Virtual ICFA Call For Papers

VICFA 3, the third Virtual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, is open to academic and creative proposals. The theme of the conference is “Pantheology in World-Building and Magic Systems,” but VICFA welcomes proposals “on any topic of interest and specialization whether part of the conference theme or independent of it.” Submissions are open until July 31, 2024, and the conference will take place online from October 9-12, 2024.

We invite analysis of real-world pantheologies rebirthed in literature as well as in some of the most influential games and films of the technical era, including not only the interminable trials of Loki and the recognizable Greek Pantheon fighting Kratos in God of War and each other in Son of Zeus, but what of Zagreus, prince of the Underworld, fighting his way out of his own kingdom in Hades, and cultists striving to birth an Anti-Christ not only in “The Call of Cthulhu” but also in Castlevania, Good Omens, Omen, and Rosemary’s Baby? You are invited to build your presentation on studies from existing scholarship from leaders in the field including Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Grace Dillon, Elaine Pagels, Carol B. Duncan, Helen De Cruz, Joseph Campbell, and Rabbi A.D. Lobel, to name only a few.

For more information, including the submission link, see the announcement.

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