<p>This year, we are ecstatic to announce that our Keynote Speaker for the 2023 NEPCA Annual Conference is Bill Oakley. This event will happen on the evening of Friday, October 13, 2023. Bill Oakley is a former show-runner, executive producer and head writer of “The Simpsons,” best known for writing the much-memed “Steamed Hams” segment.&nbsp; He has &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/08/04/conference-keynote-bill-oakley-at-nepca2023/" class="more-link">Continue readin

<p>We are deeply saddened to share with the community the loss of a founding member and leader in NEPCA, Peter Holloran. Peter has served in nearly all the roles in NEPCA while also acting as a mentor to many of the members over the decades of his involvement. We know we were better by his &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/06/20/in-memoriam-peter-holloran/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">In Memoriam – Peter&nbsp;Holloran</span></a>

<p>Bailey, Jason. Fun City Cinema: New York City and the Movies that Made It. Abrams Books, 2022.&nbsp; In Fun City Cinema, Jason Bailey argues that the films made in New York City are invariably shaped by the character of the city itself and reflect the history, tensions and achievements of New York and New Yorkers &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/06/06/book-review-fun-city-cinema-new-york-city-and-the-movies-that-made-it-by-jason-bailey/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>Scepanski, Philip. Tragedy Plus Time: National Trauma and Television Comedy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021. Philip Scepanski’s truly excellent new book examines the myriad of ways that television comedy addresses national tragedies through humor resulting in opportunities to define and redefine the boundaries of American identity by breaking taboos and identifying what is acceptable &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/05/23/book-review-tragedy-plus-time-nat

<p>Zingg, Automne and Joshua Ploeg. Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking with No Connection to Metallica. Portland, OR: Microcosm Publishing, 2022.&nbsp; Enter Sandwich is not simply a cookbook. It’s&nbsp; a celebration of all of the fun, enjoyable and unexpected ways that seemingly unconnected currents of pop culture can intersect. After several difficult years rent &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/05/11/book-review-enter-sandwich-some-kind-of-vegan-cooking-wi

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association’s Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture area welcomes paper submissions from graduate students, educators, and independent researchers of popular culture. NEPCA’s 2023 fall virtual conference will be held October 12 – October 14, 2023 via Zoom. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2023. We encourage panel proposals as well &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/05/05/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-northeast-

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture Area invites presentation submissions for NEPCA’s virtual conference to be held October 12 – October 14, 2023 via the Zoom platform. In alignment with this subject matter area at the national level: The Body and Culture&nbsp;is concerned with the human body as text, both literal and &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/05/02/cfp-the-body-fashion-and-popular-culture-north

<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 12 &#8211; Saturday, October 14, 2023. Submissions may cover any aspect of gaming, including but not limited to board games, role-playing, and video games, as well as aspects of &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/04/24/cfp-digital-media-and-gaming-culture-nepca-2023/" class="more-link">Continue read

<p>The Literature and Popular Culture area for the 2023 Northeast Popular &amp; American Culture Association conference is accepting paper and panel proposals from faculty and graduate students. NEPCA’s 2023 virtual annual conference will be held from Thursday, October 12-Saturday, October 14, 2023. More information on the virtual conference format can be found here: <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023-annual-conference/">https://nepca.blog/2023-annual-conference/</a> 250-word &

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association’s Race and Ethnicity area welcomes paper submissions from graduate students, faculty, collectors, writers, and independent researchers of popular culture. NEPCA’s 2023 fall virtual conference will be held October 12 – October 14, 2023 via Zoom. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2023. We encourage panel proposals, as well as, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2023/04/14/cfp-race-and-ethnicity/" class="more-link">Co

<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