Xenoemancipation: Aliens, Humans, Freedom, Narrative

Seeking 200-250 word abstracts on representations of (extraterrestrial, sociopolitical, embodied) alienness and/or extraplanetary escape as potentially liberatory orientations in African/African American, Indigenous, and Latine speculative fiction, comics, film, and other media. All theoretical approaches welcome.

Deadline for submissions: Saturday, March 21, 2026

Joanna Davis-McElligatt, U of North Texas (joanna.davis-mcelligatt@unt.edu )