A head's up courtesy the American Literature Association (pdf at http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/2014%20RSAP%20CFP.pdf):
NOTE SEPARATE DEADLINES FOR EACH CALL
American Literature Association
May 22-25, 2014
Washington, D.C.
Research Society for American Periodicals
Call for Papers
RSAP seeks proposals for the American Literature Association’s 25th Annual Conference, 22-25 May 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.
Proposals are requested for the following:
1. War and/in American Periodicals after 1914
As spaces of dialogue and dissent, American periodicals have played a formative role in the negotiation of war’s meaning in American culture. This panel seeks 15-20–minute papers that might address any aspect of this topic, including but not limited to: seriality and war; soldier newspapers; trench journalism; periodicals and the home front; fictional representations of war in periodicals; periodicals as spaces for dialogue and dissent about war; anti-war publications; responses to war in black periodicals; war in visual culture; the imagined communities of wartime America; literary style and war correspondence; etc. Please email 300-word abstract and C.V. to Amanda Gailey at gailey@unl.edu by December 15, 2013; please put “RSAP panel submission” in the subject line.
2. “Graphic Humor in American Periodicals”
Abstracts (300 words max.) are encouraged on subjects addressing “graphic humor” in American periodicals. Subjects could range from cartoon strips to political cartoons to illustrations, and may include
alternative interpretations of the term “graphic.” Papers should focus on the periodical context of the subject, as well as broader concerns of interpreting humor. This panel is co-sponsored by the American Humor Studies Association and the Research Society for American Periodicals. Please e-mail abstracts no later than January 10, 2014 to Tracy Wuster (wustert@gmail.com) with the subject line: “AHSA/RSAP session, 2014 ALA.” Notifications will go out no later than January 20, 2014.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
IJoCa Spring 2013 Contents
As promised a while ago, here are the contents for the Spring number of IJoCA:
| Vol. 15, No. 1, 2013 |
| 504 pages / 24 Articles |
| John A. Lent | 1 | Editor’s Note |
| Mark McKinney | 2 | Les mésaventures de M. Bêton by Léonce Petit: Reflexivity and Satire in an Early French Comic Book Inspired by Rodolphe Töpffer |
| Lara Saguisag | 35 | The “Secret Tracts” of the Child’s Mind: Theorizing Childhood in Early 20th Century Fantasy Strips |
| Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste | 68 | Súper Cholita and Bolivian Comics: In Search of Cultural and Political Hegemony |
| Ryan Prout | 84 | Mapping Neuro-diverse Alterity in “Social and Sensitive” Comics from Spain |
| Iwan Gunawan | 100 | Multiculturalism in Indonesian Comics |
| Uri Fink | 127 | Comics in Israel -- A Brief History |
| Amy Bright | 146 | Evaluating Text and Image Ratios in Contemporary Young Adult Literature |
| Muliyadi Mahamood | 163 | Pioneers in Comic Art Scholarship Cartoon and Comics Scholarship in Malaysia: A Personal Experience |
| Scott Hales | 197 | “Operation Replica?!!”: Captain America in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction |
| Tsugumi Okabe | 230 | From Sherlock Holmes to “Heisei” Holmes: Counter Orientalism and Post Modern Parody in Gosho Aoyama’s Detective Conan Manga Series |
| Michael Rhode | 251 | Ann Telnaes at the 2011 Small Press Expo |
| Jakob F. Dittmar | 270 | Comics and History: Myth-making in Nazi references |
| Keegan Lannon | 287 | Visualizing Words: The Function of Words in Comics |
| Muhamad Azhar Abdullah | 306 | The Development of Malaysia Comic Art |
| Richard Scully | 323 | The Lion and the Unicorn -- William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli through William Empson’s Looking-Glass |
| Anita K. McDaniel | 338 | Obama-man: The Fanboy Ideograph for “Hope and Change” |
| Sebastian Weinert | 354 | Funny Education? Cartoons and Illustrated Stories as Media of Health Instruction in Weimar Germany |
| Jeremy Stoll | 363 | A Creator’s History of the Comics Medium in India |
| Sylvain Rheault | 383 | Japanese Culture in Franco-Belgian Bande Dessinée |
| Jon LaCure | 395 | CLAMP, the Magic Knights, and Art Nouveau |
| Jade Hidle | 408 | Remembering in Red and Yellow: History, Memory, and Second-Generation Vietnamese American Identity in GB Tran’s VIETNAMERICA |
| Anna Wiederhold | 419 | The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation: Making Meaning in the (Gutter) Spaces between Word, Image, and Ideology |
| Fauzi Naeim bin Mohamed | 435 | The Aesthetics of Oppression in Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza |
| Eric A. Holmes | 450 | The Horror and Humor of Entertaining Comics |
| John Baird | 456 | Evaluating Math Concept Learning Using Comics |
| John A. Lent | 469 | The Printed Word |
| Dale E. Seeds, John A. Lent | 472 | Book Reviews |
| Edited by Michael Rhode, David Robertson, Michael Rhode | 480 | Exhibition and Media Reviews |
| 489 | Portfolio |
IJoCA Fall 2013
The Fall 2013 number of IJoCa is now available. Volume 15, Number 2 of the journal features nearly 800 pages of essays and reviews. Contents will be posted here as/if they become available.
CFP Spec Issue on Comics, Multimodality, and Composition (8/1/14)
Thanks to IAFA for the head's up:
For 43.1 (Spring 2015)
Guest Editor: Dale Jacobs, University of Windsor
DESCRIPTION
Over the past ten years, composition has increasingly embraced writing and reading in multiple modes (words, but also images, sounds, video, spatial relationships, gestures, and other sign systems). In this movement towards multimodality, comics have been largely ignored. Comics, however, provide rich ground for exploration in relation to multimodality and composition. This special issue begins with the idea that comics are a valuable space of practice for multimodal literacies, both inside and outside the classroom.
Like other multimodal texts, comics form a multifaceted environment in which meaning is negotiated between creators and readers. Comics add another dimension to multimodality, which has often focused on digital texts, and can be used to link traditional alphabetic literacies with newer digital ones. Furthermore, as Michael Bitz argues in When Commas Meet Kryptonite: Classroom Lessons from the Comic Book Project, “In the context of new media and literacies, comics are a rare bridge between the canon of reading skills that children are expected to master in school and the literacies that they embrace on their own and out of school” (11). Not only are comics important multimodal texts in their own right, but they can also function as an important bridge to other literacies both inside and outside the classroom.
This special issue of Composition Studies will explore how comics can be productively used in writing theory and practice. Articles, sequential narratives, short reflective essays, and Course Designs are all welcome, as are pieces on comics aimed at the “Composing With” section of the journal.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
Full-length submissions due August 1, 2014
Submission determinations sent by November 1, 2014
Revised manuscripts due February 13, 2015
CONTACTS
Direct queries about the special issue and full-length manuscripts in .doc
or .docx formats to Dale Jacobs at djacobs@uwindsor.ca.
Direct general questions about Composition Studies to compstudies@uc.edu.
Visit our website for more information:
http://www.uc.edu/journals/composition-studies.html.
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Laura Micciche
Associate Professor of English
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221
513.556/6519
laura.micciche@uc.edu
CFP for Special Issue of Composition Studies
Theme: Comics, Multimodality, and CompositionFor 43.1 (Spring 2015)
Guest Editor: Dale Jacobs, University of Windsor
DESCRIPTION
Over the past ten years, composition has increasingly embraced writing and reading in multiple modes (words, but also images, sounds, video, spatial relationships, gestures, and other sign systems). In this movement towards multimodality, comics have been largely ignored. Comics, however, provide rich ground for exploration in relation to multimodality and composition. This special issue begins with the idea that comics are a valuable space of practice for multimodal literacies, both inside and outside the classroom.
Like other multimodal texts, comics form a multifaceted environment in which meaning is negotiated between creators and readers. Comics add another dimension to multimodality, which has often focused on digital texts, and can be used to link traditional alphabetic literacies with newer digital ones. Furthermore, as Michael Bitz argues in When Commas Meet Kryptonite: Classroom Lessons from the Comic Book Project, “In the context of new media and literacies, comics are a rare bridge between the canon of reading skills that children are expected to master in school and the literacies that they embrace on their own and out of school” (11). Not only are comics important multimodal texts in their own right, but they can also function as an important bridge to other literacies both inside and outside the classroom.
This special issue of Composition Studies will explore how comics can be productively used in writing theory and practice. Articles, sequential narratives, short reflective essays, and Course Designs are all welcome, as are pieces on comics aimed at the “Composing With” section of the journal.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
- Comics as a way to connect reading and composing multimodal texts
- Comics literacies and digital literacies.
- Comics in relation to the NCTE Position Statement on Multimodal Literacies,
- the WPA Outcomes Statement, and/or the Framework for Success in
- Postsecondary Writing.
- Comics and/as collaboration.
- Comics, rhetoric, and the teaching of writing.
- Comics theory and the teaching of writing.
- Comics as a way to examine how students conceive and experience literacies
- outside of school and possible connections to school literacies.
- Specific ways to use comics in the composition classroom.
- Examinations of how Comics Studies can inform Composition Studies and vice versa
Full-length submissions due August 1, 2014
Submission determinations sent by November 1, 2014
Revised manuscripts due February 13, 2015
CONTACTS
Direct queries about the special issue and full-length manuscripts in .doc
or .docx formats to Dale Jacobs at djacobs@uwindsor.ca.
Direct general questions about Composition Studies to compstudies@uc.edu.
Visit our website for more information:
http://www.uc.edu/journals/composition-studies.html.
——————————
Laura Micciche
Associate Professor of English
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221
513.556/6519
laura.micciche@uc.edu
CFP Panel on Marvel Cinematic Universe (12/1/13)
Here's an older CFP, and I'm not sure why I never posted it before:
An Examination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
An Examination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
| Location: | Florida, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2013-12-01 (in 16 days) |
| Date Submitted: | 2013-05-30 |
| Announcement ID: | 204172 |
| Since its Silver Age rebirth, Marvel Comics has been a focal point of
comic book fandom. Often casted as the upstart company in comparison to
DC Comics, Marvel’s cultural weight and economic success has been tied
to 1960s political protest and social anxiety. For more than 50 years
Marvel’s emphasis on “real word concerns’ in its stories has generated
fan engagement and popular appeal. In the new millennium the
establishment of its own movie studio has allowed the “House of Ideas”
to have a wider cultural impact in the United States and around the
world. While scholars have examined Marvel characters in print, less
consideration has been given to the implication of live action adaptions
from Marvel’s cinematic universe. I seeking scholars for panel for the forthcoming 54th Annula Florida Conference of Historian meeting in St. Augustine, Florida (Jan 31st-Feb 1st, 2014). This panel will examine the ways the Marvel Cinematic Universe represents, constructs, and distorts American culture. Papers that examine specific characters, themes, or films are welcome. Paper title and abstract/proposal (200-300 words) 1. Brief vita or biography (one page max) 2. Complete personal information: name, department, academic affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address. Abstracts should be sent to Julian C. Chambliss: jchambliss@rollins.edu Deadline for submission is December 1, 2013 |
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Julian C. Chambliss
Rollins College Email: jchambliss@rollins.edu |
CFP Comics Area SWPACA (11/15/13)
Again, sorry for the late post:
CFP-Graphic Novels and Comics SWPCA 2014
CFP-Graphic Novels and Comics SWPCA 2014
| Location: | New Mexico, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2013-11-15 |
| Date Submitted: | 2013-09-17 |
| Announcement ID: | 206713 |
Call for Papers and Presentations: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture- SWPACA 2014 Southwest/American Popular Culture and American Culture Association http://southwestpca.org/ Make plans to join the Southwest PCA/ACA for our 35th annual conference, February 19-22, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras NW Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102 Tel: +1 505 842 1234 or 888-421-1442 The conference theme this year is: Popular and American Culture Studies: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow The area chair seeks papers/presentations on Graphic Novels and Comics and Popular Culture due on November 1st, 2013. Any aspect of Comics and Graphic Novels in Popular Culture will be considered, but particular attention will be paid to those presentations that discuss distinctive American aspects of comics and graphic novels in the context of history and the content. Answering such questions as: Why is the superhero as we know it today a uniquely American creation? Why is the birth of the comics industry tied to the Jewish American experience? Does the Americanism of comics and graphic novels have anything to say to the world today or do other styles such as manga, Bande dessinée, or fumetto have more of an impact today? Possible panel/discussion topics:
Other topics:
Please send a title and 100- to 250-word abstract by November 1st 2013. Please submit your paper title and 100- to 250-word abstract by November 1, 2013, through our database, which can be accessed at: http://conference2014.southwestpca.org/ A video tutorial for submissions is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSITP_57txc. Please note there are monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories. See http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards The organization also has a new open access peer reviewed journal that encourages you to submit your work. See: Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy http://journaldialogue.org/ 35th Annual Conference Southwest Popular/American Culture Association February 19-22 2014 annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submission Deadline: 11/1/13 Priority Registration Deadline 12/31/13 Conference Hotel: Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102 Tel: +1 505 842 1234 or 888-421-1442 Rob Weiner Humanities Librarian, Texas Tech University Library rweiner5@sbcglobal.net http://southwestpca.org/ |
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Rob Weiner
Texas Tech University Library Box 40002 Lubbock Texas 79409 Email: rob.weiner@ttu.edu Visit the website at http://southwestpca.org |
CFP Comics Arts Conference WonderCon 2014 (12/15/13)
Comics Arts Conference WonderCon 2014
| Location: | California, United States |
| Conference Date: | 2014-12-15 |
| Date Submitted: | 2013-10-28 |
| Announcement ID: | 208030 |
| 100 to 200 word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a
critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in
sequence) are being accepted for the Comics Arts Conference, a meeting
of scholars and professionals at WonderCon 2014 in Anaheim. WonderCon
is an annual popular culture convention organized by Comic-Con
International. The CAC seeks proposals from a broad range of
disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and welcome the participation
of academic and independent scholars. The CAC is designed to bring
together comics scholars, professionals, critics, and historians to
engage in discussion of the comics medium in a forum that included the
public. Please submit all proposals to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BZ8XV9N by December 15, 2013. For more
information, please contact Dr. Kathleen McClancy at
comicsartsconference@gmail.com. Dr. Kathleen McClancy Primary Organizer and Co-Chair Comics Arts Conference Email: comicsartsconference@gmail.com Visit the website at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BZ8XV9N |
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