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Cine-Excess has been running since 2007 as an annual film festival and conference that combines visiting international filmmakers, a themed academic conference and film premieres and exclusive screenings. Previous Cine-Excess guests have included Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), Jen & Sylvia Soska (American Mary), Norman J. Warren (Prey), Catherine Breillat (Romance), Roger Corman (The Masque of the Red Death) Dario Argento (Deep Red), Joe Dante (The Howling), Franco Nero (Django) and  Vanessa Redgrave (Blow Up).
 
For its 15th annual edition, Cine Excess enters a new decade of the twenty-first century and considers the diverse history and growing hybridity of cult cinema and its representations. The focus of this year’s conference theme: Bodies as Battlegrounds:  Disruptive Sexualities in Cult Cinema, considers the extent to which the struggle for inclusive representation by various marginalised groups is enacted through a variety of classic and contemporary cult film genres and their forms and technologies. 
 
Keynote Alexandra Heller-Nicholas has written eight books on cult, horror, and exploitation cinema with a focus on gender politics. Her seminal publications include 1000 women in horror (BearManor Media, 2020) which maps women’s contributions to horror from 1895-2018. She has also published Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (McFarland, 2011), which will celebrate its 10-year anniversary at Cine-Excess. In her keynote address, Alexandra will explore the revision of her book which now includes a new chapter on women directed rape-revenge films. Here, Alexandra rejects the idea that women-led rape-revenge narratives are purely a post #MeToo phenomenon.
 
Keynote Alison Peirse also considers women’s contributions to the horror genre. Alison’s multi award-winning edited collection ‘Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre’ (Rutgers University Press, 2021) has been praised for transforming the discourse on women-led horror. Building on this timely work, Alison’s keynote address considers female shape shifters in cult and horror cinema, with a specific focus on the disruptive werewolf archetype. 
 
The focus on disruptive cults representations considered by both keynote speakers also informs this year’s call for papers, which will consider broader issues of gender diversity, sexuality, and representations of marginalised groups as intersections embodied by the cult image. Bodies as Battlegrounds:  Disruptive Sexualities in Cult Cinema also explores a range of global cinema traditions, subversive filmmakers, and performers whose work can be understood as engaging with the socio-political struggle for inclusive representation. Further topics might also consider the work of classic and contemporary marginalised and Queer filmmakers, alongside those performers whose works offer social commentary with unconventional content, while issues of diaspora, race, disability, and mental health are other key topics that will be discussed by this year’s event.
 
Proposals are invited for individual papers or pre-constituted panels that consider cult film case-studies within a range of differing contexts that relate to this year’s theme. However, we would particularly welcome contributions that focus on the following areas:

Sexuality Re-Framed: New Interpretations of Disruptive Screen Identities
Feral in Female Form: Subversive Females and Animalistic Images
Distinctive Visions: New Interpretations of Radical Cult Filmmakers
Troubling the Nation-State: Disruptive Visions of America in Cult Cinema 
Diverse Voices in Body Genre Cinema: Classic and Contemporary Case-Studies
The Other Reframed: The Role of Sexuality and Identity in Horror Remakes
Classic and Contemporary Visions of Queer Global Horror
Inclusion through Disruption: Disruptive Narratives in Educational and Pedagogic Practices
National Cinema, National Bodies: Problematising British Cinema Through Cult Genres 
From Deviance to Diversity: Changing Struggles for Identity in Queer Cinema
Screening Diversity, Challenging Desire: Celluloid Sin, Digital Sex and Pornography
Margins Within Margins: LGBTQ+ Representations and Intimacies
Screening Rights and the Battle for Embodiment: Trans and Non-Binary Voices on Screen
From Transmedia to Transhuman: Divergent Bodies in Digital spaces
Fear in Folk: From Found Footage to Found Identities   
Short, Sharp Shocks: Short Films as Radical Formats of the Self
Reconfiguring Violated Bodies: The Body as Battleground in Rape-Revenge
Cult Stars and Disruptive Performances
New Territories, Diverse Fears: Cult Film’s Indigenous Communities
Exhibition and Inclusivity: Industry Perspectives on Diverse Digital Channels

Over the past 15 years Cine-Excess has developed a reputation as an inclusive and safe space in which to present new work around global cult film cultures. We welcome submissions from emerging and established and scholars, activists, film makers and community groups.
 
Please send a 300-word abstract and a short (one page) C.V. by 23rd August 2021 to:
 
Amy Harris
Co-Director of Cine-Excess
Amy.Harris@cine-excess.co.uk

Professor Xavier Mendik
Director of the Cine-Excess International Film Festival
Birmingham City University
xavier.mendik@cine-excess.co.uk

A final listing of accepted presentations will be released on 27th August 2021.
 

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Deadline: May 31, 2021
Org: Society for the Study of Southern Literature
Email: clw23543@uga.edu

The Society for the Study of Southern Literature invites papers on the South and science fiction for a panel at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s 93rd Annual Conference from November 4-6, 2021 in Atlanta, GA. Papers may discuss any of the subgenres of science fiction, including alternate history, afrofuturism, post-apocalyptic, scifi gothic, traditional, ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ science fiction, scifi horror, etc., and may focus on any form of media as long as the South, its history, culture, or locale intersects in some way. We welcome presentations that offer to 'expand' the canon of southern literature and science fiction itself, especially papers that focus on works by authors of color or works not 'typically' understood as 'southern' or 'science fiction.' Please, submit abstracts of 200-500 words to Cameron Lee Winter (he, him, his) at CLW23543@uga.edu, a short biography that includes preferred pronouns, educational background, relevant awards or publications, and current research interests, and any A/V requirements. The deadline for these submissions is Monday, May 31, 2021.

Andy Davidson is guest-editing  Southwest Review's 2021 Halloween issue and is looking for 500-5000 word essays. Submissions can be sent to dearabbynormal1031@gmail.com between May 1 through June 1.

Info on the last issue can be found here:

http://southwestreview.com/volume-105-number-3/

Event Date & Location: October 15-17, 2021, Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2021
Name of Organization: Multiverse Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
Organization Website: https://www.multiversecon.org
Contact Email: Rhonda Jackson Joseph, Learn@Multiversecon.org

CONVENTION THEME

Multiverse Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention was formed from our belief that great stories don’t only come from the books and comics we love to read. Each fan is their own universe as well, with their own unique story to tell. Added together, these infinite stories create the Multiverse of modern fandom.

This Multiverse also informs the creation of works of speculative fiction, a body of work encompassing every imaginable academic field. In this light, we seek to create a multidisciplinary academic program that will showcase the innumerable ways speculative fiction is inspired by various branches of academia.  

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Multiverse Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention is seeking academic presentations of 15, 25, and (a limited number) 45 minutes in length for the 2021 convention. While we require presentations to reflect rigorous academic scholarship, we are not requesting conference paper readings. Presentations only, please.

We are seeking presentations that approach an academic topic in a way that non-academic audiences will find accessible and entertaining. Ideally, presentations will incorporate a core theme or topic of interest to speculative fiction fans.

Example topics may include, but are not limited to:

    • An interesting historical event that garners immense speculation. What really happened?
    • A comparison between modern governments and dystopian societies
    • The application of a sociological lens in examining a popular speculative fiction TV show or movie
    • From a scientific angle, could one of the monsters from horror tropes really exist?
    • How might the fantasy elements of speculative fiction lend themselves to child development in teaching various lessons?
    • A chemistry presentation that teaches children how to create spider webbing
    • A presentation on new, emerging technologies or scientific breakthroughs (e.g., artificial intelligence, biotech, space travel, etc.)

Presentations on specific authors, works of fiction, or genres within speculative fiction are also welcome. Of particular interest are presentations on the works of any of our Guests of Honor and/or focusing on voices within speculative fiction that are not typically amplified.
Please note: we would like to include at least one presentation per convention day that fits our theme and is targeted to a child/family friendly audience, so please submit those presentation proposals, as well. Our definition of child/family targeted includes any images, videos, or handouts accompanying the presentation.

Please provide the following in your submission:

    • 300-500 word abstract
    • Preliminary bibliography
    • Length of presentation (15, 25, or 45-minute category)
    • 150-word biography (should reflect academic credentials)
    • Any required props or specialized A/V equipment
    • Do you have any special accommodations or other requests we should be aware of?
    • What are your pronouns?

Email your submissions and/or questions to Rhonda Jackson Joseph at: Learn@Multiversecon.org

Accepted presenters will receive a complimentary Multiverse membership for 2021 and may be invited to participate in other panels within the convention’s other programming tracks. If you would like to be considered for other programming at the convention, separately or in conjunction with your proposed academic presentation, please fill out our guest application here.

Proposals will be selected for acceptance on a rolling basis until June 30th, 2021.