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>Subject: CFP: Monsters and the Monstrous (UK) (6/2/06; 9/18/06-9/21/06)
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>4th Global Conference
>Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil
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>Monday 18th September - Thursday 21st September 2006
>Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
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>Call for Papers
>(please cross post where appropriate)
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>This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to
>investigate and explore the enduring influence and imagery of
>monsters and the monstrous on human culture throughout history. In
>particular, the project will have a dual focus with the intention of
>examining specific 'monsters' as well as assessing the role,
>function and consequences of persons, actions or events identified
>as 'monstrous'. The history and contemporary cultural influences of
>monsters and monstrous metaphors will also be examined.
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>Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the fields of
>literature, media studies, cultural studies, history, anthropology,
>philosophy, psychology, sociology, health and theology. Ideas are
>welcomed from those involved in academic study, fictional
>explorations, and applied areas (e.g. youth work, criminology and
>medicine).
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>Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops are invited on
>issues related to any of the following themes:
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> * The "monster" through history
> * Civilization, monsters and the monstrous
> * Children, childhood, stories and monsters; monsters and parents
> * Comedy: funny monsters and/or making fun of monsters (e.g.
>Monsters Inc, the Addams Family)
> * Making monsters; monstrous births
> * Mutants and mutations
> * Technologies of the monstrous
> * Horror, fear and scare
> * Do monsters kill because they are monstrous or are they
>monstrous because they kill?
> * How critical to the definition of "monster" is death or the
>threat of death?
> * human 'monsters' and 'monstrous' acts? e.g, perverts,
>paedophiles and serial killers
> * the monstrous and gender
> * Revolution and monsters; the monstrous and politics; enemies
>(political/social/military) and monsters
> * Iconography of the monstrous
> * The popularity of the modern monsters; the Mummy, Dracula,
>Frankenstein, Vampires
> * The monster in literature
> * the monstrous in popular culture: film, television, theatre,
>radio, print, internet. The monstrous and journalism
> * Religious depictions of the monstrous; the monstrous and the
>supernatural
> * Metaphors and the monstrous
> * the monstrous and war, war reportage / propaganda
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>Papers will also be accepted which deal solely with specific monsters.
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>Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts
>should be submitted by Friday 2nd June 2006. If your paper is
>accepted for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper
>should be submitted by Friday 1st September 2006.
>
>300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the Organising Joint
>Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.
>
>Rob Fisher
>Wickedness Net
>Freeland, Oxfordshire
>United Kingdom
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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>Stephen Morris
>Independent Scholar
>New York, USA
>USA
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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>The conference is part of a larger series of ongoing conferences
>entitled At the Interface, and run as a project under the auspices
>of Wickedness.Net. It aims to bring together people from different
>areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions
>which are innovative and exciting.
>
>All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be
>published as an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and
>presented at this conference will be published in a hard copy themed
>volume. Two ISBN eBooks and three themed volumes are available
>and/or in press from previous meetings of this project.
>
>For further details about the project, please visit:
>http://www.wickedness.net/Monsters/monsters.htm
>
>For further details about the conference, please visit:
>http://www.wickedness.net/Monsters/M4/cfp.html

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