The 7th Annual GES Conference will be held February 22-23, 2002 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The theme of this year's conference, "Past and Future Perspectives: Negotiating our Changing Field," addresses our changing field from the graduate scholar's perspective. The palindrome of the year suggests examination of ways our past can help us deal with our future regarding issues arising from new theories, cultural shifts, evolving technologies, and recent discoveries.
While I am especially interested in abstracts/proposals which address the following suggested topics, abstracts dealing with any aspect of Contemporary Science Fiction and Fantasy are welcome and will be considered:
1) Redefining or expanding gender roles in contemporary science fiction and fantasy;
2) Adaptation of Classical myth in contemporary science fiction and fantasy (this could include Xena, Star Trek, Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tomb Raider, etc. as well as literary science fiction and fantasy)
3) general topics/abstracts in contemporary science fiction and fantasy
E-mail submissions are strongly encouraged; please put "GES Conference Proposal" in the subject line for all electronic submissions. Participants may present no more than two papers or be on no more than two panels.
Abstracts/Proposals (250 words) and inquiries should be addressed to:
Ian Desrosiers
Texas Tech University
Department of English
P. O. Box 43091
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
806.742-2501 ext. 284
e-mail: iandesrosiers@hotmail.com
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please visit the GES Conference web site at:
http://english.ttu.edu/GESConference