CFP Negotiating Tragedy at University of Texas at Dallas
CALL FOR PAPERS From CMCS member and UT Dallas Graduate Student Senator Diana Miller University of Texas at Dallas Arts & Humanities Graduate Student Association utd.gsa@gmail.com February 24, 2018 Theme: Negotiating Tragedy Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2017 Keynote Speaker: Karen Kelsky, “The Professor is In” The Arts & Humanities Graduate Student Association of the University of Texas at Dallas will hold its tenth annual graduate symposium on February 24th at the UT Dallas campus in Richardson, TX. The RAW: Research, Art, Writing conference is organized by and for...
Read MoreSex and Sexuality in Popular Culture: Feminist Perspectives conference
From Monika Drzewiecka We would like to remind you that the deadline for registering for the Sex and Sexuality in Popular Culture: Feminist Perspectives conference (Bristol, September 3rd) is August 25th. If you are interested in attending, you can register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sex-and-sexualities-in-popular-culture-feminist-perspectives-ii-registration-25311653838 We also have a number of free tickets for undergraduates. We’d be very grateful if you could promote the conference in your institutions to see if any of your students would be interested in attending! Here is...
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CFP: “HEROES IN POPULAR CULTURE” MPCA/ACA Conference Deadline: May 15, 2015 Submit to: Submissions.mpcaaca.org Papers can explore any topic relating to heroes and/or prevailing notions of heroism as they present themselves in popular culture. Topics may include, but are not limited to: -Superheroes and action stars as heroic icons -Video games and the experience of vicarious/learned heroism -Connections between violence and heroism -The gendering of heroism -Heroines in young adult fiction -Anti-heroes in media -Pop culture heroes and religion/mythology -Hero worship -Real...
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