<p>Travel / Writing and the Media: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives Edited by Barbara Korte and Anna Sennefelder (University of Freiburg) Travel writing is a flourishing genre with a long history. Since the 1990s, it has been attracting increasing scholarly interest, and its publication output is vast. However, little attention has been paid to the ways in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/08/cfp-travel-writing-and-the-media/" class="more-link">Continue rea

<p>New England American Studies Association, Call for Papers 2019:  Representation(s): Image and Reality, Identity and Community Earlier this year, our Reality TV President precipitated a government shutdown over a wall that his own party’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a “metaphor,” the latest in the long line of myths and symbols that have shaped American &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/03/18/cfp-representations-image-and-reality-identity-and-commu

<p>Call for Participants:  Center for Jewish History Scholars Working Group 2019-2021:  “Hear Their Cry”: Understanding the Jewish Orphan Experience Do not take advantage of any widow or orphan. If you take advantage and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry (Shemot 22:21-23). While there is extensive scholarship on orphans and on the immigrant experience, the &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/03/14/cfp-center-for-jewish-history-scholars-working-group-20

<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>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>Here&#8217;s the late calls-for-papers that might be of interest to our members. Dovetail Labs/Freelance Research Opportunity Media, Technology and New Generations: Representing Millennial Generation and Generation Z VIRAL MEDIA book Disability and the Media: Other Bodies Remembering Ntozake Shange Screening Non-Binary Bodies Voices on the Move: An Anthology of Literature and Art by and about &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/11/23/3381/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>There are some great writing opportunities coming up that we wanted to let you all know about.  These CFPs cover a broad range with deadlines between next week and ongoing.  Let us know if you end up pursuing any of these and the experience (it might help us better determine what CFPs to share forward &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/11/19/upcoming-cfps-of-interest-writing-and-publishing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Upcomin

<p>We thought it could be useful if we started pooling together some of the CFPs that we&#8217;re coming across to share out in case our members and others are interested.  In this case, we have arranged them by chronological order from when the CFP is due. 21st Annual Women&#8217;s History Conference at Sarah Lawrence College &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/11/16/upcoming-cfps-of-interest-conferences-and-workshops/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="s

<p>NEPCA Commentary   We came across this on Boston-Area Digital Humanities Listserv, which if you&#8217;re not a part of, you really should be.  There&#8217;s lots of great projects being shared there as well as many (free) events and conferences on digital humanities in the greater Boston area. CFP  The idea of interdependence is all around us. &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/11/14/cfp-the-horror-of-relations-a-dark-philosophy-of-interdependence-through-film/" cla