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Call for Proposals: Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Music Studies
<p>The overall goal of the Oxford Handbook series is to “advance an original conception of a given field through a definitive set of essays.” This entry in the Handbook series will aspire to be definitive not in terms of being exhaustive or solely authoritative, but rather, in terms of providing a snapshot of Hip Hop … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/08/05/call-for-proposals-oxford-handbook-of-hip-hop-music-studies/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="scr
Aug 5, 20152 min read
New Journal: The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies
<p>The International Association for Robin Hood Studies (IARHS) is pleased to announce the creation of a new, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies. The journal will be published bi-annually beginning in Spring 2016 and will be available on the IARHS’ website, Robin Hood Scholars: IARHS on the Web: … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/31/new-journal-the-bulletin-of-the-international-association-for-rob
Jul 31, 20151 min read
CFP: Essay anthology, “The Mignolaverse: Hellboy and the Comics Art of Mike Mignola
<p>Sean Guynes is currently editing a collection of essays for Sequart entitled The Mignolaverse: Hellboy and the Comics Art of Mike Mignola. Below you will find the CFP. Though he already has a number of essays and is in the editing process, he seeks to add some more breadth to the collection. He hopes to solicit several more essays of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/31/cfp-essay-anthology-the-mignolaverse-hellboy-and-the-comics-art-of-mike-mignola/" class="more
Jul 31, 20151 min read
Rethinking Marilyn Monroe
<p>Call for Panelists: Western Association of Women Historians, Denver, CO, May 12-14, 2016 Panel: “Rethinking Marilyn Monroe” This panel will reexamine Marilyn Monroe as a major historical and pop cultural figure. Papers should explore Monroe from new perspectives, challenging common assumptions and making us question what we think we know about this emblem of mid-century womanhood … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/31/rethinking-marilyn-monroe/" class="more-link">
Jul 31, 20151 min read
Franco-Asian Connections and Intersections through Popular Culture
<p>Asian pop music, comics, drama, film, graphic novels; these cultural products are increasingly present transnationally signaling new currents of popular culture and underscoring the interconnected nature of our globalizing world. Within the pan-Asian context, the concepts of “familiar difference” and of a collective Asian identity have catalyzed the fame of East/Southeast Asian singers and TV … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/31/franco-asian-connections-and-inte
Jul 31, 20152 min read
Call for Papers:World Fairs and Expositions Area
<p> The World Fairs and Expositions Area, Popular Culture Association (PCA), invites proposals for its 2016 national conference, to be held 21-25 March 2016 in Seattle, Washington. The Area covers all aspects of research on world’s fairs & universal expositions, including theme-specific events such as commemorations, horticultural exhibitions, and biennales. We are particularly interested, because … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/31/call-for-papersworld-
Jul 31, 20151 min read
Finalists for NEPCA Book Prize
<p>The winner won’t be announced until later this summer, but here are the top six contenders for NEPCA’s Rollins Book Prize: Author Book Title Publisher Charles Seife Virtual Unreality Viking Press Chris Smith The View from the Back of the Band University of North Texas Press Kimberly Chabot Davis Beyond the White Negro: Empathy … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/28/finalists-for-nepca-book-prize/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="
Jul 28, 20151 min read
2016 OAH-JAAS Japan Residencies Program
<p>Deadline: Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2015. In cooperation with and support from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) plan to send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residencies in the summer of 2016, pending funding. During their residencies, the American historians … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/27/2016-oah-jaas-japan-residencies-program/" cl
Jul 27, 20151 min read
2016 OAH Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award
<p>NOMINATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2015 The OAH Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award is presented each year to an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American history. Beginning in 2008, the award is named in memory of Roy Rosenzweig, who was the Mark and Barbara Fried Chair and founding … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/27/2016-oah-roy-rosenzweig-distinguished-service-award/" class="
Jul 27, 20152 min read
CFP: Reconstruction 17.2 Fantasy Sports
<p>Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN: 1547-4348) is an innovative online cultural studies journal dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars and their audience, granting them all the ability to share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work in contemporary interdisciplinary studies. Reconstruction publishes three Themed Issues and one Open Issue per year. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/27/cfp
Jul 27, 20153 min read
CFP—The Sixties—PCA National Conference
<p>The Sixties Area of the Popular Culture Association welcomes submissions on any aspect of popular culture from this era. Topics of interest might include, but are not limited to: Film, television, and radio of the era Analysis of influential books/authors or arts/artists Religion and spirituality Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll Music and fashion as … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/21/cfp-the-sixties-pca-national-conference/" class="more-link">Continue reading <spa
Jul 21, 20151 min read
CFP – Edited Collection on Marvel Cinematic Universe – Phase One
<p>As one of the biggest and most successful film franchises of all time, Marvel’s approach to developing an interconnected film universe has seemingly revolutionized the way superhero films are being made. Creating a shared universe with elements that crossover and interconnect individual films (culminating in perhaps the ultimate “team-up” film, The Avengers), this approach to … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/21/cfp-edited-collection-on-marvel-cinematic-universe
Jul 21, 20152 min read
Call for papers: “Fanfiction in Medieval Studies” at the International Congress for Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 2016
<p>Fanfiction In Medieval Studies Conference: 51st International Congress in Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 12-15, 2016) Organizer: Anna Wilson Call for papers: Over the past three decades, there has been increasing interest in both Fan Studies and Medieval Studies in the relationship between medieval literary culture and fanfiction (that is, popular, ‘unofficial’, fan-generated fiction writing … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/21/call-for-papers-fanfic
Jul 21, 20152 min read
IMC Leeds 2016, Special Sessions on Medieval Horse
<p>Date: July 20, 2015 to September 20, 2015 Location: United Kingdom Subject Fields: British History / Studies, European History / Studies, French History / Studies, German History / Studies, Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies, Military History IMC Leeds 2016 Medieval Equestrianism: Theory and Practice IMC invites paper proposals for thematic sessions on all aspects of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/21/imc-leeds-2016-special-sessions-on-medieval-horse/" c
Jul 21, 20151 min read
Diplomatic Games review (From H-Sport)
<p>Heather L. Dichter, Andrew L. Johns, eds. Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2014. 496 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-4564-8. Reviewed by J. Simon Rofe (SOAS, University of London) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2015) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach “Sport has the power to change the world.” Nelson … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/14/diplomatic-games-review-from-h-sport/" class=
Jul 14, 20154 min read
Important New Look at Wilma Rudolph
<p>(Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph. By Rita Liberti and Maureen M. Smith. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2015. Few human endeavors so thoroughly blur reality, legend, and imposed meaning as sports. The sports hype machine constantly bombards the public with instant stars, but what do we know about them beyond the carefully crafted profiles with which … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/13/important-new-look-at-wilma-rudolph/" class="more-link">Continue
Jul 13, 20153 min read
Request for submissions for a new anthology on European film since 1990
<p>John Williams is putting together an anthology of new research on European film since 1990. The book is intended for classroom use in both contemporary European history and film courses. The work needs to be genuinely cross-disciplinary, emphasizing relationships between social change, popular political culture, and cinematic representation; and the language needs to be straightforward (i.e. jargon-free) … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/10/request-for-submissi
Jul 10, 20151 min read
CALL FOR PAPERS, Northeast MLA Convention, Hartford CT, March 17-20th 2016.
<p>Call for Papers: Northeast Modern Language Association March 17, 2016 to March 20, 2016 In June 2015, the former Olympic decathlete formerly known as Bruce Jenner unveiled his new trans-identity. Caitlyn Jenner’s first public act was to tweet her Vanity Fair cover, with its headline “Call me Caitlyn,” from her new Twitter account. This declarative … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/09/call-for-papers-northeast-mla-convention-hartford-ct-march-17-20t
Jul 9, 20152 min read
Social Class and Sitcoms
<p>The Sitcom Class Wars: The 20th Century. By Ray Starman. Troy, NY: Troy Bookmakers, 2014. In The Sitcom Class Wars: The 20th Century, Ray Starman provides the reader with a sitcom- based look at how class was represented on television in the twentieth century from The Goldbergs to King of Queens. Starman argues that class … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/04/social-class-and-sitcoms/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Social Cla
Jul 4, 20153 min read
Online Scams: It Pays to be Skeptical
<p>Virtual Unreality. By Charles Seife. New York: Viking, 2014. This book’s thesis is implied in its title. Mathematician/journalist Charles Seife notes ways in which the Internet has revolutionized the globe by democratizing access to knowledge. As with many good things, blessings come with downsides. The same powerful tool that delivers information also disseminates misinformation. Although … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2015/07/04/online-scams-it-pays-to-be-skeptica
Jul 4, 20153 min read
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