In an op-ed article published in the “New York Times” in January 2021, opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg wondered whether Joe Biden’s Presidency would be the first post-Reagan Presidency. According to a theory that divides American political history into cycles or “political times” (Skowronek, 2008), long-term political regimes in the United States are based on shared beliefs that change through time after exhausting their strength.
Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy No. 6, 2021 Edited by: Elana Gomel Co-edited by: João Félix Messengers from the Stars is an international, peer-reviewed journal, offering academic articles, reviews, and providing an outlet for a wide range of creative work inspired by science fiction and fantasy.
Guest editors: Veronika Pehe, Sonja de Leeuw, Dana Mustata Publication date: fall/winter 2022 This special issue of VIEW aims to shine a light on television satire in Europe during the period of state socialism and after. Satire has been studied as a vehicle for challenging political and religious power as well as established norms and values.
On October 2nd 2021 we will celebrate 70 years of television in the Netherlands. While this is a milestone worth celebrating, it also offers an opportunity to look back at the medium’s rich international histories. Television has survived its many predicted deaths and adapted constantly to changing social, cultural and technological trends and demands.
Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images is a new journal founded by Editor-in-Chief Ying Zhu, hosted at Hong Kong Baptist University, and published by University of Michigan. This special issue of Global Storytelling will investigate how streaming media has impacted the production, distribution, and reception of serial narratives.
I received a great response to the last call for papers regarding the volumes on dragons. As a result, I have been better able to refine and divide results. Below are the new details for the updated call for papers: As the popularity of mythical creatures in films and literature grows, there is one creature that remains prominent: the dragon. Dragons have become most visible recently in the cinematic versions of The Hobbit and in George R.R.
Fear 2000: Horror Unbound (Online) Sheffield Hallam University, 10-12 September 2021 Submission Deadline: 31 May 2021 We invite proposals for 20-minute papers and 80-minute panels to be presented at the fifth Fear 2000 conference, Fear 2000: Horror Unbound.
Science Fiction and Fantasy International Conference Messengers from the Stars: Episode VI Online Conference School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon November 25-26, 2021 Nature and Overnature in SF and Fantasy Discourses Science Fiction and Fantasy are lasting fields of inquiring into today’s world. They have become privileged means to question issues of aesthetic, ethical, […]
The editors of a forthcoming collection on literature and television titled Broadcasting Beyond Adaptation: Revisiting the Television and Literature Debate invite abstract proposals for potential chapters on intersections of Māori/te reo television and literature.
Organisers: Izabella Wodzka, Mathis Gronau, and Brittany Eldridge (UCL) The recent experiences of global pandemic and national lockdowns have forced us to slow down and scale down, but also to deviate from our routines and to rethink our mundane activities. We have become intimately acquainted with the private space of home while simultaneously detached from the public spaces of shared communal life.
