This call for papers<\/a> came to my attention and I thought it would be worth sharing here:<\/p>\n J.R.R. Tolkien and\u00a0<\/strong>the Works of Joss Whedon<\/strong><\/p>\n Special Issue of the\u00a0Journal of Tolkien Research\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/scholar.valpo.edu\/journaloftolkienresearch\/<\/a><\/p>\n Co-edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Kristine Larsen<\/p>\n janet.b.croft@rutgers.edu<\/a>;\u00a0larsen@ccsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Connections between any of the works of both creative geniuses are fair game for this interdisciplinary volume. Some possible topics include: world-building, horror and the monstrous, critiques of heroism, women\u2019s roles, Buffy-speak and elf-speak, and villainous motivations.<\/p>\n Another made a direct reference to C. S. Lewis\u2019 Narnia stories<\/a>, and so seemed fitting to include here alongside the other:<\/p>\n Call for Papers<\/strong> Organised by Alex Gushurst-Moore, Mariam Hale, and Jun Qiang (PhD Students at the University of York) To be held in York 12th-13th March 2020<\/p>\n Keynote speakers: Professor George P. Landow (Emeritus Professor, Brown) and \u2018There was nothing Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur. She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them, leaving the door open, of course, because she knew that it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe. Soon she went further in and found that there was a second row of coats hanging up behind the first one. It was almost quite dark in there and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe. She took a step further in \u2013 then two or three steps \u2013 always expecting to feel woodwork against the tips of her fingers. But she could not feel it.\u2019 \u2013 C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, first published in 1950.<\/p>\n We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on the subject of \u2018threshold, boundary, and crossover\u2019 in fantasy. Creative interpretation of the theme is encouraged, and particular precedence will be given to papers looking at interdisciplinarity in fantasy studies. We wish to push the limits of how we interpret and understand fantasy as a categorical term, interrogating the idea put forward by art historian Walter Schurian that \u2018the fantastic can also be found in other fields of art, such as literature, architecture, music and film; fantastical tendencies and currents can even be observed in the natural sciences, for example in the form of unusual, chance opinions and theories.\u2019 As such, we welcome papers from scholars working in any field or discipline. Some thematic prompts include:<\/p>\n Interdisciplinarity To submit a proposal, please send (in one document) a biography of c. 100 words and a paper abstract of no more than 400 words to fantasythreshold2020@gmail.com by September 13th 2019. Queries can be directed to this email address also.<\/p>\n\n
\nThreshold, Boundary, and Crossover in Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs part of the York Fantasy Discussion Group<\/p>\n
\nDr Rob Maslen (University of Glasgow)<\/p>\n
\nIntertextuality
\nCross-cultural exchange
\nInternational exchange
\nNational fantasies
\nGender
\nSelfhood, self and other
\nChildren\/ YA\/ Adult
\nJourney, pilgrimage, passage
\nAncient\/ Medieval\/ Modern
\nBetween worlds
\nFrames, framing devices and literal thresholds
\nHermeticism
\nRetellings
\nPortals and transportation
\nGenre, categorisation, classification
\nIdeas of here and there
\nFin-de-si\u00e8cle
\nYouth and age
\nFantasy and science fiction<\/p>\n