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Note from Martin Manning: New Chair of New England Studies for PCAACA
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/22/note-from-martin-manning-new-chair-of-new-england-studies-for-pcaaca/" class="more-link
Sep 22, 20151 min read
Journal Watch
<p>H-Sport is pleased to announce the release of the latest Journal Watch for the third quarter of 2015. The Journal Watch identifies scholarly sport-related articles and book reviews published in five languages (English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese) during the last three months. Although we endeavor to include as many publications as possible, we welcome … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/21/journal-watch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class
Sep 21, 20151 min read
NEPCA is Coming, NEPCA is Coming!
<p>It’s just six weeks to NEPCA’s conference at Colby-Sawyer! Consult the Website for the updated conference schedule. It’s a very robust schedule and everyone at NEPCA looks forward to greeting you.</p>
Sep 18, 20151 min read
Southwest Popular Culture Association
<p>The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference is still accepting proposals for its upcoming conference. Consult its Website for details. </p>
Sep 18, 20151 min read
PCAACA Poposals
<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>
Sep 18, 20151 min read
Call for Submissions to Lateral
<p>The editors of Lateral: The Journal of the Cultural Studies Association are pleased to call for papers for the forthcoming issue on any topic related to the field or practice of cultural studies within historical and/or contemporary contexts. Strong submissions situate their considerations of cultural practices, critical theories, and/or pedagogies within established and emerging conversations … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/18/call-for-submissions-to-lateral/
Sep 18, 20151 min read
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<p>Call for Chapter Proposals: “You’re Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics”: Studies on the Integration of Popular Culture in Teaching and Learning About Education Rationale: A group of high school history teachers attended the 2015 meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. After each of the first two days, they were enthused … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/18/1600/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-r
Sep 18, 20151 min read
ACLA Proposals
<p>The American Comparative Literature Association will convene at Harvard University March 17-20, 2016. A call for papers on “Literary Boundary Work: Big Data and Comparative Non-Literature” 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
Sep 18, 20151 min read
Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Fellowships
<p>2016–2017 FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION Apply at: <a href="http://www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/fellowship-competition" rel="nofollow">http://www.ushmm.org/research/competitive-academic-programs/fellowship-competition</a> Now accepting applications for the 2016–2017 fellowship competition: September 1, 2015–November 30, 2015. The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies awards fellowships on a competitive basis to support signi
Sep 15, 20153 min read
Ongoing Video Games Studies CFP for the Popular Culture Review
<p>The Popular Culture Review is seeking out scholarly articles on video games to be included as part of an ongoing series featured in each issue. While we want to keep the range of topics open, serious consideration of the digital narrative, especially in the form of focused analyses of specific titles or series, are of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/15/ongoing-video-games-studies-cfp-for-the-popular-culture-review/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span cla
Sep 15, 20151 min read
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association
<p>The 37th Annual Conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center on February 10-13, 2016 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several areas are still accepting papers. Check the Website for details.</p>
Sep 10, 20151 min read
Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture
<p>Call for Proposals Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture A New Book Series from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Series Editors: Norma Jones and Bob Batchelor The editors of the Rowman & Littlefield Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture Series are currently accepting proposals for volumes focused on sports stars and how they reflect … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/10/sports-icons-and-issues-in-popular-culture/" class="more-link">Continue readi
Sep 10, 20152 min read
Call for Papers – Doing Sport History in the Digital Present Workshop
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/04/call-for-papers-doing-sport-history-in-the-digital-pr
Sep 4, 20152 min read
CFP: Horror and fashion
<p>Cultural History / Studies, Film and Film History, Literature, Popular Culture Studies, Women’s & Gender History / Studies This is a call for proposals for chapters to comprise a potential new publication, which has had strong interest from Bloomsbury. Editors of this volume are Dr. Julia Petrov, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/02/cfp-horror-and-fashion/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="sc
Sep 2, 20153 min read
Besties, Frenemies, and Mean Girls: Depictions of Female Friendship in Pop Culture
<p> About the Publisher: Praeger is a well-established, well-respected publisher known for serious books. PLEASE RESPOND TO FEMALEFRIENDSHIPS@gmail.com Book Description: This concept was inspired by a desire to investigate how things have changed from Lucy and Ethel in I Love Lucy to the modern-day Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (or Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/02/besties-frenemies-and-mean-girls-depictions-of-female-friendship-in
Sep 2, 20151 min read
The Reel Middle Ages (A Roundtable) (9/15/2015; ICMS Kalamazoo 05/12-15/2016)
<p>Call for Papers Date: September 15, 2015 Location: Michigan, United States Subject Fields: Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies, Film and Film History, Popular Culture Studies, American History / Studies, British History / Studies More Middle Ages on Screen? Reconsidering The Reel Middle Ages (A Roundtable) Sponsored by the Virtual Society for the Study of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/02/the-reel-middle-ages-a-roundtable-9152015-icms-kalamazoo-0512-1520
Sep 2, 20152 min read
CFP ASECS 2016: “Satirical Images: Between Sociability, Animosity, and Entertainment”
<p>Call for Papers: “Satirical Images: Between Sociability, Animosity, and Entertainment” Kathryn Desplanque and Jessica Fripp American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference Pittsburgh, March 31-April 3, 2016 Please email proposals to kathryn.desplanque@duke.edu AND j.fripp@tcu.edu by September 15, 2015 The use of graphic satire proliferated in the eighteenth century, from the caricature and portrait charges of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/09/0
Sep 2, 20152 min read
Monsters and the Irish Imagination
<p>Monsters and the Irish Imagination: Session Sponsored by the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Legend Area of the Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association For the New England ACIS Regional Conference 20-21 November 2015 University of New Haven West Haven, Connecticut Proposals by 10 September 2015 Following a successful session last year devoted to Bram Stokerís … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/08/31/monsters-and-the-irish-imagination/" class="m
Aug 31, 20151 min read
2016 MSU Comics Forum Panel CFP: Sexuality and LGBT Identities in Comics
<p>No Straight Lines: Sexuality and LGBT Identities in Sequence panel of the 2016 MSU Comics Forum seeks papers that contextualize the histories of sexuality in sequential art. The goal of this panel is to provide a snapshot of the complexity and diversity of LGBT identities in comics, in the industry, and among readers/fans. Papers that recover understudied narratives, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/08/27/2016-msu-comics-forum-panel-cfp-sexuality-and-lgbt-identiti
Aug 27, 20151 min read
Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Grants
<p>The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History (WIGH) at Harvard University identifies and supports outstanding scholars whose work responds to the growing interest in the encompassing study of global history. We seek to organize a community of scholars interested in the systematic scrutiny of developments that have unfolded across national, regional, and continental boundaries and who … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/08/27/weatherhead-initiative-on-global-history-g
Aug 27, 20152 min read
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