CFP: 41st Annual SFRA Conference, June 24-27, 2010

You can find out all the details about the Science Fiction Research Association’s 2010 meeting in Carefree, Arizona on the official site here. However, here’s a run down of the important bits including the call for papers. See you there next year! 41st Annual Science Fiction Research Association Conference June 24-27, 2010 Carefree, Arizona Far …

CFP: ICFA 31, Race and the Fantastic, March 17-21, 2010

Graham J. Murphy, IAFA Public Information Coordinator, is currently at WorldCon, but he sent out the following preliminary CFP for the 31st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Read below for the details: The 31st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts Race and the Fantastic March 17-21, 2010 (awards banquet on the …

CFP: German Fantastic Conference by Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung, 30 Sept-03 Oct, 2010

Read on for the announcement for the first conference for the newly formed Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung or GFF (Association for Research in the Fantastic) at the University of Hamburg, Germany. German SF studies has been had the turbopumps running for a number of years, but I believe a conference like this will really light that …

SFRA 2009, Conference completed but not yet on record

Yufang and I are sitting outside a Starbucks enjoying the warm weather–reading magazines and checking email.  We left the Hotel Midtown around noon, saying goodbye to our friends, and we made our way to Norcross to begin our vacation. During the conference, I was busy making sure the program executed itself with as few memory …

SFRA 2009, Essay Conclusion and Sushi

While my pants were washing in my awesome Frigidaire combo washer and dryer, I rewrote the concluding section of my World of Warcraft essay that I am presenting on Friday morning.  Now, I just need to type it up, but I’m out and about right now, so that will have to wait until later this …