The conference will be held on Friday 20th June at the University of Liverpool.
We are proud to be able to announce two brilliant keynote speakers with Dr. Mark Bould (University of the West of England) and Prof. Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck University London), both will be giving lectures as part of the conference schedule.
Now in its fourth year, CRSF
is a one day postgraduate conference designed to promote the research of
speculative fictions, including SCIENCE
FICTION, FANTASY and HORROR; showcasing some of the
latest developments in these dynamic and evolving fields. CRSF attracts an
international selection of delegates and provides a platform for postgraduate
students to present their current research, encourages discussion with scholars
in related subjects and the construction of crucial networks with fellow
researchers. The University of Liverpool, a leading centre for the study of
speculative fiction and home to the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, will
host the conference.
We are seeking abstracts
relating to speculative fiction, including, but not limited to, papers on the
following topics:
•Alternate History •Alternative
Culture •Anime •Apocalypse •Body Horror •Consciousness •Cyber Culture •Drama •Eco-criticism
•Fan Culture •Gaming •(Geo)Politics •Genre •Gender •Graphic Novels •The Grotesque
•The Heroic Tradition •Liminal Fantasy •Magic •Meta-Franchises •Morality
•Monstrosity •Music •Non-Anglo-American SF •Otherness •Pastoral •Poetry •Politics
•Post-Colonialism and Empire •Proto-SF •Psychology •Quests •Realism •Sexuality •Slipstream
•Spiritualism •Steampunk •Supernatural •Technology •Time •TV and Film •Urban
Fantasy •Utopia/Dystopia •(Virtual) Spaces and Environments •Weird Fiction •World
Building •Young Adult Fiction.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words for a 20 minute English
language paper and a 100 word biography to CRSF.team@gmail.comby Monday 10th March 2014.
