Jason here. The conference has begun and is already terrific! I was at the panel “Screening Emergency,” with a series of excellent papers on a wide range of films (including some gothic content, fittingly enough for Friday the 13th).

We also just had our executive meeting, where we decided, among other topics, that our next conference will be in Windsor, Ontario. Stay tuned for details!

We’re all looking forward to the keynote tonight, Russ Castronovo, from University of Wisconsin-Madison, presenting his paper, “Speaking Fiction to Power,” followed by the always fun reception.

Coming up soon, some guest blogging by our Atlantic Rep, Chris Lockett, and our grad rep, Maureen Mahoney. (More from yours truly when I have an actual keyboard, and not my tiny phone…)