New Genre Army call for papers

Papers are invited for the first international conference on the work of British writer Adam Roberts.

This event aims to bring together scholars, critics, writers and fans for the first academic conference dedicated to the literature and ideas of Adam Roberts. Papers are welcome on any topic related to Roberts’ writing from academics, researchers, fans, and anyone else interested. Topics might include, but are not limited to: -‘High-Concept SF’ and the Novel of Ideas

-Writing science fiction in the 21st Century: responsibilities and challenges

-Military SF, Political SF, Philosophical SF

-Britishness / British humour, sarcasm, style

-Utopia and Dystopia

-Unreliable Narrators

-Heroes and Antiheroes

-Postmodernism: Metafiction and Intertextuality

-Writing under nicknames: alternative writer identities

-Propaganda, Deception, Conspiracy Theories

-‘Practicing what you preach’: writing fiction with an academic background

-The role of technology

-Cynicism and Satire

-Depictions of Britain

-Dictators, Mass-Murderers, Criminals

-Crime Fiction in Science Fiction, Genre within Genre, and beyond Genre

-Space Colonization and Galactic Empires

-Pop Culture and Parody

-Alternative History

-Power

The conference welcomes proposals for individual papers and panels from any discipline and theoretical perspective. Please send a title and 300-500 word abstract for a 20 minute paper along with your name, affiliation and 100 word professional biography to newgenrearmy@gmail.com by 15th February 2013.

The conference is organised by Christos Callow, PhD candidate, Department of English, University of Lincoln and Dr Caroline Edwards, Lecturer in English, Department of English, University of Lincoln. The conference is sponsored by Gylphi: Arts and Humanities Publisher and the English Department of the University of Lincoln.

New Genre Army: An International Conference on the Writing of Adam Roberts

Friday 5th April 2013, Department of English, University of Lincoln

Sponsored by Gylphi: Arts and Humanities Publisher and the University of Lincoln. Part of the Gylphi Contemporary Writers series

Keynote Speakers: Professor Farah Mendlesohn (Anglia Ruskin University) Dr. Andrew M. Butler (Canterbury Christ Church University)

Response and Q&A from Adam Roberts

For more information or to respond to the call please contact:

Christos Callow

University of Lincoln

http://ulincoln.academia.edu/Christos...

Dr. Caroline Edwards

University of Lincoln

http://phone.online.lincoln.ac.uk/ced...

Email: newgenrearmy@gmail.com