SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
Popular Culture Association
Call for Papers for the 2000 National Convention of the
Popular Culture Association (PCA) & American Culture Association (ACA)
April 19-22, 2000
New Orleans, LA, at the Marriott Hotel
The Science Fiction and Fantasy (SF/F) Area of PCA solicits papers, paper
proposals, and panel proposals from scholars interested in any aspect of
SF/F. Any disciplinary method or approach is welcome! Proposals on film,
television, and written works are solicited.
NEW THIS YEAR: GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD (MORE INFORMATION BELOW)
Topics may include (but are not limited to):
Any Author Computer Games & Role Playing Old Masters/New Writers of SF/F
Any SF/F Film Earth: Final Conflict Philosophy and SF/F
Any SF/F TV Farscape Postcolonial SF/F
Aesthetics Female SF/F Authors Propaganda in SF/F
Aliens in SF/F Feminism Psychoanalysis and SF/F
Alternate Histories Heinlein, Robert A. Russ, Joanna
Angels Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Space: 1999
Asimov, Isaac Horror and/vs. SF/F Spielberg's Influence on SF/F
Apocalyptic Concerns Humor Stargate and Stargate: SG1
Babylon 5 Invented Religions Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY)
Bradbury, Ray LeGuin, Ursula Star Wars and/or George Lucas
British SF TV Lewis, C. S. Syndication vs. Network SF/F
Butler, Octavia Marxism in SF/F Teaching SF/F
Children's Fantasy Medievalism and SF/F 2001: A Space Odyssey (&Sequels)
Chris Carter & The X-Files Millennium Urban Fantasy Literature
Class and Social Constructs Multi-Culturalism in SF/F Utopias/Dystopias
Crusade (B5 Spin-off) New Heroes & Heroines in SF/F Xena: Warrior Princess
PAPER PROPOSAL: For a paper proposal, send a 250-word abstract OR a finished
paper (MAXIMUM 15 minutes reading time) with a 50-word abstract. Please
include a separate cover sheet with your name, mailing address, phone
number, email address, and the presentation title. (Receipt of proposal
will be confirmed by email.)
PANEL PROPOSAL: For a panel proposal, send four 250-word abstracts OR
finished papers with 50-word abstracts and a panel name. Please include a
separate cover sheet with the name, mailing address, and phone number of
each panel member, the panel title, and an indication of the panel chair
(who may be one of the presenters). (Receipt of proposal will be confirmed
by email.)
PLEASE NOTE:
ONE SUBMISSION PER CONFERENCE: A submission to one area of PCA or ACA
precludes submissions to any other areas of the same conference.
MAIL SUBMISSIONS TO:
Barbara Silliman E-mail: <[log in to unmask]>
P. O. Box 19722
Johnston, RI 02919-0722
Phone & FAX: (401) 231-2679
PLEASE FOLLOW UP E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS WITH HARD COPY A.S.A.P.
DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1999
2000 GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD: This year, to celebrate the record of quality
of graduate student presentations, we are instituting a new chapter in the
history of SF/F at PCA. Monetary awards will be given for the best three
papers submitted by graduate students at the 2000 PCA/ACA Conference. The
2000 Graduate Student Award begins a yearly tradition to support the
scholastic investigation of graduate students in the area of Science Fiction
and Fantasy. Graduate students who wish to submit a completed presentation
paper for consideration should follow these procedures:
Use MLA documentation format for in-text citations and Works Cited page.
Double-space the paper with one inch margins on all four sides using a font
in 12 point size.
No more than 12-15 pages in length (exclusive of cover sheet and Works Cited
page).
Attach one clean sheet of paper at the end of your paper to be used by Award
Committee members for notes and comments.
Submit your paper with no identifying information on any of its pages,
except the title.
Submit four copies of your paper to the address, above, with a cover sheet
containing the paper's title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail
address.
Mark envelope: 2000 AWARD.
DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS: Monday, January 10, 2000
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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