<p>12th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storytellers Conference Call For Papers April 15 &amp; 16, 2016 University at Buffalo Visualizing Indigeneity: Reclamation Through Action The 12th year of the Storyteller’s Conference focuses on the theme of visual sovereignty &#8211; the use of mass media to create new forms of Indigenous representation. This year we welcome &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/03/12th-annual-indigenous-and-american-studies-storytellers-

<p>West-meets-east in “Crossroads of America,” a one-day workshop for those who want to learn more about the culture and history of China. This multidisciplinary program will be hosted in collaboration with the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center and with both academic and funding support from the Confucius Institute and Center for Chinese &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/01/chinese-culture-and-society-workshop/" class="more-link">Continue re

<p>The Midwest Conference on British Studies is proud to announce that its 63rd Annual Meeting will be hosted by Iowa State University in Ames, September 16-18, 2016. The keynote speaker will be Susan Kingsley Kent of University of Colorado Boulder, and the plenary address will be given by Ian Archer of the University of Oxford. &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/30/cfp-63rd-annual-meeting-of-the-midwest-conference-on-british-studies-sept-16-18-2016/" class="more-li

<p>Laborers, Servants, and Schools: Aspirations of Mobility and the Reproduction of Inequality in Boston, 1880-1940 Comment: John McClymer, Assumption College This paper traces the shift in the central site of preparation for work from informal on-the-job training in the late 19th century to formal schooling by the 1930s, using the city of Boston to illustrate &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/19/boston-immigration-and-urban-history-seminar/" class="more-link">Cont

<p>Circling The Elements Conference: The State(s) of Hip Hop &amp; Rap April 7-10, 2016 Albany6 State University (Georgia)  This conference seeks essays/papers that relate to any aspect of the State of Hip-Hop or any States of Hip Hop both philosophically and/or  regionally. Subjects may include, but are not limited to :hip hop Studies and pedagogy,  literature, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/17/cfp-circling-the-elements-conference-the-states-of-hip-hop-rap/" cl

<p> Screening New England: 100 Years of Regional Moving Image History Thursday, July 21 – Saturday, July 23, 2016 CFP: April 19, 2016 The rich amateur and non-theatrical moving image history of New England will be the focus of the 2016 Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium. In commemoration of the Alamo Theatre’s 100 years of cinematic &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/15/17th-annual-northeast-historic-film-summer-symposium/" class="more-link">Continue reading <

<p>The &#8220;East Coast/West Coast&#8221; rivalry, distinction, feud, or romance is a recurrent theme in American music and popular culture, most famously in hip hop, but also in rock, jazz, and other genres. How does this dynamic play out in other forms of popular culture, politics, and literature? This panel will enlarge on the East Coast/West &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/14/cfp-east-coastwest-coast-friends-and-feuds-american-studies-association/" class="mo

<p>SPRING 2016 POPULAR CULTURE RESEARCH WORKSHOP AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY The PCA/ACA is sponsoring a week-long research workshop conjointly with the Department of Popular Culture, the Ray and Pat Browne Popular Culture Library, and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives at Bowling Green State University from Saturday, May 21, 2016 to Friday, May &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/12/pop-culture-workshops-at-bowling-green/" class="more-link">Contin

<p>Call For Papers: Yoga Justice / Yoga Violence Conference &nbsp; The Race and Yoga Research Working Group at the University of California, Berkeley will host its third annual conference on Friday, April 22, 2016. The theme of the conference is “Yoga Justice / Yoga Violence.” Yoga can be a tool to promote social justice. Yet, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/01/11/cfp-call-for-papers-yoga-justice-yoga-violence-conference-race-and-yoga-conference/" class="more-link">

<p>Abstract deadline for the 3rd Annual Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies has been extended to January 18, 2016. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted to https://orgsync.com/10612/forms/165745. Panel, roundtable, performance, poster, artistic display and other non-traditional session proposals are welcome and should include a 300-word abstract and contact information for all participants. Full conference website: www.bgsu.edu/raybrowne.

<p>Theme: Barnstorming in the Negro Baseball Leagues  Presentation Proposals: Due March 28th, 2016 Barnstorming has always been a central part of the life of Negro League ball players. Being in Wisconsin will allow the conference to focus on Henry Aaron, Billy Bruton and Wes Covington who played in Eau Claire. The great strikeout pitcher John Donaldson toured the upper Midwest and &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/29/call-for-papers-19th-annual-jerry-malloy-negro-l

<p>JJCHC CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS AND PARTICIPANTS You are invited to submit a 500- to 600-word abstract or proposal for papers, research in progress or panel discussions for presentation at the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference — the joint spring meeting of the American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division. This one-day interdisciplinary conference welcomes &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/23/journalis

<p>Call for Papers: 7th Annual Providence College Undergraduate Research Conference on Health and Society The 7th Annual Providence College Undergraduate Research Conference on Health and Society is a great opportunity for advanced undergraduates who are engaged in significant writing projects. This interdisciplinary conference welcomes paper proposals from all areas of inquiry that address topics related to &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/20/cfp-providence-colle

<p>The Media and Cinema Studies program, along with the College of Computing and Digital Media, the English Department, and the Department of American Studies at DePaul University is hosting a one-day celebratory colloquium in honor the fiftieth anniversary of Star Trek on Saturday, May 07, from 9am-6pm. This event will feature roundtable discussions from scholars &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/13/star-trek-conference/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span c

<p>I am seeking two other panelists and a chair for the June 1-4, 2017 Berkshires Conference on Women’s History at Hofstra University. This panel will consider how various forms of imagery (photography, painting, drawing, film, etc) have modified and created new understandings of women. As part of a larger project on the history of purses in American &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/11/berkshires-conference-on-womens-history-seeks-panelists-and-chair/" class="more

<p>Participations, The Journal for Audience and Reception Studies has published its latest issue online at <a href="http://www.participations.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.participations.org</a> Current contents include articles on the understanding of Frozen as an eating disorder film, an audience investigation into Breaking Bad viewers, an article discussing how to bridge the gap between commercial and academic research, and several other interesting studies &hellip; <a hr

<p>The Comics Arts Conference is now accepting 100 to 200 word abstracts for papers, presentations, panels, and poster sessions taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for a meeting of scholars and professionals at Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA, July 21-24, 2016.  We seek proposals from a broad range &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/10/comic-con-cfp/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-re

<p>The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the City University of New York Graduate Center will host a two-week NEH Summer Institute for college and university teachers in July 2016 on the visual culture of the American Civil War and its aftermath.  Applications to participate will be accepted via mail, e-mail, and our online &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/08/visual-culture-of-the-civil-war-seminar/" class="more-link">Continue readin

<p>Possessed: The Material Culture of Ownership Call for Proposals &#8211; 2016 Emerging Scholars Symposium Friday April 22 &#8211; Saturday, April 23, 2016 The Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware invites submissions for papers to be given at the 14th Annual Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars held at Winterthur Museum onFriday &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/07/winterthur-conference-note-short-deadline/" class="more-lin

<p>This is a friendly reminder of three deadlines which are fast approaching regarding the PCA/ACA 2016 conference in Seattle. 1. Travel Grants, December 8 &#8212; If you haven&#8217;t yet applied for a travel grant, the deadline to do so is December 8.  Check out <a href="http://pcaaca.org/grants" rel="nofollow">http://pcaaca.org/grants</a> for more information. 2. The Award Nomination Deadline approaches, December &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/07/pcaaca-deadl