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Pop Culture Matters Interview #5: Matthew T. Jones
<p>Welcome to the second interview in this series, where we’re checking in with the contributors to Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association. This fifth interview is with Matthew T. Jones, Ph.D., who is the Chairperson of Communication at the County College of Morris. His essay is titled: “From Grimm to Gaiman: … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/05/01/pop-culture-matters-interview-5-matthew-t-jones/" cl
May 1, 20193 min read
Call for Papers for the Inaugural Session of the Monsters and the Monstrous Area
<p>2019 Conference of the Northeast Popular & American Culture Association (NEPCA) Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH, Friday, 15 November, – Saturday, 16 November Proposals due by 1 June 2019 The Monsters and the Monstrous Area welcomes proposals that investigate any of the things, whether mundane or marvelous, that scare us. Through our sessions, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/29/call-for-papers-for-the-inaugural-session-of-the-mo
Apr 29, 20192 min read
Pop Culture Matters Interview #4: James Patrick Carraghan
<p>Welcome to the second interview in this series, where we’re checking in with the contributors to Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association. This third interview is with James Patrick Carraghan. Theorist-by-night, James Patrick Carraghan received his MA in English from Kutztown University in 2017. He is a contributing … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/24/pop-culture-matters-interview-4-james-patric
Apr 24, 20194 min read
Pop Culture Matters Interview #3: Cheryl A. Hunter
<p>An interview with Cheryl A. Hunter on her essay in Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association.</p>
Apr 22, 20193 min read
Pop Culture Matters Interview #2: Caroline Kidd
<p>An interview with Caroline Kidd on her essay in Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association.</p>
Apr 19, 20194 min read
CFP: Belief and Popular Culture
<p>The NEPCA area, Belief and Popular Culture, welcomes all papers and multimedia presentations that explore the theme of belief and/in popular culture in its several dimensions: folk and popular belief systems; contemporary myths and myth-making; popular belief in history; artifacts and material culture of popular belief systems; belief and media; belief and art, and the intersection … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/17/cfp-belief-and-popular-culture/" class="more
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Pop Culture Matters Interview #1: Anthony G. Cirilla
<p>An interview with Anthony G. Cirilla on his essay in Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association.</p>
Apr 15, 20194 min read
NEPCA Publication: Pop Culture Matters
<p>Thanks to the tireless efforts of Martin F. Norden and Robert E. Weir; they have produced a book of the conference proceedings of the 2017 NEPCA Conference titled: Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association. We are very excited that this has come to fruition and are excited … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/14/just-released-pop-culture-matters/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-rea
Apr 14, 20193 min read
CFP: Teaching Popular Culture, NEPCA 2019
<p>The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will be having its annual conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this year. And I’m looking for interesting and unique proposals around teaching and popular culture. This area focuses on how to teach popular culture, which may include sharing unique approaches to: Teaching courses focused specifically on “popular culture” Teaching courses … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/12/cfp-teaching-popular-culture
Apr 12, 20193 min read
CFP: Travel Studies
<p>The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will hold its 2019 conference at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on November 15-16. The travel studies area of NEPCA invites paper proposals on the subject of travel, broadly conceived. Paper proposals may include (but are not limited to) analysis and critical perspectives on such … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/10/cfp-travel-studies/" class="more-link">Continue reading <
Apr 10, 20191 min read
CFP: Travel/Writing and the Media
<p>Travel / Writing and the Media: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives Edited by Barbara Korte and Anna Sennefelder (University of Freiburg) Travel writing is a flourishing genre with a long history. Since the 1990s, it has been attracting increasing scholarly interest, and its publication output is vast. However, little attention has been paid to the ways in … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/04/08/cfp-travel-writing-and-the-media/" class="more-link">Continue rea
Apr 8, 20192 min read
CFP: Representation(s): Image and Reality, Identity and Community
<p>New England American Studies Association, Call for Papers 2019: Representation(s): Image and Reality, Identity and Community Earlier this year, our Reality TV President precipitated a government shutdown over a wall that his own party’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a “metaphor,” the latest in the long line of myths and symbols that have shaped American … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/03/18/cfp-representations-image-and-reality-identity-and-commu
Mar 18, 20192 min read
CFP: Center for Jewish History Scholars Working Group 2019-2021
<p>Call for Participants: Center for Jewish History Scholars Working Group 2019-2021: “Hear Their Cry”: Understanding the Jewish Orphan Experience Do not take advantage of any widow or orphan. If you take advantage and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry (Shemot 22:21-23). While there is extensive scholarship on orphans and on the immigrant experience, the … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/03/14/cfp-center-for-jewish-history-scholars-working-group-20
Mar 14, 20192 min read
CFP: Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area for NEPCA
<p>2019 Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Friday, November 15-Saturday, November 16 Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire Proposals due 1 June 2019 The Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture Area of NEPCA invites proposals from scholars of all levels for papers and/or panels that explore any aspect of the role … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/03/04/cfp-politics-civic-life-and-pop-culture-area-for-nepca/" class=
Mar 4, 20192 min read
Call for Volunteers
<p>As we’re getting ready for our Fall 2019 conference, we’ve put out the Call for Proposals but we’re also looking for a few more volunteers for the following positions. 2019 Program Chair This position is a key position to the successful running of the conference. The responsibilities include the following: Organizes the conference schedule into … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/02/26/call-for-volunteers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-read
Feb 26, 20191 min read
2019 NEPCA Conference – Call for Papers
<p>The 2019 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall on Friday, November 15-Saturday, November 16 at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We are looking forward to another engaging and rewarding conference for new and seasoned members alike. We are seeking proposals for panels and presentations for … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/02/06/2019-nepca-conference-call-for-papers/" class="mo
Feb 6, 20191 min read
2019 Conference Date and Location Confirmed!
<p>We are excited to announce that our annual fall conference will be held Friday, November 15-Saturday, November 16, at the Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth Hotel in Portsmouth, NH. This is the first in a long while that we have held a conference not on a college campus and while we look to return to a college … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2019/02/04/2019-conference-date-and-location-confirmed/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2019 C
Feb 4, 20191 min read
Don’t Forget the Survey
<p>We’ve got a lot of ideas about how we want to move forward with NEPCA in the ensuing years and months but before we go in 50 directions, we’d love to hear more from you about what you would like to see from us. We sent out a survey a few weeks ago and have … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/12/09/dont-forget-the-survey/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Don’t Forget the Survey</span></a></p>
Dec 9, 20181 min read
Call for Contributors
<p>We are regularly looking for contributors to the Northeast Popular Culture Association–take a look at some of these writing opportunities.</p>
Dec 3, 20181 min read
Updates From NEPCA
<p>Since our records may not be enitrely updated and we have a share of people who follow NEPCA via the Follow or Email features on this site, we wanted to also post this message here. Greetings NEPCA members, It’s been just over a month since our 2018 NEPCA conference and I wanted to thank you … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/11/29/updates-from-nepca/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Updates From NEPCA</span></a></p>
Nov 29, 20183 min read
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