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From: Angelica Carpenter <angelica_at_csufresno.edu>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:46:09 -0800 (PST)
Call for Papers: OZ: THE BOOKS
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Cal ifornia State University , Fresno , will host a national Oz conference, co- sponsored by the International Wizard of Oz Club, May 14-16, 2010.
Featured speakers will include Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked ; Michael Patrick Hearn, author of The Annotated Wizard of Oz ; Eric Shanower, graphi c novelist of many Oz-related titles; John Fricke, author of The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic ; Kathleen Krull , author of The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum; and British Oz illustrator Graham Rawle. The conference w ill include a performance of Time Again in Oz , a musical based on Ozma of Oz , by Suzan L. Zeder.
We invite submissions for presentations of 15 minutes in length to be prese nted in breakout sessions on May 14 th . PowerPoint will be the only AV tec hnology available for these presentations. Presenters must register for the conference. Up to 48 papers can be accepted.
Possible topics include:
• Biographies of L. Frank Baum • L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow, and the World Columbian Expositi on • The influence of Matilda Joslyn Gage on L. Frank Baum • Compare Oz authors, especially L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson • Compare Baum to Piers Anthony, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Ca rroll, Roald Dahl, Norton Juster, or others • Magic and technology in Oz • Baum’s non-Oz books • Oz illustrators • Oz graphic novels and comic books • Stage and screen adaptations • Wicked : the book and the musical • Dark Oz themes • Oz fan fiction • Oz-related books for young people: Harry Sue , The Book of Fr ed , The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls , the Sisters Grimm series, DRAMA: The Four Dorothys , etc. • Oz-related books for adults: A Barnstormer in Oz , Was , etc.
• Authors who have been influenced by the Oz books: Ray Bradbur y, Harlan Ellison, Forest J. Ackerman • Celebrity Oz fans: Shirley Temple, Herbert Grosch, Nora Ephro n • Teaching Oz • Oz as a cultural phenomenon • Why is Oz so enduring?
Send proposals to Allison Cowgill ( acowgill_at_csufresno.edu ), chair of the paper review committee, on or before January 15, 2010. Format:
Subject heading: Oz conference proposal
First page: Title of proposal, your name, address, phone number, email.
Following page/s: Title of proposal. PowerPoint, yes or no? Abstract of 300 -500 words.
Receipt of proposals will be confirmed via email. Proposals will be evaluat ed through a blind review process and authors of accepted proposals will re ceive notification via email by February 1, 2010.
Information about the conference, including events, registration, housing, and transportation, will be available at www.arnenixoncenter.org or by call ing (559) 278-8116.
For information about the International Wizard of Oz Club, visit www.ozclub .org .
Community Sponsors
Department of Theatre Arts, California State University , Fresno
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History, and Science
Fresno Pacific University
Fresno County Public Library
Additional sponsors to be announced
Received on Tue 01 Dec 2009 02:46:09 PM CST
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:46:09 -0800 (PST)
Call for Papers: OZ: THE BOOKS
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Cal ifornia State University , Fresno , will host a national Oz conference, co- sponsored by the International Wizard of Oz Club, May 14-16, 2010.
Featured speakers will include Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked ; Michael Patrick Hearn, author of The Annotated Wizard of Oz ; Eric Shanower, graphi c novelist of many Oz-related titles; John Fricke, author of The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic ; Kathleen Krull , author of The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum; and British Oz illustrator Graham Rawle. The conference w ill include a performance of Time Again in Oz , a musical based on Ozma of Oz , by Suzan L. Zeder.
We invite submissions for presentations of 15 minutes in length to be prese nted in breakout sessions on May 14 th . PowerPoint will be the only AV tec hnology available for these presentations. Presenters must register for the conference. Up to 48 papers can be accepted.
Possible topics include:
• Biographies of L. Frank Baum • L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow, and the World Columbian Expositi on • The influence of Matilda Joslyn Gage on L. Frank Baum • Compare Oz authors, especially L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson • Compare Baum to Piers Anthony, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Ca rroll, Roald Dahl, Norton Juster, or others • Magic and technology in Oz • Baum’s non-Oz books • Oz illustrators • Oz graphic novels and comic books • Stage and screen adaptations • Wicked : the book and the musical • Dark Oz themes • Oz fan fiction • Oz-related books for young people: Harry Sue , The Book of Fr ed , The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls , the Sisters Grimm series, DRAMA: The Four Dorothys , etc. • Oz-related books for adults: A Barnstormer in Oz , Was , etc.
• Authors who have been influenced by the Oz books: Ray Bradbur y, Harlan Ellison, Forest J. Ackerman • Celebrity Oz fans: Shirley Temple, Herbert Grosch, Nora Ephro n • Teaching Oz • Oz as a cultural phenomenon • Why is Oz so enduring?
Send proposals to Allison Cowgill ( acowgill_at_csufresno.edu ), chair of the paper review committee, on or before January 15, 2010. Format:
Subject heading: Oz conference proposal
First page: Title of proposal, your name, address, phone number, email.
Following page/s: Title of proposal. PowerPoint, yes or no? Abstract of 300 -500 words.
Receipt of proposals will be confirmed via email. Proposals will be evaluat ed through a blind review process and authors of accepted proposals will re ceive notification via email by February 1, 2010.
Information about the conference, including events, registration, housing, and transportation, will be available at www.arnenixoncenter.org or by call ing (559) 278-8116.
For information about the International Wizard of Oz Club, visit www.ozclub .org .
Community Sponsors
Department of Theatre Arts, California State University , Fresno
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History, and Science
Fresno Pacific University
Fresno County Public Library
Additional sponsors to be announced
Received on Tue 01 Dec 2009 02:46:09 PM CST
