Accio Presentations

In celebration of its first Spellbound Festival, St. Bonaventure University invites members of the public to submit proposals sharing their passions about the Harry Potter Series.  A committee will review submissions for presentations and panel discussion. We encourage submissions from anyone who is a Harry Potter fan including scholars, educators, librarians, and students.

Fans and scholars of ALL AGES may submit!

Possible Topics (including but no means limited to):

• Harry Potter and Children’s Literature
• Psychology
• Textual Analyses
• Fandom-Harry Potter fan culture
• Cultural Studies: How the series relates to race, class, gender etc
• Philosophy and Theology
• Books vs. Film Adaptations
• Discrimination, Ethics, Morality, Social justice, Systems of Governance and Law-Making
• Media and Communication Studies

Proposal Types:

• Individual Papers/Presentations
• Panels

Individual Papers/Presentations

Submissions are welcome on any theme or issue arising in the Harry Potter series that intersect with the above disciplines. Presentations are not to exceed 20-25 minutes’ presentation time (approximately 2,500 words). Please send 250-word abstract/proposal via the Submission Form on this page in a format suitable for blind review by June 30, 2016

Panels

Panels will be formed around common themes. You may create your own panel group among your friends/colleagues or you may request to be placed on a themed panel with others by our review committee.

• For creation of and participation on a panel: Please submit one 100-word abstract for the overarching panel theme, along with 250-word abstracts for each paper.
• To be placed on a panel at the discretion of the Program Committee: Please submit one 250-word abstract outlining your discussion to contribute

Peer Review

A committee will review proposals and make recommendations to the Program Committee.  If similar individual papers are submitted, the committee will contact the authors to form a panel on the topic.