CFP My Wild Heart Bleeds: 150 Years of Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla (6/1/22; online 9/3/22)

My Wild Heart Bleeds: 150 Years of Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla

deadline for submissions: June 1, 2022


full name / name of organization: Romancing the Gothic Project


contact email: sam@romancingthegothic.com

 

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/01/21/my-wild-heart-bleeds-150-years-of-sheridan-le-fanus-carmilla

official site: https://romancingthegothic.com/2022/01/19/rtgs-second-conference-my-wild-heart-bleeds-150-years-of-sheridan-le-fanus-carmilla/




This year’s Romancing the Gothic online conference celebrates the ‘birth’ of Carmilla, one of the most enduring vampiric figures, re-written and re-imagined over the years in fiction, film, web-series, podcasts, animated series and RPGs. This conference focuses on and celebrates Carmilla and its legacy, particularly the sapphic reclamation and queer celebration of its main character.

This conference welcomes creative and critical papers on a range of topics connected to Carmilla, including:

• Sheridan Le Fanu and his wider writings and legacy
• The history of the (female) vampire
• The queer Gothic and horror
• Adaptations and reiminagings of Carmilla
• Gothic reimaginings
• Gothic explorations of love and desire
• The sapphic vampire
• The sapphic Gothic
• Queering the vampire
• Sexuality in Victorian literature
• Queer desire and transgression
• Queering the supernatural
• The Gothic and romance

We are interested in interdisciplinary papers and works from a range of disciplines including: queer studies, cultural studies, literature studies, Gothic studies, folklore studies, history, sociology, philosophy etc.



As usual with a Romancing the Gothic conference, there will be extra events including author roundtables, workshops and a social event. Keep your eye peeled for news.



We are accepting panel and individual paper proposals. There are two types of paper

• 10 minute ‘Lightning talk’ – This is a short talk to introduce a theme, or area of research or interest.
• 20 minute paper – This is a 20 minute paper on a topic of your choice. There are three talks to a panel, and you may submit an individual paper or panel proposal.

Please submit a 150-250 word abstract with short bio to sam@romancingthegothic.com by 1st June.

We welcome papers from both academics and non-academics with expertise of any type in the fields indicated above (critical, creative, professional, personal). For those who are unfamiliar with writing abstracts and academic conference applications, there will be a zoom tutorial to answer any questions on April 4th. Please email with a request for the link if you would like to join.

Last updated January 31, 2022