Call for Book Proposals - Transmedia Villains and Creatures (11/1/2024)

Book series VILLAINS AND CREATURES

deadline for submissions:
November 1, 2024

full name / name of organization:
Lexington Books

contact email:
isonisanna@hotmail.com

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/04/08/book-series-villains-and-creatures

TRANSMEDIA VILLAINS AND CREATURES



This new series by Lexington Books aims to cover the fascinating subject of villains and threatening creatures through an interdisciplinary perspective represented by fields as different as literary, film, religious, gender and art studies as much as philosophy and sociological and ecocritical approaches. Each volume will focus on a single figure (or group of figures) and examine it in its multiple incarnations, from their origins in myth, folklore and history as well as in a literary text, to their various adaptations in different media, including comics, graphic novels, cinema, TV, exhibitions, the visual arts, merchandise, fandom and tourist attractions.



We welcome both edited collections and monographs, but the requirements of the volumes will be their interdisciplinarity and their focus on the issues of adaptation and transmediality. Also, a (global) cultural studies’ approach will be particularly favored (disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and ethnicity will be more than welcome for the examination of villains and creatures). Proposals may include (but are certainly not limited to) the following figures:

Dracula
The werewolf
The mummy
The Golem
Doppëlgangers
Hybrids
Animal-human hybrids (experiments, but also minotaurs, centaurs, as well as lesser-known hybrids)
Clones
Experiments

10. Mad scientists

11. Serial killers

12. Aliens

13. Ghosts

14. Spirits

15. Gods, demi-gods and mythological creatures (from any mythology)

16. Machines

17. Cyborgs

18. Androids

19. Dragons

20. Underwater creatures

21. Shapeshifters

22. Mutants and mutations

23. Freaks

24. Tyrants, dictators and warlords (including historical figures)

25. Crimelords, cult leaders, masterminds

26. Orcs, ogres and trolls

27. Folklore figures

28. Statues, dolls, puppets and animated objects

29. Satan, demons and Biblical figures

30. Cryptids

31. Supervillains

32. Slashers

33. Boogeymen

34. Diseases and plagues

35. Carnivorous Plants

36. Hostile Fungi

37. Magical creatures



We will gladly welcome any queries by prospective authors/editors for the preparation of a proposal. Please contact Dr. Antonio Sanna (isonisanna@hotmail.com).


Last updated April 10, 2024

CFP Transmedia Monsters and Villains Book Series (9/15/2023)

Transmedia Monsters and Villains

deadline for submissions:
September 15, 2023

full name / name of organization:
Dr. Antonio Sanna

contact email:
isonisanna@hotmail.com

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/03/23/transmedia-monsters-and-villains

TRANSMEDIA MONSTERS AND VILLAINS

This new series aims to cover the fascinating subject of monsters and villains through an interdisciplinary perspective represented by fields as different as literary, film, religious, gender and art studies as much as philosophy and sociological and ecocritical approaches. Each volume will focus on a single figure (or group of figures) and examine it in its multiple incarnations, from their origins in myth, folklore and history as well as in a literary text, to their various adaptations in different media, including comics, graphic novels, cinema, TV, exhibitions, the visual arts, merchandise and tourist attractions. Most welcome will also be an approach to the subject that transcends genres and thus examine the single monsters and villains as they are presented in horror fiction, thriller, science fiction, etc.

We welcome both edited collections and monographs, but the essential requirements of the volumes will be their interdisciplinarity and their focus on the issues of adaptation and transmediality. Proposals may include (but are certainly not limited to) the following figures:

• Dracula
• Frankenstein’s creature
• The werewolf
• The mummy
• Zombies
• Witches and wizards
• The Golem
• Doppëlgangers
• Hybrids, clones and experiments
• Mad scientists
• Serial killers
• Cannibals
• Aliens
• Ghosts
• Spirits
• Gods, demi-gods and mythological creatures (from any mythology)
• Dinosaurs
• Machines, cyborgs and androids
• Dragons
• Underwater creatures
• Underground creatures
• Shapeshifters
• Mutants, mutations and freaks
• Tyrants, dictators and warlords (including historical figures)
• Orcs, ogres and trolls
• Folklore figures
• Clowns
• Statues, dolls, puppets and animated objects
• Satan, demons and Biblical figures
• Personifications of Death

We will gladly welcome any queries by prospective authors/editors for the preparation of a proposal. Please contact Dr. Antonio Sanna (isonisanna@hotmail.com).

Antonio Sanna is a "Cultore della materia" at the University of Sassari, Italy, and the co-editor of the Lexington Books series "Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors".


Last updated March 23, 2023

New Book Series: Anthem Studies in Gothic Literature

New Gothic Book Series
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/06/13/new-gothic-book-series

deadline for submissions:
December 31, 2019

full name / name of organization:
Anthem Press

contact email:
proposal@anthempress.com


NEW INTERNATIONAL GOTHIC BOOK SERIES.

The Anthem Studies in Gothic Literature incorporates a broad range of titles that undertake rigorous, multi-disciplinary and original scholarship in the domain of Gothic Studies and respond, where possible, to existing classroom/module needs. The series aims to foster innovative international scholarship that interrogates established ideas in this rapidly growing field, to broaden critical and theoretical discussion among scholars and students, and to enhance the nature and availability of existing scholarly resources.

Series Editor: Carol Margaret Davison, University of Windsor, Canada

Editorial Board Members:
Xavier Aldana Reyes – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Katarzyna Ancuta – Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ken Gelder – University of Melbourne, Australia
George Haggerty – University of California, USA
Tabish Khair – Aarhus University, Denmark
Tanya Krzywinska – Falmouth University, UK
Vijay Mishra – Murdoch University, Australia
Marie Mulvey-Roberts – University of the West of England, UK
Andrew Hock Soon Ng – Monash University, Malaysia
Inés Ordiz – University of Stirling, UK
David Punter – University of Bristol, UK
Dale Townshend – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock – Central Michigan University, USA
Maisha Wester – University of Indiana, USA
Gina Wisker – University of Brighton, UK

We welcome the submission of proposals for challenging and original works that meet the criteria of this series. We make prompt editorial decisions. Our titles are published simultaneously in print and eBook editions and are subject to peer review by recognized authorities in the field. We are accepting proposals for monographs, edited collections, scholarly introductions and sourcebooks, and course readers. Please contact proposal@anthempress.com for more information. There is no formal deadline.

CFP New series from MIP: Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity (open)

My thanks to Barbara Tepa Lupack for the head's up on this:

New series from MIP: Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity – Call For Proposals

https://anzamems.org/?p=8083

(official site at https://arc-humanities.org/series/mip/monsters-prodigies-and-demons/)

New scholarly book series from Medieval Institute Publications:

Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity
This series is dedicated to the study of monstrosity and alterity in the medieval and early modern world, and to the investigation of cultural constructions of otherness, abnormality and difference from a wide range of perspectives. Submissions are welcome from scholars working within established disciplines, including—but not limited to—philosophy, critical theory, cultural history, history of science, history of art and architecture, literary studies, disability studies, and gender studies. Since much work in the field is necessarily pluri-disciplinary in its methods and scope, the editors are particularly interested in proposals that cross disciplinary boundaries. The series publishes English-language, single-author volumes and collections of original essays. Topics might include hybridity and hermaphroditism; giants, dwarves, and wild-men; cannibalism and the New World; cultures of display and the carnivalesque; “monstrous” encounters in literature and travel; jurisprudence, law, and criminality; teratology and the “New Science”; the aesthetics of the grotesque; automata and self-moving machines; or witchcraft, demonology, and other occult themes.

Geographical Scope: Unrestricted
Chronological Scope: Late Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern
Further Information: For questions or to submit a proposal, please contact the acquisitions editor, Erika Gaffney (Erika.Gaffney@arc-humanities.org) or visit our website: www.mip-archumanitiespress.org.

For more information, please download the Monsters, Prodigies, & Demons series flyer

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