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SFFTV Call for Reviewers – Spring/Summer 2026

Mon, 18 May 2026 13:35:49 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf. SFFTV is edited by Gerry Canavan (Marquette University), Alison Sperling (Florida State University), and Ida Yoshinaga (George Institute of Technology), and, beginning next year,…

SFFTV Call for Reviewers – Spring/Summer 2026

Spring 2026 Syllabi

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:44:43 -0600

Behold, my syllabi for Spring 2026: a revised version of my Game Studies course (still centered on Disco Elysium) and a grad literature course called “Genre, Utopia, Theory.”

Spring 2026 Syllabi

SFFTV Call for Reviewers

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:29:03 -0600

SFFTV Call for Reviewers

Fall 2025 Syllabus: “Oops, All DUNE!”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:34:41 -0500

Here’s the syllabus for this semester’s oversized and overstuffed Dune class! Let’s see how it goes…

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SFFTV - Fall Call for Reviewers (Plus Extended Call for New Co-Editors)

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:19:28 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking (2) the career of Taika Waititi and (3) New Horror and digital media. We also have…

SFFTV - Fall Call for Reviewers (Plus Extended Call for New Co-Editors)

SFFTV Spring Call for Reviewers (Plus “AppleTV+ and Science Fiction” Special Issue)

Thu, 01 May 2025 13:05:12 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking (2) the career of Taika Waititi and (3) New Horror and digital media. We also have…

SFFTV Spring Call for Reviewers (Plus “AppleTV+ and Science Fiction” Special Issue)

SFFTV Special Issue: AppleTV+ and Science Fiction

Thu, 01 May 2025 12:51:36 -0500

Special Issue: AppleTV+ and Science FictionGuest Editors: Burcu Kuheylan, Milt Moise, Nicholas Orlandocontact email: projectscifi.appletv@gmail.com

EXTENDED DEADLINE—Abstracts due May 21, 2025

In this special issue of the journal, editors seek scholarly articles that contextualize and critique AppleTV+ and its production of science fiction television against the tumultuous Zeitgeist of…

SFFTV Special Issue: AppleTV+ and Science Fiction

Fall 2025 Course: Frank Herbert’s DUNE

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:14:03 -0600

ENGL 4716/5716: Science Fiction/Fantasy (MWF 12-12:50 PM)

Course Description: Frank Herbert’s innovative, hyper-influential, and devilishly fun novel Dune was published 60 years ago this year—and, with the recent Denis Villeneuve adaptations, the series may be at its all-time peak of popularity and cultural influence. This year’s Science Fiction/Fantasy course is devoted entirely to the series,…

Fall 2025 Course: Frank Herbert’s DUNE

SFFTV: Winter 2024 Open Call for Submissions and Call for Reviewers

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:02:12 -0600

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking and (2) the career of Taika Waititi.We also invite proposals from potential guest…

SFFTV: Winter 2024 Open Call for Submissions and Call for Reviewers

Tolkien Syllabus 2024

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:39:10 -0500

My Tolkien class is back! Here’s the syllabus for Fall 2024…

Tolkien Syllabus 2024

SFFTV: SUMMER CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS AND OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (PLUS “WHAT WAS THE MCU?” FINAL DEADLINE)

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:18:28 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking and (2) the career of Taika Waititi. We also have a current call for mini-essays…

SFFTV: SUMMER CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS AND OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (PLUS “WHAT WAS THE MCU?” *FINAL* DEADLINE)

SFFTV: SPRING 2024 OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND CALL FOR REVIEWERS (PLUS “WHAT WAS THE MCU?” EXTENDED DEADLINE)

Mon, 06 May 2024 12:53:26 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking and (2) the career of Taika Waititi. We also have a current call for mini-essays…

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SFFTV: WINTER 2023 OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND CALL FOR REVIEWERS (PLUS “WHAT WAS THE MCU?”)

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:34:11 -0600

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking and (2) the career of Taika Waititi. We also have a current call for mini-essays…

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SFFTV: Call for Co-Editors

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:26:22 -0600

Science Fiction Film and Television is looking for co-editors! See the ad here.

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SFFTV call for contributions: “What Was the MCU?”

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:04:40 -0600

special section, call for contributions: “What Was the MCU?”Science Fiction Film and Television (deadline: January 15, 2024)

Science Fiction Film and Television invites contributions (no more than 2000 words) to a special section tentatively titled “What Was the MCU?” Since Avengers: Endgame (2019), the once nigh-invulnerable Marvel Cinematic Universe has faced an increasing drumbeat of fan,…

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I Know the Site Is in Arrears - The Blog Has Not Been Fed in Years - It’s Even Worse Than It Appears, but It’s All Right

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 14:42:50 -0600

After (literally) almost twenty straight years, I think my silly little habit of blogging links may be well and truly dead; with everything else going on in my life at the moment I have to accept that I just don’t have the time. Still, a few things I wanted to put up as the site fades to black, at least for a bit:

Science Fiction Film and Television 16.3 was a banger! Check it out! I’ve got a…

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SFFTV: Fall 2023 open call for submissions and call for reviewers

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:40:48 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to possible upcoming special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking and (2) the career of Taika Waititi. We also invite proposals from potential guest…

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Fall 2023 Syllabus: “Environmental Protection”

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:52:37 -0500

Just one course for me this fall, due to my somehow still being chair: an update of my “Environmental Protection” Material Cultures class. I moved some of the more hands-on eco humanities stuff into an extended discussion of The Ministry for the Future, so we’ll have to see how that goes.

Here’s the week-by-week schedule…

M8/28FIRST DAY OF CLASSW8/30N.K. Jemisin, “Emergency Skin”…

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SFFTV open call for submissions and books for review (summer 2023)

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:33:09 -0500

Science Fiction Film and Television invites article submissions on any topics related to sf and visual media; we especially invite articles related to the production economy of the culture industry and to non-US sf, as well as articles that related to our current CFPs for special issues and planned special issues on (1) indigenous sf filmmaking and (2) the career of Taika Waititi.

We also…

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2023 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:28:51 -0500

Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2023 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Indigenous Studies.

Proposals are invited from emerging scholars in Indigenous Studies for single-author books to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. We are particularly welcoming work on Indigenous SF and Indigenous Futurism for consideration in the World Science Fiction…

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