2014 EGO Colloquium Call for Papers

Pop/Culture

The 2014 WVU English Colloquium is accepting abstracts for papers and panels that examine everything and anything related to pop, culture, or a mixture of both.  We will accept literature papers from all nationalities, genres, and time periods, as well as papers on rhetoric and composition. We will also accept creative writing individual submissions and panels.

Papers may deal with any of the following (not an exhaustive list):

Pop Culture

Histories of Culture (and Literary History)

Critical Receptions

Theories of Canon Formation

Adaptations

Marketing criticism

New Economic Criticism

Identity Formation

Psychoanalytic Studies

Global/Atlantic World paradigms

Postcolonial Narratives and Postcolonialism

Memoir

Race

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Narrativity

Adaptation, Appropriation, and Parody

Myth and Folklore

Transmedial Studies

Collective Memory

Nationalism and Sovereignty

Influence studies

To propose an individual paper, please submit an abstract of 300 words as an attachment to Jeff Yeager, EGO President, at jwyeager@mix.wvu.edu. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address in the top left corner your submission.

To propose a panel of three to four papers, please submit a group abstract of 500 words explaining the thematic concerns of the panel and short abstracts (150-200 words) of each individual paper. Submit abstracts as one attachment to jwyeager@mix.wvu.edu. Please include the names, institutional affiliations, and e-mail addresses of all participants.

To propose creative writing, send 3-5 poems or a 2-3 page excerpt from a fiction/non-fiction piece to jwyeager@mix.wvu.edu. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address. To propose a creative writing panel, send a 500 word group abstract along with the poems or fiction/non-fiction excerpts.

Registration will be $10.

Extended Submission Deadline: 24 March 2014