Matthias Stephan

Assoc Prof @ Aarhus Univ. Teaching/Researching Climate Change Fiction, Fan Studies, Postmodernism, Detective Fiction, SF, Intercultural Studies ... (he/him)

[Matthias Stephan @mjstephandk]

New Book on Climate Change Fiction

I look at impactful literary narratives of climate change, including a range of contemporary Anglophone fiction Atwood, Bacigalupi, McEwan, Erdrich, Octavia E. Butler etc.

https://t.co/wV23RD24Hr

[Dr Simone D. @simoned87]

Dear Swifties, help! I'm doing a thing, and I want your input: share your "fan letters" with me? What does Taylor mean to you? What does being a Swiftie mean? Kill time before Oct 3 and help me out: https://t.co/CviBC4K5O1 #TS12

[Simon Bacon @baconetti]

Aca-Gothic-Colleagues

Got a book for Routledge where I need 5,000 words by end Oct 2025 on the following:

—The Gothic and the female Black body in Ma (2019), Spell (2020), The Reading (2023) and/or other recent examples.

If of interest contact me: [email protected]

[SFRA @sfranews]

CFP Speculative Fiction Across Media 2025 – Artificial Intelligence: Fantasies, Realities, Futures (September 25-27, 2025) - proposals due May 16 https://t.co/j3554Bzjkq

[Matthias Stephan @mjstephandk]

Come work with me! New posts available in my Department in Aarhus, Denmark.

https://t.co/u2dHZKXRXV

https://t.co/XWWpn3CWO5

[Matthias Stephan @mjstephandk]

“You would think that sooner or later it would all come to an end.” And so it has, but Auster’s legacy is long and his words will long stick with me.

[Roger Luckhurst @TheProfRog]

An actual full time literature job that is actually permanent in an actual University, actually: The James Murray Beattie Lecturer in Fantasy Literature at University of Glasgow https://t.co/Ez3uiaJbR7

[S.Einwächter @SGEinwaechter]

Happy to announce our new Call for Abstracts for the second issue of Fandom / Cultures / Research! We are looking forward to your submission (please also feel invited to get in touch with us if you have any questions or queries). #FanStudies #MediaStudies https://t.co/hjArbTM9V8

[Sara Wasson @SaraWasson_1]

It is a pleasure to announce the Final Long Lists of the International Gothic Association’s Book Prizes 2024. @IGA_Goths !

Timescales and the next processes are detailed in the Call for Nominations at this blog post https://t.co/AIB09Xrj3r .

Congratulations to all!

[Palgrave Philosophy @PalgravePhil]

Now available!

"For decades we've known that animals' inner lives are complex, rich, and deep and this book makes the inarguable case that it's high time to use what we know on their behalf.” - @MarcBekoff

More here: https://t.co/9wD5WMh5Bw

[asleuki @asleuki]

📗CFP: 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄: 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄, 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 (Essay collection proposed for Int. Gothic Series, Man. University Press)

For details and abstracts contact [email protected]

Deadline: 𝟑𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

[Simon Bacon @baconetti]

Exciting and busy day at the rock-face. One bit I can’t announce yet, but the other is that we have a cover for Zombie Futures (due out end 2024) with brilliant artwork provided by the talented and wonderful Derek Newman-Stille 😃

[Dr Matt Crofts 🦇 @MattRCrofts]

The full Post-Apocalyptic Waste issue of @Revenantjournal I co-edited is online & open access, but particularly proud of mine & @DisasterScholar's introduction. We set out the importance of the topic & ambitions for the issue (plus some puns & references to #MaxMad)

[Sarah Mygind @SarahMygind]

Come work with us at Comparative Literature at @AarhusUni : https://t.co/mhT6ZrUABJ

[Simon Bacon @baconetti]

Aca-Gothic-Deep-State-Colleagues.

CFP “Deep State Conspiracies and the Gothic.”

Horror/folk/gothic texts in any media featuring hidden societies/corporations/secret cabals/cults who want to control/takeover/end the world.

Abstracts by end Sept 2024 to: [email protected]

[Liza B. Bauer @LizaBBauer1]

Check out this very first collection of scholarly work on #Animals in #ScienceFiction! @nora_castle and I have contributed a chapter on reading #SF animals enabled to speak "human" with the aid of #Biotechnology critically - congrats to all contributors🥳
https://t.co/fkfFQCuErd

[asleuki @asleuki]

The call for papers for our ASLE-UKI 2025 Conference in Galway is now live!
More details can be found on our website: https://t.co/p8dzyq39Au
#ASLEUKI2025

[Simon Bacon @baconetti]

I also can't see this cover without wanting to thank @madeline_cct again for allowing us to use her wonderful photo! 😍

[Palgrave Macmillan @Palgrave]

'Gothic Nostalgia,' by @baconetti and Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon, an original and innovative study of how Gothic nostalgia and toxic memory are used to underpin and promote the ongoing culture wars and populist politics in contemporary popular culture. https://t.co/BRGk4L8nwg