CFP: Perspectives on Contemporary Legend, June 23-27, 2025
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ISCLR Secretary
Feb 19, 2025, 7:07:30 PMFeb 19
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Greetings ISCLR members and friends,
The International Society for Contemporary Legend Research is pleased to announce that the 2025 Perspectives on Contemporary Legend 42nd International Conference will be held in Stockholm. This will be the first time the conference takes place in Sweden.
The conference’s theme is based around threats and rumors and contemporary legends understood in a broad sense. On this occasion, the conference offers all interested speakers and attendees the opportunity to present and discuss current research, as well as older topics of, for example, contemporary legends, conspiracy theories, fakelore, folk horror, digital folklore, and rumors.
The three selected topics (Threats – Rumors – Contemporary Legends) provide a broad framework that includes both discourses, narratives and practices from bottom-up and top-down perspectives as well as the actors associated with them. It can also include different aspects of crisis, for individuals as well as for larger communities.
We invite scholars and researchers to submit their abstracts for presentation. No more than 250–300 words.
The conference will be organized as a series of seminars at which most attendees will present papers. Concurrent sessions will be avoided so that all attendants can hear all papers. Presentations will be 20 minutes, with an additional ten minutes for discussion. Proposals for papers on all aspects of contemporary, urban, or modern legend research are sought, as are those on any legends, traditions and stories that circulate actively at present or have circulated at an earlier historical period.
Proposals for special panels, seminars and any other related areas to contemporary legend and folklore are encouraged.
Register for the Conference
Register online by visiting: https://forms.gle/vGkUXrsyhYz2FpmTA
The 42nd Perspectives on Contemporary Legend will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-27, 2025.
More information on the venue, excursions, and hotels can be found on ISCLR's website: https://contemporarylegend.org/meetings/perspectives2025/. A PDF version of the CFP is also attached to this email.
Call for Papers
The conference’s theme is based around threats and rumors and contemporary legends understood in a broad sense. On this occasion, the conference offers all interested speakers and attendees the opportunity to present and discuss current research, as well as older topics of, for example, contemporary legends, conspiracy theories, fakelore, folk horror, digital folklore, and rumors.
The three selected topics (Threats – Rumors – Contemporary Legends) provide a broad framework that includes both discourses, narratives and practices from bottom-up and top-down perspectives as well as the actors associated with them. It can also include different aspects of crisis, for individuals as well as for larger communities.
Submit an Abstract
The conference will be organized as a series of seminars at which most attendees will present papers. Concurrent sessions will be avoided so that all attendants can hear all papers. Presentations will be 20 minutes, with an additional ten minutes for discussion. Proposals for papers on all aspects of contemporary, urban, or modern legend research are sought, as are those on any legends, traditions and stories that circulate actively at present or have circulated at an earlier historical period.
Proposals for special panels, seminars and any other related areas to contemporary legend and folklore are encouraged.
Email abstracts to confe...@contemporarylegend.org by March 17, 2025.
Renew Your Membership
Now is also the time to renew your membership! Renew online by visiting: https://contemporarylegend.org/society/membership/
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Virginia Siegel
Secretary, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Professor of Practice, University of Arkansas Libraries
Phone: 479-575-7115 (voice)
Former address: isclr.s...@gmail.com (emails are forwarded)
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