Papers :: A-Z by Speaker

Creating a Private Space for the 'Superhero' - The Private Rooms of San Filippo Neri Glenys L Adams :: Art History, University of Melbourne
The Time of Heroes - The Still Image and the Construction of an Epic Past in Miracleman Paul Atkinson :: Film and Media Studies, University of Ballarat
Dark Angel: Kicking Ass Without A Gun - Justification for Max Guevera as a Modern Feminist Superhero
 Bronwen Auty::
Plato and Pop: Aquaman, Sub-Mariner and the Morality of Myth Djoymi Baker :: Cinema Studies Program, University of Melbourne
"Worlds Within Worlds" - The Role of Superheroes in the Marvel and DC Universes
Jason Bainbridge :: School of English, Journalism and European Languages, University of Tasmania
Super Heroes in Future Pedagogies Mark Balnaves :: School of Communications and Multimedia, Edith Cowan University + Kim Tomlinson-Baillie :: School of Education, Edith Cowan University
The Stunt Double and the Heroic Body Miranda J. Banks :: Dept. of Film, Television, and Digital Media, University of California, Los Angeles
Someone to Watch Over Me: the Guardian Angel as Superhero in Seicento Rome Lisa Beaven :: Art History, La Trobe University, Bendigo
Anthropomorphic Superbeings and Future Societies Russell Blackford :: School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University
Hercules Psychotherapist Ruby Blondell :: Classics, University of Washington
Keynote ::
My Life As Superman: Superhero Comics and/as Autobiography
 Scott Bukatman :: Film Studies, Departments of Art History + Compariative Literature, Stanford University
Super-Simulacra Lucian Chaffey :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
Panel Beating: Adapting Comics to Cinema Through 'Panelling' Michael Cohen :: Reviewer with TheScene.Com
The Definition of the Superhero Peter Coogan :: Kinkel Center for Academic Resources, Fontbonne University, St. Louis
Touched by a Superhero: The Astronaut-Avatar in Cyberspace Leonie Cooper :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
Power Up Patrick Crogan :: University of Adelaide
Reclaiming the Castrated Criminal: Comic Book Logic and Racial Binary in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable Eliahiu Crudup II :: University of Maryland
'No Apologies, No Regrets': Making the Margins Heroic on Queer as Folk Joanna Di Mattia :: Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Monash University
Super Villains and Not-So-Superheroes William Douglas :: Literature, Screen & Theatre Studies Program, School Of Humanities, Australian National University
'Oy gevalt!': A Peek at the Development of Jewish Superheroines Jennifer Dowling :: Literature and Culture, University of Sydney & Steven Saporito :: author
Dreaming Superman:  Exploring the Action of the Superhero(ine) in Dreams, Myth, and Culture
 Jamie Egolf :: Jungian Psychotherapist
The Flip Side of the Super Hero
Liz Ferrier :: School of Business, University of Queensland
The Triadic Self: Breaking the Binary in Superhero Character Construction James Francis, Jr. :: Texas A&M University at College Station, TX
Superman, Myth and Nostalgia Ian Gordon :: History Department, National University of Singapore
Enlightenment in a Dark Age: The Yogi as Spiritual Hero Gary Hickey :: Art History, University of Melbourne
Antiquities as Superheroes: (Re)Presenting the Utopian Past in the Athens Olympics
Louise A. Hitchcock :: Classics & Archaeology, University of Melbourne
Supernatural superheroes: war and love in the lives of two vampire slayers - Anita and Buffy Ingrid Hofmann-Howley :: Adelaide University
Gibson's The Passion: The superheroic body of Jesus
Peter Horsfield :: School of Applied Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne
"My Name is Neo": Reimagining the Noir Hero as Computer-Age Superman
Marie C. Hyland :: Department of English, University of Alabama
Animals as Superheroes in 19th century art Alison Inglis :: Art History, University of Melbourne
Father for Hire, Son for Hire Darshana Jayemanne :: English & Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
Keynote ::
'Just Men In Tights':  Genre , Popular Memory, And Silver Age Comics
 Henry Jenkins :: Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
To ‘Infinity and Beyond': Women Action Superheroes and the Transformation of Gender Identities Vicki Karaminas :: Fashion and Design Studies, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney
The Comicbook Superhero: Myth For Our Times Nigel Kaw :: Schools of English + History, University of New South Wales
Spider-Man & Contemporary Adult Collector Culture Matt Knight :: Mass Communications, Edith Cowan University
4,000 Years before the Galactic Empire: Expanding the Star Wars Universe in Knights of the Old Republic Scott Knight :: Film & Television, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Bond University
Keynote ::
"True-Lies" Superhero: Do We Really Want Our Icons to Come to Life?"		 Louise Krasniewicz :: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Alien(ated) Subjectivity: Triangulations of Desire in Smallville
Nisha Kunte :: Program in American Studies and Ethnicity University of Southern California
Smallville's Sexual Symbolism: From Queer Repression to Fans' Queered Expressions Anne Kustritz :: University of Michigan
'Xena's Double-Edged Sword: from Sapphic Love to the Judaeo-Christian Tradition Ivar Kvistad :: School of Communications and Creative Arts, Deakin University
Surrounded by Danger: Adrian Monk, Supersleuth Eden Leone :: Department of English, Duluth Campus, University of Minnesota
Computer Ethics through Superhero Comics John Lenarcic :: School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University
Men of Darkness Chris Mackie :: Classical Studies, University of Melbourne
My Own Private Apocalypse - Shinji Ikari in Hideaki Anno's Neon Genesis Evangelion as Schreberian Paranoid Superhero Paul M. Malone :: Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada
The Superhero as the “Conscience of the King” :: Rod Marsden :: Author
Magneto Was Right! - When 'Anarchy and Magic' Are the New 'Time and Space' Christian McCrea :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
The Literary Cult Superhero Kieryn McKay :: University of Sydney
Reign of the Superman: Power, Patriarchy and Paternalism In The Man of Steel James McLean :: School of Art History, Cinema, Classics & Archaeology, University of Melbourne
Harold Bishop: Moral Superhero
Peter Mattessi :: University of Melbourne
Gods Amongst Us / Gods Within: The Black Metal Aesthetic Aleks Michalewicz :: Classics + Archaeology, University of Melbourne
The Quest for Identity in Alan Moore's "Swamp Thing" Kevin Meaux :: English and Modern Languages Lamar University Beaumont
The Fight Between Superhero and Everyman - Betting On Different Kinds of Extraordinary
Gabrielle Moyer :: English Department, Stanford University
El Santo: Wrestler, Superhero and Saint Gabrielle Murray :: Cinema Studies, La Trobe University
Breaking Down the Gates of Hell Angela Ndalianis :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
Girl Power: the Female Cyborg in Japanese Anime Craig Norris :: Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University
Smack-Head Hasan: Why are all Turkic Superheroes Intemperate, Treacherous, or Stupid? Claire Norton :: St Mary's College, University of Surrey
Homer and Rap: the Ancient is Fresh
Erin O'Connell :: Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah
The Bold and the Forgetful: Amnesia, Character Mutability and Serial Narrative Form in the X-Men Radha O'Meara :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
Yearnings for Paradise: The Quest of the Silver Surfer B J Oropeza :: C. P. Haggard School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, California)
Achilleus: Man of Bronze Annabel Orchard :: Classics & Archaeology, University of Melbourne
"Moral Economy" and the Contemporary American Superhero: Analyzing the Summer Blockbuster
Robert Peaslee :: School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Colorado
Men of Muscle Mystery: Superhero Slugfests versus Postmodern Angst!
Martyn Pedler :: Writer based in Melbourne
How Real is the Supervillain? A Lacanian Look at the Symbolic Nature of Evil Erma Petrova :: Department of English, University of Ottawa
God Mode On - Digital Killing Fields and the Unheimlich Architecture of FPS and Adventure Games Sean Pickersgill :: Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design, University of South Australia
Recruiting an Amazon Clare Pitkethly :: Media Studies Program, School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University
Whose Queer Hero? - An intertexual reading of Doctor Who, Queer as Folk and Russell T Davies Patrick Porter :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
Harry Potter and Oedipus: Marked Men with Strong Characters Babette Pütz :: Department of Classics, Victoria University of Wellington
I Outwit Your Outwit: Heroclix, Fans, and the Politics of the Collectible Superhero Tabletop Combat Game Michael G. Robinson :: Communication Studies, Lynchburg College, Bowling Green State University
“A Different Sort of Time” - Time of the Human and Superhuman in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s Watchmen Mark Rosenthal :: Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne
The Mild-mannered Reporter: How Clark Kent Surpassed Superman Vanessa Russell :: Department of English, The University of Melbourne

Theseus Versus Hannibal Lecter: Heroic Quests Into The Labyrinth In Modern Cinema

Paul Salmond :: Orchestras Review Secretariat / Film Industry Section Department of Communication, IT and the Arts
RIPPED OFF! Cross-Media Convergence and 'The Hulk' Gareth Schott :: University of Waikato, NZ
Clotheshorse or Heroine? The Dilemma of Postfeminism and the Aesthetics of the New Wonder Woman Rikke Schubart :: Center for Media Studies, Dept. of Literature, Media and Cultural studies, University of Southern Denmark
Entering the Green: Imaginal Space in Black Orchid Sallye Sheppeard :: English and Modern Languages Lamar University Beaumont, TX
The Superhero as Labor: The Secret Corporate Identity Greg M. Smith :: Communication and Moving Image Studies, Georgia State University
Magical Myth and Super-Science: The Intersection of Past and Future in the American Super Hero Kelli Stanley :: San Francisco State University
The Sounds of (a) Hero: Cataloguing Visceral Materiality Luke Stickels :: Cinema Studies, Melbourne University
Saving the World Today: Tony Soprano and the Parody of American Heroism Charles J. Stivale ::Dept. of Romance Languages & Literatures, Wayne State University
Snap, Crackle and Shop: Superheroes as Superbrands in the Advertising of Products to a Young Demographic

Holly Stokes :: School of Communication, Information and New Media, University of South Australia

'How did the Bride Become so Deadly?' Violence, Feminism and the New Girl Hero
Jennifer Stokes :: Film and Video Production Magill Campus, UniSA
Conquerer of Flood, Wielder of Fire: Noah the Hebrew Superhero Estelle Strazdins :: AHCCA, University of Melbourne

Buffy and the Amazon Princess

Jennifer K. Stuller :: Comparative History of Ideas Program, University of Washington
Changing Costumes, the Neo-Baroque and Japanese Popular Culture: Sentai, Hentai and Final Fantasy David Surman :: School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales, Newport.
The Superhero Versus the Troubled Teen: Parenting Connor, and the Fragility of 'Family' in Angel
Gwyn Symonds :: Department of English, University of Sydney
Heroes are Closer than the Corner Comic Shop
Andrew Tash :: Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association
Transforming Superheroics Through Female Music Style Kim Toffoletti :: Women's Studies, Deakin University
'I'm Dying for a Good Slay': Death and the Inversion of Gender Roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Medea Sophia van Gameren :: Deakin University, Melbourne
Baroque mutants in the 21st century? Re-thinking genre through the superhero Saige Walton :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
Superhero by Numbers Lisa Watson :: Faculty of Business, Bond University + Phil Stocks :: Faculty of Information Technology, Bond University
"I will be silent about his Doom" - a Mortal Superhero Among Jealous Gods Lina van 't Wout :: University of Utrecht, Research Institute for History and Culture
The Spirits Within: The Shamanic Hero in Final Fantasy Lucy Wright :: Cinema Studies, University of Melbourne
"Restlessly, violently, headlong, like a river that wants to reach its end..": Nihilism, Reconstruction and the Hero's Journey Raymond Younis :: Communication, Media & Cultural Studies, Central Queensland University (Sydney)
It's a Jungle In Here - Separating Man from Animal, and Author from Subject, in Grant Morrison's Animal Man Steven Zani :: English, Lamar University
Superheroes, Superegos : Icons of War and the War of Icons in the Fiction of Kazuo Ishiguro Pascal Zinck :: Université de Cergy-Pontoise