The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures (CMLL) at Mississippi State University will soon be hosting a symposium dedicated to “The metaphor of the monster.”  This exciting event will take place on Friday, September 21st, and Saturday, September 22nd, 2018.

SCIENCE FICTIONS, POPULAR CULTURES devoted to cross-disciplinary, cross-genre, and cross-media scholarship SCIENCE FICTIONS, POPULAR CULTURES is a scholarly, academic conference which runs in conjunction with HawaiiCon (September 13-16, 2018) at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel &

>Concepts of Mediated Communication Conference – Barcelona, Spain 13-14 September, 2018 Co-sponsored by: The University of Missouri School of Journalism Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ​Nanyang Technological University This conference will explore how theories and concepts of mediated communication are being challenged in the face of digitization, globalization, and other trends.

Confirmed speakers: Professor Bev Skeggs (London School of Economics), Professor Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State, Ohio), Professor Sarah Banet-Weiser (USC, Annenberg) The media, arts and cultural industries present a positive image of good and fulfilling work whilst the artistic products of those industries are often imbued with moral and cultural value.

Temporality and normativity are interwoven with one another: Timings convey norms and normative shifts. Rhythms enforce forms of life, conveying rules and principles. Flows of time fit experience and expectation to one another producing specific versions of past, present and future. The end of time conjures up both utopian and dystopian visions.

Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2018 Facts: True, Alternative, Evolving with a special focus on Entertainment Franchises The University of Amsterdam | 27-28 September 2018 Confirmed Keynotes: Professor James Chapman (University of Leicester, UK) Professor Christine Geraghty (Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Glasgow) We live in a ‘post truth’ world