Science Fiction Research Association Call for Papers

CFP: 2013 Eaton/SFRA Conference
Call for Papers
The 2013 Joint Eaton/SFRA Conference
Science Fiction Media
April 10-14, 2013
Riverside Marriott Hotel
Riverside, California

This conference—cosponsored by the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy (UC Riverside) and the Science Fiction Research Association – will examine science fiction in multiple media. The past several decades have witnessed an explosion in SF texts across the media landscape, from film and TV to comics and digital games. We are interested in papers that explore SF as a multimedia phenomenon, whether focusing on popular mass media, such as Hollywood blockbusters, or on niche and subcultural forms of expression, such as MUDs and vidding. We invite paper and panel proposals that focus on all forms of SF, including prose fiction, and that address (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Mainstream Hollywood vs. Global SF Cinema

SF Comics and Manga

SF Anime and Animation

SF on the Internet and the World Wide Web

Multimedia “dispersed” SF narratives

Fandom, Cosplay, Mashups, and Remixing

Broadcast and Cable SF Television

SF Videogames

World’s Fairs, Theme Parks, and other “Material” SF Media

Short-form SF film

Afrofuturism

SF and/in Music

SF Idiom and Imagery in Advertising

Webisodes and TV Games

Abstracts of 500 words (for papers of 20-minutes in length) should be submitted by September 14, 2012. We also welcome panel proposals gathering three papers on a cohesive topic. Send electronic submission to conference co-chair Melissa Conway at Melissa.Conway@ucr.edu with the subject heading: EATON/SFRA CONFERENCE PROPOSAL. Please include a brief bio with your abstract and indicate whether your presentation would require A/V. Participants will be informed by December 1 if their proposals have been accepted.