Deadline for Proposals Extended to July 1, 2010

LOST: The Conference

Preliminary CFP | Proposal Form

An international conference on LOST, co-convened by David Lavery (Middle Tennessee State University) and Lynnette Porter (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), will be held in Hawaii, January 12-15th, 2011. LOST: The Conference will take place conjointly with The Hawaiian International Conference on the Arts & Humanities. We are deeply indebted to Darren Garvey and the folks at HICAH.

A steering committee is already in place to advise in developing and organizing the conference: the co-conveners Sean O’Sullivan, Ohio State University and Project Narrative Joyce Millman, American Television Critic Nikki Stafford, Toronto, Canada Roberta Pearson, University of Nottingham (UK) Paul Levinson, Fordham University Angela Ndalianis, University of Melbourne (Aus) Trisha Dunleavy, University of Victoria, Wellington (NZ) Barbara Villez, Université Paris 8 (Fr)

As with the series, many questions remain unanswered: Who will be the featured speakers? Don't know yet, but we certainly hope we can arrange for major people--Darlton? Matthew Fox? Terry O'Quinn? Michael Emerson?--to attend. What kinds of papers will be presented? In addition to invited keynotes from major figures in "LOST Studies" (suggestions welcome), a CFP will solicit conference presentations on every aspect of LOST. Will papers given at the conference be published? That's the plan. The Sopranos Wake, co-convened by David Lavery resulted in The Essential Sopranos Reader, forthcoming from U P Kentucky. Who will sponsor the conference? We are open to all kinds of possibilities, including multiple sponsorships.

We want to hear your thoughts. Write to us at LostConference@gmail.com. By all means let us know if you plan to attend.