Book Review: Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking with No Connection to Metallica by Automne Zingg and Joshua Ploeg

Zingg, Automne and Joshua Ploeg. Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking with No Connection to Metallica. Portland, OR: Microcosm Publishing, 2022.  Enter Sandwich is not simply a cookbook. It’s  a celebration of all of the fun, enjoyable and unexpected ways that seemingly unconnected currents of pop culture can intersect. After several difficult years rent … Continue reading Book Review: Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking with No Connection to Metallica by Automne Zingg and Joshua Ploeg

CFP: Romance/Popular Romance Fiction – Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Fall Conference 2023

NORTHEAST POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION, Virtual, October 12 to October 14, 2023AREA: ROMANCE/POPULAR ROMANCE FICTIONDeadline: August 1, 2023 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 2023 fall conference will be held Thursday October 12 – Saturday October 14, 2023. The deadline … Continue reading CFP: Romance/Popular Romance Fiction – Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Fall Conference 2023

CFP: Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture – Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Fall Conference 2023

The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association’s Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture area welcomes paper submissions from graduate students, educators, and independent researchers of popular culture. NEPCA’s 2023 fall virtual conference will be held October 12 – October 14, 2023 via Zoom. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2023. We encourage panel proposals as well … Continue reading CFP: Politics, Civic Life, and Pop Culture – Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Fall Conference 2023

CFP: The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture – Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Fall Conference 2023

The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture Area invites presentation submissions for NEPCA’s virtual conference to be held October 12 – October 14, 2023 via the Zoom platform.  In alignment with this subject matter area at the national level: The Body and Culture is concerned with the human body as text, both literal and … Continue reading CFP: The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture – Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Fall Conference 2023

CFP: Digital Media and Gaming Culture NEPCA 2023

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 12 - Saturday, October 14, 2023. Submissions may cover any aspect of gaming, including but not limited to board games, role-playing, and video games, as well as aspects of … Continue reading CFP: Digital Media and Gaming Culture NEPCA 2023

CFP: Literature and Popular Culture – Northeast Popular & American Culture Association

The Literature and Popular Culture area for the 2023 Northeast Popular & American Culture Association conference is accepting paper and panel proposals from faculty and graduate students. NEPCA’s 2023 virtual annual conference will be held from Thursday, October 12-Saturday, October 14, 2023. More information on the virtual conference format can be found here: https://nepca.blog/2023-annual-conference/ 250-word … Continue reading CFP: Literature and Popular Culture – Northeast Popular & American Culture Association

CFP: Race and Ethnicity

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 2023 fall virtual conference will be held October 12 – October 14, 2023 via Zoom. The deadline for proposals is August 1, 2023. We encourage panel proposals, as well as, … Continue reading CFP: Race and Ethnicity

In Memoriam – Marty Norden

It’s the kind of email you never want to receive. At the end of last month, I got the news that Martin “Marty” Norden passed away from lymphoma at the age of 71.  Longtime NEPCA members are familiar with Marty’s many contributions to this organization. In addition to sharing his considerable expertise in film studies … Continue reading In Memoriam – Marty Norden

NEPCA Is Coming! CFP & Location Announcement!

The 2023 Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its annual conference this fall as a hybrid conference from Thursday, October 12-Saturday, October 14 . Virtual sessions will take place on Thursday evening and Friday mornings via Zoom and in-person sessions will take place on Friday evening and Saturday morning at Nichols College.  We are excited … Continue reading NEPCA Is Coming! CFP & Location Announcement!

CFP: ESOTERICISM, OCCULTISM, and MAGIC – Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA) Virtual Summer Salon

June 8 & 9, 2023 Virtual Conference http://www.southwestpca.org Submissions open on March 18, 2023 Proposal submission deadline: April 15, 2023 Proposals for papers are now being accepted for the SWPACA Summer Salon. SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas in a variety of categories encompassing the following: Film, Television, Music, & Visual Media; Historic & Contemporary Cultures; Identities … Continue reading CFP: ESOTERICISM, OCCULTISM, and MAGIC – Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA) Virtual Summer Salon