[acc-cca-l] Call For Paper: Fairytales of the Other: The Orientalist Gaze, the Villain, and the Cultural Myths from Beyond

[ALZAHRANI, LOUJAIN (PGR)]

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Date: 23 & 24 April 2026

Location: University of Aberdeen (Hybrid: in-person & online via MS Teams)

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>From Orientalist fantasies to folkloric monsters, cinema has long been a space where identity, morality and belonging are constructed, questioned and contested. Fairytales of the Other is an international academic conference hosted by the University of Aberdeen Film and Visual Culture Department - School of Language, Literature, Music, and Visual Culture in collaboration with the George Washington Wilson Centre and the Interdisciplinary Institute, exploring how film and media shape perceptions of the "Other" through myth, fairytale, and villainy.

Over two days, the conference brings together scholars, filmmakers, students and broader audiences to examine how stories of difference are crafted and experienced across global film traditions. Drawing on postcolonial studies, psychology, and visual culture, we explore how moving images generate empathy or fear and how narratives from beyond the Western canon challenge our most fundamental cultural assumptions.


Conference Themes:

We invite contributions that engage with, but are not limited to, the following themes:

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Cinematic Villains: Humanising Evil and the Mechanics of Empathy
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Reinterpreting Folklore: Fairytales and Legends in Contemporary Media
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Orientalism and the Illusion of the East in Global Storytelling
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Cultural Identity and Belonging in Transnational Narratives
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Gendered Others: Femininity, Masculinity, and Queer Identity on Screen and in Text
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The Monstrous Other: Reflections of Fear, Anxiety, and Collective Trauma
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The Ethics of Storytelling: Empathy, Identification, and Narrative Responsibility
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Constructing the Other: Race and Ethnicity and Culture across Visual, Verbal, and Interactive Arts
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Nostalgia and Memory: Haunting in the Cultural Imagination

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Presentation Formats:

We welcome papers in various presentation formats, including but not limited to:

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Slide presentations
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Interactive arts
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Talks with film screenings

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Submission Guidelines:

Fill the form here<https://forms.office.com/e/tsd5JwZMBS> no later than the 31st of March 2026



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Our Team Note

This conference is free of charge to allow students and early-career researchers to participate. However, to maintain high standards, we would like your support. Please donate what you can and help us, so cost doesn't decide who gets to speak.

Crowdfunder: Fairytales of the Other Conference<https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fairytales-of-the-other-film-and-media-conference?tk=MTc2NjE5MzQ3MjgyNWNiNTNiZDc0NmRjYjBhNzg4ZTZhOTg3ZDhiMmMzZDMyNjk2NTU%3D>

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This conference is brought to you by

University of Aberdeen, Film and Visual Culture Department, School of LLMVC, Interdisciplinary Institute, George Washington Wilson Centre, British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies, Belmont Cinema



The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
Tha Oilthigh Obar Dheathain na charthannas clàraichte ann an Alba, Àir. SC013683.
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