GOTHIC 2011 - 2nd Global Conference: The Gothic - Exploring Critical Issues

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Category GOTHIC 2011

Deadline: November 26, 2010 | Date: May 16, 2011-May 18, 2011

Venue/Country: Warsaw, Poland

Updated: 2011-05-12 22:13:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The Gothic - Exploring Critical Issues

Monday 16th May - Wednesday 18th May 2011

Warsaw, Poland

Call for Papers

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary

project seeks to engage and explore the cultural

significance and enduring narratives within the

realm of the Gothic in culture at large. From its

literary and historical roots to its (post)modern

incarnations as a cultural subgenre present in

popular fiction and film, this project seeks to

explore the territories of the Gothic in all of

its manifestations.

Suggested topics and themes include (but are not

limited to):

* Classic Gothic Literature and its resurgence

* The Gothick

* Gothic Culture(s) as a living experience/ethos

* Gothic Media (Cinema, Television, Games, Graphic

Novels, Role Playing)

* Gothic Music

* Misrepresenting the Gothic

* Apocalyptic narratives

* Fashioning Bodies, styles and convention

* Modern and Postmodern paradigms (19th, 20th &

21st century 'Gothics')

* Gothic and Horror Narratives

* Gothic as Horror or Horror as Gothic?

* Popular Culture

* Queer Gothic

* Identity

* Scapegoating/ derision/ condemnation of the

Gothic in culture

* The philosophy of 'dark' culture

* Geographical Gothic

* Gothic space; Gothic architecture

* Gender and Sexualities

* Contrasting the 'emo' and the 'goth'

The Steering Group particularly welcomes the

submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers

will also be considered on any related theme.

300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday

26th November 2010. If an abstract is accepted for

the conference, a full draft paper should be

submitted by Friday 1st April 2011.

300 word abstracts should be submitted

simultaneously to both Organising Chairs;

abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF

formats with the following information and in this

order:

a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)

title of abstract, e) body of abstract

E-mails should be entitled: Gothic2 Abstract

Submission.

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain

from using footnotes and any special formatting,

characters or emphasis (such as bold,

italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and

answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do

not receive a reply from us in a week you

should assume we did not receive your proposal; it

might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to

look for an alternative electronic route or resend.

Organising Chairs:

* Sorcha Ni Fhlainn

Hub Leader, Project Co-Leader,

School of English,

Trinity College,

Dublin,

Ireland

E-mail: snfinter-disciplinary.net

* Stephen Morris

Hub Leader, Independent Scholar,

New York USA

E-mail: smmorris58yahoo.com

* Rob Fisher

Network Founder and Leader,

Inter-Disciplinary.Net,

Freeland,

Oxfordshire,

United Kingdom

E-mail: goth2inter-disciplinary.net

The conference is part of the Critical Issues

programme of research projects. It aims to bring

together people from different areas and

interests to share ideas and explore various

discussions which are innovative and exciting. All

papers accepted for and presented at the

conference will be eligible for publication in an

ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for

publication in a themed hard copy volume(s).

For further details about the project please visit:

http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/the-gothic/

For further details about the conference please visit:

http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/the-gothic/call-for-papers/