Srirupa Chatterjee and Shweta Rao Garg, ed. Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture . Temple University Press, 2024 Book review by Debadrita Saha, Ashoka University The economic liberalisation of India in 1991 “transformed its economic policies from the erstwhile License Raj, or the control economy”, to embrace laissez-faire capitalism (Garg 234). Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture ,

MISSION: Explore academically topics in commercial music in popular culture in the United States of America, Canada, México, South America, and Europe in the early to mid-twentieth century through critical inquiries into popular music, visual culture, cinema, radio, magazines, material culture, commerce, and tourism studies. View brief Information video: HERE . EVENT FORMAT: Original papers welcome on any topic within the scope and focus of this online conference. Paper prese

Interview by Hannah Sophie Schiffner    Giacomo Calabria, writing under the pseudonym “Jacopo della Quercia,” is an award-winning educator, essayist, novelist, and taught as a scholar with Humanities New York across a decade.  His novels include License to Quill , “a James Bond-esque spy thriller starring William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe during history’s real life Gunpowder Plot,” and The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy , a “historical thriller” with

Marie Buscatto, Sari Karttunen, and Mathilde Provansal, ed.  Gender-Based Violence in Arts and Culture: Perspectives on Education and Work . Open Book Publishers, 2025.   Book review by Debadrita Saha, Ashoka University   In the aftermath of the #MeToo movement in the Hollywood film industry, the origins of which can be traced to the exposure of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual crimes by women survivors in October 2017, artistic and cultural sectors across the world faced a reckonin

Tea Fit For A Queen: Recipes & Drinks For Afternoon Tea Published in association with Historic Royal Palaces   Book review by Hannah Sophie Schiffner   Tea Fit For A Queen  is not only a cookbook. It is a guide through the history of England and its royal houses. The introduction by Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces in Britain, explores tea’s evolution from a novel and expensive drink to its prominent role in everyday British life. She delves further into

An interview with our NEPCA member and Jane Austen scholar Dr. Zsòfia Anna Tóth Interview by Hannah Sophie Schiffner What draws you to Jane Austen’s work?   I think Jane Austen managed to write about universal truths concerning life, existence as well as human nature in a way that makes all this accessible with a timeless appeal as well as in a transcultural manner. She is read and understood globally even today. Apparently, she was writing about only a handful of people who

The Northeast Popular Culture Association is proud to honor Aimee Loiselle’s Beyond Norma Rae with the 2023 Peter C. Rollins Book Prize....

Magics, Marvels, Metamorphoses, and Monsters: Horrors of the Medieval Past, Present, and Future (Virtual) Conference held May 14th -...

An Academic Conference and a Call For Papers Brian Brian Peterson, Shasta College MISSION: Explore academically topics in commercial...

The submission deadline for the 2025 Annual NEPCA Conference has been extended to July 31st 5 pm EDT . The conference will be...

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday,...

This year's conference will be $25 for all attendees and presenters. We will also have scholarship options for anyone who may need it....

CfP: Film and History Area Michael Modarelli, Walsh University,  mmodarelli@walsh.edu 2025 Virtual NEPCA Conference - Thursday, 9...

Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2025 5pm EDT Contact email:  Hannah Sophie Schiffner, h.schiffner@zeppelin-university.net   Protichi...

Co-sponsored by the Monsters & the Monstrous Area and Disney Studies Area Call for Papers for 2025 Virtual Conference of the Northeast...

<p>Online Sponsored Session Proposed for Medieval + Monsters: Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM), Mid-America Medieval Association (MAMA), Illinois Medieval Association (IMA) Joint Conference with The Newberry Library Hosted at Dominican University &amp; the Newberry Library 17-18 October 2025 The Medieval Comics Project and the Monsters &amp; the Monstrous Area of the Northeast Popular/American Culture &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2025/02/17/cfp-medieval-monst