<p>Open Field: Gender, Sexuality, and the Black Athlete Editors : Derrais A. Carter, Ph.D. Portland State University, Assistant Professor,Department of Black Studies Marta N. Mack-Washington, Ph.D. University of Louisville, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health and Sport Sciences Email: GenderSexSport@gmail.com Sport operates as a social and cultural institution that allows for hegemonic ideals about masculinity to be preserved and reproduced. Moreover, these &hellip; <a hre

<p>On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, we are pleased to announce that the February 2016 edition ofCelebrity Culture and Social Inquiry has been published. The February 2016 edition includes: 3rd International CMCS Conference Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists and celebrities selling? Accepted delegates are encouraged to complete &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/03/04/centre-for-media-and-celebrity-studies-cmcs-february-20

<p>Special Issue of Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture, vol. 2, issue 2 Expected Publication Date: June 2017; Editors: Bridget Kies and Thomas J. West III The recent controversy over director Roland Emmerich’s feature film Stonewall (2015) for its rewriting of LGBT+ history as a history of white, cisgender men calls attention to the tensions &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/29/cfp-queer-nostalgia-and-queer-historie/" class="more-link">Continue reading <spa

<p>MediAbility: Transforming Disability in the Media Critical disability studies has been a continually growing field of academic study. Its intersectional approach is frequently used in political and philosophical theorizing. However, very few scholars have paid attention to how disability has been constructed by dominant media institutions in the 21st century. This is true even when &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/29/call-for-chapter-proposals-media-and-disabil

<p>The American Historical Association recognizes a wide variety of distinguished historical work, which can take the form of an exceptional book in the field, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, and even on film. Nominations are due May 15. The Association particularly seeks nominations for Awards for Scholarly and Professional Distinction, including K-12 and &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/28/aha-awards/" class="more-link">Continue reading <s

<p>CALL FOR PAPERS: Critical Insights: Isaac Asimov The latest entry in the extensive Critical Insights series from Grey House Publishing/Salem Press will focus on the work of Isaac Asimov. This series distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world&#8217;s most-studied literature. The series focuses on an individual author&#8217;s entire body of work, a &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/20/isaac-asimov-cfp/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>Eating the Rude: Hannibal Lecter and the Fannibals, Criminals, and Legacy of America’s Favorite Cannibal Contact: hannibalscholars@gmail.com Editors: Kyle Moody, Ph.D. and Nicholas Yanes, Ph.D. Publisher: McFarland Press Deadline for Abstracts: March 18, 2016 Description of the Book: When Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon was released in 1981, the literary community quickly became enraptured by its &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/20/call-for-works-on-hannibal-lecter/"

<p>The St. George Tucker Society, an interdisciplinary scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the American South, is proud to announce its annual M. E. Bradford Dissertation Prize. The award recognizes the best dissertation focused on the South, any time period and any discipline. The prize carries a $1,000 award and an expense-paid trip to discuss the project &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/19/m-e-bradford-dissertation-prize/" class="more-link">Continu

<p>Call for Contributors  (Abstracts 3/1/16; Essays 8/15/16) Divine Horror: The Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Supernatural The struggle between good and evil is classic and as old as time; this struggle becomes iconic when one or both of the combatants is associated with the divine. From Rosemary’s Baby (1968) to Deliver Us From &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/17/call-for-contributors-divine-horror-the-cinematic-battle-between-the-sacred-and-the-sup

<p>The editors of Sontag and Beyond: New Perspectives on the Camp Aesthetic seek manuscripts on current cultural interpretations of Camp in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Susan Sontag’s influential and groundbreaking essay “Notes on Camp.”  The collection is under contract with a major publisher with an intended publication date of late 2016 or early-2017. &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/16/call-for-submissions-edited-collection-of-essays-on-camp/" class=

<p>The American Studies Program and the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department at Brandeis University are pleased to announce a conference scheduled for October 27-28, 2016, to evaluate the legacy of comedian Lenny Bruce. His corrosive and transgressive satire as well as his boldness in pushing the envelope of the laws of &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/16/lenny-bruce-conference/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="sc

<p>NEPCA board member, two-term former president, and good friend Bob Niemi of St. Michael&#8217;s College has just published his sixth book, The Cinema of Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick (Columbia University Press). You can order the book for yourself and/or your school library here: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cinema-of-robert-altman/9780231176279  &nbsp;</p>

<p>We are soliciting manuscripts to be featured in Vol. I, No. 2 of Museum of Science Fiction’s Journal of Science Fiction (MOSF Journal of Science Fiction,<a href="http://publish.lib.umd.edu/scifi/index" rel="nofollow">http://publish.lib.umd.edu/scifi/index</a>). The inaugural issue was released on January 26, 2016, and Vol. I, No. 2 will be published by May 31, 2016. The MOSF Journal of Science Fiction is completely &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/02/15/mosf-journ