Social Sciences
4th Global Conference
Fear, Horror and Terror
Saturday 11th September 2010 ? Monday 13th
September 2010
Oriel College, Oxford
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary
conference seeks to examine and explore issues
which lie at the interface of fear, horror
and terror. In particular the project is
interested in investigating the various contexts
of fear, horror and terror, and assessing issues
surrounding the artistic, cinematic, literary,
moral, social, (geo)political, philosophical,
psychological and religious significance
of them, both individually and together.
In addition to academic analysis, we welcome the
submission of case studies or other approaches
from those involved with its practice, such
as people in religious orders, therapists, victims
of events which have been provoked by experiences
of fear, horror and terror ? for example, lawyers
or others involved with law enforcement, medical
practitioners, or fiction authors whose work aims
to evoke these reactions.
Papers, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and
pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to
any of the following themes:
1. The Contexts of Fear, Horror and Terror
~ creating fear, horror and terror
~ the properties of fear, horror and terror
~ contexts of fear, horror and terror
~ the language of fear, horror and terror
~ the meaning of fear, horror and terror
~ the significance of fear, horror and terror
~ case studies
2. At the Interface of Fear, Horror and Terror
~ the role of fear, horror and terror
~ emotional releases (pleasant or negative)
achieved by Fear, Horror and Terror
~ techniques of fear, horror and terror
~ marketing fear, horror and terror
~ recreational fear, horror and terror
~ aesthetic fear, horror and terror
~ the temperature of fear, horror and terror
~ professions dealing with the Fear, Horror and Terror
3. Representations of Fear, Horror and Terror and:
~ the imagination; creativity
~ pleasure and pain
~ hope and despair
~ the past and the future
~ relations to anxiety, disgust, dread, loathing
~ the sublime and the chaotic
~ art, cinema, theatre, tv, radio
~ literature (including children?s stories)
~ the other
~ technology
4. Research Track
Alongside the themes being considered during the
project meeting, we are also looking to create an
additional space within which dialogue and
future possibilities for research can be generated
dealing with the theme of treatments of Fear,
Horror and Terror in East Asian cinema.
These will form specific focus sessions during the
second day of the conference, and will take place
alongside and in addition to the general
conference sessions. The theme of the research
track changes each year.
For 2010, the Fear, Horror and Terror project will
meet alongside our project on Making Sense Of:
Health, Illness and Disease. It is our
intention to create cross-over sessions between
the two groups ? and we welcome proposals which
deal with the relationship between health,
illness and disease and fear, horror and terror.
Themes could include: fear and global threats to
health (swine flu, bird flu, SARS, for example),
or horror and disease (fear of our bodies,
contagion, HIV/AIDS, for example), or terror and
biological warfare. Papers will be accepted which
deal with related areas and themes.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
26th March 2010. If an abstract is accepted for
the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 13th August 2010. 300 word
abstracts should be submitted to the Organising
Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or
RTF formats, following this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
E-mails should be entitled: FHT Abstract Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using any special formatting, characters or
emphasis (such as bold, italics or
underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to
all paper proposals submitted. If you do not
receive a reply from us in a week you should
assume we did not receive your proposal; it might
be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look
for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
* Sorcha Ni Fhlainn
Hub Leader, Evil, Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
School of English, Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland
E-mail: [email protected]
* Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader,
Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Freeland,
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
The conference is part of the At the Interface
series of research projects. The aim of the
conference is to bring together people from
different areas and interests to share ideas and
explore various discussions which are innovative
and exciting. All papers accepted for
and presented at this conference are eligible for
publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may
be invited to go forward for development into
a themed ISBN hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/fear-horror-terror/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/fear-horror-terror/call-for-papers/
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Social Sciences
Conference Last Date 26th March 2010
4th Global Conference
Fear, Horror and Terror
Saturday 11th September 2010 ? Monday 13th
September 2010
Oriel College, Oxford
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary
conference seeks to examine and explore issues
which lie at the interface of fear, horror
and terror. In particular the project is
interested in investigating the various contexts
of fear, horror and terror, and assessing issues
surrounding the artistic, cinematic, literary,
moral, social, (geo)political, philosophical,
psychological and religious significance
of them, both individually and together.
In addition to academic analysis, we welcome the
submission of case studies or other approaches
from those involved with its practice, such
as people in religious orders, therapists, victims
of events which have been provoked by experiences
of fear, horror and terror ? for example, lawyers
or others involved with law enforcement, medical
practitioners, or fiction authors whose work aims
to evoke these reactions.
Papers, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and
pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to
any of the following themes:
1. The Contexts of Fear, Horror and Terror
~ creating fear, horror and terror
~ the properties of fear, horror and terror
~ contexts of fear, horror and terror
~ the language of fear, horror and terror
~ the meaning of fear, horror and terror
~ the significance of fear, horror and terror
~ case studies
2. At the Interface of Fear, Horror and Terror
~ the role of fear, horror and terror
~ emotional releases (pleasant or negative)
achieved by Fear, Horror and Terror
~ techniques of fear, horror and terror
~ marketing fear, horror and terror
~ recreational fear, horror and terror
~ aesthetic fear, horror and terror
~ the temperature of fear, horror and terror
~ professions dealing with the Fear, Horror and Terror
3. Representations of Fear, Horror and Terror and:
~ the imagination; creativity
~ pleasure and pain
~ hope and despair
~ the past and the future
~ relations to anxiety, disgust, dread, loathing
~ the sublime and the chaotic
~ art, cinema, theatre, tv, radio
~ literature (including children?s stories)
~ the other
~ technology
4. Research Track
Alongside the themes being considered during the
project meeting, we are also looking to create an
additional space within which dialogue and
future possibilities for research can be generated
dealing with the theme of treatments of Fear,
Horror and Terror in East Asian cinema.
These will form specific focus sessions during the
second day of the conference, and will take place
alongside and in addition to the general
conference sessions. The theme of the research
track changes each year.
For 2010, the Fear, Horror and Terror project will
meet alongside our project on Making Sense Of:
Health, Illness and Disease. It is our
intention to create cross-over sessions between
the two groups ? and we welcome proposals which
deal with the relationship between health,
illness and disease and fear, horror and terror.
Themes could include: fear and global threats to
health (swine flu, bird flu, SARS, for example),
or horror and disease (fear of our bodies,
contagion, HIV/AIDS, for example), or terror and
biological warfare. Papers will be accepted which
deal with related areas and themes.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
26th March 2010. If an abstract is accepted for
the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 13th August 2010. 300 word
abstracts should be submitted to the Organising
Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or
RTF formats, following this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
E-mails should be entitled: FHT Abstract Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using any special formatting, characters or
emphasis (such as bold, italics or
underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to
all paper proposals submitted. If you do not
receive a reply from us in a week you should
assume we did not receive your proposal; it might
be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look
for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
* Sorcha Ni Fhlainn
Hub Leader, Evil, Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
School of English, Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland
E-mail: [email protected]
* Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader,
Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Freeland,
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
The conference is part of the At the Interface
series of research projects. The aim of the
conference is to bring together people from
different areas and interests to share ideas and
explore various discussions which are innovative
and exciting. All papers accepted for
and presented at this conference are eligible for
publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may
be invited to go forward for development into
a themed ISBN hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/fear-horror-terror/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/fear-horror-terror/call-for-papers/
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