<p>We are so very pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker for the 2021 NEPCA Annual Conference is Dr. Henry Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins has and continues to be an important and valuable voice in the world of popular culture studies and we look forward to his talk on Friday, October 22 as our Keynote Speaker. NEPCA&#8217;s &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/09/09/conference-keynote-dr-henry-jenkins-at-nepca2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-te

<p>Two of our members Kellie and Jim Deys invite folks in the NEPCA community to this virtual book launch for a publication they both have forthcoming chapters in. We&#8217;re including here the invite, the book description and the abstracts from Kellie &amp; Jim for those that are interested in learning more. Join this Virtual Book &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/01/07/book-launch-invitation-gen-x-at-middle-age-in-popular-culture-on-1-8-2021/" class="more-link">Con

<p>Greetings NEPCA Community In less than 1 month, we will be holding our first virtual conference&#8211;#NEPCA2020. We&#8217;re excited and looking forward to venturing into the future together. To that end, we wanted to provide several support documents for our communitiy in prepartion for the conference. The schedule is up and will be continually updated over &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/09/30/getting-ready-for-your-first-virtual-conference/" class="more-link"

<p>NEPCA is excited to announce our Keynote Speaker for our 2020 Virtual Conference. Keisha has had a rewarding career in higher education spanning fifteen years across five institutions.  She has held diversified and progressive roles that led to her serendipitous transition into her current project manager role with SNHU’s Innovation Center.  She has the very &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/09/28/keynote-speaker-for-nepca2020-keisha-venson-sheedy/" class="more-lin

<p>Greetings friends, We are excited to share out that both registration and the current draft of the 2020 NEPCA Virtual Conference are now available.  Be sure to check out the schedule and see which events you&#8217;re excited to attend and also be sure to register. Register here for the 2020 NEPCA Virtual Conference Current Draft &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/08/19/registration-conference-schedule-for-nepca2020/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="s

<p>Greetings NEPCA Community, We hope this message finds you as well as can be, given all the things that are going on in the world right now on so many levels. We have recently been informed that our campus destination for our Annual Conference will not be able to host us in the fall as &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/06/12/nepca2020-conference-update/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">#NEPCA2020 Conference Update</span></a></p>

<p>The CFP for the Northeast Popular Culture Associate Annual Conference for 2020 has been extended.  We will be accepting admissions until June 15. This year&#8217;s conference will either be hybrid (some sessions online and some face-to-face) or entirely virtual. We&#8217;re dependent upon what the host institution decides and their announcement will come in early June.  &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/05/25/extended-call-for-nepca2020/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>Call for Papers for Film and History area for the 2020 Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) annual conference scheduled for Friday, October 23 – Saturday, October 24 at the Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire. Dr. Carol Mitchell; Area Chair of Film and History Email: cmitchel@springfieldcollege.edu  Call for Papers: Film and History. The &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/05/09/nepca2020-cfp-film-and-history/" class="more

<p>Greetings members, I write to you today to provide you with an update about NEPCA and our plans for the fall.  Our goal is to be transparent about how we are moving forward and let you know that we&#8217;re trying o make the best decisions in a process where we don&#8217;t know how things will &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/04/11/nepca2020-conference-the-pandemic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">#NEPCA2020 Conference &amp; th

<p>The 2020 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall on Friday, October 23-Saturday, October 24 at the Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire.  We are looking forward to another engaging and rewarding conference for new and seasoned members alike.  We are seeking proposals for panels and presentations for &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/01/27/cfp-for-nepca-2020-is-here/" class="more-link">Continu

<p>Greetings members! We&#8217;re excited to finally share that the NEPCA 2020 Annual Conference will be held at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH on October 23 &amp; 24th.  More details will be forthcoming including the CFP but we just wanted to reach out and let you know to bookmark that weekend and we&#8217;ll see &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2020/01/17/nepca-2020-annual-conference-location-announced/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span clas

<p>We just want to extend our deepest thanks for all of you who joined us in Portsmouth this past weekend for another great conference.  There were so many great papers and conversations that we saw happening in the sessions, at the reception and luncheon, as well as in the hallways and common areas. In the &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/11/19/a-great-thanks-for-another-amazing-conference/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Great

<p>While we&#8217;ve got proposals rolling in at a fast clip, we wanted to extend a little bit longer of an opportunity for people to get their proposals in so we have the best pool to choose from.  So if you haven&#8217;t submitted yet, then you better act now! The 2019 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/05/28/extended-cfp-nepca-deadline-june-15/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">EXTENDED

<p>On behalf of the New England American Studies Association (NEASA) Council, I’m very excited to invite you, your colleagues, and your students to join us at Fitchburg State University on June 8 for our 2019 NEASA Conference! Co-sponsored by FSU and Roxbury Community College, our 2019 Conference will offer panels and roundtables on the theme &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/05/06/neasa-conference-june-8-at-fitchburg-state-university/" class="more-link">Continue read

<p>Thanks to the tireless efforts of  Martin F. Norden and Robert E. Weir; they have produced a book of the conference proceedings of the 2017 NEPCA Conference titled:  Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association. We are very excited that this has come to fruition and are excited &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/14/just-released-pop-culture-matters/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-rea

<p>2019 Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Friday, November 15-Saturday, November 16 Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire Proposals due 1 June 2019 The Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area of NEPCA invites proposals from scholars of all levels for papers and/or panels that explore any aspect of the role &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/03/04/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-area-for-nepca/" class=

<p>As we’re getting ready for our Fall 2019 conference, we’ve put out the Call for Proposals but we’re also looking for a few more volunteers for the following positions. 2019 Program Chair This position is a key position to the successful running of the conference.  The responsibilities include the following: Organizes the conference schedule into &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/02/26/call-for-volunteers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-read

<p>The 2019 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall on Friday, November 15-Saturday, November 16 at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  We are looking forward to another engaging and rewarding conference for new and seasoned members alike.  We are seeking proposals for panels and presentations for &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/02/06/2019-nepca-conference-call-for-papers/" class="mo

<p>We are excited to announce that our annual fall conference will be held Friday, November 15-Saturday, November 16, at the Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth Hotel in Portsmouth, NH.  This is the first in a long while that we have held a conference not on a college campus and while we look to return to a college &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/02/04/2019-conference-date-and-location-confirmed/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2019 C

<p>We&#8217;ve got a lot of ideas about how we want to move forward with NEPCA in the ensuing years and months but before we go in 50 directions, we&#8217;d love to hear more from you about what you would like to see from us.  We sent out a survey a few weeks ago and have &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/12/09/dont-forget-the-survey/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Don&#8217;t Forget the&nbsp;Survey</span></a></p>