[CW-Grad] 2013 Eaton/SFRA Conference (4/10-14)

[Robin Russin]

This is worth thinking about-- we've had faculty and MFA students give papers at this conference.

Robin


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From: James Lin <james.lin at ucr.edu>
Date: April 9, 2012 8:24:55 AM PDT
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Subject: [Chass-faculty] 2013 Eaton/SFRA Conference (4/10-14)

Call for Papers
 
The 2013 Joint Eaton/SFRA Conference
 
Science Fiction Media
 
April 10-14, 2013
 
Riverside Marriott Hotel
Riverside, California
 
This conference—cosponsored by the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy (UC Riverside) and the Science Fiction Research Association—will examine science fiction in multiple media. The past several decades have witnessed an explosion in SF texts across the media landscape, from film and TV to comics and digital games. We are interested in papers that explore SF as a multimedia phenomenon, whether focusing on popular mass media, such as Hollywood blockbusters, or on niche and subcultural forms of expression, such as MUDs and vidding. We invite paper and panel proposals that focus on all forms of SF, including prose fiction, and that address (but are not limited to) the following topics:
 
Mainstream Hollywood vs. Global SF Cinema
SF Comics and Manga
SF Anime and Animation
SF on the Internet and the World Wide Web
Multimedia “dispersed” SF narratives
Fandom, Cosplay, Mashups, and Remixing
Broadcast and Cable SF Television
SF Videogames
World’s Fairs, Theme Parks, and other “Material” SF Media
Short-form SF film
Afrofuturism
SF and/in Music
SF Idiom and Imagery in Advertising
Webisodes and TV Games
SF Art and Illustration
 
The conference will also feature the fourth Science Fiction Studies Symposium on the topic of “SF Media(tions),” with speakers Mark Bould, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., and Vivian Sobchack. Keynote speakers and special guests will be announced as they are confirmed; see the conference website at http://eatonconference.ucr.edu/ for periodic updates.
 
Conference sessions will be held at the newly remodeled and centrally located Riverside Marriott Hotel, with rooms at a reduced conference rate ($109). For more about the hotel, see their website at: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/ hotel-information/travel/ralmc-riverside-marriott.
 
A block of rooms will also be available at a discount ($139) at the historic Mission Inn Hotel and Spa two blocks from the Marriott: http://missioninn.com.
 
Rooms in both hotels are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
Abstracts of 500 words (for papers of 20-minutes in length) should be submitted by September 14, 2012. We also welcome panel proposals gathering three papers on a cohesive topic. Send electronic submissions to conference co-chair Melissa Conway at Melissa.Conway at ucr.edu with the subject heading: EATON/SFRA CONFERENCE PROPOSAL. Please include a brief bio with your abstract and indicate whether your presentation would require A/V. Participants will be informed by December 1 if their proposals have been accepted.
 
 
 
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Robin Russin

Associate Professor and Director
MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts
Department of Theatre
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
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