*CFP* SPM 2020: SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND MEDIA, 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE

SPM 2020: Society for Phenomenology and Media - 22nd Annual Conference

Tallinn University

Mare building, Uus-Sadama 5, 10120, Tallinn, Estonia

March 26-28, 2020

The Society for Phenomenology and Media (SPM) is pleased to receive abstracts (200 words maximum) for consideration of inclusion in its 22st annual international conference. The conference will be sponsored and hosted by Tallinn University.

Proposals for 3-person panels are also accepted. These should be organized around specific media — for example: film, the Internet, mobile communication, medieval manuscripts, print media (books, newspapers, and magazines), stage drama, television, visual art, dance, etc. Panel proposals should include three papers, one of them by the panel organizer. Individual abstract submissions are assigned to a panel by the conference host.

The Society for Phenomenology and Media encourages interdisciplinary approaches and theoretical diversity. Individual papers and panels need not be limited to phenomenological approaches. In the past, papers have come from diverse theoretical perspectives, including critical theory, cultural studies, hermeneutics, Marxism, New Historicism, post-colonial theory, pragmatism, semiotics, speech-act theory, and so on. Participants have come from a wide range of disciplines: philosophy, media studies, communications, psychology, history, political science, sociology, rhetoric, literary theory, cognitive science, cultural studies, and other fields.

Doctoral students are invited to submit proposals, but should note that SPM limits the number of papers from students. 

Conference abstracts and panel proposals submitted are peer reviewed. Papers accepted and presented are published in the annual SPM Conference Proceedings and also considered for publication in Glimpse, the annual, blind-reviewed journal published by SPM.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts should address questions of specific media of communication (books, TV, radio, film, press, digital communication, dance, graffiti, etc.). Individual papers and panels need not be limited to phenomenological approaches. All theoretical and philosophical perspectives are welcome (analytic, linguistic, phenomenological, Marxist, etc.). Submissions will be peer-reviewed by a host committee. 

The following categories are welcome:

• Individual paper abstracts (200 words) 
• Proposals for 3-person panels (250 words)

Applications for an SPM annual conference is a two-step process:

1. Make an application through EasyChair; 
2. When your application is accepted, immediately complete your application by registering on this SPM webpage (see "conference registration" in the tab above). You complete your acceptance only when you have paid your conference and membership fees. This is done through Paypal.

Deadline: January 31, 2019

Publication

All papers presented at the conference are eligible for publication in the SPM Annual Conference Proceedings; selected papers from the conference may also be submitted for publication in SPM’s annual publication, Glimpse, which is peer- and blind-reviewed.

Venue

All sessions of the conference will be held at Tallinn University, Mare building, in Estonia. Please refer to the SPM website for further information.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the conference and submissions, please enter in contact: Tales Tomaz, SPM Secretary, socphenmedia@yahoo.com