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CFP: Tolkien Studies Track
<p>As academic conferences start to return to face-to-face events, scholars who are unable to participate in those venues due to various barriers to access will find themselves locked out of these scholarly networks (again!). The last few years have shown how many talented scholars there are in the world who were never able to attend … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/08/cfp-tolkien-studies-track/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">
Jul 8, 20222 min read
CFP for Digital Media and Gaming Culture
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/07/cfp-for-digital-media-and-gaming-culture/" class="more-link">Continue
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Book Review: Camera Man (2022)
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/07/06/book-review-camera-man-2022/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-te
Jul 6, 20223 min read
CFP: Classrooms, Libraries, and the Academy
<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 – Saturday October 22, 2021. The deadline for proposals … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2
Jul 5, 20222 min read
CFP: Race & Ethnicity
<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 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. Papers are generally 15-20 … <a href="http
Jun 20, 20222 min read
CFP: Romance & Popular Fiction
<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking paper proposals on the topic of Romance/Popular Romance Fiction for its annual conference. 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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/06/07/cfp-romance-popular-fiction/" class="more-link">Continue
Jun 7, 20222 min read
CFP: Literature and Popular Culture
<p>The Literature and Popular Culture area for the 2022 Northeast Popular & 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. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/06/02/cfp-literature-and-popular-culture/" class="more-link">Contin
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Book Review: Nixon’s War at Home
<p>Nixon’s War at Home: The FBI, Leftist Guerillas, and the Origins of Counterterrorism. By Daniel S. Chard. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. 384 pages. $32.95 (hardcover). The late Todd Gitlin titled his 1987 book The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage. In the wake of conservative presidencies, rising levels of global … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/05/24/book-review-nixons-war-at-home/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="
May 24, 20223 min read
CFP: Animals & Popular Culture for #NEPCA2022
<p>The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) invites proposals for its Animals and Culture area for its virtual conference from Oct 20-22, 2022 (Thursday evening, Friday late afternoon & evening, Saturday morning to midday-EDT). Historical, contemporary analyses and interdisciplinary approaches welcome. Proposals should appeal to a broad audience and minimize specialized terminology; submissions that engage with … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/05/17/cfp-
May 17, 20221 min read
CFP: Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area for #NEPCA2022
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/05/10/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-area-for-nepca2022/" class="more-
May 10, 20221 min read
Two New Annual Awards
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/05/05/two-new-annual-awards/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"
May 5, 20221 min read
NEPCA 2022 Virtual Conference CFP
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2022/04/06/nepca-2022-virtual-conference-cfp/" class="more-link">Continue reading
Apr 6, 20221 min read
CFP: Who Was That Masked Woman?
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/11/03/cfp-who-was-that-masked-woman/" class="m
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Review: Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War by Daniel Y. Kim
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/10/26/review-intimacies-of-conflict-cultural-memory-and-th
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Conference Keynote: Dr. Henry Jenkins at #NEPCA2021
<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’s … <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
Sep 9, 20211 min read
#NEPCA2021 Digital Media and Gaming Culture Area CFP
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/06/08/nepca2021-digital-media-and-gaming-culture-area-cfp/" class="more-link
Jun 8, 20212 min read
CFP: Performance Studies for #NEPCA2021
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/05/11/cfp-performance-studies-for-nepca2021/" class="more-link">Continue re
May 11, 20212 min read
CFP: Race & Ethnicity at #NEPCA2021
<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. Papers are … <a href="https://nepca.blog/202
Apr 27, 20212 min read
CFP: Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area for #NEPCA2021
<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 … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/04/22/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-area-for-
Apr 22, 20211 min read
CFP: Animals and Culture
<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Associations invites paper and panel proposals for its special topics – and hopefully continuing – Animals and Culture area! Paper and panel proposals that explore a range of animal-culture interactions are invited. Below is a list of possible topics but in general historical and contemporary analyses and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2021/03/30/cfp-animals-and-culture
Mar 30, 20212 min read
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