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NEPCA is Coming!!!
<p>It’s less than a month before NEPCA will meet at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. Scroll below for hotel information and consult the conference tab above for up-to-the-moment schedule information.</p>
Sep 30, 20131 min read
Conference at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum
<p>In conjunction with its 15th anniversary, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center presents 17th Century Warfare, Diplomacy, & Society in the American Northeast, a two-day interdisciplinary conference. This conference brings together scholars in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, history, ethnohistory, geography, literature and Native American studies to examine the complexity of a changing cultural landscape, and the consequences of … <a href=
Sep 30, 20131 min read
Call for Papers: Conference on the Political Economy of the World-System
<p>The 38th Conference on the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) will hold its annual conference on the theme of “Social Movements and World-System Transformation: Prospects and Challenges.” It will be held at the University of Pittsburgh, April 10-12, 2014. Please submit proposals electronically to Jackie Smith at jwsr@pitt.edu (Please use the subject line PEWS Conference). Submissions should include a paper … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/
Sep 30, 20131 min read
The Conversations Project. Comics.
<p>The Conversations Project: Interdisciplinary Conversations About Comics, Literacy, and Scholarship seeks papers for an edited collection titled The Conversations Project. Comics. The goal of the Conversations Project is to bring together leading and emergent voices in comics by pairing those who study comics primarily from a humanities scholarship perspective with those who study comics mostly from the social sciences/ education/ literacy perspectives. … <a href="
Sep 30, 20131 min read
Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities
<p>Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities seeks chapters of unpublished work from writers in the U.S. and Canada for an anthology. Interested in such topics as: Women Founding Online Companies; Women Working on the Web With Young Children or Physical Disabilities; Woman’s Studies Resources and Curriculum; Surveys/Interviews of Innovative Women on the Web for a … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/30/women-work-and-the-web-how
Sep 30, 20131 min read
Do You Have a New Book?
<p>Anyone attending the fall NEPCA conference who wishes to promote a recent book is welcome to do so. Check the NEPCA policies tab for all details, but the gist is this: 1. You can distribute fliers at your will. Many people make copies of a flier and stack them on a display table in the … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/17/do-you-have-a-new-book/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Do You Have a New Book?</span></a></p>
Sep 17, 20131 min read
Comfort Inn Has Made Rooms Available for NEPCA Conference
<p>The Comfort Inn & Suites (5 Dorset St., S. Burlington, VT) has booked a block of 20 rooms (a mix of singles and doubles) at the rate of $95 per night. The Comfort Inn is just off Interstate 89, Exit 14E and is a stone’s throw from the Best Western. Book now! 802-863-5541</p>
Sep 16, 20131 min read
NEPCA Conference: Best Western is Booked! More Rooms Sought
<p>When we say “Book early,” we mean it! The Best Western in South Burlington has informed NEPCA it is now FULLY BOOKED for the NEPCA weekend. The Best Western Windjammer sold almost double the rooms originally reserved. As a courtesy, the hotel is checking to see if more block booking is available at other hotels. Watch … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/15/nepca-conference-best-western-is-booked-more-rooms-sought/" class="more-link">Continue reading
Sep 15, 20131 min read
CFP for Conference on the Fantastic
<p>The 35th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts Empire has issued a call for papers for its meeting March 19-23, 2014 at the Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel. The ICFA welcomes papers on any aspect of the fantastic – broadly defined as including fantasy, science fiction, weird fiction, horror, gothic, and fairy tales – in Literature, Drama, Film, Music, Video … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/12/cfp-for-conference-on-the-fantastic/" clas
Sep 12, 20131 min read
Book Review: The Becoming of Age
<p>The Becoming of Age: Cinematic Visions of Mind, Body and Identity in Later Life. By Pamela H. Gravagne. McFarland and Co.: North Carolina and London, 2013. Pamela Gravagne, who teaches courses in age and gender studies, does not have time on her side. Members of what Tom Brokaw dubbed the “Greatest Generation” slide away by the thousands … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/12/book-review-the-becoming-of-age/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-
Sep 12, 20132 min read
Gender and Vampires Essays Sought
<p>Gender in the Vampire Narrative: Seduced by the Night to be edited by Amanda Hobson hobson@ohio.edu and U. Melissa Anyiwo manyiwo@curry.edu seek proposals for this collection. They are due by by Friday, October 4th 2013. Vampires have become male romantic heroes, with tales often reproducing and reinforcing typical gender, class, and racial expectations. Given that the vampire traditionally stood as a representation of our fears of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/20
Sep 9, 20131 min read
Important Notice for NEPCA Members
<p>NEPCA News, our hard copy newsletter, will soon be on its way to your address, if you are a member. Please note several things: 1. If you registered for the NEPCA conference, you are automatically a NEPCA member, but… 2. If you registered after August 31, you did not make it into the data base in … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/07/important-notice-for-nepca-members/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Important Notice for
Sep 7, 20131 min read
Southwest PACA Conference
<p>The Southwest PACA is currently accepting proposals for paper, panel, round table, and special topic presentations for its 35th annual conference, February 19-22, 2014. Individual area CFPs can be found at: southwestpca.org Proposals are due: November 1, 2013. Direct all questions to Tamy Burnett, tburnett@southwestpca.org</p>
Sep 7, 20131 min read
Cultural Media Politics CFP
<p>The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture seeks contributors for a new volume in a series edited by C. Richard King, Washington State University. Dedicated to a renewed engagement with culture, this series fosters critical, contextual analyses and cross-disciplinary examinations of popular culture as a site of cultural politics. It welcomes theoretically grounded and critically engaged accounts of the … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/07/cultural-media
Sep 7, 20131 min read
AV for NEPCA Conference
<p>A reminder for NEPCA presenters at the October conference: Each room will be equipped with projectors and lecterns for PowerPoint. You need to supply your own laptop. Mac Users: Make sure you bring the correct connecting “dongle.” Mac changes the style of these too often for any university to supply them. It is your responsibility … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/09/03/av-for-nepca-conference/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-rea
Sep 3, 20131 min read
Call for Authors–Social History of American Families: An Encyclopedia
<p>This comprehensive project will be published by SAGE Reference and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the library’s electronic services. The General Editors, who will be reviewing each submission to the project, are Drs. Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, University of Missouri. We are currently … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/08/29/call-for-authors-social-history-of-american-families
Aug 29, 20131 min read
Critical Insights: The Graphic Novel CFP
<p>Call for Contributors for the book collection Critical Insights: The Graphic Novel to b published by the Salem Press. 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. Each essay should provide a general overview of the theme and discussion of the major work. Payment … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/08/29/critical-insights-the-graphic-novel-cfp/
Aug 29, 20131 min read
Call for Authors–Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspective
<p>This project will be published by SAGE Reference and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and services. The General Editor is Dr. Scott C. Martin, Bowling Green State University. New assignments are being made with a deadline of September 20, 2013. Interested parties should send a CV or a brief summary of academic/publishing credentials in related … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/08/21/call-for-authors-alcohol-social-cultural-and-historica
Aug 21, 20131 min read
Call for Authors: Social History of American Families: An Encyclopedia
<p>This comprehensive project will be published by SAGE Reference and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the library’s electronic services. The General Editors, who will be reviewing each submission to the project, are Drs. Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, University of Missouri. The editors are currently making NEW … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/08/19/all-for-authors-social-history-o
Aug 19, 20131 min read
New Reference Book titled “The Boomers” Seeks Contributors
<p>Call for book chapters: by editors Brian Cogan and Thom Gencarelli. The Boomers: The Generation that Changed the World: Three Volumes “Volume I Film and Television,” “Volume II Media and Politics,” “Volume III Music and Literature” to to be published by ABC-Clio in 2014. The editors are particularly interested in chapters about television, film and literature. For available topics, please send … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2013/
Aug 19, 20131 min read
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