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    4th Global Conference
Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil
Monday 18th September - Thursday 21st September 2006
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 2nd June 2006*. If your paper is accepted 
for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper should be 
submitted by Friday 1st September 2006.

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
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. Two 
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/M4/cfp.html

	Dr Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House, Wroslyn Road
Freeland, Oxfordshire
OX29 8HR

Tel: +44 (0)1993 882087
Fax: +44 (0)870 4601132
Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Visit the website at http://www.wickedness.net/Monsters/M4/cfp.html

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