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Science fiction has always indicated that it is a matter of when---not
if---some kind of Apocalypse will occur. When it does, what will happen
to the organisms that inhabit Planet Earth? Will humans revert to some
type of proto-human? Will they "rise" to the occasion and create
something better? Will the strong survive, only to subjugate the weak?
Will we come together as human beings to build new civilizations, or
devolve as a species competing for scant resources in an environment
inhospitable to our very existence?

Science fiction has long explored the means and outcomes of apocalyptic
cataclysms, and scholars have likewise expended considerable time and
energy considering the artistic, cultural, and intellectual responses to
the worst possible catastrophes the human mind can.

Michael G. Cornelius and Sherry Ginn are proposing a new collection of
essays specifically to examine various televisual treatments of the
Apocalypse. We are particularly interested in the serialization of the
end of the world. The Apocalypse, after all, is an event, a singular
happening with a cause, an outcome, and a response. Yet the nature of
television prolongs some or all of these aspects of the end. Television
allows for an extended examination of this singular (and singularly
defining) event. What has this extended observation indicated about
humanity? How does the nature of the Apocalypse alter when we revisit it
week after week? What does it mean when the end of the world might never
actually end?

Below you can find a suggested listing of series that we would like to
see discussed. This list is by no means exhaustive, and we welcome
essays on any series that meets the post-Apocalyptic theme in some
capacity or another. We are hoping for works that reflect the storied
variety of series that have depicted some version of the Apocalypse on
television, not simply those that are currently on the air. The editors
plan on accepting only one essay per series (though we will also look at
essays that tackle the subject matter more broadly as well). Please send
a 500-word abstract and CV by the deadline indicated below.

The **deadline for formal proposals is 1 August 2017**, with
notification of acceptance by 10 September. A first draft is expected by
1 January 2018 with final drafts due 1 June 2018. The collection is to
be published by Lexington Books (a subsidiary of Rowman & Littlefield).

Please email
[DoctorGinn@gmail.com](mailto:DoctorGinn@gmail.com){target="_blank"}
with your proposals and any questions you may have concerning the
project.

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#### List of possible TV shows to cover:

- *Casshan* (1973-1974)

- *Planet of the Apes* (1974, TV series)

- *The Changes* (1975)

- *Survivors* (1975-1977)

- *Ark* *II* (1976)

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  *Battlestar Galatica* (1978-1979)

- *Thundarr the Barbarian* (1980-1981)

- *The Tripods* (1984-1985)

- *V* (1984-1985)

- *War of the Worlds* (1988-1990, TV series)

- *Not with a Bang* (1990)

- *Woops!* (1992)

- *Cadillacs and Dinosaurs* (1993-1994)

- *Earth 2* (1994-1995)

- *Dragon Flyz* (1996-1997)

- *Deepwater Black / Mission Genesis* (1997)

- *Crusade* (*Babylon 5* spinoff, 1999)

- *The Last Train* (1999)

- *Blue Gender* (1999-2000)

- *Thunderstone* (1999-2000)

- *The Tribe* (1999-2003)

- *Chris Colorado* (2000)

- *Cleopatra 2525* (2000-2001)

- *Dark Angel* (2000-2002)

- *2030 CE* (2002-2003)

- *Jeremiah* (2002-2004)

- *Desert Punk* (2004-2005)

- *Battlestar Galatica* (2004-2009)

- *Jericho* (2006-2008)

- *Grand Star* (2007-2008)

- *Casshern Sins* (2008-2009)

- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008-2009)

- *Survivors* (2008-2010)

- *Power Rangers R.P.M.* (2009)

- *Life After People* (2009-2011)

- *V* (2009-2011)

- *The Walking Dead* (2010-)

- *Terra Nova* (2011)

- *El Barco* (2011-2013)

- *Falling Skies* (2011-2015)

- *Day Zero* (2011-)

- *Revolution* (2012-2014)

- *Under the Dome* (2013-2015)

- *Attack on Titan* (2013-)

- *Dominion* (2014-2015)

- *Guardians Evolution* (2014-2015)

- *Knights of Sidonia* (2014-2015)

- *The 100* (2014-)

- *The Last Ship* (2014-)

- *The Leftovers* (2014-)

- *The Strain* (2014-)

- *Z Nation* (2014-)

- *The Refugees* (2015)

- *You, Me and the Apocalypse* (2015-2016)

- *12 Monkeys* (TV series, 2015-)

- *Between* (2015-)

- *Fear The Walking Dead* (2015-)

- *Into the Badlands* (2015-)

- *The Last Man on Earth* (2015-)

- *Zoo* (2015-)

- *Aftermath* (2016)

- *Containment* (2016)

- *3%* (2016-)

- *Colony* (2016-)

- *Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress* (2016-)

- *Travelers* (2016-)

- *Van Helsing* (2016-)

- *Extinct* (2017-)


Science fiction has always indicated that it is a matter of when—not if—some kind of Apocalypse will occur. When it does, what will happen to the organisms that inhabit Planet Earth? Will humans revert to some type of proto-human? Will they “rise” to the occasion and create something better? Will the strong survive, only to subjugate the weak?

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Call for Essays: Apocalyptic Television (Edited Collection)