We invite proposals for papers that examine the multiple permutations of SF film around the world, from its origins to the contemporary moment, including: theories of technology (posthumanism, transhumanism, techno-horror, cyberpunk, techno-utopias/dystopias); bioethics and contagion; imperialism; immigration, citizenship, and labor; shifting constructions of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality; ecocriticism and environmental catastrophe; how SF travels in and through dubbing, subtitling, and the festival circuit; cross-cultural SF film adaptations and remakes; theories of temporality and history in “multiple” or “alternative” modernities; SF and new media (virtual realities, video games and MMORPG, mobile phones, online fandoms, CGI, 3-D). Selected papers will be included in a refereed collection of previously unpublished essays on global SF cinema. In addition to panels, the conference will feature screenings of key films in the SF genre from different national cinemas.

Please send an abstract (approximately 300 words), accompanied by a brief biographical note (approximately 250 words), to globalSFconference@gmail.com. Proposals should be sent as Word (.doc/.docx) or PDF files. (Organizers: Jennifer Feeley, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures; Cinema and Comparative Literature. Sarah Ann Wells, Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa)

For a detailed description of the conference, visit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iUBfnjVRFsFJ9vABYzeWPllb_GsYv24wxpBi7wF1QEQ/edit?hl=en_US