International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - IAFA

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The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) is a scholarly organization devoted to the study of the fantastic (broadly defined) as it appears in literature, film, and the other arts.

The IAFA logo in the center of a banner, which also reads "The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts," as well as "A scholarly organization devoted to the study of the fantastic (broadly defined) as it appears in literature, film, and the other arts."
Ann Leckie, reading from Radiant Star, at a podium for her nighttime reading panel at ICFA 47 (2026). Photo by BE Allatt
A young femme stands center, her eyes closed, with a growing plant held in her cupped hands. Behind her is a network of interconnected dots, leading upward to two circles, one on either side of her head, each containing a silhouette of her body in a more relaxed posture. The silhouettes are turned halfway toward each other, while also still facing the young femme. All three figures seem to be reflexively contemplating each other.
ICFA Book Room
Three Registration volunteers hard at work.
IAFA Registration and Membership Coordinator Amanda Firestone
A crop of this year's ICFA artwork.
A post for "Poetry on Drugs: Language, Dreaming and the Coming Revolution." This image is black and white, with a large abstractly filled circle inside of a stylized rectangle adorned with leaf-life imagery. The title for the symposium is listed, as well as "Event Date: 20 February 2026."
The cover of Journal of Fantastic in the Arts, volume 36.2, features the reflection in a mirror of a femme-appearing person putting on red lipstick.
A photo of Michael Furlong, with steps and the entrance to a building in the background.
IAFA President David M. Higgins at the podium during the ICFA 46 banquet.
A screenshot of a Zoom session displaying video from "Alice Dalí MR," next to Mads Haahr. In the top half of the video, a human-controlled virtual hand "grows roses" based on artwork by Dalí for the 1969 anniversary edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. On the bottom half of the video. Mads Haahr is seen reading aloud from the text next to a pianist playing live music while the game-player can be seen reaching out to the roses in real life.
Screenshot of Zoom session, showing titled page of presentation, which reads "Dreaming with Mixed Reality (DreaMR): Cultural Engagement with Art, Music, and Stories," next to an image of Mads Haahr.
A screenshot of a Zoom session with panelists, clockwise from top left: Joy Sanchez-Taylor, A.W. Prihandita, Suzan Palumbo, and Zig Zag Claybourne.
A screenshot of Zoom session. showing Mads Haahr and an image of a metallic, humanoid robot interacting with flowers, studying what it is to be a flower.
A screenshot of Zoom session. showing Mads Haahr and the title page of his presentation, "Midnight in the Garden of Spirits."
The image is of a Zoom session with panelists and attendees shown. from left to right. Top row: Mads Haahr, BE Allatt, Joyce Ch'ng; middle row: David Farnell, Gillian Pollack, Michael Terlouw; bottom row: Luis Filipe Silva.
A strange multi-colored figure shaped like a person holding a staff is backlit by a light source that may or may not be the sun. The image is next to the front cover of the VICFA 4 program, which reads "The Virtual Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts / Embodied Spirits / Guests of Honor Bo-Young Kim | Djuna | Vince Gerardis | Mimi Mondal / Guest Scholar Mads Haahr / September 17-21, 2025 Distinguished Scholar Mads Haahr