Recasting the Bygone Witch: Examining Strength in Preservation (NeMLA 2023)
deadline for submissions:
September 30, 2022
full name / name of organization:
Panel at NeMLA 2023, March 23-26, 2023, Niagara Falls NY
contact email:
ainemnorris@gmail.com
From Sabrina to Supreme, there are plentiful modern representations of the witch in popular culture, each exuding singular or group-sourced power borne from traditions of centuries-past, as manifested in literature, television, film, or local lore. But what about the lesser-known witches, those who practice and represent branches of witchcraft rarely examined within the subcultural analysis or fandom?
This panel examines portrayals of lesser-known witches and how their quiet unconventionality, even within the broader occult subculture, might inform scholarship, practice, and preservation. What can we learn by examining lesser-known witches or unconventional representations of the witch?
Approaches or lenses for papers may include (but are not limited to):
- Literature, texts, or theory
- Cultural studies
- Gender studies
- Technology or media studies
- Race and ethnicity studies
- Environmental studies
- Pop culture studies
- Local or regional examinations
- Museum studies and public history
- Historic preservation or conservation
Abstracts must be submitted before the deadline to the NeMLA website: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/19862 (note: you will need to establish a username and password).
Information about abstract requirements is available here: https://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention/callforpapers.html
This panel is for the Northeast Modern Language Association convention, March 23-26, 2023 in Niagara Falls, NY. To learn more about NeMLA, visit https://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html Papers must be delivered in-person at the conference.
Please don't hesitate to send any questions to both Aíne Norris ainemnorris@gmail.com and Maria DiBenigno mdibenigno@wm.edu.
Last updated July 9, 2022
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