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Hoy he encontrado un call for papers curioso. Pero, por desgracia, nos pilla un poco lejos, pues tendrá lugar en Phoenix, Arizona.

El título del congreso es Moral Panics of Sexuality Conference y se celebrará el viernes 7 de octubre de 2011 en la Arizona State University. Por si os interesa, os copio la convocatoria en inglés.

The Moral Panics of Sexuality

Conference at Arizona State University
West Campus
Phoenix, AZ

Friday, October 7, 2011

E-mail proposals & questions by July 15, 2011
moralpanics@gmail.com

We invite proposals for an exciting and provocative conference that will address what we are calling the moral panics of sexuality, or, if you prefer, scary sex. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

Pedophilia, Minor-Attracted Persons, and the DSM: Issues and Controversies

Wednesday, August 17
Baltimore, MD

Featured Speaker: Fred Berlin, M.D., Ph.D., founder, National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma; founder, Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic

This day-long symposium will facilitate the exchange of ideas among researchers, scholars, mental health practitioners, and minor-attracted persons who have an interest in critical issues surrounding the entry for pedophilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

Hoy traigo una convocatoria para un número especial de una revista de crítica y teoría:

CFP – Reading Bodies, Reflecting Theory Special Issue – Submission Date 1 July 2011

Call for Submissions: PostHuman Joyce: Machines, Informatics, Technology (edited collection)

“In conception and technique I tried to depict the earth which is prehuman and presumably posthuman.” (Joyce, discussing “Penelope” in a letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver, 8 February 1922, Letters 1:180, Selected Letters, p. 289)

Essay proposals are invited for a collection entitled Posthuman Joyce: Machines, Informatics, Technology. The relation between Joyce and cyberculture has garnered increasing attention within Joyce studies, but Joyce’s relation to the posthuman is not often addressed. The posthuman is itself a varied concept: it encompasses the three “waves” of cybernetics—the homeostatic, the reflexive and the virtual; it includes the amalgam of the human being and mechanical and/ or electronic devices; it also includes a thoroughgoing critique of the ideal of disembodied information that would make the seamless union of the human being and intelligent machine possible. The essays in this volume will explore all facets of the posthuman in its relation to Joyce and Joyce studies. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

Una nueva convocatoria de un congreso sobre ecocrítica:

Environmental disciplines have recently gained prominence due to the potentially devastating consequences of climate change: increasing natural disasters, the greenhouse effect, temperature variations, changing sea levels, etc. Such issues have raised awareness on the necessity for a drastic change in thinking. Ecocriticism—along with other green disciplines dealing with the relationship between society and the environment—places nature as the center of the intellectual debate. As Kate Rigby states, “culture constructs the prism through which we know nature.” Reading Nature Conference aims to explore from a critical perspective how such a prism is constructed. International reputed experts, along with young scholars will examine the way in which different notions on nature and the environment are conveyed in cultural manifestations. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

Copio la convocatoria:

Abstracts for new work, and previously published papers, are now being accepted for inclusion in GENRE EROTICA: SEX IN SPECULATIVE FICTION. This book is being produced by Dagan Books and will be published in both print and e-book formats. Papers must specifically deal with the subject of genre fiction in erotica or speculative fiction that has overtly sexual themes. Papers can discuss either literature or film, though preference will be given to literature first, films which are adapted from literature second, and films which were written as screenplays third (unless the writer is also a producer or director).

Submissions should include:

• Abstract (not to exceed 250 words) or full paper (if previously published).
• Proof of “right to reprint” (if previously published).
• Short biography of author(s) with daytime phone number, preferred mailing address, and e-mail address.

Submit to the Dagan Books at submissions@daganbooks.com, no later than July 1, 2011. Submissions must include [Genre Erotica] and the submitter’s last name in the subject line of the email.

Se han publicado las bases de los Premios Andrómeda 2011 de Ficción Especulativa Ensayo, Novela y Relato. 

VII Premios Andrómeda

Categoría de relato:

1.- Se abre la recepción de originales de narraciones inéditas escritas en castellano y no premiadas en otros concursos, ni presentadas con igual o distinto título a otro premio literario pendiente de resolución. Dentro de los ámbitos de ciencia ficción, fantasía o terror, el argumento deberá especular sobre: ANDROIDES, CYBORGS Y ROBOTS.

2.- La recepción de originales está abierta hasta la fecha límite del día 31 de Julio de 2011. Se aceptarán textos remitidos con esa fecha.

3.- Se admitirá un solo texto por autor, para cada categoría de competición. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

“A Vampire, a Troll, and a Martian Walk Into a Bar….”
- Call for Papers -
18th June 2011
University of Liverpool

Keynote Lectures from: Professor Adam Roberts (Royal Holloway, University of London), Mr Andy Sawyer (Science Fiction Foundation Collection Librarian; Director of MA in Science Fiction Studies, University of Liverpool)

CRSF is a postgraduate conference designed to promote the research of speculative fictions including, but not limited to, science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Our aim is to showcase some of the latest developments in this dynamic and evolving field, by providing a platform for the presentation of current research by postgraduates. The conference will also encourage the discussion of this research and the construction of crucial networks with fellow researchers. The University of Liverpool is a leading centre for the study of speculative fiction, being home to the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, and is thus ideally suited to such a cause.

This year we would like to focus on encouraging postgraduates to network with others in their field, and related areas, whilst also demonstrating the depth and breadth of research currently being conducted into speculative fiction. Leer el resto de esta entrada »

Un call for papers acerca del trabajo de Neil Gaiman, escritor británico de ciencia ficción y fantasía y autor de cómics.

The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman