*CFP* THE FOURTH ANNUAL ANN RADCLIFFE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE AT STOCKERCON UK

The Fourth Annual Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference at StokerCon UK

Conference Dates: April 16-19, 2020

Conference Hotel: The Royal and The Grand Hotels, Scarborough, UK

The Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference co-chairs invite all interested scholars, academics, and non-fiction writers to submit presentation abstracts related to horror studies for consideration to be presented at the fifth annual StokerCon which will be held April 16 – 19, 2019 in Scarborough, UK.

The Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference is an opportunity for individuals to present on completed research or work-in-progress horror studies projects that continue the dialogue of academic analysis of the horror genre. As in prior years, we are looking for completed research or work-in-progress projects that can be presented to with the intent to expand the scholarship on various facets of horror that proliferates in:

• Art 
• Cinema 
• Comics 
• Literature 
• Music 
• Poetry 
• Television 
• Video Games 
• Etc.

We invite papers that take an interdisciplinary approach to their subject matter and can apply a variety of lenses and frameworks, such as, but not limited to:

• Auteur theory 
• Close textual analysis 
• Comparative analysis 
• Cultural and ethnic 
• Fandom and fan studies 
• Film studies 
• Folklore 
• Gender/LGBT studies 
• Historic analysis 
• Interpretations 
• Linguistic 
• Literature studies 
• Media and communications 
• Media Sociology 
• Modernity/Postmodernity 
• Mythological 
• Psychological 
• Racial studies 
• Semiotics 
• Theoretical (Adorno, Barthes, Baudrillard, Dyer, Gerbner, etc.) 
• Transmedia 
• And others

Conference Details

Please send a 250 – 300 word abstract on your intended topic, a preliminary bibliography, and your CV to AnnRadCon@gmail.com by October 31, 2019. Responses will be emailed out starting early November 15to the end of the month. Final acceptances will require proof of StokerCon registration.

Presentation time consideration: 15 minute maximum to allow for a Question and Answer period. Limit of one presentation at the conference.

There are no honorariums for presenters.

Organizing Co-Chairs

Michele Brittany, Nicholas Diak, and Kevin Wetmore Jr.

Email: AnnRadCon@gmail.com

The Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference is part of the Horror Writers Association’s Outreach Program. Created in 2016 by Michele Brittany and Nicholas Diak, the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference has been a venue for horror scholars to present their work. The conference has also been the genesis of the Horror Writer Association’s first academic release, Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays, comprised entirely of AnnRadCon presenters and slated to be released by McFarland in the fall of 2019.

Membership to the Horror Writers Association is not required to submit or present, however registration to StokerCon 2019 is required for to be accepted and to present. StokerCon registration. There is no additional registration or fees for the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference outside StokerCon registration. Applying to the Horror Writers Association as an academic member.

StokerCon is the annual convention hosted by the Horror Writers Association wherein the Bram Stoker Awards for superior achievement in horror writing are awarded.