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Call for Proposals: Comics & Popular Arts Academic Conference at Dragon*Con

## Call for Participation / Call for Abstracts

Please submit a proposal that engages in substantial scholarly examinations of comic books, manga, graphic novels, anime, science/speculative fiction, fantasy, or other parts of popular culture. A broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives is being sought, including literary and art criticism, philosophy, linguistics, history, and communication. Proposals may range from discussions of the nature of the comics medium, analyses of particular works and authors, discussions of the visual language of comics and manga, comics and pop culture in the classroom, cross-cultural and cross-medium comparisons, and more. CPAAC is open to any topics relevant to the study of comics and the popular arts.

Submission instructions: We seek 100-200 word abstracts for a variety of proposal formats. Please submit *at most* 1 proposal for an individual oral presentation or poster AND *at most* 1 proposal for a group panel, roundtable, workshop, or book session.

DEADLINE: April 20, 2013

Submit your proposals by filling out the form at: http://thehangedman.com/cpac

More information, including programs and topics from previous years can be found at http://thehangedman.com/cpac

Send any questions to: cpac@thehangedman.com

Participants must register for the Dragon*Con convention. Applications can be made for “ATENDING PROFESSIONAL” status, but conference of said status IS NOT GUARANTEED. The longer you wait, the higher the ticket price will be if you don’t get the status.

Membership information can be found here:

http://www.dragoncon.org/?q membership_pre_sales

ATENDING PROFESSIONAL status information can be found here:

http://www.dragoncon.org/?q guest_application_form

Conference Coordinator: Matthew J. Brown, UT Dallas Conference Co-coordinator: R. Scott Nokes, Troy University Programming Chair: Damien Williams, Kennesaw State and Oglethorpe

Program Committee: * Robin L. Zebrowski, Beloit College * Vickie Willis, Georgia State University * Stephanie Noell, University of Texas at Arlington

Application Submitted: “Research Fellow in Ethics (Mind and Machine) “

Tool - [Reflection]—- So I just submitted my application for the Research Fellowship in Ethics (Mind and Machine) at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.

Yes I did.

Ayeron - Day Nineteen: Disclosure—- What’s that? You want to read my personal statement? Well here you go then:

Damien Williams’ Personal Statement:

Read More

Interviews, Writing, Fellowships, Perfect Days, Etc

Sneaker Pimps - [Low Place Like Home]—- So what’s been up with me, you may want to ask, or not even begin caring about. Whatever.

Aesop Rock - Fryerstarter—- Today, I had very little left to grade. This is like some kind of minor miracle. Do you know what that makes today for? That’s right: EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVEN’T GOTTEN TO DO, THIS WEEK! WOO!!

But before we get to that, I need to get some things out of my brain to get clear and start fresh. So fuck you if you don’t want to hear it.

I’m currently working on an interview, and my interactions, here, as they always do, have me questioning my professional technique. I always feel rude, even when I’m aiming for “Firm-But-Polite,” and considering how many interview requests have gone denied, ignored, or otherwise just.. dissipated, I have a certain point at which I begin to wonder if I’m doing something very wrong, and if so, what? (Coheed & Cambria - [Apollo I: The Writing Writer]). I’ve got some journo friends taking a look, for me, to see if they can point to anything in behaviour content or technique which might be putting people off.

Speaking of my professional life, my life has been grading forever, and there are some gems to find, when you’re grading intro papers on Philosophy of Mind.

Mindless Self Indulgence - [Bullshit]—- To that end, please remember that you don’t just get to tell me that flesh-and-blood is the only matrix on which consciousness can operate, fail to give an argument as to why, and expect me Not to tear into you. That’s just not how this works.

Then there was the stir over on my facebook caused by my notes to a student who tried to use the psychology and inner desires of children to stand as an argument against functionalism.

“Good discussion of functionalism and some of it’s problems, but consider this: Children are programmed by their parents and by society to want certain things, to behave in certain ways, and to know that certain modes of output will accomplish different goals. This programming tends to happen unconsciously, rather than consciously, but does that make it any different?

“Children wouldn’t want candy unless they were first somehow taught that candy was a thing they should want.”

I pretty much only give praise in the form of a challenge for them to think things through more completely. If you want to see the aforementioned stir, I suggest you check the Facebook. A lot of interesting links, and references, there.

Yesterday there was a meeting of the Georgia Philosophical Society, chaired by my boss from Perimeter, hosted at Oglethorpe (my summer employer), at which one of my former professors/colleagues (Dr Christie Hartley) was presenting a paper, to which Kate Schweitzer responded. And I was at Alon’s.

I also ran into someone from high school, yesterday, while at Alon’s, and she didn’t recognise me At All. Just barely stopped myself short of a “Hey Jenny Slater” moment. My Grosse Pointe Blank fam knows what I’m talkin’ about.

Ego Likeness - [Blind Arms]—- All that being said, on Thursday I invoked a Perfect Day, and I subsequently had an hours-long conversation with Duncan Jones and then Strixus, ID McLean, and Jason A Clark about using Peter Singer’s ‘Practical Ethics’ as a basis for dealing with the moral status of non-human consciousnesses. Yes I did.

Muse - [Sing for Absolution]—- Currently, and in addition to the interview, I need to be editing my Machine Question Symposium paper (.pdf link), and getting it into the best possible shape it can be, because the CFP for the full published volume is out, and it’s been made abundantly clear that A) This is an open Call For Papers, not limited to the Symposium Presenters and therefore B) Only the best of all the submissions will be published.

Love and Rockets - It Could Be Sunshine—- Leaving aside the possibility of the bizarre situation wherein none of the people whose work made the publishing of this volume possible actually ends up appearing in this volume, this means that I need to be at the top of my game, all the way around.

And then there’s this: “Job Details: Research Fellow in Ethics (Mind and Machine) Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics… Grade 7: £29,249 - £35,938 p.a.
“Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow for the applied ethics strand of the Mind and Machine project at the Oxford Martin School. The post is fixed-term for three years from the date of appointment. A fractional appointment or job share will be considered in exceptional cases.

“The post may be offered at grade 6 (£26,004 - £31,020 p.a.) with an appropriate adjustment in the duties for promising candidates who do not have all of the required skills, experience and qualifications.

“Mind and Machine is an interdisciplinary research project jointly held by the department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Philosophy. The project will not only advance the science of brain intervention but also develop robust insights into the ethical, legal and social implications of such research, which will be the focus of this post…”

Parliament Funkadelic - [Stomp]—- This is a biotech/human enhancement ethics fellowship. Practical applications of human biotech enhancement. I mean… I’m applying for this. No question, because I would be a fool not to, with that focus, and that kind of money. I would be an Utter Fool Not To… But that changes a LOT of my current plans and obligations. January is only three months away, and three years is a long time in another country.

But we’ll burn those bridges if and when we’re walking across them, won’t we?

Tom Waits - [Starving in the Belly of a Whale]—- In addition to all of this, ever since Dennis moved to New York, I’ve been really feeling the lack of professional people working within Religious Studies to whom I can talk. Dennis and I really understand each other very well, and there’s not really anyone else I know, working in the field, who gets the things I’m doing as well. (Mirrormask - [Leaving the City]). I feel completely our of the loop on current writings, thinking, and names, now. It’s… really frustrating.

So… Yeah. That’s what’s been up with me.

Cole Porter & Tony Bennett - [Begin the Beguine]—- So how are you?

Dragon*Con: Places I’ll Definitely Be

Friday

1:00 pm: Fandom and Feminism Sci-Fi and Fantasy Literature Track (Hyatt - Greenbriar)

5pm-6pm: Dinner

8:00pm: The Need Coffee Dot Com Fun Fest, 8pm doors open; 8:30pm party starts Hyatt - International North

Saturday

10:00 am: History and Philosophy in Full Metal Alchemist (moderating*) Anime/Manga Track (Hyatt - Courtland)

7:00 pm: X-Files: Gillian Anderson discusses her X-Files role and answers your questions. Location: Marriott - Atrium Ballroom

8:30 pm: Moths, Metafiction, and Mieville (possibly moderating) Sci-Fi and Fantasy Literature Track (Hyatt - Fairlie)

Sunday

2:30 pm: Prospects for Human/Tech Interfaces: Is Geordi’s VISOR realizable? (Moderating) Trek Track (Sheraton - Athens)

4:00 pm: Comics and Pop Culture Studies Forum: The Future of Academic Programming at Dragon*Con Hyatt - University Room

7:00 pm: The Status of Women in Mainstream Comics (Roundtable Discussion) Comics Track (Hyatt - Hannover F)

8:30 pm: Documentary: Black Masculinity and Comics (Moderating) Comics Track (Hyatt - Hannover F)

Monday

10:00 am: Dynamic Identities: Characters as Moving Targets (Presenting) Sci-Fi and Fantasy Literature Track (Hyatt - Fairlie)

Other Places I May Appear include but are not limited to things found here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1wyo7ABA_jTTFeg954nnwvfZ88H7Ddc3TCukRrQdRIbE

and Here: http://www.needcoffee.com/dragoncon-2012-schedule/

That is all.





*This is weird because I basically gave this talk, three years ago.

The Official Comics and Popular Arts Academic Conference Dragon*Con Schedule

Behold and hear me, my Geekdom Compatriots, My Kings and Queens of the Forgotten Realms: Listen, and See you Well.

I say unto you again that The Dragon*Con 2012 Mobile Schedule (Android Version here; iPhone Version here) allows you to personalize your D*C schedule based on which events you want to be attending. When you click on an event you can see its details, and then make a decision as to whether you actually care. Two of the options in the details for any given event are in the form of links which provide you the ability to Rate the Event, after you’ve seen it, and make notes on what you saw, while you were there.

This is what i need from you: If you are coming to Dragon*Con, and you’re going to be Attending Academics Track Events, then you should use the Dragon*Con Mobile App to Rate Those Academics Events You Attend.

Here it is as a Haiku:

Congress of Dragons
Judging scholars as we fly
Our int’rests collide.

Anyway, to make your life a little bit easier, here are some links to the full, official CPAAC schedule:

List Form (scroll down for descriptions): https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1wyo7ABA_jTTFeg954nnwvfZ88H7Ddc3TCukRrQdRIbE
Grid Form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoN0s3hvs2f9dDAzTEsyUFZKTVlnaGNaSHA1c2luTmc&single=true&gid=0&output=html

Tell Your Friends.

Dragon*Con Schedule, And a Request

wolvensnothere:

Warning: This is a long one.

Friends. Nerds. Countrypersons: Lend me your pocket computers. The Dragon*Con 2012 Mobile Schedule (Android Version; iPhone Version) allows you to personalize your weekend schedule based on which evenets you want to be attending. Once you click each event, you can see its details, before deciding whether you actually care. Two of the options in the details for a given event are links providing you the ability to Rate the Event, and make notes on what you saw, there.

This is where the favour comes in: IF you are coming to Dragon*Con, AND you are Attening Academics Track Events, THEN you should Rate Those Events You Attend.

If you want it in symbolic logic form, it looks like this: (D • A)⊃ R

To that end, here are the panels which we at the Comics and Popular Arts Academic Conference have put together, this year. They all sound pretty fantastic to me. Especially those last two ;)



Friday

COMICS TRACK- The Superhero As The Other - 11:30 am (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: What insights into diversity, marginalization, & suppression can we find in superhero comics?
Daniel Amrhein: “A Superhero Census: Sex, Race, and Sexual Orientation in the X-Men, Avengers, and Justice League”

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY LIT TRACK- Fandom and Feminism - 1pm (Hyatt - Greenbriar)
DESCRIPTION: How are women and feminism received and presented in sci fi/fantasy narratives and fandoms?
PRESENTATIONS: Tracie Mahaffey: “Damaged Goods: A Feminist Analysis of the Strong Woman Archetype in Science Fiction and Fantasy”
Alex Johnson - “Tits or GtFO: A Brief Analysis of Misogyny in Geek Culture and its Related Communities”
Johnathan Flowers: ‘Katniss Everdeen as Feminist Icon: an Analysis’

COMICS TRACK- Gender, Power, and the Superhero Self - 08:30 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: How superhero comics present conceptions of masculinity & femininity, in terms of power, transition, & coming-of-age.
PRESENTATIONS: Mirielle Smith: ‘Men in Masks: Traditional Masculinity and Violations Thereof in Watchmen’
Theresa Fine: Transformations and Transitions: The Superhero Trope in Coming-of-Age Graphic Novels



Saturday

ANIME/MANGA TRACK - History and Philosophy in Full Metal Alchemist - 10am (Hyatt - Courtland)
DESCRIPTION: The history and philosophy of alchemy and the infamous Philosopher’s Stone in the context of Full Metal Alchemist.
PRESENTATIONS: Clancy Smith: “Full Metal Alchemist: The Philosophy Behind the Philosopher’s Stone”

ANIME/MANGA TRACK - Miyazaki, Gender, and Joseph Campbell on the Heroic Quest - 5:30pm (Hyatt - Courtland)
DESCRIPTION: Hayao Miyazaki re-visions Joseph Campbell’s universal myth of the (exclusively) male hero, expanding it to feature girls and young women.
PRESENTATIONS: Deborah Scally, “Chihiro’s Journey: Miyazaki’s Re-visioning of the Heroic Quest

COMICS TRACK - Comics, Critical Thinking, and the Canon - 07:00 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Presenters discuss the pedagogical possibilities which arise as comics are increasingly employed in the college classroom.
PRESENTATIONS: Nakia Pope and Leslie Bickford
COMMENTATOR: Theresa Fine

COMICS TRACK - Philosophers, Warriors, and Sages - 08:30 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Presenters analyze the expression and embodiment of philosophical and religious principles by heroic characters.
PRESENTATIONS: Ross Hardy: “Enlightened Superheroics: The Hobbesian Superman and the Kantian Batman”
Johnathan Flowers: “Teeth and Claws of the Alliance: The Operative as Buddhist Warrior in Joss Whedon’s Serenity”

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY LIT TRACK- Moths, Metafiction, and Mieville - 8:30pm (Hyatt - Fairlie)
DESCRIPTION: Panel explores China Mieville’s depictions of contagious disorder and the creative process in Perdido Street Station.
PRESENTATONS: Tracey Berry- “Fantasy Remade: Metafiction and Creative Process in Perdido Street Station”
Sabrina Starnaman- “Slake Moths and Contagion Narrative in Perdido Street Station”
Moderator: Carl Sachs



Sunday

APOCALYPSE RISING- The Walking Dead: From the Page to the Screen (Fans meet Scholars Roundtable Discussion) - 11:30am (Westin - Vinings 1-2)

BRIT TRACK- Theorizing the Doctor: Then And Again - 1:00pm (Sheraton - Macon)
DESCRIPTION: The evolution of Doctor Who will be explored in social, ethical, and technological perspectives.
PRESENTATIONS: Rob Levy: “Classic Doctor Who: Season 5 & Shaping the Future”
Clara Nisley: ‘The Moral Dilemma in Doctor Who’s “The Girl Who Waited”’
Hannah Markley: ‘Doctor Who, Terrorism, and Trauma as Futurity’


TREK TRACK - Prospects for Human/Tech Interfaces: Is Geordi’s VISOR realizable? - 2:30pm (Sheraton - Athens)
DESCRIPTION: Geordi LaForge’s VISOR is a vision for sensory replacement and enhancement. How does it measure up against current neuroscience? Katherine Bryant
PRESENTATIONS: Katherine Bryant: “Visual/technological interfaces: Is Geordi’s VISOR realizable?”

COMICS TRACK - The Status of Women in Mainstream Comics - 07:00 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Roundtable discussion of the status of women creators and the representations of women in mainstream comics, historical and contemporary.
PANELISTS: Matthew J. Brown, April Murphy, & others TBD

COMICS TRACK- Documentary: Black Masculinity and Comics - Sun 08:30 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Jonathan Gayles Ph.D (Georgia State Univ.) screens his film “White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books.” Q&A w/ filmmaker.
DETAILS: Jonathan Gayles Ph.D is Associate Professor of African-American Studies at Georgia State University. WHITE SCRIPTS AND BLACK SUPERMEN: BLACK MASCULINITIES IN COMIC BOOKS is a documentary film examining the representation of Black masculinity in comic books. It was independently produced by Prof. Gayles. http://blacksuperherodoc.com/ 52 minutes running time.
MODERATOR: Damien Patrick Williams



Monday

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY LIT TRACK- Dynamic Identities: Characters as Moving Targets - 10am (Hyatt - Fairlie)
DESCRIPTION: Characters & archetypes from Hamlet to the works of Miéville may have inconsistent identities due to changes in audience, author, or plot mechanisms.
PRESENTATIONS: Damien Patrick Williams: “In the In-Between: An Examination of Magic, Perception, and Interstitiality in the Works of China Miéville”
Casey Cothran and Robert Prickett: ‘“Why am I not dead?”: The Dystopian Heroine’s Happy(?) Ending’
Philip Griffith with Becka LaPlant: “Batman vs. Hamlet: The Fight for Personal Identity in the Comics Medium”
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So there we are. Tell your friends. Attend. Enjoy. Rate. Repeat.

Danke.

Reblooping myself for the morning crowd.

Dragon*Con Schedule, And a Request

Warning: This is a long one.

Friends. Nerds. Countrypersons: Lend me your pocket computers. The Dragon*Con 2012 Mobile Schedule (Android Version; iPhone Version) allows you to personalize your weekend schedule based on which evenets you want to be attending. Once you click each event, you can see its details, before deciding whether you actually care. Two of the options in the details for a given event are links providing you the ability to Rate the Event, and make notes on what you saw, there.

This is where the favour comes in: IF you are coming to Dragon*Con, AND you are Attening Academics Track Events, THEN you should Rate Those Events You Attend.

If you want it in symbolic logic form, it looks like this: (D • A)⊃ R

To that end, here are the panels which we at the Comics and Popular Arts Academic Conference have put together, this year. They all sound pretty fantastic to me. Especially those last two ;)



Friday

COMICS TRACK- The Superhero As The Other - 11:30 am (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: What insights into diversity, marginalization, & suppression can we find in superhero comics?
Daniel Amrhein: “A Superhero Census: Sex, Race, and Sexual Orientation in the X-Men, Avengers, and Justice League”

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY LIT TRACK- Fandom and Feminism - 1pm (Hyatt - Greenbriar)
DESCRIPTION: How are women and feminism received and presented in sci fi/fantasy narratives and fandoms?
PRESENTATIONS: Tracie Mahaffey: “Damaged Goods: A Feminist Analysis of the Strong Woman Archetype in Science Fiction and Fantasy”
Alex Johnson - “Tits or GtFO: A Brief Analysis of Misogyny in Geek Culture and its Related Communities”
Johnathan Flowers: ‘Katniss Everdeen as Feminist Icon: an Analysis’

COMICS TRACK- Gender, Power, and the Superhero Self - 08:30 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: How superhero comics present conceptions of masculinity & femininity, in terms of power, transition, & coming-of-age.
PRESENTATIONS: Mirielle Smith: ‘Men in Masks: Traditional Masculinity and Violations Thereof in Watchmen’
Theresa Fine: Transformations and Transitions: The Superhero Trope in Coming-of-Age Graphic Novels



Saturday

ANIME/MANGA TRACK - History and Philosophy in Full Metal Alchemist - 10am (Hyatt - Courtland)
DESCRIPTION: The history and philosophy of alchemy and the infamous Philosopher’s Stone in the context of Full Metal Alchemist.
PRESENTATIONS: Clancy Smith: “Full Metal Alchemist: The Philosophy Behind the Philosopher’s Stone”

ANIME/MANGA TRACK - Miyazaki, Gender, and Joseph Campbell on the Heroic Quest - 5:30pm (Hyatt - Courtland)
DESCRIPTION: Hayao Miyazaki re-visions Joseph Campbell’s universal myth of the (exclusively) male hero, expanding it to feature girls and young women.
PRESENTATIONS: Deborah Scally, “Chihiro’s Journey: Miyazaki’s Re-visioning of the Heroic Quest

COMICS TRACK - Comics, Critical Thinking, and the Canon - 07:00 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Presenters discuss the pedagogical possibilities which arise as comics are increasingly employed in the college classroom.
PRESENTATIONS: Nakia Pope and Leslie Bickford
COMMENTATOR: Theresa Fine

COMICS TRACK - Philosophers, Warriors, and Sages - 08:30 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Presenters analyze the expression and embodiment of philosophical and religious principles by heroic characters.
PRESENTATIONS: Ross Hardy: “Enlightened Superheroics: The Hobbesian Superman and the Kantian Batman”
Johnathan Flowers: “Teeth and Claws of the Alliance: The Operative as Buddhist Warrior in Joss Whedon’s Serenity”

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY LIT TRACK- Moths, Metafiction, and Mieville - 8:30pm (Hyatt - Fairlie)
DESCRIPTION: Panel explores China Mieville’s depictions of contagious disorder and the creative process in Perdido Street Station.
PRESENTATONS: Tracey Berry- “Fantasy Remade: Metafiction and Creative Process in Perdido Street Station”
Sabrina Starnaman- “Slake Moths and Contagion Narrative in Perdido Street Station”
Moderator: Carl Sachs



Sunday

APOCALYPSE RISING- The Walking Dead: From the Page to the Screen (Fans meet Scholars Roundtable Discussion) - 11:30am (Westin - Vinings 1-2)

BRIT TRACK- Theorizing the Doctor: Then And Again - 1:00pm (Sheraton - Macon)
DESCRIPTION: The evolution of Doctor Who will be explored in social, ethical, and technological perspectives.
PRESENTATIONS: Rob Levy: “Classic Doctor Who: Season 5 & Shaping the Future”
Clara Nisley: ‘The Moral Dilemma in Doctor Who’s “The Girl Who Waited”’
Hannah Markley: ‘Doctor Who, Terrorism, and Trauma as Futurity’


TREK TRACK - Prospects for Human/Tech Interfaces: Is Geordi’s VISOR realizable? - 2:30pm (Sheraton - Athens)
DESCRIPTION: Geordi LaForge’s VISOR is a vision for sensory replacement and enhancement. How does it measure up against current neuroscience? Katherine Bryant
PRESENTATIONS: Katherine Bryant: “Visual/technological interfaces: Is Geordi’s VISOR realizable?”

COMICS TRACK - The Status of Women in Mainstream Comics - 07:00 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Roundtable discussion of the status of women creators and the representations of women in mainstream comics, historical and contemporary.
PANELISTS: Matthew J. Brown, April Murphy, & others TBD

COMICS TRACK- Documentary: Black Masculinity and Comics - Sun 08:30 pm (Hyatt - Hannover F)
DESCRIPTION: Jonathan Gayles Ph.D (Georgia State Univ.) screens his film “White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books.” Q&A w/ filmmaker.
DETAILS: Jonathan Gayles Ph.D is Associate Professor of African-American Studies at Georgia State University. WHITE SCRIPTS AND BLACK SUPERMEN: BLACK MASCULINITIES IN COMIC BOOKS is a documentary film examining the representation of Black masculinity in comic books. It was independently produced by Prof. Gayles. http://blacksuperherodoc.com/ 52 minutes running time.
MODERATOR: Damien Patrick Williams



Monday

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY LIT TRACK- Dynamic Identities: Characters as Moving Targets - 10am (Hyatt - Fairlie)
DESCRIPTION: Characters & archetypes from Hamlet to the works of Miéville may have inconsistent identities due to changes in audience, author, or plot mechanisms.
PRESENTATIONS: Damien Patrick Williams: “In the In-Between: An Examination of Magic, Perception, and Interstitiality in the Works of China Miéville”
Casey Cothran and Robert Prickett: ‘“Why am I not dead?”: The Dystopian Heroine’s Happy(?) Ending’
Philip Griffith with Becka LaPlant: “Batman vs. Hamlet: The Fight for Personal Identity in the Comics Medium”
———————————————————————————————————————————————

So there we are. Tell your friends. Attend. Enjoy. Rate. Repeat.

Danke.