Thursday 6th May – Saturday 8th May 2010
Prague, Czech Republic
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project seeks to engage and explore the cultural significance and enduring narratives within the realm of the Gothic in culture at large. From its literary and historical roots to its (post)modern
incarnations as a cultural subgenre present in popular fiction and film, this project seeks to explore the territories of the Gothic in all of its manifestations.
Suggested topics and themes include (but are not limited to):
* Classic Gothic Literature and its resurgence
* The Gothick
* Gothic Culture(s) as a living experience/ethos
* Gothic Media (Cinema, Television, Games, Graphic Novels, Role Playing)
* Gothic Music
* Misrepresenting the Gothic
* Apocalyptic narratives
* Fashioning Bodies, styles and convention
* Modern and Postmodern paradigms (19th, 20th & 21st century 'Gothics')
* Gothic and Horror Narratives
* Gothic as Horror or Horror as Gothic?
* Popular Culture
* Queer Gothic
* Identity
*Scapegoating/derision/condemnation of the Gothic in culture
* The philosophy of 'dark' culture
* Geographical Gothic
* Gothic space; Gothic architecture
* Gender and Sexualities
* Contrasting the 'emo' and the 'goth'
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 27th November 2009. If an abstract is accepted for
the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 12th March 2009.
300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs;
abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract.
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do
not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs:
* Sorcha Ni Fhlainn
Hub Leader, Project Co-Leader, School of English,
Trinity College,
Dublin, Ireland
E-mail: snf@inter-disciplin ary.net
* Stephen Morris
Hub Leader, Independent Scholar, New York USA
E-mail: smmorris58@yahoo. com
* Rob Fisher
Network Founder and
Leader,Inter- Disciplinary. Net,Freeland, Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom
E-mail: goth@inter-discipli nary.net
The conference is part of the Critical Issues programme of research projects. 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 eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s).
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/the-gothic/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/the-gothic/call-for-papers/
Please quote 10 Academic Resources Daily in your application to this opportunity!
