I'm not a gamer myself, but this may interest those who are.  NYC.

Different Games is the first ever conference on diversity, difference and inclusivity in
digital games, hosted April 26-27, 2013 at NYU's Polytechnic Institute in
downtown Brooklyn.

Different Games is a space for radical discussions of representation in games and 
the ( Read more... )

November: lots of books, longer work hours (no complaints, I am glad to have 'em), writing, increased tea drinking, insomnia, book reading & reviewing, damp commutes on public transit.  Surprised but pleased to win award for making traditional Southern-style lemon "chess" pie for potluck at one of my workplaces.  Plan to use part of the ( Read more... )

Greetings! Signal boosting again, mostly academic opportunities this time. Some of the more unusual opportunities include a graduate fellowship in Southern Quaker Studies; a call for essays about Neil Gaiman and feminism (critical analysis/academia); a legal internship for Portuguese speakers in The Gambia; and an art & politics fellowship at the ( Read more... )

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Con or Bust is administered by the Carl Brandon Society and helps people of color attend SFF cons, principally WisCon. This year's fundraising auction will run from February 21 through March 6.  The mission of the Carl Brandon Society is to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and ( Read more... )

Planning to be in Berlin in November 2011? The Vietnamese Diaspora & Beyond program will take place there Nov. 26 & 27.

Attention, academic writers, researchers: the editor of an interdisciplinary volume on American Multicultural Studies is seeking papers for possible publication. Chapter proposals are sought for a collection on Asian American ( Read more... )

Attention, academics, graduate students, undergraduate students! The 32nd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts has issued several calls for papers on a fascinating variety of topics. The deadline for all papers is Monday, November 15.

Fan Production and the Fantastic

Convergence Culture and the Fantastic

Fan Communities and the ( Read more... )