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Proposals are currently being accepted for BuffyFest 2003, San Diego's
first conference devoted to a celebration of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The conference's aim is to celebrate the social/cultural impact of BtVS
and Angel in both academic and non-academic contexts through workshops,
panels, discussion groups and special events.

All manner of presentations are welcome: critical discourse,
essays/articles, pop culture commentary, even fan fiction. This is a
non-academic conference with academic leanings: range of the conference
itself will be shaped by diversity of submissions received. No limit to
contexts, as long as the focus is Buffy-centric: we are interested in
any presentations offering critical/literary readings of Buffy as a text
as well as discussions grounded in areas of study (women's studies,
linguistics, ethics/religion/philosophy, psychology, sociology, media
analysis, etc.). Most importantly, our goal is to celebrate an enduring
piece of culture. We are looking for a well-rounded conference that
both teaches and entertains.

Admission will be charged for the event itself and 100% of the net
proceeds will be donated to charities supporting strong-woman causes.

Event scheduled for October 11, 2003. Visit our web site,
www.buffyfest.com, to learn more about conference details and submission
guidelines.

Deadline: Aug. 30, 2003.

Send synopsis, abstract or entire discourse to info@buffyfest.com.