Alternative Realities: Myths, Lies, Truths, and Half-Truths (March 24, 2018)
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania is requesting proposals/abstracts for its sixth international conference, to be held on Saturday, March 24, 2018. The conference’s theme is “Alternative Realities: Myths, Lies, Truths, and Half-Truths.”
This conference is interdisciplinary, and welcomes all academic disciplines including the sciences, the humanities and the social sciences. It encourages presenters to explore how this theme is represented in their own discipline, or how their discipline is affected by it. Topics may include but are not limited to:
Fact and/or fiction; Real, surreal, unreal
Believable, unbelievable
Deception, deceit, manipulation, entertainment
Arts of illusion: film, theater, literature, virtual reality, extraterrestrial
Myths, placebos, fakes, hoaxes, decoys
Trust, mistrust, betrayal
Plagiarism, disguise, misrepresentation, persona, masquerade
Scientific myths, popular myths, beliefs
Search for truth, voyeurism, undercover operations, spying, lie detectors
Failure of ethics
Concept of truth in philosophy and science
Representations of alternative realities in literature, cinema, television and mass media
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 1, 2017
The following submissions in MS Word are required: (a) Name; (b) Affiliation as you would like it to appear in the conference program; (c) Title of the proposal; (d) Body of the proposal/abstract, which should not exceed 300 words; (e) Brief bio (job title or status if any, publications, etc.); (f) Contact information: e-mail, work (or home) address and phone number.
Please send your proposal to Abbes Maazaoui, at maazaoui@lincoln.edu on or before December 1, 2017. All submissions are subject to double-blind review. Authors will be notified of the status of their proposals on an ongoing basis (2-3 weeks after submission).
A revised version of selected papers will be considered for publication in the sixth issue of the refereed Lincoln Humanities Journal (ISSN 2474-7726). For more information, see http://www.lincoln.edu/college-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences-conference
Note: Lincoln University is a not-for-profit organization and cannot assist with conference travel and expenses.