Sunday, December 14, 2014

Coming Soon: The Middle Ages on Television

Medievalism on television gets some much-deserved attention in this upcoming book from McFarland. Place your pre-orders now:

The Middle Ages on Television: Critical Essays
Edited by Meriem Pagès and Karolyn Kinane

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-7941-2
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-2009-1
notes, bibliography, index
softcover (6 x 9) 2015
Price: $40.00
Not Yet Published, Available Spring/Summer 2015

About the Book
The past decade has seen a resurgence of popular interest in the Middle Ages. Television in particular has presented a wide and diverse array of “medieval” offerings. Yet there exists little scholarship on television medievalism. This collection fills this gap with 10 new essays focusing on the depiction of the Middle Ages in popular culture and questioning the role of television in shaping our ideas about past and present. The contributors discuss the currency of television medievalism, emphasizing the need for scholars of contemporary medievalism to pay attention to its manifestations on the small screen. The essays cover a range of topics, including genre, gender and sexuality. Series covered include Game of Thrones, Merlin, Full Metal Jousting, Joan of Arcadia, Tudors, Camelot and Mists of Avalon.

Full contents will be posted separately when it becomes available. 

About the Editors:
Meriem Pages is an associate professor of English at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. Karolyn Kinane is an associate professor of English and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Friday, October 31, 2014

October 2014 Listings on Syfy

Here are the listings for this past month, October 2014, on Syfy. There are the usual movie repeats as well as a new medieval-themed episode of Face Off.


THURS., 2 OCT

01:00 AM
Movie: Witchslayer Gretl
03:00 AM
Movie: Witchville

09:30 AM
Movie: Witchville
11:30 AM
Movie: Witchslayer Gretl


SUN., 5 OCT

03:30 AM
Movie: Dark Relic


MON., 13 OCT

11:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000


THURS.,16 OCT

11:00 AM
Movie: Reign of the Gargoyles
01:00 PM
Movie: Grendel


FRI., 17 OCT

08:30 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000
12:30 AM
Movie: Dracula II: Ascension


SAT., 18 OCT

02:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000
4:00 AM
Movie: Dracula II: Ascension


TUES., 28 OCT

09:00 PM
Face Off: One Knight Only (season 7 finale ends with "A knight challenge")

11:00 PM
Face Off: One Knight Only


WEDNES., 29 OCT

03:00 PM
Ghost Hunters: Knights of the Living Dead (at Higgins Armory Museum)


FRI., 31 OCT

11:00 PM
Face Off: One Knight Only




Syfy Listings for September 2014

I seem to be forever catching up here. Here at last are the listings for September 2014. October 2014 will follow tonight and the rest of the 2014 backlog this weekend.

WEDNES., 3 SEPT

03:00 AM
Movie: Sinbad and the Minotaur

02:30 PM
Ghost Hunters: Knights of the Living Dead (Higgins Armory Museum)


THURS., 4 SEPT

11:10 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Thor: Hammer of the Gods


FRI., 5 SEPT

3:20 AM
Movie: Almighty Thor

11:00 PM
The Almighty Johnsons: "Hunting Reindeer on Slippery Rocks"


SAT., 6 SEPT

12:00 AM
The Almighty Johnsons: "Every Good Quest Has a Sacrifice"

03:00 AM
The Almighty Johnsons: "Hunting Reindeer on Slippery Rocks"
04:00 AM
The Almighty Johnsons: "Every Good Quest Has a Sacrifice"


SUN., 7 SEPT

1:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Riverworld (Part 1)
3:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Riverworld (Part 2)


WEDNES., 10 SEPT

01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchville

03:30 PM
Movie: Vikingdom

09:00 PM
Movie: Robin Hood


FRI., 12 SEPT

12:10 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Aladdin And The Death Lamp

04:10 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Book Of Beasts, The


SAT., 13 SEPT

04:00 PM
Movie: Outlander


MON., 15 SEPT

05:00 AM
The Twilight Zone: A Short Drink From A Certain Fountain


THURS., 25 SEPT

11:30 AM
Movie: Jabberwock


FRI., 26 SEPT

12:35 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000
02:35 AM
Movie: Dracula II: Ascension

09:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000
11:00 AM
Movie: Dracula II: Ascension


Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Syfy March 2014

One last set for the day. Here are the relevant listings from March 2014:

Note: Incomplete data for 3/1. 

MON., 1 MAR

04:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


SUN, 2 MAR

09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness

01:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


MON., 3 MAR

09:00 AM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth


TUES., 4 MAR

04:00 PM
Face Off--Dragon's Breath


THURS., 6 MAR

02:30 AM
Dracula 2000

02:30 PM
Dracula 2000


TUES., 11 MAR

03:00 PM
Face Off--Dragon's Breath

10:00 PM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding (Couple has "medieval style wedding".)




WEDNES., 12 MAR

12:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

05:30 PM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding


THURS., 13 MAR

04:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

12:30 PM
Aladdin and the Death Lamp


SAT., 15 MAR

10:30 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

03:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding


MON., 17 MAR

04:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding


TUES., 18 MAR

03:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

08:00 AM
Destination Truth--Vampire Monsters; Island of the Damned (vampire sought in Transylvania)

11:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

02:00 PM
Face Off--Dragon's Breath

06:00 PM
Face Off--Open Sesame (wizards)


WEDNES., 19 MAR

01:00 AM
Black Forest

06:00 PM
The Ruins (Mayan ruins?)

08:00 PM
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

11:00 PM
The Ruins (??)


THURS., 20 MAR

01:00 PM
Age of Dragons

05:00 PM
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

08:00 PM
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


FRI., 21 MAR

12:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

05:00 PM
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


SUN., 23 MAR

11:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding


TUES., 25 MAR

09:00 AM
My Big Fat Geek Wedding

01:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath

05:00 PM
Face Off: Open Sesame


WEDNES., 26 MAR

01:00 AM
Rise of the Gargoyles

03:00 AM
Reign of the Gargoyles

01:00 PM
Sinbad and the Minotaur

03:00 PM
Reign of the Gargoyles

05:00 PM
Rise of the Gargoyles


FRI., 28 MAR

10:30 AM
Dracula 2000

12:30 PM
Blade II

05:00 PM
Underworld: Evolution

07:00 PM
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans


SAT., 29 MAR [THESE MIGHT BE IN ERROR]

10:30 AM
Dracula 2000

12:30 PM
Blade II

05:00 PM
Underworld: Evolution
07:00 PM
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans


SUN., 30 MAR

03:30 AM
Dracula 2000

02:30 PM
Underworld: Evolution
04:30 PM
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans


MON., 31 MAR

02:00 PM
Blade II

Syfy February 2014

Jumping forwards a few months, here are the listings from Syfy from February:

TUES., 4 FEB

08:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath


TUES., 11 FEB

07:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath


SAT., 15 FEB

11:00 PM
Movie: X-men 2: X-men United [undeveloped Arthurian reference]


SUN., 16 FEB

10:00 AM
Movie: Outlander

04:00 PM
Movie: X-men 2: X-men United


MON., 17 FEB

11:00 PM
Movie: Outlander


TUES., 18 FEB

01:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files: Glowing Gargoyle/phantom Feline
02:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files: Florida Woodland Ufo/black Forest Entity (not medieval)
[Wrong "Black Forest": see link for details  http://www.syfy.com/factorfaked/episodes/season/2/episode/220/florida_woodland_ufo_black_forest_entity]

06:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath


THURS., 20 FEB

11:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness


FRI., 21 FEB

01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest

03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dragon Dynasty

08:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dragon Dynasty

10:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest

12:30 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness


TUES., 25 FEB

05:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath


THURS., 27 FEB

07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
09:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


FRI., 28 FEB

01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Reign Of The Gargoyles

09:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000

03:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
05:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


Syfy October 2013

And here are last October's listings from Syfy; it was (as might be expected) a very vampire-centered month:

THURS., 3 OCT.

07:00 PM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Underworld: Evolution

11:00 PM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Underworld: Evolution


FRI., 4 OCT

03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic

08:00 AM
Forever Knight: Dark Knight - Part 1
09:00 AM
Forever Knight: Dark Knight - Part 2
10:00 AM
Forever Knight: For I Have Sinned
11:00 AM
Forever Knight: Last Act
12:00 PM
Forever Knight: Dance By The Light Of The Moon
01:00 PM
Forever Knight: Dying To Know You
02:00 PM
Forever Knight: False Witness
03:00 PM
Forever Knight: Cherry Blossoms
04:00 PM
Forever Knight: I Will Repay
05:00 PM
Forever Knight: Dead Air


MON., 7 OCT

08:00 AM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II: Ascension
10:00 AM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Dracula 2000


MON., 14 OCT

09:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic


SAT., 19 OCT

03:00 AM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Dracula 2000

01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles
03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Reign Of The Gargoyles
05:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl


TUES., 22 OCT

09:00 PM
Face Off: Dark Magic

11:00 PM
Face Off: Dark Magic


THURS., 24 OCT
07:00 PM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Underworld: Evolution
09:00 PM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


FRI., 25 OCT

04:00 PM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Underworld: Evolution
06:00 PM
31 Days Of Halloween Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


TUES., 29 OCT

08:00 PM
Face Off: Dark Magic


Syfy September 2013

Seems I'm always catching up here. Below are the relevant listings from Syfy for last September.

SUN., 1 SEPT

03:30 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000


SAT., 7 SEPT

8:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


SUN., 8 SEPT

10:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Riverworld - Part One
12:30 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Riverworld - Part Two

05:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


MON., 9 SEPT

02:00 AM
Movie: Age Of The Dragons


SAT., 21 SEPT

09:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000


SUN., 22 SEPT

09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchville

01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl


THURS., 26 SEPT
12:30 PM
Movie: Dracula 2000

02:30 PM
Movie: Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II: Ascension

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Medieval Studies on Screen at ICoM 2013

International Society for the Study of Medievalism
Annual Conference
October 17-19, 2013
St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin

Full program at http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/2013issmconference/2013issmprogram.pdf.

Friday, October 18

9:30-10:45
Session 2, Merlin and Mearcstapas
Moderator Mike Lovano, SNC
1. Tara Foster, Northern Michigan University
Merlin (2012): Un beau cadeau au public?”
2. Jon Sherman, Northern Michigan University
“Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Children’s Program The Boy Merlin
3. Vickie Holtz-Wodzak, Viterbo University
“Prowling the Margins: Hagrid the Mearcstapa and Other Creatures That Can Take Care of Themselves”

11:00-12:00
The Kathryn Haselblad-Pascal Plenary Lecture
Nickolas Haydock, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
“Medievalism and Anamorphosis: Curious Perspectives on the Middle Ages”


3:00-4:15
Session 6, The French and the Fabulous
Moderator John Pennington, SNC
Paper 3 (of 3): Tom Conner, St. Norbert College
“Filming Roland: Klaus Kinski’s Medievalism”


Saturday, October 19

9:30-10:45

Session 7, Misfits in the Margins
Moderator Elizabeth Cannon
1. Pamela Clements, Siena College
“A Matter of Stature: The Medieval Dwarf”
2. Lauryn Mayer, Washington and Jefferson College
“’Gladly Lerne’: The Problems and Profit of Male Mentorship for Women in Game of Thrones
3. Carol Robinson, Kent State University, Trumbull
“The Quest for a Deaf Lesbian Dwarf and/or Midget/Gnome: Neomedievalism and Video Game Character Development”


11:00-12:15

Session 9, The Dangerous North
Moderator Timothy Glenn, SNC
1. Stefan Hall, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
“Trolls Medieval to Modern”
2. Michael Nagy, South Dakota State University
“The Post-medieval Troll”
3. Juan Kuang Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
“Horny Norsemen: Ragnar Lodbrok and the History Channel Vikings


3:30-5:00

Film Screening and Medievalism Gaming Workshop

CFP Fairy Tale Adaptations (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

With apologies for cross-posting:

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Once Upon a Time

Presiding Officer:
Elena Polyudova, Russian Institute for Art Education Studies

This session focuses on modern TV shows, movies, and books based on fairy tales and myths. On the one hand, these productions utilize well-known magical plots. On the other hand, they create new cultural and psychological patterns according to modern interpretations. The session offers the opportunity to analyze the phenomenon of modern experimentation from different perspectives: narrative changes in the plots; correlation between famous plots and modern contexts; psychological interpretations of the characters; modern visions of old stories expressed in costumes and scenery; linguistic analyses of scripts and texts.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Once Upon a Time

Topic Type:
Special Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/once-upon-time#sthash.SJvk7944.dpuf

CFP Rethinking/Retheorizing Video Games (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Rethinking/Retheorizing Video Games

Presiding Officer:
Daniel Ante-Contreras, "University of California, Riverside"

Video games are ripe for cultural, literary, and game studies, but the fraught relationship they have had with the academy and internal debates, like that between ludologists and narratologists, has hampered their potential. This panel invites papers that wish to take up these methodologies to analyze video games in general, specific games, or uses of virtual reality as a metaphor in popular culture in relation to textual, pedagogical and institutional potentialities. Papers that focus on issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, environment, disability, transhistorical concepts of gaming/virtual reality, etc. are welcomed and encouraged.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Rethinking/Retheorizing Video Games

Topic Type:
Special Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/rethinkingretheorizing-video-games#sthash.KKiBKJ40.dpuf

CFP Television (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Television Studies

Presiding Officer:
Russell McDermott, New York University

Proposals for papers are invited on any subject relating to the study of Television. Papers that  relate to the conference theme, "Familiar Spirits," and explore the ghostly, ghastly, the uncommon and uncanny, the profound and the paranormal are especially welcome, but proposals on any topic related to television will be considered and appreciated.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Television Studies

Topic Type:
Standing Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/television-studies#sthash.iJkGNpQQ.dpuf

More Film CFps for PAMLA (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

Here's another batch of CFPs for PAMLA:

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Film and Literature

Presiding Officer:
James R. Aubrey, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Film and Literature

Topic Type:
Standing Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/film-and-literature#sthash.7dBrE7rh.dpuf


Film Studies

Presiding Officer:
Matthew Snyder, University of California, Riverside

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Film Studies

Topic Type:
Standing Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/film-studies#sthash.CI1bEhR1.dpuf


German Cinema

Presiding Officer:
Imke Meyer, University of Illinois, Chicago

This session welcomes papers on cinema produced in the German-speaking world. Papers may focus on individual films, on cinema and culture, on cinema aesthetics, and any other topic germane to German cinema studies.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
German Cinema

Topic Type:
Special Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/german-cinema#sthash.stAtPgUO.dpuf


Italian Cinema

Presiding Officer:
Federico Pacchioni, Chapman University

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Italian Cinema

Topic Type:
Standing Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/italian-cinema#sthash.9NyKqMPX.dpuf


Women and Film

Presiding Officer:
Joi Carr, Pepperdine University

This session will explore film as a feminist text featuring critical readings on representation of women in film, issues of race, class, gender, the gaze, the female as a spectator, and female auteurs.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)

Associated Sessions
Women and Film

Topic Type:
Special Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/women-and-film#sthash.YvdDSVRX.dpuf


CFP Disney and Its Worlds (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Disney and Its Worlds

Presiding Officer:
Jeremiah Axelrod, Occidental College

From the Frankfurt School to contemporary cultural studies, the social ramifications of Disney movies and theme parks, and their cultural penumbra, have long provided rich terrain for critical scholarly analysis. This panel explores the discursive, literary, filmic, and historical dimensions of the Disney phenomenon in both the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Papers that draw upon the rich canon of scholarship on Disney and engage with its cultural effects through critical theory, spatial or historical analysis, Feminist methodologies, or close reading strategies are particularly encouraged.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)
Associated Sessions
Disney and Its Worlds
Topic Type:
Special Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/disney-and-its-worlds#sthash.Tdyh5HKb.dpuf

Adapting Literature to Film (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Adaptation: Literature to Film

Presiding Officer:
Yolanda Doub, California State University, Fresno
Adaptation Studies is a growing field of research that addresses a significant subset of the intersection of film and literature, in which, as Maureen Quinn puts it, literature and film are studied as "two interdependent partial texts that become a new whole." This session invites papers that explore the many facets of literature adapted to film.

Status:
Open (accepting submissions)
Associated Sessions
Adaptation: Literature to Film
Topic Type:
Special Session

- See more at: http://www.pamla.org/2014/topics/adaptation-literature-film#sthash.ctLeSPeD.dpuf

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Sesame Street Meets Middle-earth

Here's a cute mash-up that first aired last December:



Saturday, April 19, 2014

Kelly on Beowuf at ICFA 2012

International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts 2012

141. (FTV) Monstrous Masculinity Cypress
Chair: Andrea Hairston
Smith College

Paper 2 of 3: Testosterone Overdose: Grendel as Monstrous Masculinity in Beowulf Films
A. Keith Kelly
George Gwinnett College

Friday, April 18, 2014

Medieval Studies on Screen at NeMLA 2014

NORTHEAST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
3-6 APRIL 2014

Saturday Morning Sessions

12.02 ‘All the world’s a stage’: Shakespeare around the Globe (Roundtable)
Chair: John Cameron, Saint Mary’s University

Paper 4 of 5: “Lost (and Found) in Translation: Kozintsev’s Hamlet and King Lear”
Joshua Cohen, Massachusetts College of Art and Design


Saturday Afternoon Sessions (Convention 2014)

13.20 Divine Adaptations: New Perspectives on Dante’s Influence in Popular Culture
Chair: Carmelo Galati, Temple University

Paper 2 of 4: “Digitalizing The Divine Comedy: Dante and the Digital Humanities”
Diane Biunno, Villanova University
Paper 3 of 4: “The Middle Ages in the Depths of Hell: Pedagogical Possibility in Dante’s ‘Inferno’ Video Game”
Angela Jane Weisl, Seton Hall University
Kevin J. Stevens, Fordham University
Paper 4 of 4: “Dante the Vampire Slayer: The Divine Comedy in American Televisual Culture”
Carmelo Galati, Temple University

15.07 Monstrous Maternity II: Monsters as Mothers
Chair: Alexandra Lykissas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Paper 4 of 4: “‘You’re a beast!’: The ‘Good Mother’ as Monster in Disney/Pixar’s Brave”
Jeanna Kadlec, Brandeis University

Shakespeare on Screen at Literature/Film Association Conference

2013 Conference
Literature/Film Association
“Big Screens, Small Screens:
Size Matters (In Adaptation)”

The Oread Hotel
at the University of Kansas
October 10-­12, 2013
Lawrence, Kansas

Saturday, 12 October
3:30-4:30
Panel 13: A Screen, By Any Other Name: Adapting Shakespeare – Gathering Room II
Adapting and Recontextualizing Shakespeare
Chair: Marton Marko, University of Montana

Marked Men: Gangs, Gangsters, and Armies in Recontextualized Shakespeare
Richard Vela, University of North Carolina, Pembroke

Smaller, Cheaper, Faster, Better: Analyzing Rupert Goold’s Small Screen Adaptation of Macbeth
Andrew Darr, University of Missouri, Columbia

Robin Hood Papers from Fall 2013

The Game of Robin Hood
9th Biennial Conference
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ROBIN HOOD STUDIES
October 31– November 2, 2013
Saint Louis University
http://robinhood.slu.edu/index.html

Thursday, 31 October
1:15 - 2:45 PM SESSION 1: SCREEN GAMES 1
Il Monastero
Chair: Valerie Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology

What a wicked game to play: The Robin/Guy/Marian Triangle in the 2006 BBC Robin Hood.
Leah Larson, Our Lady of the Lake University

Playing the Bold Robin Hood: The Early Ballads in Season One of the BBC Robin Hood.
Kelhi DePace, Auburn University at Montgomery

Mummers and Jousters: Gentrification in Robin of Sherwood.
Laura Blunk, Cuyahoga Community College

3:00 - 4:30 PM SESSION 2: SCREEN GAMES 2
Il Monastero
Chair: Colin Pajda, Saint Louis University

The Evolution of Maid Marian in Film.
Haley Cole, Auburn University at Montgomery

Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood and a Game of Variants.
Joanna Szwed-Sliwowska, University of Warsaw

Through the Virtual Greenwood: A Discussion of Robin Hood in Videogames.
Thomas Rowland, Saint Louis University


Thursday, April 17, 2014

Middle Ages in Film and Video Games Session Update

The following session occurred about a week ago. Conference details and complete program at http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/medieval_academy/.

MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA
89th Annual Meeting
and
MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC
Annual Meeting
10 – 12 April 2014, at UCLA

Session 44. Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Film and Video Games
Malibu Room, Carnesale Commons
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Organizer: Anita Obermeier, University of New Mexico
Chair: Heather Maring, Arizona State University

“A Dangerous Concoction of Believability and Ahistoricity: Mid-Century Medievalist Historiophoty of the Mongol and Angevin Empires”
Felice Lifshitz, University of Alberta

“Blue Eyes, Red Menace: Americanizing the Medieval World in Twentieth-Century Fox’s The Black Rose (1950)”
Peter W. Lee, Drew University

“Getting (Re)Medieval: Immersion in Remastered Medieval Worlds”
Michael P. Sarabia, University of Iowa

CFP Game of Thrones Panel (5/15/14; PAMLA 10/31-11/2/14)

UPDATE - panel on "Game of Thrones," DEADLINE EXTENDED to May 15

full name / name of organization:
Pacific Ancient & Modern Languages Association
contact email:
ahowe@lasierra.edu

PANEL ON "GAME OF THRONES"
Pacific Ancient & Modern Languages Association
10/31 - 11/2, 2014
abstracts due May 15

This panel, accepted for the annual conference of the Pacific Ancient & Modern Languages Association (PAMLA), accepts proposals for papers from any perspective or theoretical focus on George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series or its HBO television adaptation "Game of Thrones," or any other aspect of this fictional world (Dunk & Egg, etc).

Submission Deadline: May 15 (extended). Please submit your proposal via the PAMLA website: www.pamla.org/2014

For questions about the session, please contact Andrew Howe at ahowe@lasierra.edu

PAMLA's 2014 conference will be held Friday, October 31 through Sunday, November 2, at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, California. More information is available at the PAMLA website, www.pamla.org/2014


By web submission at 04/05/2014 - 10:38

CFP Television Area Midwest Popular Culture Association (4/30/14; Indianapolis 10/3-5/14)

Call for Papers on Television, MPCA/ACA, Conference October 3-5 2014
full name / name of organization:
Cory Barker, Television Area Chair
contact email:
barkerc@indiana.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS ON TELEVISION

Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association 2014 Conference

Oct. 3-5, 2014

JW Marriot Indianapolis in Indianapolis, IN
10 S. West St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 860-5800.

The Television area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association is now accepting proposals for its 2014 conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. We are looking for papers that examine any aspect of television, from any time period, and using any number of methods. Potential topics for paper or panel proposals include, but are not limited to:

*The impact of online distribution and streaming and the rise of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon as producers of original programming
*The intersections between television and social media, from hashtags to live-tweeting
*The representations of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and class and economics
*The increasing discourse surrounding the showrunner as an auteur figure
*The “return” of miniseries and event series programming
*The role of remakes, reboots, spin-offs, adaptations, and franchises
*The trends in less “quality” genres and formats: talk shows, soap operas, morning TV

Please submit a paper abstract of 250 words or a panel proposal including short abstracts and titles of each prospective paper to the “Television” area on the MPCA/ACA Submission website (submissions.mpcaaca.org). We strongly encourage pre-constituted panel submissions. Please know that you will need to register to the website in order to submit a proposal. Please do not submit the same item to more than one Area.

Include name, affiliation, address, and e-mail address of each author/participant. You must specify any AV and any special scheduling needs with your proposal. MPCA/ACA can provide an LCD projector for presentations.

If you have any questions about submissions to the Television area, please contact area chair Cory Barker at barkerc@indiana.edu.

Further information about the conference and the Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association is available at: http://www.mpcaaca.org

Please note the availability of graduate student travel grants: http://mpcaaca.org/about/grants.html

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By web submission at 03/10/2014 - 21:53

CFP Adaptation and Early Modern Culture: Shakespeare and Beyond (9/15/14 journal issue)

Special Issue of Shakespeare: Adaptation and Early Modern Culture: Shakespeare and Beyond. Deadline 15 September 2014.

full name / name of organization: 
Shakespeare (BSA)
contact email: 
Adaptation and early modern culture have provided a particularly fruitful area of study in recent years. Yet very often such studies have tended to focus primarily on Shakespeare and on film. The purpose of this special issue of Shakespeare, the journal of the British Shakespeare Association, is not only to add to this focus, but to expand it. The title of the issue has been chosen to allow a wide field of exploration for contributors, including as it does both adaptation in early modern culture, and adaptation of early modern culture in later periods.

Therefore, although we welcome articles on Shakespearean film adaptations, we also actively seek essays that go beyond such a focus to consider a wider range of adaptation practices and concerns. We look for essays that consider how we might think about adaptation practices in the early modern period, as well as essays that examine adaptations of non-Shakespearean texts. We invite contributors to consider the productive tension that early modern texts arouse in later adaptations, a tension often inspired by the differences between early modern and modern conventions of gender, race, class, and religion.

Articles of up to 6000 words are sought and, in accordance with the journal’s policy, all contributions will be peer-reviewed with at least two anonymous readers prior to being accepted. Shakespeare uses the MLA style as defined in the latest edition of the MLA Handbook. For more details, please see the “Instructions for Authors” section in www.tandf.co.uk/journals/shakespeare. This issue will be published in the first quarter of 2015, but if the issue is proofread and copy-ready earlier it may be published online earlier, due to the journal’s “Online First” policy. Please email completed articles and/or any queries to the guest editor, Jennifer Clement, by 15 September 2014.

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CFP Adaptation Area Midwest Popular Culture (4/30/14; Indianapolis 10/3-5/14)

ADAPTATION 2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference


full name / name of organization: 
Midwest Popular Culture Association
contact email: 
Call for Papers:
ADAPTATION
2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference
Friday, October 3 through Sunday, October 5, 2014
Indianapolis, IN
JW Marriott Indianapolis in Indianapolis, IN.
10 S. West St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Deadline: April 30, 2014
Submissions.mpcaaca.org

I am seeking original work in the area of ADAPTATIONS for the annual Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference in Indianapolis, IN, Oct 3-5, 2014. Abstracts with varied approaches to Adaptation Studies will be considered. These may include research on film or television adaptations of literary works, comic books, video games, television shows, mythology, other films, radio shows, cartoons, nonfiction books, stage performances, etc. Please upload your abstract to http://submissions.mpcaaca.org under the ‘Adaptations’ area by April 30, 2014

More information about the conference can be found at http://www.mpcaaca.org/
Please note the availability of graduate student travel grants: http://mpcaaca.org/conference/travel-grants/.


Any questions? Please email Amanda Roberts at aroberts3@niu.edu,
Please include name, affiliation, and e-mail address with the 250 word abstract. Also, please indicate in your submission whether your presentation will require an LCD Projector.
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CFP Discussing Disney Conference (4/30/14; UK 9/3-4/14)

This sounds exciting. Wish I could go.

'Discussing Disney', 3-4 September 2014

full name / name of organization: 
University of Hull
contact email: 
Film Studies at the University of Hull is proud to announce that it is hosting a conference exploring the world of Disney studies. Papers on any areas of Disney are welcome for consideration, to include (but not limited to) discussions of Disney studio history, animation, live-action films, television, theme parks, merchandizing, and/or popular cultural representations of all things Disney.
Abstracts of 300 words, along with personal details, should be sent to Amy M. Davis (a.davis@hull.ac.uk) by 30 April 2014.
Keynote speakers include Dr Chris Pallant, author of Demystifying Disney (2011).

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Friday, April 11, 2014

Now on Video--Thor: The Dark World

Marvel's Thor: The Dark World is now available on home video. The film is good (better than 2011's Thor), though viewers need to aware that it ties in intimately to events in the expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe and may be a bit confusing if you've missed The Avengers and don't stick around for any of the future films in the franchise.


Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition Advance Notice

The following advertisement appeared in the package of the recent Jungle Book Platinum Edition. The re-release is of course timed to tie-in with the live-action spin-off Maleficent due out this May.


Friday, January 24, 2014

Syfy August 2013

Continuing with the backlog, here are the listings from Syfy from last August:

Missed data for Sunday, 4 August.

THURS., 1 AUG

03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic


SAT., 3 AUG
09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles
11:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Pilot
12:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves
01:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games
02:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea
03:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted
04:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren
05:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming
06:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Kuji
07:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Eye Of The Tiger
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: For Whom The Egg Shatters
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Fiend Or Friend?
10:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Land Of The Dead


TUESDAY, 6 AUG
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Fiend Or Friend?
03:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Land Of The Dead


SUN., 11 AUG
01:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


MON., 12 AUG
09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest

08:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


TUES., 13 AUG
08:00 AM
Face Off: Make It Reign


WEDNES., 14 AUG
02:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


THURS., 15 AUG
05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian

11:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


FRI., 16 AUG
01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Sinbad And The Minotaur


SAT., 17 AUG
11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


SAT., 24 AUG
11:30 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale


SUN., 25 AUG
05:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 26 AUG
02:30 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
04:30 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


WEDNES., 28 AUG
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beauty And The Beasts: A Dark Tale


SAT., 31 AUG
09:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000

Syfy July 2013

Four more to go. Here are the listings from Syfy for last July:

TUES., 2 JULY
2:00 AM
Sinbad: Old Man of the Sea

09:00 AM
Face Off: Make It Reign


SAT., 6 JULY
04:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Pilot
05:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves
06:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games
07:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted


SUN., 7 JULY
01:00 AM
Movie: Dragonquest
03:00 AM
Movie: Merlin And The War Of The Dragons

09:00 AM
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

04:00 PM
Outlander


THURS., 11 JULY
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchville


SAT., 13 JULY
05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian

08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren
 
11:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


SUN., 14 JULY
02:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Sinbad And The Minotaur
04:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Jabberwock

09:30 AM
Movie: Almighty Thor (2011)


MON., 15 JULY
03:30 AM
Movie: Grendel (2005)


TUES., 16 JULY
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren

03:00 PM
Destination Truth: Vampire Monsters/island Of The Damned


SAT., 20 JULY
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming


SUN., 21 JULY
10:00 PM
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy vs. Dracula (2000)


TUES., 23 JULY
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming


FRI., 26 JULY
09:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


SUN., 28 JULY
03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Thor: Hammer Of The Gods

07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
09:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 29 JULY
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Thor: Hammer Of The Gods

03:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
05:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


TUES., 30 JULY
10:00 PM
Face Off: Make It Reign
11:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files: Glowing Gargoyle/phantom Feline


Syfy June 2013

More Syfy backlog. Here are the listings for last June:

SAT., 8 JUNE

09:00 AM
Dragon Dynasty

01:00 PM
Fire & Ice

05:00 PM
Age of Dragons

09:00 PM
Sinbad (series premiere)


SUN., 9 JUNE
01:00 AM
Riverworld

03:00 AM
Riverworld-Part 2

11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie : Wyvern


FRI., 14 JUNE
02:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor
04:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie : Thor: Hammer Of The Gods


SAT., 15 JUNE
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Pilot
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves


SUN., 16 JUNE
09:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves

08:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


MON., 17 JUNE
08:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest
10:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest

05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


TUES., 18 JUNE
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves


SAT., 22 JUNE
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games


SUN., 23 JUNE
07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 24 JUNE
04:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


SAT., 29 JUNE
01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea


Chiller July 2013

Here is the final listing from Chiller featuring material from last July:

MON., 1 JULY
7:00 AM
The Outer Limits: The Shroud


WEDNES., 10 JULY
03:00 AM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
A slacker takes a job directing a weird spinoff of "Hamlet" starring a vampire. [Actually, a Grail film.]


MON., 29 JULY
07:00 AM
The Outer Limits: The Tipping Point

Monday, January 20, 2014

Syfy January 2014

Well, I still haven't finished all of 2013, but here are the relevant listings (a week early, no less) from Syfy for January 2014.


THURS., 2 JAN
11:30 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

FRI., 3 JAN
03:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchville

10:00 PM
Movie: X-men 2: X-men United


SAT., 4 JAN
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


SUN., 5 JAN
08:30 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
11:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness


MON., 6 JAN
01:00 AM
Movie: Age Of The Dragons
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Gryphon

06:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader


WEDNES.,8 JAN
09:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


THURS., 9 JAN
08:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Immortal Voyage Of Captain Drake, The
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Sinbad And The Minotaur

02:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Aladdin And The Death Lamp

06:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
09:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull


FRI., 10 JAN
04:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Aladdin And The Death Lamp

05:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull


SUN., 19 JAN
11:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000

09:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


MON., 20 JAN
03:00 AM
Movie: Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II: Ascension

06:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


SAT., 25 JAN
04:00 PM
Movie: Outlander

11:00 PM
Movie: Outlander


SUN., 26 JAN
02:30 PM
Movie: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The


MON., 27 JAN
11:00 AM
Movie: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The
01:30 PM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth


TUES., 28 JAN
09:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath [premiere]

11:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath


THURS., 30 JAN
03:00 PM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
05:30 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader


FRI., 31 JAN
08:00 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

01:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader


Syfy December 2013

Continuing from the previous post, here are the relevant listings from Syfy for December 2013.

Lost data 12/9.

SAT., 7 DEC
09:00 AM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth

03:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


SUN., 8 DEC
12:00 AM
Movie: Outlander


TUES., 10 DEC
10:00 PM
Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula [premiere]


WEDNES., 11 DEC
12:00 AM
Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Gryphon
03:00 AM
Movie: Book Of Beasts, The

07:00 PM
Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula

10:00 PM
Killer Contact: Lucrezia Borgia [premiere] 


THURS., 12 DEC
12:00 AM
Killer Contact: Lucrezia Borgia

03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest

03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster
05:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness

11:30 PM
Syfy Original Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness


FRI., 13 DEC
01:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


SAT., 14 DEC
Dec 14
07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


SUN., 15 DEC
05:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


TUES., 17 DEC
01:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000


WEDNES., 18 DEC
01:00 PM
Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula
02:00 PM
Killer Contact: Lucrezia Borgia


FRI., 20 DEC
09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beauty And The Beasts: A Dark Tale
11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


THURS., 26 DEC
03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl


FRI., 27 DEC
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

10:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


SAT., 28 DEC
01:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


SUN.,29 DEC
09:00 AM
Movie: Outlander

Syfy November 2013

Catching up (again). Here are the relevant listings from Syfy for November 2013.

Lost data for 11/1-11/3, 11/10-11/11, and 11/28.

MON., 4 NOV
09:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic


TUES., 5 NOV
07:00 PM
Face Off: Dark Magic


THURS., 7 NOV
03:00 PM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth


FRI., 8 NOV
02:00 AM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth

03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Reign Of The Gargoyles


THURS., 14 NOV
1:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000
03:00 AM
Movie: Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II: Ascension


MON., 18 NOV
08:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Grendel
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dragon Dynasty
12:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Fire And Ice


WEDNES., 20 NOV
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles


MON., 25 NOV
08:00 AM
Merlin: The Diamond Of The Day - Part One
09:00 AM
Merlin: The Diamond Of The Day - Part Two
10:00 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale