All: Deadline extended: 5/15/16 Finals week, graduation and retreat duties here. Revised CFP below. DEADLINE EXTENDED: CFP: Robin Williams: Essays on the Man and the Movies (contracted collection) (5/15/2016) With his untimely passing in 2014, Robin Williams left behind a huge body of film work, from comedies to dramas, to satire, to animation and voice-over work. Scholarly essays are sought for a collection on the filmic work and artistry of Robin Williams. All films and theoretical approaches welcome. Possible topics may include but are not limited to (Listed films are merely suggestions): ? Comedies ? Dramas ? Good Will Hunting ? Youth Culture (Jack, Jumanji, Hook, Toys, Popeye etc.) ? Medical Narratives/Disability (Patch Adams, Awakenings, House of D) ? Queer/cross-dressing (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Birdcage, Boulevard, The Night Crawler) ? Sci-Fi/Afterlife (Bicentennial Man, The Final Cut, A.I., What Dreams May Come) ? Collaborations with Barry Levinson (Good Morning Vietnam, Man of the Year, Toys) ? Villainy and other approaches to One Hour Photo ? Animation (Aladdin, etc.) ? Dead Poet?s Society ? Politics/History (Man of the Year, Moscow on the Hudson, Good Morning, Vietnam, Jakob the Liar, etc.) ? Williams as ?Everyman? ? Williams and Fatherhood/Father Figure, broadly conceived: (Father?s Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, etc.) ? Williams and improv in his films ? Williams as ?character actor? ? Being Human ? The Fisher King ? The World According to Garp ? Night at the Museum series Book is under contract! Deadlines for drafts etc. will be FIRM! Timely communication and responses will be expected. By 15 May 2016, please submit a 250-500 word abstract and one-page CV to Johnson Cheu ([log in to unmask]) Dr. Johnson Cheu Fixed-Term Assistant Professor Dept. of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures 434 Farm Lane, Rm. 235 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 517/355-2400 (D) 517/353-5250 Editorial Board Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org