[Sfts-faculty] CFP: Academic anthology on Transgender Science Fiction

[andré carrington]

Transgender Science Fiction
deadline for submissions:
August 15, 2023
full name / name of organization:
Douglas A. Vakoch, PhD
contact email:
dvakoch at ciis.edu

Chapter proposals are invited for the edited book *Transgender Science
Fiction*. Interested authors should submit a 300-word abstract, a 200-word
biography, and a sample of a previously published chapter or article to the
Dropbox folder at https://bit.ly/Transgender_Science_Fiction no later than
August 15, 2023.

A sampling of* confirmed contributors* includes:

   - “A Trans-ing of Liminal Gender in Michael Faber’s *Under the Skin*,”
   Nicole Anae, PhD, Department of Literary and Cultural Studies, *Central
   Queensland University, Australia*
   - “Unpacking Time Loops in *See You Yesterday*,” Joshua Bastian Cole,
   PhD, Department of Performing and Media Arts, *Cornell University, USA*
   - “Speculative Disidentifications: Multiple Gender and Multiplication of
   Species in the Novels *La comemadre* by Roque Larraquy, *La mucama de
   Omicunlé* by Rita Indiana, and *Ornamento* by Juan Cárdenas,” Cristián
   Opazo, PhD, Facultad de Letras, *Pontificia Universidad Católica de
   Chile, Chile*; Ignacio Pastén Lopez, MA, Latin American, Iberian and
   Latin Cultures Program (LAILaC), *City University of New York (CUNY),
   USA*

*We seek a broadly international group of scholarly contributors.*

The editor’s previous books include *Ecofeminist Science Fiction
<https://www.routledge.com/Ecofeminist-Science-Fiction-International-Perspectives-on-Gender-Ecology/Vakoch/p/book/9780367716417>*
(2021), *Transgender India
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96386-6>* (2022),
*Transecology
<https://www.routledge.com/Transecology-Transgender-Perspectives-on-Environment-and-Nature/Vakoch/p/book/9780367512958>*
 (2021), *Xenolinguistics
<https://www.routledge.com/Xenolinguistics-Towards-a-Science-of-Extraterrestrial-Language/Vakoch-Punske/p/book/9781032399591>*
 (2024), *Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond
<https://www.routledge.com/Dystopias-and-Utopias-on-Earth-and-Beyond-Feminist-Ecocriticism-of-Science/Vakoch/p/book/9780367716233>*(2021),
and *The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature
<https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Ecofeminism-and-Literature/Vakoch/p/book/9781032050119>*
 (2023).

This is a* volume of literary, film, and media theory and criticism* guided
by both *transgender studies *and* science fiction studies*. To be
competitive, abstracts must:

   - Show how *transgender studies* and *science fiction studies *can each
   provide perspectives typically overlooked, ignored, or downplayed by the
   other field.
   - Engage one or more *key scholarly works from both transgender studies
   and science fiction studies*, demonstrating the value of diverse
   approaches to analyzing literature, film, and other media. (If you do not
   list specific writings from both transgender studies and science fiction
   studies that you will draw upon, you have not addressed this point.)
   - As the result of this dialogue between transgender studies and science
   fiction studies, *provide insights into literature, film, and other
   media that neither transgender studies nor science fiction studies can
   offer by itself*.

*Any abstract that does not explicitly address the above three points in
depth will likely be rejected.*

Solid first drafts of full chapters are due by February 1, 2024, and final
versions that cross-reference other chapters extensively are due April 1,
2024. *At least one author of each chapter must have already completed
their doctorate.* In your 200-word biography, please note the year and
university where you earned your doctorate. *Only previously unpublished
works will be considered.*

As you search for scholarly journals to support your analysis, good places
to start for science fiction studies include *Extrapolation
<https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/extr>, Science Fiction
Studies <https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/masthead.htm>, Foundation: The
International Review of Science Fiction
<https://www.sf-foundation.org/>, MOSF Journal of Science Fiction
<https://publish.lib.umd.edu/?journal=scifi>, The New York Review of
Science Fiction <https://www.nyrsf.com/>,* and *Fafnir—Nordic Journal of
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research <http://journal.finfar.org/>*. In
transgender studies, helpful journals include *TSQ: Transgender Studies
Quarterly <https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq>, International Journal of
Transgender Health
<https://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?journalCode=wijt20>,
Bulletin
of Applied Transgender Studies <https://bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/>,*
 and *Journal of Gender Studies
<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjgs20/current>.*

Abstracts and biographies should be submitted as Word documents, and
previously published chapters or articles should be submitted as PDFs. Both
Word files and PDFs should contain the author’s name in the file names. *Please
include your email address in your biography file, or there will be no way
to contact you.*

-- 
andré m. carrington

Associate Professor of English
University of California, Riverside
--
Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction
<https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness>
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