Mary Shelley's Legacy @insidehighered @mclemee

Scott McLemee takes a look at some new university press books that analyze the enduring impact of Mary Shelley's famous work Frankenstein (piece published at Inside Higher Ed). Link here.

Frankenstein: A Multidisciplinary Conference, June 14, 2018, Northumbria University Law School @NorthumbriaUni @thomgiddens @CrimeStudiesNet

Via Thom Giddens @thomgiddens and Crime Studies Network @CrimeStudiesNet:

News of a very interesting multidisciplinary conference at Northumbria University Law School, June 14, devoted to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, published 200 years ago this year.

Frankenstein: A Multidisciplinary Conference will be taking place on Thursday 14 June at City Campus East. Northumbria University Law School and Department of Social Sciences (in collaboration with the Crime Studies Network) is pleased to announce this multidisciplinary conference to celebrate the bicentenary of the first publication of Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.  If you would like to attend the conference, please email bl.frankenstein.conference@northumbria.ac.uk to register.

Website here.

Timetable here.

Frankenstein: A Multidisciplinary Conference, June 14, 2018 @NorthumbriaUni

Frankenstein: A Multidisciplinary Conference 2018

Thursday 14 June 2018

Northumbria University Law School and Department of Social Sciences (in collaboration with the Crime Studies Network) is pleased to announce a multidisciplinary conference to celebrate the bicentenary of the first publication of Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley.

Call for Papers:

Law and literature, criminology and humanities papers and presentations from established academics and postgraduate students are particularly welcome. Other disciplines reflecting medical, scientific, historical, political or social aspects of the novel or of its many realisations in film, other media and the performing arts are strongly encouraged.

As well as papers on Frankenstein itself and related literary works we welcome reflections on the themes of the novel, such as irresponsible uses of scientific knowledge, the creation of ‘monsters’ through emotional neglect and social stigma, and miscarriages of justice (as in the case of Shelley’s Justine Moritz).

We will also consider papers and presentations on related themes if you care to propose them.

Please send a short (150) word abstract 

to: bl.frankenstein.conference@northumbria.ac.uk

Closing date for submissions is 1 February 2018. 

In Science Magazine's January 20, 2018 Issue: The Legacy of "Frankenstein" @sciencemagazine

Science Magazine devotes its January 2018 issue to Frankenstein. Included are several articles on the novel and its legacy:

Jon Cohen, How a Horror Story Haunts Science

David Shultz and Adolfo Arranz, Creating a Modern Monster

Kai Kupferschmidt, Taming the Monsters of Tomorrow

For more on the law, popular culture, and science of Frankenstein, here's a selected bibliography.

Josh Gilliland, Justice for Frankenstein's Monster (on the 1931 film)

Bridget M. Marshall, The Transatlantic Gothic Novel and the Law, 1790-1860 (Routledge, 2011).

Lee McAuley,  The Frankenstein Complex and Asimow's Three Laws

John R. Reed, Will and Fate in Frankenstein

More Fun With Frankenstein @slate @FutureTenseNow

Future Tense, New America, and Arizona State University have published some new features on Frankenstein, including this quiz, and this essay about contemporary versions of the doctor in the novel. An introductory essay and more pieces available at the link here.

Re-Visiting Mary Shelley's Frankenstein @FutureTenseNow @Museum_SciFi

Future Tense has put together this event to explore and evaluate the continuing legacy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at New America, February 2.  Here's the website for New America (with address). 

Another Look at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein From @FutureTenseNow and Its Partners

Future Tense, New America, Slate, and Arizona State University are running an interesting series of posts devoted to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The series begins with A Cheat Sheet Guide to Frankenstein, and continues with posts on why the novel continues to be relevant, why we use the prefix "Franken" to signal monstrosity (think "Frankenfood"), and other intriguing information. Fun and informative.

Present at the Digital Creation...of Mary Shelley's Monster

If you're anywhere in or around New York City, tag October 31st on your calendar and head for the New York Public Library. You can check out (literally and digitally) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein notebooks and associated materials. More here from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

A New Edition of Frankenstein

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Charles Robinson, Professor of English at the University of Delaware, has prepared an edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, stripped of Percy Shelley's improvements. We can now see what Mary Shelley actually wrote, and compare it to what we've been reading all these years. The two Shelleys' collaboration, says Robinson, took him years to take apart. Such is the result of the marriage of two minds.