<p>The 2023 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a hybrid conference from Thursday, October 12-Saturday, October 14 . Virtual sessions will take place on Thursday evening and Friday mornings via Zoom and in-person sessions will take place on Friday evening and Saturday morning at Nichols College.  We are excited &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/04/05/nepca-is-coming-cfp-location-announcement/" class="more-link">Co

<p>Proposals for papers are now being accepted for the SWPACA Summer Salon. SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas in a variety of categories encompassing the following: Film, Television, Music, &amp; Visual Media; Historic &amp; Contemporary Cultures; Identities &amp; Cultures; Language &amp; Literature; Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy; and Pedagogy &amp; Popular Culture. For a full list &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/03/27/cfp-esotericism-occultism-and-magic-southwe

<p>ZOOM Webinar with Robert E. Weir: The Marx Brothers and America: Where Film, Comedy &amp; History Collide Time: Mar 29, 2023 10:30 AM in&nbsp;Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register for free: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5816766624865/WN_yAYp6U88SP-fhSeF7FW5JA" rel="nofollow">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5816766624865/WN_yAYp6U88SP-fhSeF7FW5JA</a> Description Author Robert E. Weir will deliver a presentation based on his new book, &#8220;The

<p>Sanchez-Taylor, Joy. Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color. The Ohio State University Press, 2021 Book review by Christine Garcia, Associate Professor of English, Eastern Connecticut State University “‘How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?’ A Review of Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Color” Joy Sanchez-Taylor’s Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/03/16/book-review-diverse-futures-science-fict

<p>We&#8217;re ecstatic to share that our Keynote Speaker for NEPCA 2022&#8217;s virtual conference is Dr. Novotny Lawrence. Dr. Novotny Lawrence is an Associate Professor at Iowa State University where he holds a joint appointment between the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and the English Department. He is an award-winner teacher, and his research focuses &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/09/07/nepca-2022-keynote-speaker/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>What&#8217;s a popular culture conference without the opportunity to talk with some folks doing some of the amazing work that we all love and study so much? Please join us at the NEPCA 2022 Conference Closing Panel on Saturday, October 22 from 1:30pm-2:45pm (EST) for a discussion roundtable with five award-winning writers of cross-genre fiction. &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/08/16/special-guest-panel-at-nepca2022/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class

<p>EXTENDED DEADLINE! The deadline for proposals has been extended to August 15, 2022, by end of day (EST). The 2022 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as another virtual conference from Thursday, October 20-Saturday, October 22 in a similar structure to last year (Thursday evening, Friday late afternoon, Saturday &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/30/nepca-2022-virtual-conference-cfp-extended-to-augsut-15/" class

<p>2022 Annual Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association Virtual Event to be held Thursday, 20 October, to Saturday, 22 October 2022 Proposals are due 1 August 2022 We live in an age full of monsters. We make them, yet they escape our control and have profound impacts on us, often reshaping us in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/21/cfp-here-be-monsters%ef%bf%bc/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CFP

<p>The Northeast Popular Culture Association welcomes proposals in the area of Digital Media and Gaming Culture for its virtual conference to be held from Thursday, October 20-Saturday, October 22, 2022. Submissions may cover any aspect of gaming–both virtual and in-person formats–as well as aspects of play, and/or considerations of the role of the digital and &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/07/cfp-for-digital-media-and-gaming-culture/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>CAMERA MAN (2022)By Dana StevensAtria Books, 393 pages + notes Charlie Chaplin was early cinema’s king of comedy. After that, it’s a tossup between Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Dana Stevens, a film critic and podcast cohost for Slate, champions Keaton, of whom she is an unabashed fan. As Camera Man’s subtitle suggests–The Dawn of &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/06/book-review-camera-man-2022/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-te

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association’s Classrooms, Libraries, and the Academy area welcomes paper submissions from librarians, archivists, curators, graduate students, faculty, collectors, writers, patrons, and independent researchers of popular culture and information settings of all types. NEPCA’s 2022 fall,virtual conference will be held Thursday October 22 &#8211; Saturday October 22, 2021. The deadline for proposals &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2

<p>The&nbsp;Northeast Popular/American Culture Association’s Race and Ethnicity&nbsp;area&nbsp;welcomes paper submissions from graduate students, faculty, collectors, writers, and independent researchers of popular culture. NEPCA’s 2022 fall, virtual conference will be held October 20 – October 22, 2022. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2022.   We encourage panel proposals, as well as individual submissions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Papers are generally 15-20 &hellip; <a href="http

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking paper proposals on the topic of Romance/Popular Romance Fiction for its annual conference.&nbsp; NEPCA’s 2022 fall, virtual conference will be held Thursday, October 20 – Saturday, October 22, 2022. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2022.   We welcome a wide variety of papers related to romance &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/06/07/cfp-romance-popular-fiction/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>The Literature and Popular Culture area for the 2022 Northeast Popular &amp; American Culture Association conference is accepting paper and panel proposals from faculty and graduate students. NEPCA’s 2022 virtual annual conference will be held online from Thursday, October 20-Saturday, October 22, 2022. Abstracts are due by August 1, 2022 and can be submitted here. &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/06/02/cfp-literature-and-popular-culture/" class="more-link">Contin

<p>Thursday, October 20-Saturday, October 22, 2022 (Virtual) Proposal due: August 1, 2022 Papers for the Politics, Civic Life and Culture area of NEPCA explore the role of political actors, institutions, ideology, rhetoric, and satire in popular culture. Topics and themes may be drawn from all policy domains – both foreign and domestic. 2022 Special topics &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/05/10/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-area-for-nepca2022/" class="more-

<p>After discussion with the Executive Council and some strong advocacy within the membership, I am so very honored to announce two new awards that NEPCA will be supporting each year, dedicated to two of NEPCA’s strongest community members. If you are interested in serving on the inaugural award committees for both of these awards, please &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/05/05/two-new-annual-awards/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"

<p>The 2022 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as another virtual conference from Thursday, October 20-Saturday, October 22 in a similar structure to last year (Thursday evening, Friday late afternoon, Saturday morning). We all want to be back together again face-to-face but without a campus to host us, we &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/04/06/nepca-2022-virtual-conference-cfp/" class="more-link">Continue reading