Gothic 2011 - 2nd Global Conference: The Gothic - Exploring Critical Issues

2nd Global Conference
The Gothic - Exploring Critical Issues

Monday 16th May - Wednesday 18th May 2011
Warsaw, Poland

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
26th November 2010. If an abstract is accepted for
the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 1st April 2011.

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
E-mails should be entitled: Gothic2 Abstract
Submission.

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-AT-inter-disciplinary.net

* Stephen Morris
Hub Leader, Independent Scholar,
New York USA
E-mail: smmorris58-AT-yahoo.com

* Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Leader,
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland,
Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom
E-mail: goth2-AT-inter-disciplinary.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/...

For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/...