Tuesday, May 18, 2021

CFP MAPACA: Gothic Studies (7/15/21; MAPACA virtual 11/10-13/2021)

MAPACA: Gothic Studies


Source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/05/05/mapaca-gothic-studies

deadline for submissions:
July 15, 2021


full name / name of organization:
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association: Gothic Studies


contact email:
wsmcmasters@gmail.com




The Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association is accepting proposals until July 15 for their 2021 virtual conference, Nov 10 - 13. Please consider submitting to the newly founded Gothic Studies area: https://mapaca.net/areas/gothic-studies The Gothic Studies area invites proposals which engage with the genre and culture of the Gothic as it is represented in film, television, literature, art, and society. We are especially interested in ways that the Gothic aesthetic defines itself against other predominate modes, or genres, of storytelling or culture. We also invite proposals concerned with subgenres of the Gothic across media, like the American Gothic, southern Gothic, feminine Gothic, the “weird tale,” and the ecoGothic as represented film, television, literature, music, fashion, art, and culture.
 

Last updated May 15, 2021 

 

Friday, May 7, 2021

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies [DEADLINE EXTENDED to 6/1/21]

Journal of Dracula Studies [DEADLINE EXTENDED to 6/1/21]

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/01/19/journal-of-dracula-studies-deadline-extended-to-6121

deadline for submissions:
June 1, 2021


full name / name of organization:
Anne DeLong/Curt Herr/ Transylvanian Society of Dracula


contact email:
Journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu



We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.
Please follow MLA style.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.
Submissions must be received no later than May 1, 2021, in order to be considered for the Fall 2021 issue.
Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu
Contact: Dr. Anne DeLong or Dr. Curt Herr 

Last updated May 2, 2021 

 

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

RIP Billie Hayes

Many performers have helped solidify the idea of the wicked witch in popular culture. Most might think of Margaret Hamilton from the Wizard of Oz or the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but others have also made an impact on the world.

One of these was Billie Hayes who passed away this week. (See her obituary from Variety.)

She was, perhaps, best known for her role as Witchiepoo in the Sid and Marty Krofft show H. R. Puffnstuff, entertaining generations of fans with her comic antics.




But Hayes also portrayed other witches over the years, including one on an episode of Bewitched