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Exploring the Extraordinary 3rd Conference

Since its inception in 2007, members of Exploring the Extraordinary have organised two very successful academic conferences that have brought together researchers from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds. The purpose of these events has been to encourage a wider dissemination of knowledge and research, and an interdisciplinary discussion of extraordinary phenomena and experience. […]

International Academic Conference on Cultural Influence of Harry Potter

A call for papers from the Academic Study Magic list. ‘Magic is Might 2012’ : 23-24 July 2012, University of Limerick, Ireland An International Academic Conference Exploring the Cultural Influence of the Harry Potter Books and Films Hosted by the University of Limerick Department of Sociology in collaboration with the UL Interaction Design Centre, Dept. […]

Call for Papers on Fairy Tales

The Popular Culture Association has another call for papers, this one coming in the area of fairy tales. The CFP is reproduced below. Curiously, there is no mention of contemporary fairy tales as expressed through Guillermo del Toro and his masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth, or as Walter Rankin has suggested in his book Grimm Pictures (McFarland, […]

Call for Papers: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics in Education

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association have issued a call for papers on graphic novels and education. Call For Papers: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, and Comics in Education Edited by Robert G. Weiner and Carrye Syma Texas Tech University Library In recent years the use of graphic novels, comics, and sequential art in […]

Call for Papers on Joss Whedon and the “Whedonverse”

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Associations have issued a series of calls for papers including the following: Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area: The Works of Joss Whedon National PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Joint Conference, April 20-23, 2011, San Antonio, TX Proposal submission deadline: December 15, […]

Open Graves, Open Minds Conference Update

In a previous post I mentioned the Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Human Culture conference which looked at various ways in which the vampire serves as a metaphor in culture. The conference was held in April of this year on the campus of the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. (See […]

Academic Conference on the Undead in the UK

The University of Hertfordshire in the UK is hosting an academic conference on the undead next week. The conference is titled “Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Human Culture.” The conference is described as follows: The aim of the conference is to relate the undead in literature, art, and other media to […]

Celebrating 50 Years of The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling Conference at Ithica College

The discussion list for the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations included an item recently of interest to TheoFantastique. Ithica College is hosting a Rod Serling conference in October 2009. As the college event’s website describes the event: Picture, if you will, a place where communication students can study the creative work of one of […]

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