A Celebration of Slashers #DePaulSlashers (DePaul University, April 28, 2018)
Now accepting submissions and ideas for the sixth annual Pop Culture Colloquium at DePaul University in Chicago!
DePaul University’s College of Communication is hosting a one-day celebratory colloquium in honor of the Slasher genre on Saturday, April 28, from 9am-6pm. More details can be found at popcultureconference.com.
This event will feature roundtable discussions from scholars and fans of slasher films (topics do not have to focus on Halloween), including the Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and other franchises, films, television series, video games, graphic novels, or et al.
Our keynote speaker is Rachel Talalay, director of Nightmare on Elm Street 5 as well as multiple television series (Doctor Who, Sherlock, Riverdale, Flash, Supernatural, Reign…the list goes on.)
Participants may propose panels and topics about a broad array of ideas related to the genre and its cultural impact. The Pop Culture Conference does not feature formal paper presentations, but speakers are invited to have roundtable discussions themed around these topics. The audience for this event is both graduate and undergraduate students, both fans and scholars. If you’re interested in speaking on a roundtable, or want to propose a panel with 3-5 people, or have ideas for other events/lectures, please send a 300 word abstract that proposes a significant topic of discussion and a CV/resume to Pop Culture Conference (popcultureconference@gmail.com) by Jan 15, 2018. Please aim your abstracts for a more general audience and for a discussion rather than traditional scholarly paper presentation. We will also have the opportunity to publish a longer version of your talk in an update to our Time Lords and Tribbles book.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
Slashers and gender
Slashers and race
Narrative and genre theories of slashers
Changes in the horror genre
Slasher/horror fandom
The impact of particular directors, writers, or actors on the genre
Teaching horror/slashers
Adaptation within the slasher canon
Case studies of slasher films
What counts as a slasher?
For more information, please check out popcultureconference.com, and sign up for updates on Facebook (search “A Celebration of Slashers”).
