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Sent: 18 November 2004 08:06
To: Christine Barry
Subject: 3rd Global Conference - Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and
Metaphors of Enduring Evil
3rd Global Conference
Monsters and the Monstrous:
Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil
Monday 9th May - Wednesday 11th May 2005
Budapest, Hungary
Call for Papers
(please cross post where appropriate)
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary
conference seeks to investigate and explore the
enduring influence and imagery of monsters
and the monstrous on human culture throughout
history. In particular, the project will have a
dual focus with the intention of examining
specific 'monsters' as well as assessing the
role, function and consequences of persons,
actions or events identified as 'monstrous'.
The history and contemporary cultural influences
of monsters and monstrous metaphors will also be
examined.
Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the
fields of literature, media studies, cultural
studies, history, anthropology, philosophy,
psychology, sociology, health and theology. Ideas
are welcomed from those involved in academic
study, fictional explorations, and applied areas
(e.g. youth work, criminology and medicine).
Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops
are invited on issues related to any of the
following themes:
* The monster through history
* Civilization, monsters and the monstrous
* Children, childhood, stories and monsters;
monsters and parents
* Comedy: funny monsters and/or making fun of
monsters (e.g. Monsters Inc, the Addams Family)
* Making monsters; monstrous births
* Mutants and mutations
* Technologies of the monstrous
* Horror, fear and scare
* Do monsters kill because they are monstrous or
are they monstrous because they kill?
* How critical to the definition of monster is
death or the threat of death?
* human 'monsters' and 'monstrous' acts? e.g,
perverts, paedophiles and serial killers
* the monstrous and gender
* Revolution and monsters; the monstrous and
politics; enemies (political/social/military) and
monsters
* Iconography of the monstrous
* The popularity of the modern monsters; the
Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, Vampires
* The monster in literature
* the monstrous in popular culture: film,
television, theatre, radio, print, internet. The
monstrous and journalism
* Religious depictions of the monstrous; the
monstrous and the supernatural
* Metaphors and the monstrous
* the monstrous and war, war reportage / propaganda
Papers will also be accepted which deal solely
with specific monsters.
Papers are also solicited for special sessions
which will be held in common with a second
research project running at the same time
entitled 'The Erotic - Exploring Critical
Issues'. Papers dealing with themes of monsters,
horror, sexuality and the erotic are encouraged
across all disciplines and areas; indicative
examples could include 'monstrous sexualities'
(bestiality, paedophilia), or the eroticisation
of the monster in horror genres (Dracula, for
example), or the representation of the erotic and
sex as horrible and/or demonic.
Papers will be considered on any related theme.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
28th January 2005. If your paper is accepted for
presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft
paper should be submitted by Friday 15th April
2005.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to both
the Organising Joint Chairs; abstracts may be in
Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.
Rob Fisher
Wickedness Net
Freeland, Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
email: [log in to unmask]
Stephen Morris
Independent Scholar
New York
USA
email: [log in to unmask]
The conference is part of a larger series of
ongoing conferences entitled At the Interface,
and run as a project under the auspices of
Wickedness.Net. 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 published as an ISBN eBook.
Selected papers accepted for and presented
at this conference will be published in a hard
copy themed volume. An eBook and two themed
volumes are available and/or in press from
previous meetings of this project.
For further details about the project please
visit:
http://www.wickedness.net/Monsters/monsters.htm
For further details about the conference please
visit:
http://www.wickedness.net/Monsters/M3/m3cfp.htm
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