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Women, Gender, and Families of Color Journal Announced and Seeks Contributors
<p>Women, Gender, and Families of Color (WGFC) invites submissions for upcoming issues. WGFC is a new multidisciplinary journal that centers the study of Black, Latina/o, Indigenous, and Asian American women, gender, and families. Within this framework, the journal encourages theoretical and empirical research from history, the social and behavioral sciences, and humanities including comparative and transnational research, and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/12/13/
Dec 13, 20131 min read
Religion and American Culture Caucus
<p>The Religion and American Culture Caucus of the American Studies Association promotes engagement with scholarship on American religion by organizing and supporting submissions to the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, which will next meet November 6-9, 2014, in Los Angeles. RACC invites scholars, activists, librarians, artists, and others to submit proposals on “The Fun … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/12/13/religion-and-american-culture-caucus/"
Dec 13, 20132 min read
Link for PCAACA Conference
<p>Click here to get details concerning deadlines, registration, etc. for the April 2014 Popular/American Culture Association annual conference.</p>
Dec 8, 20131 min read
CALL For NEPCA HOST INSTITUTION FOR 2015
<p>NEPCA was pursuing a conference site for 2015 that has subsequently fallen through. If you think you’d like to have your college or university host a NEPCA conference in October of 2015 (note date), please contact Executive Secretary Rob Weir.</p>
Dec 5, 20131 min read
Cuteness Studies CFP
<p>The Asian Journal of Popular Culture seeks papers for a special issue on “cuteness.” Cuteness has a global reach: it is an affective response; an aesthetic category; a performative act of self-expression; and an immensely popular form of consumption. Possible topics for papers include the following (Note: a specific focus on the geographical region of East Asia is not required … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/12/05/cuteness-studies-cfp/" class="more-li
Dec 5, 20131 min read
Comics Study Seeks Authors
<p>Call for Contributors for the Salem press book collection CRITICAL INSIGHTS: THE AMERICAN COMIC BOOK. Salem Press seeks for contributors for aforementioned collection of essays. Each of the essays should be between 4,000 and 5,000 words in length, and each should be written for the general reader, avoiding specialized academic language or scholarly jargon. For details contact Gary Hoppenstand at hoppens2@msu.edu, providing complete contact … <a href="https://nepca
Nov 20, 20131 min read
Undergraduate Health & Society Conference
<p>Health and Society Undergraduate Research Conference Providence College Providence, RI Abstracts due January 31, 2014 The Health Policy and Management Program at Providence College invites advanced undergraduates to submit paper proposals for our fifth annual undergraduate conference to be held Saturday, April 12, 2014. The subject of this interdisciplinary conference is “Health and Society,” and papers from … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/11/20/under
Nov 20, 20131 min read
Little Data/Big Data at ACLA
<p>“Little Data and the Big Picture: What Everyday Literature Can Do for Comparison” a seminar to be held at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, New York University 20-23 March 2014. Abstract deadline: 15 November 2013. Submit a paper proposal at http://www.acla.org/submit (be sure to select “Little Data…” in the Seminar drop-down menu). Learn more about the meeting and its “distinctive … <a href="
Nov 20, 20131 min read
Ryan Holliday Book Revealing and Frustrating
<p>Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator. By Ryan Holiday. New York: Portfolio Penguin, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-59184-628-4. How bad are things in what has been dubbed the “lame-stream media?” If Ryan Holiday is to be believed, Fox News is indeed “fair and balanced” when compared to online sites such as Gawker, The … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/11/07/ryan-holliday-book-revealing-and-frustrating/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen
Nov 7, 20133 min read
Sports Literature Graduate Student Paper Prize
<p>The Sport Literature Association announces its annual Lyle Olsen Graduate Student Essay Contest 2014. Essays must pertain in some way to the literature of sport as noted in the association’s journal, Aethlon. All submissions must be unpublished work. Original creative pieces, both fiction and non-fiction are not considered. There is no word limit, but Aethlon articles do not generally exceed 25 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/11/06/sports-literature-gradu
Nov 6, 20131 min read
Marxist Reading Group CFP and Conference
<p>The 16th annual conference of the Marxist Reading Group is seeking papers on the theme of ““Art in Interesting Times. ” The submission deadline is January 10, 2104. The conference ill convene at the University of Florida March 27-29, 2014. The keynote speakers are: Nicholas Brown, Fredric Jameson, and Kim Stanley Robinson. For questions concerning the … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/31/marxist-reading-group-cfp-and-conference/" class="more-link">Continue
Oct 31, 20131 min read
Book Author Sought
<p>Author Sought: Joss Whedon, J. J. Abrams, and the Fantastic The content and organization are left to the author, but the finished workshould: — Relate the work of Whedon and Abrams to larger developments insf/fantasy/horror film and television in the late 1990s and early 2000s — Discuss the two careers in relation to one another … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/31/book-author-sought/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-tex
Oct 31, 20131 min read
Journal of Popular Romance Studies Seeks Reviewers
<p>The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is currently expanding its book review section and is seeking interested reviewers. The JPRS is the is the only peer-reviewed,academic journal to focus on scholarship on romantic love in global popular culture, now or in the past, in fiction and in reality, from any disciplinary perspective. Previously published work has focused on TV, film, popular music, gaming, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/31/journal-of-popular-roma
Oct 31, 20131 min read
The Equal Rights Amendment in the 21st Century Conference
<p>On November 15-16, Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI) will host a conference on “The Equal Rights Amendment in the 21st Century. For more information about the conference, and to see the full schedule, please visit the conference website: <a href="http://www.rwu.edu/go/era" rel="nofollow">http://www.rwu.edu/go/era</a></p>
Oct 30, 20131 min read
Alcohol and Abuse Reference Volume
<p>SAGE Reference is currently making assignments for a new volume with a final deadline for submissions of December 1, 2013. This comprehensive project will be be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product. The project editor us is Dr. Scott C. Martin, Bowling Green State University. For the list of topics currently available for assignment (including … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/30/726/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span
Oct 30, 20131 min read
A Message from Bob Niemi on Parking and Registration for This Weekend
<p>Hello NEPCA 2013 Conference Participant: NEPCA begins the day after tomorrow and your Conference organizers want to make it easy for you to navigate the St. Michael’s College campus. Please print out this guide and take it with you to the Conference. ARRIVING BY TAXI: Instruct your driver to enter the campus at the South Entrance (by … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/23/a-message-from-bob-niemi-on-parking-and-registration-for-this-weekend/" class="more-link">Con
Oct 23, 20132 min read
NEPCA is Almost Here!!!
<p>Just a week and a hlf to go before we gather at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont, for our annual fall conference.</p>
Oct 16, 20131 min read
Midwest PCAACA Journal Available Online
<p>Nice news from one of our peer organizations: The Popular Culture Studies Journal, the official journal of The Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association is now available online. The first volume is a double issue and open-source and available at the link below: Issues #1-2 are now available online: <a href="http://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/PCSJ_vol1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/PCSJ_vol1.pdf</a></p
Oct 16, 20131 min read
Long Road to Antietam: Where Military & Social History Meet
<p>The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution. Richard Slotkin. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012. ISBN: 97808740665. Wesleyan University professor emeritus Richard Slotkin is among the nation’s most respected military historians. That’s a discipline that hasn’t been fashionable for a while. Luckily Slotkin also excels at integrating social history … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/11/long-road-to-antietam-where-military-social-history-meet/
Oct 11, 20133 min read
Military History Prize
<p>The Society for Military History First Manuscript Prize is awarded annually to an author who has not previously published a scholarly book-length manuscript. The competition is open to scholars whose work blends military history with social, political, economic, and diplomatic history and to authors of studies centering on campaigns, leaders, technology, and doctrine. The winning … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/10/03/military-history-prize/" class="more-link">Con
Oct 3, 20132 min read
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