary life in The Fall
of the House of Usher (September 1839). The context in which it appears may well provide
deeper insight into the character of our narrator (who self-consciously comments on why he is
able to recite it from memory); and also, by virtue of “the under or mystic current of its meaning,”
into the mind of Roderick Usher. Papers are invited that consider the relation of the poem to the
story; and whether (and to what extent) “The Haunted Palace” is a mirror in miniature,
emblematically refracting the world of the story from within while at the same time projecting a
self-contained if melancholy world of fragile beauty. Close readings and critical interpretations of
the poem are welcome; as are papers that look at the broader issue of lyrical eruptions in Poe,
which might also consider the place of “The Conqueror Worm” (1843) in Ligeia (1845). Do such
lyric eruptions betoken some larger aesthetic plan or purpose? Other topics involving “The
Haunted Palace” as it relates to Poe’s oeuvre also are welcome. To submit a proposal, send a
title and an abstract of no more than 350 words to: William Engel (wengel@sewanee.edu); in
the subject line, put “PSA panel 2014.” Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2014 (panelists
will be notified shortly thereafter).

2. “Teaching Poe’s Poetry”

For Emerson, Poe the poet was a “jingle man,” a writer of lachrymose lyrics, but
Baudelaire and the Symbolists venerated Poe, whom they considered a model of poetic
excellence. Eliciting divergent responses during the nineteenth century, Poe’s verse
continues to frustrate and to intrigue readers in our time. Such divergences present
opportunities for teachers, who can choose from a wide range of approaches as they
introduce the poetry of Poe to students. For this panel, which will feature papers about
pedagogical matters, the Poe Studies Association solicits proposals. Possible topics
include Poe and the lyric in nineteenth-century America; Poe’s poems as primary texts
for theory classes; Poe as a poet in and/or against the Romantic grain; madness as
discursive formation in Poe’s poems of grief; visions of apocalypse in the poetry of Poe
and his contemporaries; Poe and prosody; othering in the poems of Poe; and Poe’s poetry
in the world of antebellum print culture. Other topics are, of course, welcome.
To submit a proposal, send a title and an abstract of no more than 350 words to Travis
Montgomery at tdmontgomery2@fhsu.edu. The subject line should read “PSA panel
2014.” The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2014.

CFP Panel on Where the Wild Things Are (1/15/14)


A head's up courtesy the American Literature Association (click for pdf).

CALL FOR PAPERS
Children’s Literature Society
American Literature Association
25th Annual Conference
May 22-25, 2014
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

Panel #2: The Wild Things. Where Are They Now?

Fifty years after the publication of the iconic picture book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, the public imagination is still captivated by Max's story of adventure, mischief, power, journey, fantasy, repression, surrealism, and illusion in place and time. The expansion of Sendak's imagination for this title has led to a feature length film and to a popular culture phenomenon based on the impact of his work on readers. Likewise literary criticism in children's literature has continued to explore the importance of this work and its reverberations through the genre of children's literature. In this panel, we invite scholars to broadly explore Where the Wild Things Are expanding their approaches to this text or related texts (e.g., Jon Klassen's This is Not My Hat) considering the fifty years of research, literary, art and philosophical thought since its publication.

Please include academic rank and affiliation and AV requests
Please send abstracts or proposals by Wednesday, January 15, 2014 to Dorothy Clark (Dorothy.g.clark@csun.edu), Linda Salem (salem.sdsu@gmail.com)

Conference details may be found at the American Literature Association web
site: www.americanliterature.org

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Academics and the Zombie Apocalypse CFP (11/16/13)

A bit of an odd call for papers, but there are further details online at http://www.apsu.edu/news/apsu-professors-publish-scholarly-book-zombies

Essays needed on Academics and the Zombie Apocalypse for book under contract with McFarland
Location:United States
Publication Date:2013-11-16
Date Submitted: 2013-10-06
Announcement ID: 207294
We are seeking authors for a variety of essays that examine the zombie apocalypse from an academic perspective.

All essays will be written by individuals with the appropriate academic credentials in the fields listed below. Each essay will be approximately 5,500-6,000 words, inclusive of endnotes. The essays will conform to the Chicago Manual of Style.

Interested authors should send a c.v. to both Dr. Amy Thompson, Ph.D. (thompsona@apsu.edu) and Dr. Antonio Thompson, Ph.D. (thompsonas@apsu.edu). Please reference the anthology in the subject line.

Those selected will sign a contributor’s agreement conferring ownership of the essay to the editors and will receive one copy of the completed work. The essays should be received by November 18. This book is currently under contract with McFarland and Company, Publishers (www.mcfarlandbooks.com).

Please let us know if you have any questions. Below are the areas of need. Each area should be written from the perspective of how this academic discipline or area will be affected by or enable effective coping mechanisms during or after the zombie apocalypse or other major disaster or apocalyptic event. The essays should be rooted in academic rigor and should rely on real life examples, but also be able to tie in the fictional zombie apocalypse and the vast literature and material on that subject.

Military Science
Criminal Justice
Personal Security and Health
Financial and Business
Agricultural and Farming
Sexuality and Gender Norms
Education
Entomology
Geology

Dr. Amy Thompson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Austin Peay State University(thompsona@apsu.edu) and Dr. Antonio Thompson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Austin Peay State University (thompsonas@apsu.edu).
Email: thompsona@apsu.edu; thompsonas@apsu.edu

Zombies for SWPACA (11/15/13)

A day late, but this looks like it should be a great set of panels:

CFP-Zombie Culture-Film, literature, comics, video games, television etc., Southwest Popular culture Association 2014
Location:New Mexico, United States
Call for Papers Date:2013-11-15 (Archive)
Date Submitted: 2013-09-12
Announcement ID: 206580

Call for papers: Southwest Popular / American Culture Association - Zombie Culture
Make plans to join the Southwest PCA/ACA for our 35th annual conference, February 19-22,
2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102
Tel: +1 505 842 1234 or 888-421-1442

The conference theme this year is: Popular and American Culture Studies: Yesterday, Today &Tomorrow The area chair for Zombie Culture seeks papers and presentations on any aspect of the zombie in popular culture and history. It seems as though the world has gone “zombie crazy.” There are zombie walks, games on college campuses like “Humans Vs. Zombies,” zombie children’s books, zombie poetry, fiction, video games, zombie ammunition and guns, and zombie running contests. Almost anything can be “zombified” and society and fans all over the world are literally “eat it up.” The zombie has come to represent the chaotic world we live in, and courses continue to pop up on college and university campus all over the world. This is due in large part to the success of films like Night of the Living Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters (Zombi 2), Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, and most recently Warm Bodies, World War Z and the television program The Walking Dead.

Any aspect of Zombie Culture will be given consideration. However, in keeping with the theme of the conference SPECIAL ATTENTION will be paid to those proposals which discuss the distinctive American aspects of the zombie in film, literature, and popular culture in general.
How does the zombie influence American Culture in a way that resonates in our transmedia world?

Some topics to consider:
  • Directors: George Romero, Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Todd Sheets, Danny Boyle, Sam Rami, Peter Jackson, Amando de Ossorio…
  • Specific zombie films: White Zombie, King of the Zombies, Dawn of the Dead, Tombs of the Blind Dead, Dead Alive, Evil Dead, Zombies on Broadway, World War Z…..
  • Specific books/zombie literature: Zombie Bake Off, World War Z, Book of All Flesh, Case of Charles Dexter Ward…
  • Zombie writers’ fiction and non-fiction: Stephen Graham Jones, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Kirkman, Steve Niles, Max Brooks, Matt Mogk, Jovanka Vuckovic.
  • Stephen King…..
  • The Walking Dead
  • Zombie comics (any aspect: history, cultural impact, storytelling…) Zombies since 9/11
  • Zombie children’s books
  • Zombie running
  • Fast vs. slow zombies
  • Zombie gore
  • Teaching the zombie (zombie pedagogy)
  • Zombie cos-play
  • Zombie brains-food
  • Zombie video games
  • Zombie ants
  • Can a real zombie outbreak happen?
  • The voodoo zombie-the historical roots of the zombie
  • The Euro-zombie
  • Nazi–zombies
  • Viking zombies
  • Marvel zombies
  • What exactly is a zombie?
  • Humans vs. zombies
  • Zombies across the world (Ro-langs…)
  • Zombies’ roots in cinema
  • Are mummies/Frankenstein’s monster zombies?
  • What does the rise in the zombie’s popularity tell us about society?
These are just a few of the topics that could be discussed.

Please submit your title, and 100- to 250-word abstract by November 1, 2013, through our database, which can be accessed at:
http://conference2014.southwestpca.org/

A video tutorial for submissions is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSITP_57txc
Please note there are monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories.

See http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards

The organization also has a new open access peer reviewed journal that encourages you to submit your work.

See: Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy
http://journaldialogue.org/

35th Annual Conference Southwest Popular/American Culture Association February 19-22 2014at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Submission Deadline: 11/1/13
Priority Registration Deadline 12/31/13
Conference Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras NW,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102
Tel: +1 505 842 1234 or 888-421-1442

Rob Weiner
Humanities Librarian, Texas Tech University Library
rweiner5@sbcglobal.net
http://southwestpca.org