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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">An international conference hosted by the Department of Media, Film and Communication at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">16-18 November 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Angela Ndalianis (University of Melbourne), <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Assoc. Prof. Kevin Heffernan (Southern Methodist University), and<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Prof. Ken Gelder (University of Melbourne)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Horror is currently experiencing a cultural renaissance across media, including film, television, comic books, videogames, music, and literature. Despite
this, most scholarship on horror remains confined within disciplinary limits. The conference will contest this by engaging with horror both within and across these media, bringing scholars into an interdisciplinary dialogue. We will look at horror as a transnational,
transmedia, transhistorical phenomenon, but with a particular focus on contemporary iterations of the genre.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Areas of inquiry may include:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-Why is horror so popular at this cultural moment? What permutations have risen in the new digital media environment, and what impact have these had on film,
television, and literature?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-What forms and conventions of horror predominate, and what are the most notable variations on them?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-What economic strategies subtend current trends in horror? What social and cultural factors inform these trends, their genealogy, and their contemporary
relevance?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-What can new research into horror’s affects on its audiences tell us about the historical and contemporary appeal of horror to viewers?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-How can we theorize the aesthetics of horror? How do the aesthetics of horror vary across media and across national boundaries and historical periods? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-How can we map the shifting gender, racial, and class politics of horror?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">New Research on Horror will be an interdisciplinary conference that will encompass a broad range of issues that will illuminate both the current state of
the genre and the current state of research on the subject. In this way, it will not only engage with but also intervene in contemporary debates around this important cultural phenomenon.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">We are still accepting abstracts, and will continue to consider them on a rolling basis.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Paper abstracts of no more than 250 words and bios of no more than 100 words should be sent to Dr. Paul Ramaeker at </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:horrorconference2016@otago.ac.nz" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">horrorconference2016@otago.ac.nz</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">REGISTRATION: $250 waged/faculty; $100 unwaged/student<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Early Bird Registration: $200 waged/faculty; $75 unwaged/student</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Dunedin </span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">is a beautiful small city, located in the South Island of New Zealand. A true ‘university town’, it
buzzes with student life and academic activity. It hosts a number of independent art galleries, bookshops and radical institutions. Alongside these cultural sites, Dunedin and its environs offers stunning opportunities for nature tourism and is a perfect taste
of New Zealand’s natural beauty. Tramping (hiking) tracks are within easy distance of the town, as is the striking Otago Peninsula, home to albatross colonies and rare penguin breeds.</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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