<p>Call for Papers: 6th Annual Ravenclaw Conference 2016 Sept 19-23 (during our 6th annual Edinboro Potterfest) Edinboro University We invite submissions from faculty and students on the wide range of USA societal issues raised in the Harry Potter saga.  Paper topics or panel discussion should focus on any of the following: prison issues, death penalty issues, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/12/02/the-sociology-of-harry-potter/" class="more-link">Continue reading <s

<p>The Graduate Comics Organization at the University of Florida invites proposals for the 13th UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, “Transnational Comics: Crossing Gutters, Transcending Boundaries.” The conference will be held in Gainesville, Florida from April 8th to10th, 2016. Confirmed keynote speakers are comics scholars John Lent (Professor Emeritus, Temple University, Editor of International &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/19/comics-conference-trans

<p>TheUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD) invites presentation proposals for &#8220;The Obama Effect&#8221; 2.0 Conference. This conference, held October 27-29, 2016, will be a follow-up to our event of the same name held at the University of Minnesota in 2008, where we first explored the “Obama Effect” ”&#8212; the impact his rise to power already had upon history, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/17/1787/" class="more-link">Continue reading <

<p>Circus and its Others — Conference, July 15-17 2016, Montréal From Pink and Britney Spears’ stage shows to American Horror Story to Cirque du Soleil’s status as the world’s most successful live performing arts company, circus in the early 21st century has undeniably gone mainstream. While this is positive news for circus companies, artists, and audiences with a taste for &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/16/circus-and-its-others-conference/" class="more-link">Co

<p>This is a friendly reminder that the Early Bird registration deadline for the PCA/ACA 2016 conference in Seattle is upon us!  Because our original deadline landed on aSunday, we decided to extend it until tomorrow, so you have one more day before the price goes up. Note: If you have already registered, you can ignore &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/15/pcaaca-early-bird-registration-extended/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">

<p>With Fox&#8217;s hit Empire and the upcoming release of the new Star Wars movie, ideas of empires and imperialism are once again circulating in popular culture. With questions of empire at the center, the College of St. Joseph is seeking presentations for its 5th annual popular culture conference, held April 8-9in Rutland, VT. Presentations can explore &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/14/cfp-star-wars-pop-culture-empires-and-imperialism/" class="more-link">Cont

<p>Florida Gulf Coast University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies MARCH 29 &amp; 30, 2016 The Nazi Games: The Berlin Olympics after 80 Years In August 1936, Adolf Hitler&#8217;s Nazi dictatorship hosted the Summer Olympics, using this global event to showcase the new Third Reich and conceal its antisemitic and militaristic intentions. The regime &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/09/conference-on-the-nazi-games/" class="more-link">Continue reading

<p>Conceptions of the Past, Present, and Future in Cultural Studies The Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies April 1-3, 2016 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH Theories about the concept of time have challenged the way we see and experience the world around us, and time pervades every research project imaginable. Yet &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/10/27/cfp-2016-ray-browne-conference-on-cultural-and-critical-studies/" class="more-lin

<p>North American Society for Sport History Forty-Fourth Annual Convention, May 27-30, 2016 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA <a href="http://www.nassh.org/NASSH/content/nassh-2016-call-papers" rel="nofollow">http://www.nassh.org/NASSH/content/nassh-2016-call-papers</a> The 44th annual convention of the North American Society for Sport History will be held at The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, fromMay 27-30, 2016. The Program Committ

<p>The Comics Arts Conference is accepting 100 to 200 word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for our meeting of scholars and professionals at WonderCon in Los Angeles, CA, from 3/25-3/27 2016.  We seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/10/12/comic-arts-conference/" class="more-link">Continue readi

<p>April 14-15, 2016 On the campus of Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Keynote speaker: Amber Roessner, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Luncheon speaker: Roberta Newman, Ph.D., New York University The conference theme seeks papers and presentations that explore the synergies between baseball, jazz, and the short story in the early Twentieth Century, especially the years 1916-1941. &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/10/02/baseball-jazz-short-stories-conference/" cla

<p>Linked below is the 2016 National Council for Public History call for working group discussants. Working groups provide the opportunity to engage in a rich dialogue with colleagues. Participants circulate case statements and have on-line conversation before the conference. At the conference, they engage in a structured conversation based the case statements. There is also the potential for on-site &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/10/01/be-part-of-the-public-histor

<p>The Hockey Conference invites abstract submissions from scholars and artists in various fields, whose work engages with the sport of hockey (in its diverse forms) in a multitude of ways, including (but not limited to) artistically, historically, empirically, and conceptually. The Conference will take place July 6-8, 2016 at the university of New Brunswick in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/29/hockey-conference/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="

<p>All are invited to join the Mythgard Institute on Saturday, Oct. 3, for the Mythgard Midatlantic Speculative Fiction Symposium at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.    The symposium will offer a mix of paper presentations and discussions about fantasy, science fiction, and speculative stories in literature and other media. Special guests will include: &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/24/mythgard-midatlantic-speculative-fiction-symposium/" class="mo

<p>Martin Manning has replaced Dr. Carol Mitchell  as area chair for New England Studies. Carol has stepped down as area chair upon her retirement from Springfield College. Call for Papers – New England Studies. The 2015 Popular Culture Association Conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from April 1-4. The New England Studies Area &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/22/note-from-martin-manning-new-chair-of-new-england-studies-for-pcaaca/" class="more-link

<p>The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference is still accepting proposals for its upcoming conference. Consult its Website for details. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is still accepting proposals in numerous areas for the upcoming conference in Seattle. ALL PROPOSALS AND ABSTRACTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE PCA DATABASE FOR CONSIDERATION.  Please access the database at: http://ncp.pcaaca.org/</p>

<p>The American Comparative Literature Association will convene at Harvard University March 17-20, 2016.  A call for papers on &#8220;Literary Boundary Work: Big Data and Comparative Non-Literature&#8221; has been issued.  Abstracts by September 23 and further details at <a href="http://www.acla.org/node/5114  Questions" rel="nofollow">http://www.acla.org/node/5114  Questions</a> to Scott Kushner, <a href="mailto:scottkushner@uri.edu">scottkushner@uri.edu</a> You can also che

<p>The 37th Annual Conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel &amp; Conference Center on February 10-13, 2016 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several areas are still accepting papers.  Check the Website for details.</p>

<p>Sports, Society, and Technology Program, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA May 25 and 26, 2016 What might new approaches in the digital humanities offer for the study of sport history? What might sport history offer the digital humanities and digital history in regards to questions of diverse embodiment, most prominently seen &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/04/call-for-papers-doing-sport-history-in-the-digital-pr