CFP: International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts Children’s and Young Adult Division
The 31st Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Theme: Race and the Fantastic
Division of Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Guest of Honor: Nalo Hopkinson
Guest of Honor: Laurence Yep
Guest Scholar: Takayuki Tatsumi
Special Guest Emeritis: Brian Aldiss
The 2010 ICFA welcomes paper proposals on all areas of the fantastic (including high fantasy, allegory, science fiction, horror, folk tales and other traditional literatures, magical realism, the supernatural, and the gothic) in all media (novels, short stories, drama, television, comic books, film, and others).
The division of children’s and young adult literature is especially interested in paper proposals throughout the field, including picture books, easy readers, novels, short stories, film, comic books, and other forms. We embrace a wide variety of scholarly approaches and interests, including genre, historical, theoretical, and textual, models. We encourage work from institutionally-affiliated scholars, independent scholars, international scholars who work in languages other than English, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
The conference will run March 17-21, 2010, in Orlando, Florida.
Please submit a 250-word abstract and bibliography directly to the division head, Amie Rose Rotruck, at arotruck AT gmail DOT com. Abstracts should be turned in by October 31, 2009.
The conference encourages graduate student participation and gives an award for outstanding paper by a graduate student each year.
For more information on the conference or other divisions, please visit www.iafa.org .
Theme: Race and the Fantastic
Division of Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Guest of Honor: Nalo Hopkinson
Guest of Honor: Laurence Yep
Guest Scholar: Takayuki Tatsumi
Special Guest Emeritis: Brian Aldiss
The 2010 ICFA welcomes paper proposals on all areas of the fantastic (including high fantasy, allegory, science fiction, horror, folk tales and other traditional literatures, magical realism, the supernatural, and the gothic) in all media (novels, short stories, drama, television, comic books, film, and others).
The division of children’s and young adult literature is especially interested in paper proposals throughout the field, including picture books, easy readers, novels, short stories, film, comic books, and other forms. We embrace a wide variety of scholarly approaches and interests, including genre, historical, theoretical, and textual, models. We encourage work from institutionally-affiliated scholars, independent scholars, international scholars who work in languages other than English, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
The conference will run March 17-21, 2010, in Orlando, Florida.
Please submit a 250-word abstract and bibliography directly to the division head, Amie Rose Rotruck, at arotruck AT gmail DOT com. Abstracts should be turned in by October 31, 2009.
The conference encourages graduate student participation and gives an award for outstanding paper by a graduate student each year.
For more information on the conference or other divisions, please visit www.iafa.org .