<p>Popular Culture Association  / American Culture Association    May Update 1 May 2013 NOTE: These links won&#8217;t work from here. Go to http://pcaaca.org/ for live links. &nbsp; SUBJECT: May Update from the PCA/ACA Greetings from the PCA/ACA! Spring has sprung, and though the 2013 conference has just passed, we&#8217;re already gearing up for the 2014 meeting in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/05/02/update-from-the-pcaaca-may-newsletter/" class="more-link">Conti

<p>Conference Call for Papers (deadline extended: August 1, 2013) Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI November 15-16, 2013. This conference invites proposals for conference papers that examine issues of equality in the United States of America.  While the Equal Rights Amendment will serve as a conduit through which to open dialogues across academic, legal, and public spheres, papers &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/04/30/426/" class="more-link">Continue reading <s

<p>Applications now available, due May 15th PCA/ACA Summer Writers&#8217; Workshop New York University 16-23 June 2013 Join PCA/ACA for summer in New York!  Take part in our first writers&#8217; workshop, an intensive weeklong experience where you can begin a new project or develop a work in progress. For more information, visit the website   .</p>

<p>A conference titled The Birth of Chaplin’s Little Tramp: A 100th Anniversary Celebration will take place June 26, 27&amp; 28, 2014 Cineteca di Bologna, Bologna, ITALY. Those interested in submitting a proposal should send a 500-word abstract, a short bio and contact information by June 30, 2013 to Kate Guyonvarch: office@charliechaplin.com Please note, this is a 2014 conference. The Website has not yet &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/04/11/chaplin-conference-in-i

<p>The spring Culture and Canada-US Border conference will be held May 24-26 2013 at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The keynote speakers will be Margaret Noodin, Claudia Sadowski-Smith, and Guillermo Verdecchia. For more details and to register, go to: http://www.kent.ac.uk/ccusb/events/algoma.html</p>

<p>Call for Papers: “Big Screens, Small Screens: Size Matters (in adaptation)”   Literature/Film conference to be held 10-12 October 2013 at the Oread Hotel on the campus of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. The deadline for papers is June 1, 2013. Send your 200-word abstracts or inquiries to the co-organizers: John C. Tibbetts: tibbetts@ku.edu Cynthia J. Miller: cynthia_miller@emerson.edu</p>

<p>Story in the Public Square is a project that examines and celebrates the use of storytelling in public affairs. The project&#8217;s annual conference will feature accomplished storytellers, whether they are journalists, novelists or filmmakers; a screening of the Providence Journal’s acclaimed documentary “Coming Home” about veterans returning to southeastern New England after tours of duty &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/03/20/conference-at-salve-regina-on-story

<p>The Hagley Fellows of the University of Delaware have announced a conference to be held Saturday April 20, 2013, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE. The conference will bring together a diverse group of scholars and the public to explore the historical and cultural role of sensory perception in conception of the five senses. Mark Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/03/20/hagley-conference-on-the-senses/" class="more-l

<p>Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI will hold a conference on the Equal Rights Amendment November 15-16, 2013 and has issued a call for papers. Proposals are due May 1, 2013.  Organizers are interested in papers that examine issues of equality in the United States of America, using the ERA as a conduit through which to open dialogues across academic, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/03/12/conference-and-cfp-the-era-in-the-21st-century/" class="more-link">Contin

<p>The 2013 Midwest Popular/American Culture Association conference will take place October 11-13 at the Saint Louis Union Station Hotel in St. Louis, MO. Those interested in submitting a paper should send an abstract (250 words) or panel proposal (including titles) by April 30, 2013. See the Submission website submissions.mpcaaca.org   Further information about the conference and the Midwest Popular Culture/American &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/02/21/midwest-pca

<p>A conference titled Traveling Whiteness: Interchanges in the Study of Whiteness will be held October 18-19, 2013 at the University of Turku in Finland. Keynote Speakers will be Dr. Mike Hill (University at Albany-SUNY) and Dr. Philomena Essed (Antioch University). Papers are being sought for this conference. Please email abstracts of 250 words for either 20-minute paper presentations or complete panels &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/02/15/international-conferenc

<p>The new PCAACA newsletter is now out, which includes early bird information on the 2013 conference. You can view all conference information and other organziational news at: http:/pcaaca.org/</p>

<p>A panel is forming on the politics and culture of intellectual property for next year&#8217;s Organization of American Historians conference in Atlanta. Anyone who is interested should contact the chair, Alex Cummings:  alexcummings@gsu.edu The deadline for OAH submissions is February 28, hence time is of the essence.</p>

<p>The New England Regional World History Association&#8217;s fourth symposium, to be held at Salem State University on March 2.  The theme this spring is &#8220;Connecting the Local and the Global. To see the schedule and other informationgo to the  NERWHA Website: <a href="http://www.nerwha.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.nerwha.org</a></p>

<p>Registration is now open for the U2 Conference 2013: <a href="http://u2conference.com/register/" rel="nofollow">http://u2conference.com/register/</a> The schedule is posted here: http://u2conference.com/schedule-2013/</p>

<p>An American Historical Association panel titled &#8220;Contested Spaces: Gender and the Geography of Early American Cinema&#8221; seeks a third paper to complete a panel for the 2014 conference to be held in Washington DC. Hilary Hallett will chair the panel, and Kathy Peiss will comment on the papers. If you are interested in joining the &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/01/21/aha-panelist-sought/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text

<p>The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its annual meeting at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown on November 14-17, 2013, with Indiana University Bloomington serving as the host institution. For the Call for Proposals, abstract submission instructions, and preliminary meeting information, please visit the SEM website  and select &#8220;Conferences&#8221; / &#8220;Current.&#8221; The deadline for submission of all abstracts is February 15, 2013.</p>

<p>The Culture and the Canada-US Border (CCUSB) network invites proposals for 20-minute papers, or full panels, for its inaugural conference to be held at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, from May 24-26, 2013. The conference theme is &#8220;Straddling Boundaries&#8221;: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity and Indigeneity.” Whereas border studies in North America has hitherto focused primarily on &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/01/20/canada-u-s-borde