Hi all,
A reminder that the Call For Papers for Philip K. Dick Day 2018 is open until the 8th of March.
The full CFP is attached and a summary below. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
PKD Day 2018
We welcome proposals for twenty-minute presentations from both creative and academic practitioners, and from undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and established scholars. Please send 300-word proposals to Thomas Knowles [log in to unmask] and Terence Sawyers [log in to unmask] by the end of March 8th, 2018.
Topics for presentation may include, but are not limited to:
- Adaptation and ‘Science Unfiction’
- Texts and intertexts
- Convergence culture
- Fictionalised or unreliable biographies
- Genre studies
- Canonisation
- Fandom and participation (especially around the Exegesis project)
- Gnosticism
- Conspiracy theory
Philip K. Dick Day 2018 is hosted by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh The event is free and will be held in the Guild Rooms within the Edinburgh Filmhouse (88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ).
Terence Sawyers
Organiser of Philip K. Dick Day 2018
April 27th 2018 – Edinburgh, UK.
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pkdday2018.wordpress.com
PhD Researcher – Film Studies
Media, Communications and Performing Arts
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
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