SCIENCE FICTIONS, POPULAR CULTURES devoted to cross-disciplinary, cross-genre, and cross-media scholarship SCIENCE FICTIONS, POPULAR CULTURES is a scholarly, academic conference which runs in conjunction with HawaiiCon (September 13-16, 2018) at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel &

A one-day symposium organised by The Centre for Applied History and the Department of English, Macquarie University, Sydney on Friday, 7 September 2018 “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” This famous opening sentence from L.P. Hartley’s The Go-Between (1953) provokes questions of how the “pastness” of the past is remembered, recuperated and represented, especially in this postmodern age where the

CONFERENCE – Vulgarity in literature and the visual arts of the English-speaking world Paris Sorbonne University June 2, 2018 Deadline for abstract submissions: March 19, 2018. Conference organised by the doctoral student research group OVALE – part of the VALE research group, EA4085, Sorbonne University.

When he saw this Tom was so full of himself that he had to share the pleasure with somebody, so he turned to a woman sitting across the aisle. “There it is, missus.” Surprised, the woman looked across him at him. “You what, love?” Tom nodded towards the panorama through the front window. “The North.” The woman looked, saw nothing, then observing that they were alone thought it best to humour him. “Yes, love.

CALL FOR PAPERS Media Systems under Pressure: Recent Developments in Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe International workshop, 18 May 2018, University of Amsterdam   ORGANISERS Dr. Sudha Rajagopalan, University of Amsterdam Dr. Mariëlle Wijermars, University of Helsinki Across Central and Eastern Europe, media systems are increasingly under pressure.

The Half-Life of Philip K. Dick Friday the 27th of April 2018 CFP deadline = March 8th 2018 Through the process of adaptation, Philip K. Dick lives out his half-life and continues to have a presence in our contemporary culture.

CALL FOR PAPERS SECOND SCREEN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA (SSAAANZ) CONFERENCE (2018)

Please find below the Call for Papers for the African Women in the Media 2018 Conference: African Women in the Media 2018 Proposals are invited for a two-day conference organised by Stringers Africa Venue: University of Ibadan Conference Centre, Nigeria Date: 21-22 June 2018 Following the success of the African Women in the Media 2017 symposium (#AWIM17), the 2018 conference continues the objective of bringing together media

Proposals are invited for an interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, to explore representations of creatures of the sky and air, within the context of popular culture. The one-day conference is on Saturday 30 June 2018 . Keynote Lecture: Dr Chris Pallant, Canterbury Christ Church University.

>Concepts of Mediated Communication Conference – Barcelona, Spain 13-14 September, 2018 Co-sponsored by: The University of Missouri School of Journalism Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ​Nanyang Technological University This conference will explore how theories and concepts of mediated communication are being challenged in the face of digitization, globalization, and other trends.