One Day Symposium, 28th April 2018, University of Edinburgh Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Manchester Metropolitan University) We live in scary, uncertain times. In recent years, we have witnessed the rise of hard-line nationalism, the ascendency of racist alt-right politics and attacks on the increasingly fragile-looking institution of democracy.

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**One Day Symposium**, 28^th^ April 2018, University of Edinburgh

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Manchester Metropolitan
University)

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live in scary, uncertain times. In recent years, we have witnessed the
rise of hard-line nationalism, the ascendency of racist alt-right
politics and attacks on the increasingly fragile-looking institution of
democracy. We contend, daily, with the threat of seemingly inevitable
ecological catastrophe. The Horror genre has always been understood as a
potent mirror and bellwether, able to digest the socio-cultural and
political currents of a given moment and feed them back to us in
uncompromising and disturbing ways. This conference seeks to consider
how representations of horror are changing in our own contemporary
moment, where the line between fiction and reality, truth and lies
appears to be fraying beyond recognition.

Recent academic scholarship on horror has diverged towards topics such
as: fear and the appearance of reality within found footage horror; the
multisensory perception of horror in video games, television and theme
parks; and the rise of concepts such as 'The Horror of Philosophy'.
There has also been a focus towards contemporary studies of Queer Horror
and appropriation, audience participation, and changing tastes in horror
fandom. This one-day multidisciplinary conference seeks to analyse
representations of horror since 2000, with particular emphasis on
current trends and cycles, and the ways in which horror can be said to
reflect contemporary anxieties and fears.  We are specifically
interested in determining some of the ways in which these aesthetics
have changed and why. We would especially welcome research that
addresses the causes of some of these changes in representations of
horror across media and academic disciplines.

##### PAPERS

(for 20-minute presentations)

Topics might include (but are not limited to):

- Contemporary Representations of Body Horror
- Generic Mutations
- New Horror Television (*American Horror Story*, *The Walking Dead,
  Stranger Things*, *Hannibal*, etc.)
- Abjection and Transgression
- Horror and Trauma
- Experimental/Avant-Garde/Underground Horror: Film, Art and Literature
- Horror and Nostalgia
- Transmutation/Metamorphosis
- News Media Representations of Horror
- Virtual Reality (VR) horror
- Horror and Disability
- Contemporary Cult Horror
- New Genres, Subgenres and Hybrids
- Horror and the Senses
- Queer Horror and Performance
- Horror Fandom and Audiences
- Literary Horror Adaptations
- Shudder, Chiller and Contemporary Horror Networks and Viewing
  Platforms

##### WORK IN PROGRESS

As a postgraduate led conference, we also welcome submissions from
Masters and PhD students to present work-in-progress papers, which will
be 15 minutes in length (as opposed to the usual 20 minutes). We believe
these work-in-progress panels will be useful for gaining helpful
feedback from peers on ongoing research.

##### SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS

Please submit proposals of 200-250 words, along with a short
biographical note (100 words) to
[dontlookconference@gmail.com](mailto:dontlookconference@gmail.com){target="_blank"}
by **Wednesday 7^th^ February 2018**. Accepted presentations should be
20 minutes in length (15 min for work in progress).

We also welcome video essay proposals. Contributors should upload their
video to Vimeo, preferably to a password protected page, then email the
relevant URL and password, along with a 200-word proposal and a short
biographical note (100 words) to
[dontlookconference@gmail.com](mailto:dontlookconference@gmail.com){target="_blank"}
by **Wednesday 7^th^ February 2018**. PLEASE NOTE: We ask that video
essays be no longer than 10 minutes in length, to allow sufficient time
to make a formal presentation after the video is screened.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome by **Monday 19^th^ February
2018.**
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April 2018, University of Edinburgh  Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Manchester Metropolitan University)  We live in scary, uncertain times. In recent years, we have witnessed the rise of hard-line nationalism, the ascendency of racist alt-right politics and attacks on the increasingly fragile-looking institution of democracy.

CFP: Symposium &#8220;Don’t Look: Representations of Horror in the 21st Century&#8221;. April 28, 2018 @ University of Edinburg. Deadline: Feb 7, 2018.

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CFP: Symposium “Don’t Look: Representations of Horror in the 21st Century”. April 28, 2018 @ University of Edinburg. Deadline: Feb 7, 2018.