Please see below for a Call for Papers for an exciting-looking conference on Europe and English-Language Gothic, which will take place in Leiden next June.<\/p>\n
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Keynote speakers:<\/em> The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites proposals for papers that address continental connections in English-Language Gothic Writing, Film and New Media. The aim of the conference is to explore the representation and function of continental European cultures, peoples and nations in English-Language Gothic culture from the 1790s to the present. While the first wave of British and Irish Gothic fictions developed and solidified the idea of continental Europe as a fitting setting for Gothic Romance, little sustained research has been done so far on the ways in which the function and representation of the continent in English-language Gothic culture has developed and changed since the seminal first-wave fictions, and to what extent these developments and changes have had an impact on the formation of British and Irish but also Australian and American national, cultural and individual identities, for instance. The ongoing debate in British politics and society concerning the possibility of an EU referendum in 2017 seems to warrant a scholarly investigation concerning the reputation and representation of continental European culture in Gothic fiction. Such political realities underscore the topicality and relevance of the conference theme, and suggest that now is the right time to explore how, why and to what extent Gothic representations of continental Europe have played a part in the long, complex an often difficult (love\/hate) relationship between Britain, Ireland and the European mainland, as well as the still often noted \u201cspecial relationship\u201d between Britain and the USA. Paper topics can include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n Please send a 200-word abstract, including a working title and brief CV to m.newton@hum.leidenuniv.nl.<\/a><\/p>\n Deadline for submission of abstracts:<\/strong> 1 November 2015.
\nProfessor Robert Miles (University of Victoria)
\nProfessor Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck \u2013 University of London)
\nProfessor Tanya Krzywinska (Falmouth University)
\nLesley Megahey (director of the BBC film Schalken, the Painter<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n
\nNotification of participation:<\/strong> 21 December 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"