#NWFGRAINAU23
Activities organized by the Emerging Scholars‘ Forum (NWF) of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS)
As part of
Solidarities. Networks – Convivialities – Confrontations
44th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS)
March 3-5, 2023, in Grainau, Germany
Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2022
Conference dates: March 3-5, 2023
Conference venue: Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Germany (in-person)
Queries on and submissions for NWF activities at Grainau23: Amanda Boyce and Manuel Sousa Oliveira at nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com
General queries on Grainau23: GKS office at gks [at] kanada-studien.de
Webpages of interest:
“With the theme „Solidarities. Networks – Convivialities – Confrontations„, the annual conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS) will be devoted to the forms and practices of solidarity in Canada and Quebec. It will examine not only the networks and forms of cohabitation that result from them, but also the inherent potential for conflict. The chosen perspective is interdisciplinary, from the angle of Francophone and Anglophone cultural, literary, and linguistic studies, historical sciences, political sciences and sociology, geography and economics, anthropology, and Indigenous studies, as well as women’s and gender studies.”
Every year, the Emerging Scholars‘ Forum (NWF) of the GKS organizes several activities as part of the annual GKS conference in Grainau, Germany. For the 2023 conference, we are organizing a panel and a colloquium, as well as cultural and social activities. Interested applicants may submit proposals for any of the two following formats: (1) panel on Solidarities in Canadian SFF, Fan, and Horror Fiction, and (2) 2nd Emerging Scholars Colloquium.
(1) Conventional Panel Format: Solidarities in Canadian SFF, Fan, and Horror Fiction
Contemporary Canadian writers like Margaret Atwood, Cherie Dimaline (Métis), Nalo Hopkinson, Larissa Lai, Emily St. John Mandel, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia have been increasingly staking their claims in the (inter)national literary scene of SFF, utopian, and horror literatures. Moreover, TV shows like Orphan Black (2013-17), videogames like Darkest Dungeon (2016), and a new wave of Indigenous storytelling which includes movies like Night Raiders (2021) and Slash/Back (2022) are examples of how the narrative potential of SFF and horror have been used in fiction beyond the literary. Still, even though many SFF literary and imaginative artworks coming from Canada have achieved commercial and critical success, there have not been many recent general studies on the topic. Similarly, as a field generally looked at as trans-national, in-depth studies of fan fiction around the Canadian experience are still underrepresented. Scholars, such as Rebecca Katz, have investigated the matter from a Canadian judicial perspective, but not many have yet approached fan fiction from a Canadian content focused one.
Building on suggestions by critics that Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction addresses issues of activism (Barnes Leetal), disability (Barnes Leetal; Clemons), survivance (Higgins), social justice (Mohr), and “bridging” cultures, genders, sexualities and species (Ransom & Grace), in this panel we want to explore how solidarity is depicted, created, and negotiated in Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction, and how acts of solidarity may be a central thematic concern of Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction. Thus, we hope to bring the literary qualities and socio-cultural relevance of SFF, fan, and horror fiction to the attention of Canadianists in Germany and across Europe.
We particularly encourage students and ECRs (from BA to Postdoc-levels) to submit a proposal. Proposed papers should find connections between Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction and the topics and keywords of the general CFP: Solidarities, Networks, Convivialities, and Confrontations, available here: www.kanada-studien.org/6396/cfp-44th-gks-conference-solidarites-reseaux-convivialites-confrontations-solidarities-networks-convivialities-confrontations. Below we quote a section of the general CFP that might be of interest:
“Solidarity and language/literature/media
Language, literature, and other media are important for the representation of different forms of solidarity. These range from the representation of national and regional conceptions of identity, to the representation of protest and resistance movements, to the fictionalization of transnational cultural spaces such as francophonie and americanité.
Possible contributions in this framework include, among others:
- Literary and media representations (traditional and social media) of (practices of) solidarity and its/their negotiation
- Historical and current representations of regional and cultural-linguistic forms of solidarity, for example in the context of the „Acadian Reunion“ or militant First Nations protest movements since the 1980s
- The literature of care, which raises the question of responsibility towards the Other and intergenerational solidarity”
Topics may include (but are not restricted to) issues of solidarity and:
- Utopian literature, particularly Canadian eutopias (i.e., positive utopias)
- Dystopian, (post-)apocalyptic and palingenetic fiction
- Fantasy fiction and magical realism
- Fan fiction with a Canadian focus (i.e., about a Canadian commercial text, or with Canadian characters/setting)
- SFF, fan, and horror fiction in mixed-media forms such as graphic novels, movies, TV, and videogames
- Indigenous stories, SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Feminist and Queer/LGBTQ+ SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Nature- and environment-oriented SFF, fan, and horror fiction, such as climate or petrol fiction
- YA and new adult SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Children’s and middle grade SFF
- Multiculturalism, race, religion, and disabilities in SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Ethics, bioethics, empathy, hospitality, and affect in SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Responsibility towards human and more-than-human others in SFF, fan, and horror fiction
Proposals for 20-minute papers for the Solidarities in Canadian SFF, Fan, and Horror Fiction panel may be submitted as a single Word document in French or English, and should include:
- Format: Panel
- Title of paper
- Author’s name, preferred pronouns, and institutional affiliation
- Email address
- Abstract (c. 250 ww.), outlining methodology and theoretical approaches chosen, content/body of research, and (if applicable) which of the three main axes outlined in the general CFP to which the paper speaks
- Short biographical information in third person singular (max. 250 ww.), specifying current institutional affiliation and position, and (if applicable) author’s research background with regard to the conference topic
Some recent references:
ACCSFF – Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy: www.yorku.ca/accsff.
ACCSFF 22 Programme: www.yorku.ca/accsff/22-Program.html.
Barbour, Douglas. “Canadian Science Fiction.” A Companion to Science Fiction, edited by David Seed. Blackwell, 2005, pp. 309-22.
Barnes Leetal, Dean. “Those Crazy Fangirls on the Internet: Activism of Care, Disability and Fan Fiction.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2019, pp. 45–72.
Clemons, AmyLea. “Enabling/Disabling: Fanfiction and Disability Discourse.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2019, pp. 247–278.
Higgins, David M. “Survivance in Indigenous Science Fictions: Vizenor, Silko, Glancy, and the Rejection of Imperial Victimry.“ Extrapolation., vol. 57, no. 1, 2016, pp. 51-72.
Katz, Rebecca. “Fan Fiction and Canadian Copyright Law: Defending Fan Narratives in the Wake of Canada’s Copyright Reforms.” Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, 2014, pp. 73-107.
Kroon, Ariel Petra. Moving Beyond Survival in Twentieth-Century Canadian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction 1948-1989. PhD thesis, University of Alberta, 2021.
Mohr, Dunja M. „“When Species Meet“: Beyond Posthuman Boundaries and Interspeciesism – Social Justice and Canadian Speculative Fiction.“ Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, vol. 37, 2017, pp. 40-64.
Osborne, Heather. „Guest Editorial: Canadian Science Fiction.“ Foundation, vol. 49, no. 136, 2020, pp. 19-21.
Ransom, Amy J. “Parabolas of SFQ: Canadian Science Fiction in French and the Making of a „National“ Subgenre.” Parabolas of Science Fiction, edited by Veronica Hollinger and Brian Attebery. Wesleyan University Press, 2013, pp. 89-105.
Ransom, Amy J. and Dominick Grace, editors. Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: Bridging the Solitudes. Springer, 2019.
Scott, Conrad. „“Changing Landscapes”: Ecocritical Dystopianism in Contemporary Indigenous SF Literature.“ Transmotion, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp. 10-38.
Weiss, Allan, editor. The Canadian Fantastic in Focus: New Perspectives. McFarland, 2015.
—. The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature. Routledge, 2020.
Whyte, Kyle P. “Indigenous Science (Fiction) for the Anthropocene: Ancestral Dystopias and Fantasies of Climate Change Crises.” Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 1, no. 1-2, 2018, pp. 224–242.
(2) Colloquium Format: 2nd Emerging Scholars Colloquium
The Emerging Scholars Colloquium will offer a safe space for emerging scholars to share and discuss their ongoing research projects with peers and experts. Any emerging scholar from the BA to the Postdoc level working on a dissertation, thesis, or long-term research project in or with a strong emphasis on Canadian Studies (50% or more) is invited to submit a proposal. Any proposal within the field of Canadian Studies (including Language, Literature and Culture in Anglophone Canada; Language, Literature and Culture in Francophone Canada; Women and Gender Studies; Geography and Economics; History; Political Science and Sociology; and Indigenous and Cultural Studies) will be considered regardless of its particular thematic focus. Still, we encourage applicants to find connections with the topics and keywords of the general CFP: Solidarities, Networks, Convivialities, and Confrontations, available here: www.kanada-studien.org/6396/cfp-44th-gks-conference-solidarites-reseaux-convivialites-confrontations-solidarities-networks-convivialities-confrontations.
To ensure the exchange between emerging scholars, peers and experts is as productive as possible, the emphasis will be on the dialogue between participants and attendees. As such, we invite proposals for brief 15-minute presentations of the main ideas of their projects. This presentation should also raise those key challenges that they are currently facing and that they want to see discussed in the following 15 minutes. This focused exchange will allow participants to gain insightful new perspectives on their own projects.
Proposals for 15-minute presentations for the 2nd Emerging Scholars Colloquium may be submitted as a single Word document in French or English, and should include:
- Title of ongoing BA, MA, PhD or Postdoc project
- Author’s name, preferred pronouns, and institutional affiliation
- Email address
- Abstract (c. 250 ww.), outlining methodology and theoretical approaches chosen, content/body of research, and (if applicable) which of the three main axes outlined in the general CFP to which the paper speaks
- Short biographical information in third person singular (max. 250 ww.), specifying current institutional affiliation and position, and (if applicable) author’s research background with regard to the conference topic
Proposal Submissions
Proposals should be submitted no later than August 31, 2022 to Amanda Boyce and Manuel Sousa Oliveira at nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com, and should indicate in the subject line to which format their contribution is being proposed:
- Panel Proposal
- Colloquium Proposal
We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements, and we will try to accommodate them as best we can.
Unfortunately, because there is a very limited number of spots available, interested applicants are advised to submit their proposals asap. Successful applicants will be contacted by early October 2022 at the latest.
Any queries about the NWF-organized activities at Grainau23 may be sent to Amanda Boyce and Manuel Sousa Oliveira at nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com. General queries about the Grainau23 conference may be sent to the GKS office at gks [at] kanada-studien.de.Seitenumbruch
#NWFGRAINAU23 Organizers
Amanda Boyce (they/them), University of Trier
Manuel Sousa Oliveira (he/him), University of Porto / CETAPS
Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien e.V. / Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries
Contacts & Social Media
NWF
Website: nachwuchsforum.net
Twitter: @NWFCanStudies
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/134934376663
Email: nachwuchsforum [at] gmail.com
GKS
Website: kanada-studien.org
Twitter: @GKS_CanStudies
Facebook: @kanadastudien
Email: gks [at] kanada-studien.de
#NWFGRAINAU23
Activities organized by the Emerging Scholars‘ Forum (NWF) of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS)
As part of
Solidarities. Networks – Convivialities – Confrontations
44th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS)
March 3-5, 2023, in Grainau, Germany
Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2022
Conference dates: March 3-5, 2023
Conference venue: Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Germany (in-person)
Queries on and submissions for NWF activities at Grainau23: Amanda Boyce and Manuel Sousa Oliveira at nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com
General queries on Grainau23: GKS office at gks [at] kanada-studien.de
Webpages of interest:
“With the theme „Solidarities. Networks – Convivialities – Confrontations„, the annual conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS) will be devoted to the forms and practices of solidarity in Canada and Quebec. It will examine not only the networks and forms of cohabitation that result from them, but also the inherent potential for conflict. The chosen perspective is interdisciplinary, from the angle of Francophone and Anglophone cultural, literary, and linguistic studies, historical sciences, political sciences and sociology, geography and economics, anthropology, and Indigenous studies, as well as women’s and gender studies.”
Every year, the Emerging Scholars‘ Forum (NWF) of the GKS organizes several activities as part of the annual GKS conference in Grainau, Germany. For the 2023 conference, we are organizing a panel and a colloquium, as well as cultural and social activities. Interested applicants may submit proposals for any of the two following formats: (1) panel on Solidarities in Canadian SFF, Fan, and Horror Fiction, and (2) 2nd Emerging Scholars Colloquium.
(1) Conventional Panel Format: Solidarities in Canadian SFF, Fan, and Horror Fiction
Contemporary Canadian writers like Margaret Atwood, Cherie Dimaline (Métis), Nalo Hopkinson, Larissa Lai, Emily St. John Mandel, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia have been increasingly staking their claims in the (inter)national literary scene of SFF, utopian, and horror literatures. Moreover, TV shows like Orphan Black (2013-17), videogames like Darkest Dungeon (2016), and a new wave of Indigenous storytelling which includes movies like Night Raiders (2021) and Slash/Back (2022) are examples of how the narrative potential of SFF and horror have been used in fiction beyond the literary. Still, even though many SFF literary and imaginative artworks coming from Canada have achieved commercial and critical success, there have not been many recent general studies on the topic. Similarly, as a field generally looked at as trans-national, in-depth studies of fan fiction around the Canadian experience are still underrepresented. Scholars, such as Rebecca Katz, have investigated the matter from a Canadian judicial perspective, but not many have yet approached fan fiction from a Canadian content focused one.
Building on suggestions by critics that Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction addresses issues of activism (Barnes Leetal), disability (Barnes Leetal; Clemons), survivance (Higgins), social justice (Mohr), and “bridging” cultures, genders, sexualities and species (Ransom & Grace), in this panel we want to explore how solidarity is depicted, created, and negotiated in Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction, and how acts of solidarity may be a central thematic concern of Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction. Thus, we hope to bring the literary qualities and socio-cultural relevance of SFF, fan, and horror fiction to the attention of Canadianists in Germany and across Europe.
We particularly encourage students and ECRs (from BA to Postdoc-levels) to submit a proposal. Proposed papers should find connections between Canadian SFF, fan, and horror fiction and the topics and keywords of the general CFP: Solidarities, Networks, Convivialities, and Confrontations, available here: www.kanada-studien.org/6396/cfp-44th-gks-conference-solidarites-reseaux-convivialites-confrontations-solidarities-networks-convivialities-confrontations. Below we quote a section of the general CFP that might be of interest:
“Solidarity and language/literature/media
Language, literature, and other media are important for the representation of different forms of solidarity. These range from the representation of national and regional conceptions of identity, to the representation of protest and resistance movements, to the fictionalization of transnational cultural spaces such as francophonie and americanité.
Possible contributions in this framework include, among others:
- Literary and media representations (traditional and social media) of (practices of) solidarity and its/their negotiation
- Historical and current representations of regional and cultural-linguistic forms of solidarity, for example in the context of the „Acadian Reunion“ or militant First Nations protest movements since the 1980s
- The literature of care, which raises the question of responsibility towards the Other and intergenerational solidarity”
Topics may include (but are not restricted to) issues of solidarity and:
- Utopian literature, particularly Canadian eutopias (i.e., positive utopias)
- Dystopian, (post-)apocalyptic and palingenetic fiction
- Fantasy fiction and magical realism
- Fan fiction with a Canadian focus (i.e., about a Canadian commercial text, or with Canadian characters/setting)
- SFF, fan, and horror fiction in mixed-media forms such as graphic novels, movies, TV, and videogames
- Indigenous stories, SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Feminist and Queer/LGBTQ+ SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Nature- and environment-oriented SFF, fan, and horror fiction, such as climate or petrol fiction
- YA and new adult SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Children’s and middle grade SFF
- Multiculturalism, race, religion, and disabilities in SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Ethics, bioethics, empathy, hospitality, and affect in SFF, fan, and horror fiction
- Responsibility towards human and more-than-human others in SFF, fan, and horror fiction
Proposals for 20-minute papers for the Solidarities in Canadian SFF, Fan, and Horror Fiction panel may be submitted as a single Word document in French or English, and should include:
- Format: Panel
- Title of paper
- Author’s name, preferred pronouns, and institutional affiliation
- Email address
- Abstract (c. 250 ww.), outlining methodology and theoretical approaches chosen, content/body of research, and (if applicable) which of the three main axes outlined in the general CFP to which the paper speaks
- Short biographical information in third person singular (max. 250 ww.), specifying current institutional affiliation and position, and (if applicable) author’s research background with regard to the conference topic
Some recent references:
ACCSFF – Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy: www.yorku.ca/accsff.
ACCSFF 22 Programme: www.yorku.ca/accsff/22-Program.html.
Barbour, Douglas. “Canadian Science Fiction.” A Companion to Science Fiction, edited by David Seed. Blackwell, 2005, pp. 309-22.
Barnes Leetal, Dean. “Those Crazy Fangirls on the Internet: Activism of Care, Disability and Fan Fiction.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2019, pp. 45–72.
Clemons, AmyLea. “Enabling/Disabling: Fanfiction and Disability Discourse.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2019, pp. 247–278.
Higgins, David M. “Survivance in Indigenous Science Fictions: Vizenor, Silko, Glancy, and the Rejection of Imperial Victimry.“ Extrapolation., vol. 57, no. 1, 2016, pp. 51-72.
Katz, Rebecca. “Fan Fiction and Canadian Copyright Law: Defending Fan Narratives in the Wake of Canada’s Copyright Reforms.” Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, 2014, pp. 73-107.
Kroon, Ariel Petra. Moving Beyond Survival in Twentieth-Century Canadian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction 1948-1989. PhD thesis, University of Alberta, 2021.
Mohr, Dunja M. „“When Species Meet“: Beyond Posthuman Boundaries and Interspeciesism – Social Justice and Canadian Speculative Fiction.“ Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, vol. 37, 2017, pp. 40-64.
Osborne, Heather. „Guest Editorial: Canadian Science Fiction.“ Foundation, vol. 49, no. 136, 2020, pp. 19-21.
Ransom, Amy J. “Parabolas of SFQ: Canadian Science Fiction in French and the Making of a „National“ Subgenre.” Parabolas of Science Fiction, edited by Veronica Hollinger and Brian Attebery. Wesleyan University Press, 2013, pp. 89-105.
Ransom, Amy J. and Dominick Grace, editors. Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: Bridging the Solitudes. Springer, 2019.
Scott, Conrad. „“Changing Landscapes”: Ecocritical Dystopianism in Contemporary Indigenous SF Literature.“ Transmotion, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp. 10-38.
Weiss, Allan, editor. The Canadian Fantastic in Focus: New Perspectives. McFarland, 2015.
—. The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature. Routledge, 2020.
Whyte, Kyle P. “Indigenous Science (Fiction) for the Anthropocene: Ancestral Dystopias and Fantasies of Climate Change Crises.” Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 1, no. 1-2, 2018, pp. 224–242.
(2) Colloquium Format: 2nd Emerging Scholars Colloquium
The Emerging Scholars Colloquium will offer a safe space for emerging scholars to share and discuss their ongoing research projects with peers and experts. Any emerging scholar from the BA to the Postdoc level working on a dissertation, thesis, or long-term research project in or with a strong emphasis on Canadian Studies (50% or more) is invited to submit a proposal. Any proposal within the field of Canadian Studies (including Language, Literature and Culture in Anglophone Canada; Language, Literature and Culture in Francophone Canada; Women and Gender Studies; Geography and Economics; History; Political Science and Sociology; and Indigenous and Cultural Studies) will be considered regardless of its particular thematic focus. Still, we encourage applicants to find connections with the topics and keywords of the general CFP: Solidarities, Networks, Convivialities, and Confrontations, available here: www.kanada-studien.org/6396/cfp-44th-gks-conference-solidarites-reseaux-convivialites-confrontations-solidarities-networks-convivialities-confrontations.
To ensure the exchange between emerging scholars, peers and experts is as productive as possible, the emphasis will be on the dialogue between participants and attendees. As such, we invite proposals for brief 15-minute presentations of the main ideas of their projects. This presentation should also raise those key challenges that they are currently facing and that they want to see discussed in the following 15 minutes. This focused exchange will allow participants to gain insightful new perspectives on their own projects.
Proposals for 15-minute presentations for the 2nd Emerging Scholars Colloquium may be submitted as a single Word document in French or English, and should include:
- Title of ongoing BA, MA, PhD or Postdoc project
- Author’s name, preferred pronouns, and institutional affiliation
- Email address
- Abstract (c. 250 ww.), outlining methodology and theoretical approaches chosen, content/body of research, and (if applicable) which of the three main axes outlined in the general CFP to which the paper speaks
- Short biographical information in third person singular (max. 250 ww.), specifying current institutional affiliation and position, and (if applicable) author’s research background with regard to the conference topic
Proposal Submissions
Proposals should be submitted no later than August 31, 2022 to Amanda Boyce and Manuel Sousa Oliveira at nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com, and should indicate in the subject line to which format their contribution is being proposed:
- Panel Proposal
- Colloquium Proposal
We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements, and we will try to accommodate them as best we can.
Unfortunately, because there is a very limited number of spots available, interested applicants are advised to submit their proposals asap. Successful applicants will be contacted by early October 2022 at the latest.
Any queries about the NWF-organized activities at Grainau23 may be sent to Amanda Boyce and Manuel Sousa Oliveira at nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com. General queries about the Grainau23 conference may be sent to the GKS office at gks [at] kanada-studien.de.Seitenumbruch
#NWFGRAINAU23 Organizers
Amanda Boyce (they/them), University of Trier
Manuel Sousa Oliveira (he/him), University of Porto / CETAPS
Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien e.V. / Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries
Contacts & Social Media
NWF
Website: nachwuchsforum.net
Twitter: @NWFCanStudies
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/134934376663
Email: nachwuchsforum [at] gmail.com
GKS
Website: kanada-studien.org
Twitter: @GKS_CanStudies
Facebook: @kanadastudien
Email: gks [at] kanada-studien.de
#NWFGRAINAU23
Activités organisées par la Relève académique (NWF) de l’Association d’études canadiennes dans les pays germanophones (GKS)
dans le cadre de
Solidarités. Réseaux – Convivialités – Confrontations
44e Colloque annuel de l’Association d’études canadiennes dans les pays germanophones (GKS)
3-5 mars 2023, à Grainau, Allemagne
Date limite pour les soumissions : 31 août 2022
Dates de la conférence : 3-5 mars 2023
Lieu de la conférence : Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Allemagne (en personne)
Renseignements sur la soumissions et les activités du NWF à Grainau23 : Amanda Boyce et Manuel Sousa Oliveira à nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com
Questions générales sur Grainau23 : bureau GKS à gks [at] kanada-studien.de
Sites web :
« Avec le thème « Solidarités. Réseaux – Convivialités – Confrontations », le congrès annuel de l’Association d’études canadiennes dans les pays germanophones (GKS) sera consacré aux formes et aux pratiques de la solidarité au Canada et au Québec. Il s’interrogera sur les réseaux et les formes de cohabitation qui en découlent, mais aussi sur les potentiels de conflits inhérents. La perspective choisie est interdisciplinaire, sous l’angle des sciences culturelles, littéraires et linguistiques francophones et anglophones, des sciences historiques, des sciences politiques et de la sociologie, de la géographie et des sciences économiques, de l’anthropologie, des études autochtones ainsi que des études des femmes et les genres. »
Chaque année, la Relève Académique (NWF) de la GKS organise plusieurs activités dans le cadre du colloque annuel de la GKS à Grainau, en Allemagne. Pour le colloque de 2023, nous organisons un panel et un colloque, ainsi que des activités culturelles et sociales. Les candidats intéressés peuvent soumettre des propositions pour l’un des deux formats suivants : (1) panel sur les solidarités dans la SFF canadienne, la fanfiction, et la fiction d’horreur, et (2) second colloque des chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s.
(1) Format conventionnel de panel : Solidarités dans la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur canadiennes
Des écrivains canadiens contemporains tels que Margaret Atwood, Cherie Dimaline (Métis), Nalo Hopkinson, Larissa Lai, Emily St. John Mandel et Silvia Moreno-Garcia s’imposent de plus en plus sur la scène littéraire (inter)nationale des littératures de la fiction, de l’utopie et de l’horreur. De plus, des séries télévisées comme Sans origine : Orphan Black (2013-17), des jeux vidéo comme Darkest Dungeon (2016) et une multitude de récits indigènes comprenant des films comme Les Voleurs de la nuit (2021) et Slash/Back (2022) sont des exemples de la manière dont le potentiel narratif de la SFF et de l’horreur a été utilisé dans la fiction au-delà de la littérature. Pourtant, même si de nombreuses œuvres littéraires et œuvres d’art imaginatives de SFF provenant du Canada ont connu un succès commercial et critique, pas beaucoup d’études générales ont récemment été menées sur ce sujet. De même, en tant que domaine généralement considéré comme transnational, les études approfondies de la fanfiction autour de l’expérience canadienne sont encore sous-représentées. Des universitaires, tels que Rebecca Katz, ont étudié la question d’un point de vue judiciaire canadien, mais peu d’entre eux ont encore abordé la fanfiction sous l’angle canadien focalisé sur le contenu.
S’appuyant sur les suggestions des critiques selon lesquelles la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur canadiennes abordent les questions de l’activisme (Barnes Leetal), du handicap (Barnes Leetal ; Clemons), de la survie (Higgins), de la justice sociale (Mohr) et du « rapprochement » des cultures, des sexes, des sexualités et des espèces (Ransom et Grace), nous voulons explorer dans ce panel comment la solidarité est dépeinte, créée et négociée dans la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur canadiens, et comment les actes de solidarité peuvent être une préoccupation thématique centrale de la SFF, de la fanfiction et de la fiction d’horreur canadiens. Nous espérons ainsi attirer l’attention des chercheur.se.s en études canadiennes en Allemagne et ailleurs sur les qualités littéraires et la pertinence socioculturelle de la SFF, de la fanfiction et de la fiction d’horreur.
Nous encourageons particulièrement les étudiant.e.s et les chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s (du niveau BA au niveau Postdoc) à soumettre une proposition. Les contributions proposées doivent établir des liens entre la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur canadiens et les sujets et mots-clés de l’appel à contributions général de la GKS : « Solidarités. Réseaux – Convivialités – Confrontations », disponible sur www.kanada-studien.org/6396/cfp-44th-gks-conference-solidarites-reseaux-convivialites-confrontations-solidarities-networks-convivialities-confrontations/. Nous citons ci-dessous une portion de cet appel qui pourrait vous intéresser
« Solidarité et langues/littérature/médias
La langue, la littérature et d’autres médias constituent des supports de représentation importants des différentes formes de solidarités. Celles-ci vont de la représentation de conceptions identitaires nationales et régionales à la représentation de mouvements de protestation et de résistance, en passant par la fictionnalisation d’espaces culturels transnationaux comme la francophonie et l’américanité.
Les contributions envisageables dans ce cadre incluent entre autres :
- Les représentations littéraires et médiatiques (médias traditionnels et sociaux) de (pratiques de) la solidarité et de sa/leur négociation
- Les représentations historiques et actuelles de formes de solidarité régionales et culturelles-linguistiques, par exemple dans le contexte des « Retrouvailles acadiennes » ou des mouvements de protestation militants des Premières Nations depuis les années 1980
- La littérature du care, qui se pose la question de la responsabilité vis-à-vis de l’Autre et de la solidarité intergénérationnelle »
Les sujets abordés peuvent inclure (mais ne sont pas limités à) des questions de solidarité et :
- la littérature utopique, en particulier les eutopies canadiennes (c’est-à-dire les utopies positives)
- fiction dystopique, (post-)apocalyptique et palingénésique
- fiction fantastique et réalisme magique
- fanfictions axées sur le Canada (c’est-à-dire sur un texte commercial canadien, ou avec des personnages ou un décor canadiens).
- la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur sous des formes mixtes telles que les romans graphiques, les films, la télévision et les jeux vidéo
- histoires autochtones, SFF, fanfiction et fiction d’horreur
- la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur féministes et queer/LGBTQ+.
- les romans de fiction, de fanfiction et d’horreur axés sur la nature et l’environnement, tels que les romans sur le climat ou le pétrole
- SFF, fanfictions et fictions d’horreur pour jeunes et adolescent.e.s
- SFF pour les enfants (en école primaire)
- le multiculturalisme, la race, la religion et les handicaps dans les romans de fiction, les romans de fanfiction et les romans d’horreur
- l’éthique, la bioéthique, l’empathie, l’hospitalité et l’affect dans les romans de science-fiction, d’horreur et de fanfiction.
- la responsabilité à l’égard des autres humains et plus qu’humains dans la SFF, les fanfictions et les fictions d’horreur
Les propositions de communications de 20 minutes pour le panel « Solidarités dans la SFF, la fanfiction et la fiction d’horreur canadiennes » doivent être soumises sous la forme d’un seul document Word en français ou en anglais, et doivent inclure :
- le format : Panel
- le titre de la communication
- le nom de l’auteur / l’autrice, pronoms préférés et affiliation institutionnelle
- l’adresse de courriel
- un résumé (250 mots environ), décrivant la méthodologie et les approches théoriques choisies, le contenu/le corps de la recherche, et (le cas échéant) lequel des trois axes principaux décrits dans l’appel général est concerné par la communication
- une courte biographie (écrite à la troisième personne du singulier, 250 mots maximum), précisant la position et l’affiliation institutionnelles actuelles et (le cas échéant) les intérêts de recherche par rapport au sujet du colloque
Quelques références récentes :
ACCSFF – Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy: www.yorku.ca/accsff.
ACCSFF 22 Programme: www.yorku.ca/accsff/22-Program.html.
Barbour, Douglas. “Canadian Science Fiction.” A Companion to Science Fiction, edited by David Seed. Blackwell, 2005, pp. 309-22.
Barnes Leetal, Dean. “Those Crazy Fangirls on the Internet: Activism of Care, Disability and Fan Fiction.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2019, pp. 45–72.
Clemons, AmyLea. “Enabling/Disabling: Fanfiction and Disability Discourse.” Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2019, pp. 247–278.
Higgins, David M. “Survivance in Indigenous Science Fictions: Vizenor, Silko, Glancy, and the Rejection of Imperial Victimry.“ Extrapolation., vol. 57, no. 1, 2016, pp. 51-72.
Katz, Rebecca. “Fan Fiction and Canadian Copyright Law: Defending Fan Narratives in the Wake of Canada’s Copyright Reforms.” Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, 2014, pp. 73-107.
Kroon, Ariel Petra. Moving Beyond Survival in Twentieth-Century Canadian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction 1948-1989. PhD thesis, University of Alberta, 2021.
Mohr, Dunja M. „“When Species Meet“: Beyond Posthuman Boundaries and Interspeciesism – Social Justice and Canadian Speculative Fiction.“ Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, vol. 37, 2017, pp. 40-64.
Osborne, Heather. „Guest Editorial: Canadian Science Fiction.“ Foundation, vol. 49, no. 136, 2020, pp. 19-21.
Ransom, Amy J. “Parabolas of SFQ: Canadian Science Fiction in French and the Making of a „National“ Subgenre.” Parabolas of Science Fiction, edited by Veronica Hollinger and Brian Attebery. Wesleyan University Press, 2013, pp. 89-105.
Ransom, Amy J. and Dominick Grace, editors. Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: Bridging the Solitudes. Springer, 2019.
Scott, Conrad. „“Changing Landscapes”: Ecocritical Dystopianism in Contemporary Indigenous SF Literature.“ Transmotion, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp. 10-38.
Weiss, Allan, editor. The Canadian Fantastic in Focus: New Perspectives. McFarland, 2015.
—. The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature. Routledge, 2020.
Whyte, Kyle P. “Indigenous Science (Fiction) for the Anthropocene: Ancestral Dystopias and Fantasies of Climate Change Crises.” Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, vol. 1, no. 1-2, 2018, pp. 224–242.
(2) Format de colloque : Second colloque des chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s
Le colloque des chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s offrira un espace sûr aux chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s pour partager et discuter de leurs projets de recherche en cours avec leurs pairs et des experts. Tout.e chercheur.se émergent.e, du niveau BA au niveau postdoc, travaillant sur une dissertation, une thèse ou un projet de recherche à long terme en ou avec un fort accent sur les études canadiennes (50% ou plus) est invité à soumettre une proposition. Toute proposition dans le domaine des études canadiennes (y compris les études sur la langue, la littérature et la culture au Canada anglophone ; la langue, la littérature et la culture au Canada francophone ; les études sur les femmes et le genre ; la géographie et l’économie ; l’histoire ; la science politique et la sociologie ; et les études autochtones et culturelles) sera prise en considération, quel que soit son thème particulier. Nous encourageons néanmoins les candidats à trouver des liens avec les sujets et les mots-clés de l’appel à contributions général : « Solidarités. Réseaux – Convivialités – Confrontations », disponible ici : www.kanada-studien.org/6396/cfp-44th-gks-conference-solidarites-reseaux-convivialites-confrontations-solidarities-networks-convivialities-confrontations.
Afin de garantir que l’échange entre les chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s, les pairs et les expert.e.s soit le plus productif que possible, l’accent sera mis sur le dialogue entre les participant.e.s et les personnes présentes. À ce titre, nous invitons les participant.e.s à proposer dans une brève présentations de 15 minutes les idées principales de leurs projets. Cette présentation devrait également soulever les principaux défis auxquels les participant.e.s sont actuellement confrontés et qu’ils souhaitent être discutés au cours des 15 minutes suivantes. Cet échange ciblé permettra aux participant.e.s d’acquérir de nouvelles perspectives fructueuses sur leurs propres projets.
Les propositions de présentations de 15 minutes pour le second colloque des chercheur.se.s émergent.e.s doivent être soumises sous la forme d’un seul document Word en français ou en anglais, et doivent comprendre :
- le format: colloque
- le titre du projet en cours (BA, MA, PhD ou Postdoc)
- le nom de l’auteur / l’autrice, pronoms préférés et affiliation institutionnelle
- l’adresse de courriel
- un résumé (250 mots environ), décrivant la méthodologie et les approches théoriques choisies, le contenu/le corps de la recherche, et (le cas échéant) lequel des trois axes principaux décrits dans l’appel général est concerné par la communication
- une courte biographie (écrite à la troisième personne du singulier, 250 mots maximum), précisant la position et l’affiliation institutionnelles actuelles et (le cas échéant) les intérêts de recherche par rapport au sujet du colloque
Soumission des propositions
Les propositions doivent être soumises au plus tard le 31 août 2022 à Amanda Boyce et Manuel Sousa Oliveira à nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com, et doivent indiquer dans l’objet le format auquel leur contribution est proposée :
- Proposition Format Panel
- Proposition Format Colloque
Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement sûr et inclusif pour tous. Veuillez nous faire savoir à l’avance si vous avez des besoins en matière d’accessibilité, et nous essaierons de les satisfaire au mieux.
Malheureusement, le nombre de places disponibles étant très limité, il est conseillé aux candidat.e.s intéressé.e.s de soumettre leur proposition dès que possible. Les candidat.e.s retenu.e.s seront contactés au plus tard début octobre 2022.
Toutes questions concernant les activités organisées par le NWF à Grainau23 peuvent être envoyées à Amanda Boyce et Manuel Sousa Oliveira à nwf.grainau2023 [at] gmail.com. Les questions générales sur la conférence de Grainau23 peuvent être envoyées au bureau de GKS à gks [at] kanada-studien.de.
#NWFGRAINAU23 Organitateur.trice.s
Amanda Boyce (they/them), University of Trier
Manuel Sousa Oliveira (he/him), University of Porto / CETAPS
Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien e.V. / Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries / Relève académique de l’Association d’études canadiennes dans les pays germanophones
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