<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

<p>Who Was that Masked Woman: Representations of Women Vigilantes and Outlaws in Popular Media from Reconstruction to the Great Depression NEPCA is sharing this CFP that we thought our membership might be interested in. For more information, contact: Gregory Bray, brayg@newpaltz.edu Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2021 We invite chapter proposals for a collection of critical essays &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/11/03/cfp-who-was-that-masked-woman/" class="m

<p>Daniel Y. Kim. Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War. New York: NYU Press, 2020. Review by Katherine Allocco, Western Connecticut State University Daniel Kim’s thorough and thoughtful new book, Intimacies of Conflict, argues that the Korean War, the so-called “forgotten war”, exerted a widespread influence on the way that Americans understood, discussed &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/10/26/review-intimacies-of-conflict-cultural-memory-and-th

<p>We are so very pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker for the 2021 NEPCA Annual Conference is Dr. Henry Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins has and continues to be an important and valuable voice in the world of popular culture studies and we look forward to his talk on Friday, October 22 as our Keynote Speaker. NEPCA&#8217;s &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/09/09/conference-keynote-dr-henry-jenkins-at-nepca2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-te

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking paper proposals on the topic of Digital Media and Gaming Culture for its annual conference, occurring online from 21 October through 23 October 2021. In this area, we welcome a wide variety of papers on the subjects of digital media and/or gaming, both fields loosely defined. Submissions &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/06/08/nepca2021-digital-media-and-gaming-culture-area-cfp/" class="more-link

<p>The Performance Studies content area of the Northeast Popular/American Culture Association is now welcoming submissions for our virtual Fall conference! The conference will be held Thursday, Oct. 21 – Saturday, Oct. 23. We invite the community to submit proposals for this year’s conference in the Performance Studies content area. (For a full list of content &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/05/11/cfp-performance-studies-for-nepca2021/" class="more-link">Continue re

<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 2021 fall, virtual conference will be held Thursday October 21 – Saturday October 23, 2021. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2021.   We encourage panel proposals, as well as, individual submissions.&nbsp; Papers are &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/202

<p>2021 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Virtual ConferenceThursday, October 21-Saturday, October 23, 2021Proposal due: August 1, 2021 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 &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/04/22/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-area-for-

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking paper proposals on the topic of Romance/Popular Romance Fiction for its annual conference. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We welcome a wide variety of papers related to romance and popular romance fiction. Possible approaches can include narrative analysis of the romance genre, issues of representation

<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 2021 fall,virtual conference will be held Thursday October 21 &#8211; Saturday October 23, 2021. The deadline for proposals &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2

<p>Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American CircusBy Les StandifordHachette Book Group, 272 pages.Review by Rob Weir If you are under the age of 40 and have never lived in New York City, you may have never seen the “Greatest Show on Earth,” as &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/03/04/book-review-battle-for-the-big-top/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book Review: B

<p>The 2021 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as another virtual conference from Thursday, October 21-Saturday, October 23 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 clear sense of how the &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/02/02/2021-nepca-conference-goes-virtual/" class="more-link">Continue readin

<p>Troy Rondinone, Nightmare Factories: The Asylum in the American Imagination. Johns Hopkins, 2019. Book review by Katherine Allocco (Western Connecticut State University) Troy Rondinone traces the evolution of the portrayal of mental health institutions in American popular culture from the nineteenth century until today. Beginning with Edgar Allen Poe’s 1845 short story “The System of &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/02/01/book-review-nightmare-factories-by-troy-ro

<p>Elizabeth Otto. Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics. MIT Press, 2019. Book review by Katherine Allocco (Western Connecticut State University) In Haunted Bauhaus, art historian Elizabeth Otto, who has published numerous books on the Bauhaus, turns her expertise to examining some of the movements and ideas that appeared on the &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/01/26/book-review-haunted-bauhaus-by-elizabeth-ott

<p>Horwitz, Tony. Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide   Penguin, 2019. Book review by Katherine Allocco (Western Connecticut State University) Tony Horwitz’s last book, Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide, tells two stories. First, he recounts details of Frederick Law Olmsted’s two journeys across the Southern States in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/01/19/book-review-spying-on-the-south-by-tony-horwitz/" class="more-li

<p>Halberstadt, Alex. Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning. Random House, 2020. Book review by Katherine Allocco (Western Connecticut State University) Alex Halberstadt’s Young Heroes of the Soviet Union redefines the genre of memoir creating something complex and compelling. He begins his memoir with the central question: Can trauma be inherited? &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/01/12/book-review-alex-young-heroes-of-the-soviet-union-a-memoir-a