[csaa-forum] superheroes conference

[Adam Swift]

You bet! I will be going to this one for sure ...

At 04:52 PM 2/04/2004 +0930, you wrote:

>This sounds like a great idea!
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>Gerry
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>Dr Geraldine Bloustien
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>Research Fellow, Hawke Research Institute
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>Snr Lecturer, Program Director, Communications
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>School of  Communication, Information & New Media
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>University of South Australia
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>Adelaide
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>South Australia 5072
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>gerry.bloustien at unisa.edu.au
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Angela Ndalianis [mailto:angelan at unimelb.edu.au]
>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:59 PM
>To: csaa-forum at darlin.cdu.edu.au
>Subject: [csaa-forum] superheroes conference
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>"Holy Men in Tights!"- a Superheroes Conference
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>Superheroes and supervillains - whether human or god, born or created, 
>product of nature or creature of science - they have existed as cultural 
>icons for centuries. Why have they endured? How have they transformed over 
>the decades? What is their cultural or mythic function? Where does the 
>hero end and the superhero begin?
>
>We call for papers or panel sessions that address the varying roles, 
>identities, and social functions that these enduring beings serve. 
>Superheroes and Supervillains may be interpreted through the lens of:
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>*         historical approaches;
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>*         censorship codes;
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>*         industry and franchise differentiation (e.g. DC vs. Marvel Comics);
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>*         mythology;
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>*         national and cultural specificity;
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>*         gender identity and power shifts;
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>*         ethnicity, class and race
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>·         diverse media formats (cinema, comics, computer games, 
>television) and their distinctive versions of superheroes;
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>·         the female superhero (Wonderwoman, Catwoman, Jean Grey, Sable, 
>Martha Washington, Sailer Moon, Buffy, Xena);
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>·         serial form and the cliff hanger;
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>·         the current resurgence in the cult of superpowers in recent cinema;
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>·         the supervillain;
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>·         the super-collective;
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>·         super-auteurs (e.g. Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Tezuka Osamu, 
>Massimiliano Frezzato);
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>·         superhero universes (e.g. Matrix, Star Wars);
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>·         fan culture and superheroes;
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>·         the science and physics of the superhero;
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>·         the 'hero' who isn't 'super'.
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>(Super)hero (and their villainous counterpart) examples can include (but 
>are not limited to):
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>·         the comic book superheroes from classics like Batman, Superman, 
>Spiderman, Catwoman, Captain American, and X-Men, to revisionist and 
>anti-(super)hero types found in the Invisibles, Dark Knight Returns, 
>Watchmen, Preacher, Sandman, Punisher, Wolverine;
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>·         television (e.g. Buffy, Angel, Stargate SG-1, Alias, Dark Angel, 
>Xena);
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>·         animation (Justic League of America; He-Man; PowerPuff Girls, 
>Silver Surfer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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>·         manga and anime (Astroboy, Prince Planet, Vampire D, the Zoids, 
>Ikari Shinji, Akira, Pokemon);
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>·         computer game hero types: Lara Croft, Final Fantasy heroes, 
>Superhero Quake mods, ;
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>·         ancient and mythological heroes (e.g. Odysseus, Hercules, Odin, 
>Thor);
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>·         samurai warriors, Chinese super(natural) heroes, and Asian 
>heroes in myth, literature, and visual media;
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>·         the cult of the C16th-C17th saint & martyr as superhero.
>
>
>We also welcome contributions from fields other than cinema, media, 
>popular culture and cultural studies. E.g History, Asian Studies, 
>Classics, Art History, Science, Medicine.
>
>The deadline for paper proposals and panel sessions is June 5th 2004. The 
>conference will be held between 10th-12th June 2005 and hosted by the 
>Cinema Studies Program, School of Art History, Cinema, Classics 
>&Archaeology, University of Melbourne, Australia.
>
>Send proposals to: Angela Ndalianis at angelan at unimelb.edu.au, or mail to:
>Assoc. Prof. Angela Ndalianis,
>Head of Cinema Studies,
>School of Art History, Cinema, Classics & Archaeology,
>Elisabeth Murdoch Building,
>University of Melbourne,
>Victoria 3010. Australia.
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>Associate Professor Angela Ndalianis
>Head of Cinema Studies Program
>School of Art History, Cinema, Classics & Archaeology
>University of Melbourne
>Victoria 3010
>Ph: + 61-3 8344 6851
>Fax: + 61-3 8344 5563
>email: angelan at unimelb.edu.au
>http://www.ahcca.unimelb.edu.au/refractory/
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