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Subject: 5th Global Conference - Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and
Metaphors of Enduring Evil
> 5th Global Conference
> Monsters and the Monstrous:
> Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil
>
> Monday 17th September - Thursday 20th September 2007
> Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
>
> Call for Papers
> 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 will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts
> should be submitted by Friday 11th May 2007. If your paper is accepted
> for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper should be
> submitted by Friday 24th August 2007.
>
> 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
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Stephen Morris
> Independent Scholar
> New York, USA
> USA
> E-mail: [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. Three ISBN eBooks and
> three
> 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/M5/cfp.html
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