<p>On the Sunny Side: The Danbury Mad Hatter Chorus, 1966-2016. Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox. Mad Hatter Chorus, 2017. &nbsp; In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Mad Hatter Chorus located in Danbury, Connecticut, Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox has written the definitive history of the group. The Mad Hatters became a chartered group and official chapter of the Society &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/11/02/barbershop-music-in-danbury/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span

<p>Repertory Movie Theaters of New York City: Havens for Revivals, Indies and the Avant-Garde, 1960-1994. Ben Davis. McFarland, 2017. Ben Davis’ excellent new book thoroughly explores the history, culture and importance of the repertory movie theaters that influenced the art film scene in New York City from the 1960s into the 1990s. In this well organized &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/10/29/the-fading-world-of-cinema-review/" class="more-link">Continue reading <sp

<p>The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer more than forty research fellowships for the academic year 2019-2020. MHS-NEH Long-term Fellowships are made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Society will offer at least two awards in 2019-2020. (See our ad in the H-Net Jobs Guide or visit our website for details.) The stipend, governed by an NEH &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/09/30/massachusetts-historical-society-fellowships-2/" class="m

<p>NEW ENGLAND STUDIES &#8212; CALL FOR PAPERS (2019) The 2019 Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference will be held in Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2019,. The New England Studies Area invites presentations on any aspect of New England popular culture: Architecture; Art; Ecology/Environment; Economics; Fashion; Film and Theater, especially films made in New England, and plays &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/09/21/new-england-studies-at-pca-cfp/" class

<p>Call for Papers: 2019 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference — Washington, DC (April 17-20, 2019) The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual conference will be held on Wednesday April 17 through Saturday April 20, 2019 at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington, DC. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines will meet to share their &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/09/10/all-for-papers-2019-popular-cult

<p>More than Marvel: Representations of Norse Mythology in Contemporary Popular Culture Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 9-12 May 2019 Proposals due by 15 September 2018   Myths and legends from the Middle &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/06/27/norse-mythology-in-popular-culture/" class="more-l

<p>May 31-June 2nd Cambridge, MA The third conference in the series on Soccer and Globalization will focus on participation and inclusion in global sports and global history. Using a comparative perspective, we look to better understand how and why certain types of people are allowed to participate and others are not in a cross-section of sports, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/05/16/soccer-conference-in-cabridge-ma/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="

<p>A Conference at the Hagley Museum and Library Wilmington, Delaware, November 8-9, 2018 &nbsp; The history of surveillance is often associated with the history of the state. However, commercial organizations in the United States – from insurance companies to audience rating firms and database marketers, to corporate personnel and auditing departments – also exercise power over &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2018/04/27/hagley-conference-in-november/" class="more-link">