Introducing Our New President Rebecca Heimel Rebecca taught for a decade at Cambridge College in Boston, ending her time there as the Elizabeth J. McCormack Chair of Humanities. She is currently the Dean of Teaching and Learning at MassBay Community College. Rebecca holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and is an active scholar in the field. What first brought you to NEPCA? Honestly, an economic treatise. Just kidding, kind of. In Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (1970), Albert Hirschman d

Introducing Our New Executive Secretary Hannah Sophie Schiffner Hannah spent a significant part of her life in New England. She took classes at the Rhode Island School of Design to build her art portfolio, before pursuing cultural studies at Zeppelin University. Today, Hannah is completing her PhD, where she explores heroic narratives in children’s and teen media. What first brought you to NEPCA? Being the only PhD student at my university working on popular culture, I was lo

Second Annual "Christmas in Popular Culture, 1900-2000" Virtual Conference hosted by Shasta College Saturday, November 14, 2026 with special pre-conference keynote address on Thursday, November 12, 2026 Brian Peterson, bpeterson@shastacollege.edu Event Format: Original papers welcome on any topic within the scope and focus of this online conference. Paper presentations will need to include slides and other relevant digital media. Each presenter will have up to 30 minutes plus

MISSION: Explore academically topics in commercial music in popular culture in the United States of America, Canada, México, South America, and Europe in the early to mid-twentieth century through critical inquiries into popular music, visual culture, cinema, radio, magazines, material culture, commerce, and tourism studies. View brief Information video: HERE . EVENT FORMAT: Original papers welcome on any topic within the scope and focus of this online conference. Paper prese

The Northeast Popular Culture Association is proud to honor Aimee Loiselle’s Beyond Norma Rae with the 2023 Peter C. Rollins Book Prize....

The submission deadline for the 2025 Annual NEPCA Conference has been extended to July 31st 5 pm EDT . The conference will be...

The 2025 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a virtual conference from Thursday,...

This year's conference will be $25 for all attendees and presenters. We will also have scholarship options for anyone who may need it....

CfP: Film and History Area Michael Modarelli, Walsh University, mmodarelli@walsh.edu 2025 Virtual NEPCA Conference - Thursday, 9...