{"id":42342,"date":"2017-12-14T06:01:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T11:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=42342"},"modified":"2017-12-11T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:54:18","slug":"vampire-conference-transylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2017\/12\/vampire-conference-transylvania.html","title":{"rendered":"Vampire Conference in Transylvania!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This is a really cool conference idea \u2013 holding a conference about Vampires in Transylvania, in Romania! It will be held in Sighisoara, which is the birthplace of Vlad Tepes, the historical figure who is regularly associated with Bram Stoker\u2019s Count Dracula despite having little in common. Here\u2019s a snippet from the call for papers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Call For Papers: International Vampire Film and Arts Festival \u00a0\u2013 7-10 June 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third annual International Vampire Film and Arts Festival will take place in Sighisoara in Transylvania, Romania, on June 7th-10th, 2018. To celebrate their popular fiction dual degree collaboration,\u00a0WRITE TOGETHER<\/a>\u2013in which students earn an MA studying at Edinburgh Napier University for one year, then transition to a low residency program to earn their MFA from Seton Hill University\u2013faculty from both universities are teaming up to curate this year\u2019s exciting call for papers.<\/p>\n

Keynote Speaker: CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN (bestselling author of Buffy the Vampire Slayer \u2013 The Watcher\u2019s Guide, Of Saints and Shadows, Ararat, Seize the Night, & more)\u2026<\/p>\n

Conference Theme: From Carmilla to Drusilla: Vampires Across Popular Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IVFAF, in association with Seton Hill University and Edinburgh Napier University, calls for papers by scholars interested in presenting their researched essays on vampire literature and film in the academic symposium that runs alongside the festival in Transylvania.<\/p>\n

We will divide this year\u2019s academic symposium into two days of programming:<\/p>\n