CFP Dracula: A Companion (3/31/2025)

Just came across this. Apologies for the late posting.

CFP: Dracula: A Companion

deadline for submissions: 

March 31, 2025

full name / name of organization: 

Matthew Crofts (University of Hull), Maddy Potter (University of Edinburgh)

contact email: 

m.crofts@hull.ac.uk

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/23/cfp-dracula-a-companion. 

CFP: Dracula: A Companion

Matthew Crofts & Maddy Potter

Dracula: A Companion is intended to both be an essential guide to interpreting Bram Stoker’s Dracula and a collection of new perspectives supporting a reshaping of the way the text is taught and engaged with by students. 

Fundamental to the approach of this companion is placing the text at the epicentre of its own cultural afterlife and pop culture status. Beginning with the novel’s inception and influences, Dracula is positioned as a ‘spark’ that ignited the character's enduring popularity and presence across the globe. From here, the familiar topics the novel is understood through will see novel perspectives, accounting not only for new and exciting research, but exploring  how Dracula’s immortality stems from how it can be subjected to new approaches, showcasing the versatility of the book, and its continued capacity to lend itself to readings that speak of topical cultural concerns. 

The final sections prioritise the way the text has been reshaped to suit contemporary audiences, distanced from the ‘original’ novel through adaptation and literary pastiche. Every ‘version’ of Dracula has the potential to be someone’s first encounter with the character, and may be what they think of when hearing the name. By giving this aspect a clear focus it establishes to students and readers alike that ‘Dracula’ is not contained within the novel, but has become a myth recognised across the globe.

We kindly request abstracts of no more than 250 words for either full essay style chapters of 4,500 words or shorter case studies focusing on individual texts of approx 2000 words. We are also open to further ideas, suggestions, and questions. The deadline for abstracts is Monday March 31st 2025. Full contributions are expected to be due at the end of Summer 2025.

Please email abstracts or any other enquiries to madeline.potter@ed.ac.uk & m.crofts@hull.ac.uk

 

Potential topics (but by no means limited to):

• Theatrical Influences on the novel’s form Historical influences

• Transylvania as a mosaic (Hungarian and Irish Parallelism)

• Stoker: a biographical reading

• Global Dracula Stoker’s own travels

• Dracula in translation 

• New perspectives on sexuality: LGBTQA+ readings/drag

• New scientific & medical readingsNew perspectives on race

• Romany enslavement

• Dracula as Sensation fiction/Victorian popular fiction

• Publishing practices

• Reception of Dracula

• Reading Dracula as a werewolf text

• Neo-Victorian readings

• Wider cultural understanding of Dracula [Intended as shorter chapters, akin to case studies of texts]

• Dracula adaptations, appropriations and pastiches

• Neglected adaptations (eg. The Claes Bang/Gatiss version, The 1977 Louis Jourdan version)

• Neglected adaptations from non-anglo/American countries

• Non-Western Draculas 

• Dracula for children: eg. Hotel Transylvania eg. Count Duckula 

• Dracula games (computer and table-top)

• Dracula in New Media & Fandom

Last updated January 25, 2025

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies 2024 (5/1/2024)

Journal of Dracula Studies

deadline for submissions:
May 1, 2024

full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies

contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/04/13/journal-of-dracula-studies

past issues are accessible at: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/dracula-studies/

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 .docx). 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.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu


Last updated April 16, 2024

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies for 2023 (5/1/2023)

Not sure how I missed this before.

Journal of Dracula Studies

deadline for submissions:
May 1, 2023

full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies

contact email:
journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/01/23/journal-of-dracula-studies.


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 .docx). 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.

Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu

Contact: Dr. Nicole McClure or Dr. Jonathan Shaw




Last updated January 26, 2023

CFP Children of the Night Conference (9/15/2020; Brasov, Translyvania 10/12-14/2020)

This sounds like a great event if you're in Europe.

The Children of the Night Conference series is a non-profit academic initiative, supported by worldwide renowned Dracula experts.

Our aim is to present groundbreaking research on Bram Stoker, his novel Dracula and related topics on a bi-annual basis.

Participation is open to everyone who has a truly interesting paper to present. Moreover, the conferences will feature artistic contests and will be accompanied by a cultural program.

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN: PLEASE SEND US YOUR ABSTRACTS!

(Full call at https://dracongress.jimdofree.com/call-for-papers/.)


Call for Papers 2020

We invite all persons who are interested in speaking at the 2020 conference to submit an abstract of 150 - max. 250 words plus a meaningful title indicating the planned content of your presentation. The official language of the conference is English; papers will be accepted, presented and published only in English. The abstracts must be submitted by email and fit the conference main topics.



All speakers are requested to prepare a visual presentation. Accepted formats: Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe PDF or a folder with .jpg images, ordered by file name. Please bring your presentation on a USB stick (flash drive). Please limit the size of your file to 25 Megabyte maximum.



Registration -- Procedure & Fees


Indication of interest

If you are interested to speak at the conference but have no abstract ready yet, please send us a short email, so that we have you on our radar. The earlier we know who would like to participate in the conference, the better we can plan it. The same applies for potentials participants in the artistic contests.


Abstract deadline

Abstracts and fiction contributions must be submitted before 15 Septeber 2020. Please use the Abstract Submission Form below.


Approval

All submitted abstracts are subject to approval by our Scientific Committee. Review will take place continuously and may take 2-4 weeks.


Registration and payment

After your abstract has been approved, please pay the conference fee to our bank account. Please indicate your name and your country while making the payment. After your fee has been received, you will be automatically be added to our registration list and be admitted to the conference. For payments not made from an Euro, British Pound or US Dollar accounts, we recommend using Transferwise.


Fee schedule

The regular fee for participants is 149,-- Euros. For listeners-only, students without regular income and participants from the East-European countries, there is a reduced fee of 99,-- Euros only.

Day ticket for spontaneous visitors: 33,-- Euros.

Staff and students of Transilvania University of Brasov: Reduced day ticket price of 15,-- Euros.

The costs of hotel, lunch and dinner are not included, but Transilvania University of Brașov will host all participants for a special evening banquet or dinner.



Account Details (see https://dracongress.jimdofree.com/call-for-papers/)




Excursions

A guided walk through the centre of Brașov will be free of charge.

Further excursions: t.b.d.


Flights and Accommodation

Flights and accommodation should be booked by the participants. We recommend using flight searching engines such as Priceline, Cheaptickets or Kayak, and hotel booking platforms such as www.booking.com.

We recommend to book your flight to Bucharest well in advance. From Bucharest, there are several bus and train services to Brașov. Alternatively, you can travel via Sibiu (Hermannstadt).

Prices for food and accommodation in Brașov are moderate, compared to other European countries, especially the UK and Ireland.




Email of the Organising Committee: dracongress@gmail.com


Please send all communication regarding the conferences to this email address only, not to the University or our private email addresses.

Survey and CFP on MLA's Approaches to Teaching Stoker’s Dracula (11/1/2019)

The MLA is seeking responses to a survey on Teaching Bram Stoker's Dracula. Full details follow as well as the related call for papers.

Contribute to an MLA Approaches Volume on Stoker’s Dracula
Posted 6 September 2019 by Michelle Lanchart
https://news.mla.hcommons.org/2019/09/06/contribute-to-an-mla-approaches-volume-on-stokers-dracula/

The volume Approaches to Teaching Stoker’s Dracula, edited by William Thomas McBride, is now in development in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Instructors who have taught this work are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences. Information about proposing an essay is available at the end of the survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PQYKN6Z).



12. If you would like to propose an original essay for this volume, please submit an abstract of approximately 250–300 words in which you describe your approach or topic and explain its potential usefulness for students and instructors. The proposed essays should be pedagogically focused.

Note that if you plan to quote from student writing in your essay, you must obtain written permission from the student. Proposed essays should not be previously published.

Abstracts and brief CVs (4-page maximum) should be sent by e-mail to the volume editor, William Thomas McBride, at wmcbrid@ilstu.edu by 1 November 2019. You may also send queries, comments, and supplemental materials such as course descriptions, syllabi, assignments, and bibliographies as attachments (accepted formats are .doc, .docx, .rtf, and .pdf).

Journal of Dracula Studies 2019 Submissions (papers by 5/1/2019)

Journal of Dracula Studies
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2019/01/23/journal-of-dracula-studies

deadline for submissions:
May 1, 2019

full name / name of organization:
Anne DeLong/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. Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu.

Please follow the updated 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 in order to be considered for that year’s issue.


Last updated January 23, 2019

CFP Journal of Dracula Studies (expired for 2018 volume)

Sorry to have missed this for the year, but the journal would now be accepting for 2019:

[UPDATE] DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 1, 2018
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/05/02/update-deadline-extended-to-june-1-2018

deadline for submissions:
June 1, 2018

full name / name of organization:
Journal of Dracula Studies

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. Send electronic submissions to journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu.

Please follow the updated 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.