Mythcon 50
August 2-5, 2019
Mythcon 50 - Call for Papers
Looking Back, Moving Forward
San Diego, California
August 2-5, 2019
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Call for Papers
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CALL FOR PAPERS: MYTHCON 50, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 2-5, 2019
Join us as The Mythopoeic Society celebrates the last of our three fiftieth anniversaries: our 50th Annual Mythopoeic Conference!
CONFERENCE THEME: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
Our conference theme references Roman mythology’s Janus, the god of beginnings and endings, gates and doorways, transitions, passages, and duality. We are
moving forward into the future while also, at least for this Mythcon, looking backward to the places from which we’ve come.
For this conference, while work on any topic is welcome, we are particularly interested in presentations that
- acknowledge the long history of scholarship on fantasy literature while looking ahead, sometimes in new and unexpected ways
- incorporate or reference past developments in research • survey the development of critical response to an author or a topic, the use of a
certain theoretical approach, or the history of a strand of criticism
- look forward to future areas of research
- consider the genre’s place in history and its development into new media and new ways of involving the reader or consumer
- introduce us to new or neglected mythopoeic authors and other creators • consider liminality, border situations, or the pivot point between old and new
GUESTS OF HONOR
Papers on the works and interests of our guests of honor are also especially welcome:
- Verlyn Flieger, Scholar Guest of Honor: One of the most prolific and beloved scholars in our field, Flieger won Mythopoeic
Scholarship Awards for A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faerie (1998), Tolkien’s Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth,
co-edited with Carl Hostetter (2002), and Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien (2013). She is co-editor of the journal Tolkien Studies and
has written fiction as well. Retired from teaching at the University of Maryland in 2012, she continues to teach courses online through Signum University.
- Tim Powers, Guest of Honor Emeritus, science fiction and fantasy author of Last Call, The Anubis Gates, Dinner At
Deviant's Palace, On Stranger Tides, Expiration Date, Earthquake Weather, Declare, Three Days To Never,
Hide Me Among The Graves, and many short stories. Tim has been nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award five times and
his novel, The Stress of Her Regard, won in 1990.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Send abstracts of 200-500 words to this year’s Paper Coordinator:
Janet Brennan Croft
janet.b.croft@rutgers.edu
by April 26, 2019.
See our Alexei Kondratiev Award for details on our student paper award!
All presenters must register for the full conference; please see the Mythcon 50 Registration page
for information and rates.
ABOUT THE MYTHOPOEIC SOCIETY
The Mythopoeic Society is an international literary and educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of the
works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and mythopoeic literature. We believe the study of these writers can lead to greater
understanding and appreciation of the literary, philosophical, and spiritual traditions which underlie their works, and can engender an
interest in the study of myth, legend, and the genre of fantasy. Find out about the Society s activities at:
www.mythsoc.org
Content copyright 1967- The Mythopoeic Society All rights reserved.
August 2-5, 2019
Mythcon 50 main page
Registration
Call for Papers
Download PDF of Call for Papers hereCALL FOR PAPERS: MYTHCON 50, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 2-5, 2019
Join us as The Mythopoeic Society celebrates the last of our three fiftieth anniversaries: our 50th Annual Mythopoeic Conference!CONFERENCE THEME: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
Our conference theme references Roman mythology’s Janus, the god of beginnings and endings, gates and doorways, transitions, passages, and duality. We are moving forward into the future while also, at least for this Mythcon, looking backward to the places from which we’ve come.For this conference, while work on any topic is welcome, we are particularly interested in presentations that
- acknowledge the long history of scholarship on fantasy literature while looking ahead, sometimes in new and unexpected ways
- incorporate or reference past developments in research • survey the development of critical response to an author or a topic, the use of a certain theoretical approach, or the history of a strand of criticism
- look forward to future areas of research
- consider the genre’s place in history and its development into new media and new ways of involving the reader or consumer
- introduce us to new or neglected mythopoeic authors and other creators • consider liminality, border situations, or the pivot point between old and new
GUESTS OF HONOR
Papers on the works and interests of our guests of honor are also especially welcome:- Verlyn Flieger, Scholar Guest of Honor: One of the most prolific and beloved scholars in our field, Flieger won Mythopoeic Scholarship Awards for A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faerie (1998), Tolkien’s Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth, co-edited with Carl Hostetter (2002), and Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien (2013). She is co-editor of the journal Tolkien Studies and has written fiction as well. Retired from teaching at the University of Maryland in 2012, she continues to teach courses online through Signum University.
- Tim Powers, Guest of Honor Emeritus, science fiction and fantasy author of Last Call, The Anubis Gates, Dinner At Deviant's Palace, On Stranger Tides, Expiration Date, Earthquake Weather, Declare, Three Days To Never, Hide Me Among The Graves, and many short stories. Tim has been nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award five times and his novel, The Stress of Her Regard, won in 1990.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Send abstracts of 200-500 words to this year’s Paper Coordinator:Janet Brennan Croft
janet.b.croft@rutgers.edu
by April 26, 2019.
See our Alexei Kondratiev Award for details on our student paper award!
All presenters must register for the full conference; please see the Mythcon 50 Registration page for information and rates.
ABOUT THE MYTHOPOEIC SOCIETY
The Mythopoeic Society is an international literary and educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and mythopoeic literature. We believe the study of these writers can lead to greater understanding and appreciation of the literary, philosophical, and spiritual traditions which underlie their works, and can engender an interest in the study of myth, legend, and the genre of fantasy. Find out about the Society s activities at: www.mythsoc.org
Content copyright 1967- The Mythopoeic Society All rights reserved.