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Nov. 11th, 2008 @ 06:22 pm Slayage/Whedonverse at SW/TX PCA/ACA next Feb in Albuquerque; abstracts due Nov 15

Wow, it could be a very fannish year:

SW/TX PCA/ACA: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area Special CFP: Joss Whedon (11/15/08; 2/24-28/2009)

The 30th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA, February 24-28, 2009, Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

This is a special CFP on the works of Joss Whedon, including: Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog, comics (Buffy season 8, Astonishing X-Men, Runaways, Spike, Angel, Fray), Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Serenity and Dollhouse.

We especially encourage presentations on:

* Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog, including fan and viewing dynamics
* Buffy's transformation into comics (Buffy season 8)
* Whedon's work on Astonishing X-Men, Runaways, Fray, or Tales of the Vampires/Tales of the Slayers
* The construction of place
* Socioeconomic class
* Sexuality
* Race
* Firefly's transformation into Serenity
* Teaching Joss Whedon's work

All Whedonverse topics will be considered. Please be sure to check out the essays published in Slayage: the Online Journal of Buffy Studies as well as the multiple publications on Whedon's work prior to submitting. Some familiarity with the field is expected.

Deadline for proposal submissions: November 15, 2008. The registration deadline is December 31, 2007. All participants must register by that date or will not be permitted to present or appear in the program.
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Nov. 11th, 2008 @ 06:01 pm Starships! CFP: SW-TX PCA/ACA, Albuquerque

I totally wanna hear these papers:

Call for Papers: Starships in Science Fiction Television and Film
Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA

The 2009 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 30th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, February 24-28, 2009.

The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to
invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of the spaceship or
starship in science fiction television and film including, but not
limited to the following. Spaceships / Starships--
• And Gender
• And history / historicity
• And colonialism / post-colonialism
• As socio-political space
• As tools
• As Weapons
• As setting
• And design
• And cinematography
• In fact and fiction

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Nov. 11th, 2008 @ 05:58 pm ACK! Deadline: Nov 15 for most abstracts for SW PCA (Albuq) Feb - includes Dr Who, Torchwood, more

I am so not getting all my email. *grumble*

The deadline for abstracts for papers on most areas is Nov. 15; early (cheaper) registration for the conference is also Nov. 15. This Albuquerque gathering is F-U-N fun (especially when you come there from cold gray winter elsewhere), there are terrific inexpensive hotels within a few blocks, *and* a ton of presenters on fandom... HP, Discworld, Buffy, anime, you name it.

The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of science fiction and fantasy.

Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, or 500 word panel proposals to

Ximena Gallardo
xgallardo_at_lagcc.cuny.edu

Include with the submission full contact information for each presenter including email, phone, snail mail, and institutional affiliation.

Deadline for proposal submissions: November 15, 2008. The registration deadline is December 31, 2008. All participants must register by that date or they will not be permitted to present or appear in the program.

The 2008 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 29th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, February 13-16, 2008.

For HP, for instance, topics could include:
• The interrelation between the books and film
• Author-fan dynamics
• Author-critic dynamics
• fandom
• sex and gender
• race
• religion

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Nov. 7th, 2008 @ 01:31 pm The most famous spy of all - CFP: Bond: SWPCA, Feb 2009
Current Mood: still sniffly, darnit
Current Music: John Barry Bond themes!

Ok, why don't I have James Bond icons? I have *swooned* over Bond. Bond movies may well be the first time I ever saw either of my *parents* swoon over an actor.

Such an icon! Such nostalgia! This will be a well-attended series of panels, I think.
*cues James Bond music*

CFP: James Bond and Popular Culture SWPCA 2009
Deadline for submission: November 15, 2008
Online: http://swtxpca.org/documents/home.html
The 30th Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture
Associations February 24–28, 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Nov. 7th, 2008 @ 01:11 pm celebrate 30 years of Pop Culture: Albuquerque PCA, Feb 24-28
Current Mood: I have sniffles. blegh

Woah, were you even alive in 1979? No matter, we can fan it like mad things. :D

CFP: 30th Anniversary of the SW/TX PCA/ACA: Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations

Deadline for submission: December 1, 2008 (Reduced Fee Deadline 11/15/08-12/1/08)

Online: http://SWTXPCA.ORG

Keynote Speaker: Former New Mexico Governor David F. Cargo (1967-1971) (founder of New Mexico film commission, and an actor)

30th Anniversary Meeting!
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations
February 25–28, 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

This year the SW/TX PCA/ACA celebrates its 30th Birthday with our theme, “Reeling in the Years: 30 Years of Film, TV, and Popular Culture.” Papers are particularly sought on aspects of film, TV, and popular culture of the last 30 years with an emphasis on the popular culture of 1979.

The SW/TX PCA/ ACA also invites papers for one of its 70+ Area offerings in American Studies, Literature, Film, Television, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ethnic and Gender Studies, Ecocriticism, Southwest Culture, Western Studies, Writing Pedagogy, Creative Writing, and many more!

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