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Event registration can be found here<\/a> including tickets for Workshops and the Networking Event.
Speaker abstract and bios can be found here<\/a>.
Keynotes and Reading Suggestions can be found here<\/a>. 
Workshops and Roundtable information can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This document is updated as needed. All times listed are BST, British Summer Time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoom Links are sent to registered attendees only by Eventbrite emails during GIFCon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 1: Wednesday May 15, 2024<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n
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9:45 \u2013 10:00: Platform Wide Welcome \/ Opening words and explanation of the mechanics with Will Tattersdill <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00 \u2013 11:00: Opening Roundtable: Conjuring Creatures and Worlds with Chris Lynch Becherer, Madeline Potter, and Michelle Anya Anjirbag<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
Chair: Mariana Rios Maldonado 
Deputy Chair: Matthew Sangster <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-11:15<\/strong> Coffee Break \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel 1
11:15 \u2013 12:30 <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel 1A<\/strong>
Intertextual Conjurations<\/strong> 
Chair: Emma French 
Deputy Chair: Olivia Cacciatore 

11:15 Vaibhav Dwivedi<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cOf Faceless Monsters and Secret Terrors: Analysing the Hybrid Anatomy of Slenderman\u201d 
11:35 Elliott Greene,<\/a> <\/strong>\u201c(Re)Writing Reality: Authorial Power and Narration as Conjuration in Alan Wake 2\u201d 
11:55 Maria Damkj\u00e6r<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cConjuring worlds through book culture\u201d 
12:15: Discussion<\/strong>


<\/td>		Panel 1B<\/strong>
Shifting Legends<\/strong> 
Chair: Sam Tegetmeyer
Deputy Chair: Maggie Naylor 

11:15 Grace Rhyne<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cCharlotte Riddell: Literary Banshee\u201d 
11:35 Martine Gjermundsen R\u00e6stad<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cWhen Nature Speaks: Fictional A.I. as Folkloric Creatures of the Technological Age\u201d 
11:55 Anisha Das<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cLegends of the land: Assam’s mythical creatures and their ecological resonance.\u201d 

12:15: Discussion<\/strong>


<\/td>		Panel 1C<\/strong>
Monster Myths  <\/strong> 
Chair: Dulmi Wickremasinghe
Deputy Chair: Karla Calvillo-Salinas

11:15 Zainab Wahab<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cMonsters of Greed and Guilt: Examining Mythical Monsters as Symbols of Oppression in Tumbbad and Ghoul\u201d 
11:35 Hannah Mimiec<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u2018The Screaming Horrors\u2019: Animal Advocacy and Eldritch Horror in Watership Down\u201d 
11:55 Corinne Matthews<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cConjuring Consent: Magic, Power, and Patriarchy in Young Adult Fantasy\u201d  

12:15: Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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12:30-13:30 Lunch Break<\/strong> \ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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13:30-14:30: Keynote: Emily Selove<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Matthew Sangster
Deputy Chair: Orla Davey<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

14:30 \u2013 14:45<\/strong> Coffee Break \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel 2 <\/strong>
14:45 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel 2A <\/strong>
The Imperial and the Gothic<\/strong>
Chair: Georgina Gale  
Deputy Chair: Chris Lynch Becherer

14:45 Hannah Frances Roux<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u201cNot the Real Orient but a Fantasy\u201d: C.S. Lewis\u2019s Calormen and Edith Sitwell\u2019s Modernist Orientalism.\u201d 
15:05 Manon Hakem-Lemaire<\/a>,<\/strong> \u201cThe Fantasy of Alterity in Richard Marsh\u2019s Imperial Gothic Novel The Beetle (1897)\u201d 

15:25 Discussion<\/strong>
<\/td>		Panel 2B <\/strong>
Constructed Disability<\/strong>
Chair: Grace A.T. Worm 
Deputy Chair: Maggie Naylor 

14:45 Emilie Morscheck<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cReimagining Disability in YA Fantasy: Exploring Harper and Rhen in ‘A Curse So Dark and Lonely’\u201d <\/strong>
15:05 Madeline Wahl<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cWho Can Speak Characters Into Existence?: Stuttering, Fluency, and Conjuring Characters in Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart\u201d 
15:25 \u015eevval Tufan<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cLiminal Worlds, Marginalised Beings and Disabled Bodies in Ihsan Oktay Anar’s “The Atlas of Misty Continents” and “Amat”\u201d 

15:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 2C <\/strong>
The Non-Human<\/strong>
Chair: Will Tattersdill 
Deputy Chair: Diana Rotar

14:45 Ane B. Ruiz-Lejarcegui<\/a>, <\/strong>\u201dEnacting the Nonhuman: A.I. Consciousness and Text-Reader Interaction in Becky Chambers\u2019 A Closed and Common Orbit\u201d 
15:05 Scarlett Butchers<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u201cThis was a place of wonders once\u201d: David Rudkin\u2019s Magical Landscapes\u201d 
15:25 Nick Stember<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cDesert Solitaire: Tales of the Strange, Fantastic, and Immortal in Nie Jun\u2019s Seekers of the Aweto\u201d 

15:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 2D<\/strong>
Monstrous Sexuality<\/strong>
Chair: Dulmi Wickremasinghe 
Deputy Chair: Robbin Dowling

14:45 <\/strong>
 Brynnah Runyan<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cAlienation of A-Spec Identities: Sexuality, Romantic Love, and What it Means to Be Human\u201d 
15:05 Mercury Natis<\/a>, \u201c<\/strong>Letting the Beastly Beast Go: Navigating compulsory heterosexuality through King Pellinore and the Questing Beast in The Once and Future King\u201d 

15:25<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

16:15-17:00 Research Spotlight with Martine Gjermundsen R\u00e6stad in the Discord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2: Thursday May 16, 2024<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Panel 3  <\/strong>
9:30 \u2013 10:45 <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel 3A   Female Horrors  <\/strong>
Chair: Hollie Willis
Deputy Chair: Hollyn Middleton

9:30Caroline Hannum<\/a>,<\/strong> \u201cGirls Against Gods: Divinity as the Female Hero\u2019s Antagonist, a Metaphor for Patriarchal Control\u201d 
9:50 Xiana V\u00e1zquez Bouz\u00f3<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cRepresentations of the Alien Enemy in the Post-Anthropocene: Two Case Studies of Filmic Depictions of Otherness through Gender (Under the Skin) and Animality (Nope)\u201d 
10:10 Amy Richmond<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u201cIt makes us feel a little like God\u201d: Conjuring Delusions and Creation in Mona Awad\u2019s Bunny\u201d 

10:30 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 3B Marginalized Multimedia<\/strong>
Chair: Emma French 
Deputy Chair: Maidah Rihan 

9:30 Catherine Hall<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cDwarvish Point of View?: Neo-Khuzdul, Fanfiction, and the Construction of an Alternative Middle-earth” 
9:50 Kristine Larsen<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u201cEven those who are different can survive\u201d: Dragons, Speciesism, and Procreation in Andrzej Sapkowski\u2019s The Witcher and its Adaptations\u201d 

10:10 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 3C Science Cycles <\/strong> 
Chair: Will Tattersdill 
Deputy Chair: Diana Rotar 

9:30 Rebecca Lloyd<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cReuse, recycle: Terry Pratchett\u2019s Igors and the monstrous remade body.\u201d 
9:50 Vincent Pritchard<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cThe Conjuring Trinary: Systems of Summoning\u201d 
10:10 Dr. Bettina Charlotte Burger<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cTheir Primitive Superstition vs. Our Scientific and Enlightened Magic \u2013 Magic Systems in T.L. Huchu\u2019s Edinburgh Nights series\u201d 

10:30 Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

10:45 – 11:15Coffee Break \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:15 \u2013 12:30: Workshops <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

4A: Epics and Emporiums \u2013 A Cozy Storytelling Game led by<\/strong> Frankie Bradley<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
Deputy Chair:  Amber Pasternack

4B: Creating World Connected Characters led by Lily M. Frenette<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
<\/strong>Deputy Chair: Catherine Hall

4C: Conjuring Politics: World-making as Pedagogy in the Social Sciences  led by Maha Rafi Atal<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
Deputy Chair:  Maidah Rihan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:30-13:30 Lunch Break<\/strong> \ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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13:30 \u2013 14:30: Keynote: Carolyn Jess-Cooke<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Dimitra Fimi
Deputy Chair: Will Sherwood  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

14:30 \u2013 14:45 Coffee Break  \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel 5  <\/strong>
14:45 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel 5A  Monster Girls<\/strong>
Chair: Hollie Willis 
Deputy Chair: Hollyn Middleton
 
14:45 In\u00eas Vaz<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cMonster Girls Turning Darkness to Light: Subversive Uses of Monstrosity in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Nimona\u201d 
15:05 Tara West<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cMade a Villian: ND Stevenson\u2019s Nimona and a Lesson in Difference\u201d 
15:25 <\/strong>David Mui\u00f1os<\/strong> Garcia<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cMotherless: Absent, Spectral, and Monstrous Motherhood in Video Games\u201d 

15:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 5B Representations and Symbols in Film<\/strong> 
Chair: Sam Tegtmeyer 
Deputy Chair: Robbin Dowling

14:45 Zoe Wible<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cA Link Between the Historical Evolution of  Creature Design in Fantastic Film and Fine-Grained Representation of Non-Human  Experience?\u201d 
15:05 Barbora Kapl\u00e1nkov\u00e1<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cChildren of Miyazaki: Travellers into the Unseen\u201d 
15:25 Tam Moules<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cHolly Berries Like Drops of Blood: Conjuring the Green Knight as Monster in Prose and Film\u201d 

15:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 5C Conjuring Identity<\/strong>
Chair: Grace A.T. Worm 
Deputy Chair: Maggie Naylor 

14:45 Michael Quinn<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u201cThe stolen future cannot be given back to me\u201d: Exploring personal identity through Paragon in Robin Hobb’s ‘Realm of the Elderlings’\u201d 
15:05 Siravich Khurat<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cShoukan: The Summoners who conjure the other Half of their Souls\u201d 
15:25 Supriya Baijal<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cMagical Realms of Morality and Mystery: Reimagining Reality in ‘The Adventures of Amir Hamza’ and ‘Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie’\u201d 

15:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

16:15-17:00 Research Spotlight with Michael Quinn in the Discord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 3<\/strong>: Friday May 17, 2024<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n
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12:30 \u2013 13:30: Keynote: Zen Cho <\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Will Tattersdill
Deputy Chair: Orla Davey<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

13:30- 13:45 Coffee Break \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel 6  <\/strong>
13:45 \u2013 15:00 <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel 6A Interrogating Television  <\/strong>
Chair: Will Sherwood 
Deputy Chair:  Catherine Hall

 13:45 Zvonimir Prtenja\u010da<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cX-Men\u2019s White Gaze: Conjuring an Apocalypse of Superheroines of Colour\u201d 
14:05 Dulmi Wickremasinghe<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cAn LOTR world \u201cfor everyone\u201d? Discussing Amazon\u2019s interventions in Tolkien\u2019s representation of Elvish gender aesthetics\u201d
14:25 C. T. Power<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cHouse of the Dragon: Gender, Race and the Persistent Past\u201d 

14:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 6B   Conjuring Utopia<\/strong>
Chair: Emma French 
Deputy Chair: Rebecca Solomon

13:45 Astrid Roesen Abildgaard<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cConjuring a World of Women \u2013 And a Solution to our Climate Struggles? Human-nature relationships in Charlotte Perkins Gilman\u2019s “Herland”\u201d 
14:05 Rachel Harrison<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cFrom Her Mind to Herland: The Women Conjuring Gynotopia\u201d 
14:25 Meg Horridge<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cConjuring Utopia: How Ursula K. Le Guin\u2019s The Dispossessed Builds an Imperfect World\u201d 

14:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 6C Re-Writing History <\/strong>
Chair: Georgina Gale  
Deputy Chair: Karla Calvillo-Salinas

13:45 Hollie Willis<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c’The Locals Bite Back’: A Defence of the Tuunbaq and the Use of Fantasy in ‘The Terror’\u201d 
14:05 Gao Weiming<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cConjuring Historical Figures and Alternative History Narratives: A Study of the Japanese Fantasy Franchise Fate\u201d 
14:25 Rebecca Pearce<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c”All in a Day’s Work for a Hero”: Once Upon a Time and the Fantastical Byronic Hero-Villain Cycle\u201d 

14:45 Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Panel 7<\/strong> \u2014 15:00-16:00<\/strong> 
Roundtable Conjuring Creatures (and Worlds) in YA Fantastika<\/strong> with <\/strong>Alkisti Kalliniko, Jeddie Bristow<\/strong>, Leah Phillips, and Shiqing Zhang<\/strong><\/a>
Chair: Grace A.T. Worm 
Deputy Chair: Will Tattersdill  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:00 \u2013 16:15 Coffee Break \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:15-17:15 Networking Event <\/strong>moderated by Sam Tegetmeyer                   
Zoom link available for registered attendees only <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel 8 <\/strong> <\/strong>
17:15 \u2013 18:30<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Panel 8A Experiencing Change in Fantasy<\/strong>
Chair: Hollie Willis  
Deputy Chair: Robbin Dowling

17:15 Fiona Reid<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cHumans and robots: neuroqueer identity exploration through Dungeons and Dragons\u201d 

17:35 Anna Milon and Tom Emanuel<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cConjured Presence: Spiritual Experiences in Fantasy Spaces\u201d 

17:55<\/strong> Discussion<\/strong>
<\/td>		Panel 8B The Other Other<\/strong>
Chair: Will Sherwood 
Deputy Chair: Karla Calvillo-Salinas 

17:15 Iria Seijas-P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cAnalysing the Witch Figure in Irish YA Fiction: Deirdre Sullivan\u2019s Perfectly Preventable Deaths (2019) and Sarah Maria Griffin\u2019s Other Words for Smoke (2019)\u201d 
17:35 Nathaniel Harrington<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cTeachd Chonain: Celticism, settler colonialism, and the fantasy barbarian\u201d 
17:55 Olivia Scarr<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c(Un)homely Cultivations: the botanical Other as the \u2018Monstrous Feminine\u2019 in Short Fiction of the Fin de Si\u00e8cle\u201d 

18:15 Discussion<\/strong><\/td>		Panel 8C Body Transformation<\/strong>
Chair: Dulmi Wickremasinghe 
Deputy Chair: Olivia Cacciatore 

17:15 Alice Langley<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cTransformation as conjuration: the power of the post-menopausal woman.\u201d 
17:35 Ning Lee<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cAge\u2019s Mischief: Writing Ageing into the Fantastika in Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s The Buried Giant\u201d 
17:55 Rachel Cairns<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cFat in the Forgotten Realms: Fat embodiment, monstrosity and the non-normative body in participatory fantasy storytelling\u201d 

18:15 Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

18:45-19:30 Research Spotlight with Anna Milon and Tom Emanuel in the Discord <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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