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Grants to University of WI Collections
<p>Grants to Scholars is the Friends program which helps to fund visiting scholars with particular research needs in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. The Friends award a handful of grants to scholars annually, each of which is generally for one month’s duration, for research in the humanities, sciences, and related fields appropriate to the libraries’ collection strengths. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/20/grants-to-university-of-wi-collections/" c
Nov 20, 20152 min read
Comics Conference, “Transnational Comics: Crossing Gutters, Transcending Boundaries.”
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/19/comics-conference-trans
Nov 19, 20152 min read
Cinema of the Arab World Book Project
<p>Essay contributions are sought for an edited collection on cinema of the Arab world that is presently under favorable consideration by the editors of an appropriate series at a major academic publisher. Whereas the Arab world continues to be a central focus of Western media attention, relatively little scholarly work has been produced on Arab … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/19/cinema-of-the-arab-world-book-project/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span cla
Nov 19, 20151 min read
“The Obama Effect” Conference
<p>TheUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD) invites presentation proposals for “The Obama Effect” 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” ”— the impact his rise to power already had upon history, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/17/1787/" class="more-link">Continue reading <
Nov 17, 20152 min read
Circus and Its Others Conference
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/16/circus-and-its-others-conference/" class="more-link">Co
Nov 16, 20153 min read
CFP: Masculinities Journal
<p>Critical studies on men and masculinities is a developing and interdisciplinary field of inquiry, flourished in association with the feminist and LGBTQ studies since its establishment in the 1980’s by the substantial efforts of authors such as Raewyn Connell, Michael Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, Victor Seidler and David Morgan among many others. This field is now elaborating and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/16/cfp-masculinities-journal/" class="more-link">Continue r
Nov 16, 20151 min read
PCA/ACA Early Bird Registration Extended
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/15/pcaaca-early-bird-registration-extended/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">
Nov 15, 20151 min read
Representations of Masculinity Exhibit Review
<p>“Representations of Masculinity: Where are all the Naked Men?” Art Exhibit, MAC650 Gallery, 650 Main Street, Middletown, CT October 1-17, 2015. MAC650, an art gallery in Middletown, CT, recently hosted a show curated by artist Hannah King of New Haven showcasing artistic explorations of masculinity and male nakedness in a variety of artistic media. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/14/representations-of-masculinity-exhibit-review/" class="more-link">Conti
Nov 14, 20153 min read
CFP: Star Wars, Pop Culture, Empires, and Imperialism
<p>With Fox’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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/14/cfp-star-wars-pop-culture-empires-and-imperialism/" class="more-link">Cont
Nov 14, 20151 min read
Mapping the IWW Project Now Available
<p>The IWW History Project is now live. Based at the University of Washington, the online project reveals in new ways the rich history of the Industrial Workers of the World during the formative years, 1905-1935. The project has many dimensions, but at the center are interactive maps and datasets that show the geography and density … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/13/mapping-the-iww-project-now-available/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-rea
Nov 13, 20153 min read
Wobblies Project Seeks Contributors
<p>We are writing to ask you to consider contributing to a volume on the global history of the Industrial Workers of the World tentatively titled WOBBLIES OF THE WORLD: TOWARDS A GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE IWW. We envision this as an effort to consolidate new understandings of the contributions and organizing by the IWW across … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/13/wobblies-project-seeks-contributors/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wo
Nov 13, 20152 min read
Cine-Files CFP
<p> The Cine-Files is now accepting submissions (4000-6000 words) for the “Featured Scholarship” segment of Issue 10 (Spring 2016), a special issue on cinematic affect. The Spring 2016 special issue on cinematic affect will feature three components: A dossier of solicited materials, curated by guest editor Anne Rutherford (author of What Makes a Film Tick? Cinematic Affect, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/13/cine-files-cfp/" class="more-link">Continue
Nov 13, 20152 min read
African Studies Book Call for Chapters
<p>Submission Deadline: November 30, 2015 I am working on a book that features a variety of viewpoints on popular culture in and about Africa. Topics of particularly interest for chapters include, but are not limited to: Impact of Western news and/or entertainment media representations of Africa and/or African responses to Western media representation Comparative approaches … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/12/african-studies-book-call-for-chapters/" class="more-li
Nov 12, 20151 min read
New Sci-Fi Journal Seeks Contributors
<p>Organization: Museum of Science Fiction Contact email: monica.louzon@museumofsciencefiction.org Editorial Team: Monica Louzon, M.L.S. (Managing Editor), Rachel Lazarus, Ph.D. (Co-Editor), Heather McHale, Ph.D. (Co-Editor), Ben Bova, Ph.D. (Editorial Board Member), Nancy Kress, M.S, M.A. (Editorial Board Member) Details: We are soliciting manuscripts to be featured in the inaugural issue of the Museum of Science Fiction’s Journal of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015
Nov 10, 20152 min read
CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Sport & Social Issues The Sport Documentary
<p>The sport documentary—in film, television, and online—has achieved a heightened degree of prominence in recent years with the launch of ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 series (2009-present), PBS Frontline’s controversial League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (2013), and Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s Academy Award-winningUndefeated (2011). Sport documentaries— regardless of the genre’s frequent pretensions—do … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/09/cfp-special-issu
Nov 9, 20151 min read
Conference on the Nazi Games
<p>Florida Gulf Coast University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies MARCH 29 & 30, 2016 The Nazi Games: The Berlin Olympics after 80 Years In August 1936, Adolf Hitler’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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/09/conference-on-the-nazi-games/" class="more-link">Continue reading
Nov 9, 20151 min read
Book Review: 9/11 and the Visual Culture of Disaster
<p>9/11 and the Visual Culture of Disaster, by Thomas Stubblefield, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2015. Editor’s Note: This book won NEPCA’s 20014 Peter Rollins Prize for the best new work on popular/American culture. In his first book, Thomas Stubblefield, an art historian at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, explores the importance of visual representations … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/08/book-review-911-and-the-visual-cul
Nov 8, 20153 min read
Fantasy Sports CFP (and Other Topics)
<p>Fantasy sports are one of the most popular and rapidly expanding areas of contemporary culture. Despite the immense interest in them, however, fantasy sports remain an insufficiently mined scholarly resource. While studies on the topic have been published over the past fifteen years, they have focused almost exclusively on issues of law (e.g., Are fantasy … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/07/fantasy-sports-cfp-and-other-topics/" class="more-link">Continue read
Nov 7, 20152 min read
CFP: Popular Culture Theory
<p>The Popular Culture Studies Journal will publish a special issue exploring Popular Culture Theory. Editor Bob Batchelor and Associate Editors Norma Jones and Kathleen M. Turner seek submissions that engage with popular culture theory in its current state, from a historical vantage point, and future development. The Popular Culture Theory special issue will magnify the … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/06/cfp-popular-culture-theory/" class="more-link">Continue re
Nov 6, 20151 min read
CFP: Stan Lee and the Marvel Universe
<p>Call for Submissions: Stan Lee and the Marvel Universe The Popular Culture Studies Journal will publish a special issue exploring Stan Lee and the Marvel Universe. Editor Bob Batchelor and Associate Editors Norma Jones and Kathleen M. Turner seek submissions that engage with the topic, particularly as it relates to the creation of the Marvel … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/11/05/cfp-stan-lee-and-the-marvel-universe/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class
Nov 5, 20151 min read
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