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Science Fiction and Fantasy welcomes papers/presentations in any critical, theoretical, or (inter)disciplinary approach to any topic related to SF/F

The Religion & Popular Culture area invites both read papers and
innovative presentations which explore specific intersections of
religion and popular culture,

Within the area of popular novels, this panel seeks to cover critical investigations of those works of literature which fall outside of the recognized canon of literature.

The Popular Literary Landscapes panel of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Conference seeks abstracts of
papers (250 words) that address landscape descriptions which serve to identify and define important aspects of the human condition.

Popular Culture and Activism welcomes papers or presentations that
explore the sphere of activism in the production of popular culture.

This area explores the ways that we shape and are shaped by the built
environment, individual structures, and architecture culture.

Proposals focusing on any issue pertaining to the experience, literature, representation, or history of Native Americans, especially in the 500 years snce the conquest, are welcome.

The Music Area invites submissions from individuals or organized panels (3 or 4 persons) focusing on any topic relating to any genre or any time period of music.

The LGBT Studies Area of MAP/ACA welcomes proposals that are of
relevance to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Latino/a Area Studies is interested in research into all aspects of
Latino/a popular culture

The J.R.R. Tolkien/C.S. Lewis panel of the Mid-Atlantic
Popular/American Culture Association Conference seeks
abstracts of papers (250 words) that address various aspects of
each author's works.

The Internet Culture area is an eclectic category which invites submissions in the areas of identity construction via the Internet, art forms and social forms on the Internet, convergent media and new

Papers are sought that explore the Harry Potter phenomenon in terms of sparking adolescent reading and adolescent popular culture involvement.

Myriad factors shape our relationship with food.

The Film area is devoted to scholarship on all aspects of the motion
picture, as viewed on the theater screen, on television, or via digital media.

Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer Identity is concerned with the areas of clothing, historical costume, fashion aesthetics, fashion and appearance, fashion marketing, merchandising,

The environment is arguably the most significant aspect of human culture and society, pervading every facet of our personal and professional lives, from where we live, work, and play to how we choose to think about our environment.

Disability Studies is a recent and growing discipline that draws on work done in fields as diverse as history, health sciences, English, anthropology, women's studies, and education.

The Detective Fiction Area welcomes proposals on all aspects and periods of mystery and detective fiction.

This panel seeks papers that explore the relationship between
decorative arts, design and popular culture.

Papers are welcome on any aspect of American cultural responses to death.

Comics, Cartoons, and Video Games all represent some kind of visual meta-reality that invites participants inside a singular or collective artistic imagination.

Children and Childhood Studies (CCS) is an area of study that focuses on the societal, cultural, and political forces which shape the lives of children and the concept of childhood.

The wealth of material found in the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance continues to attract modern audiences with new works in fiction, film, and other areas,

The area of Art welcomes papers that discuss some aspect of the relationship of art to American society and popular culture.

The American Studies Area of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association is seeking papers from interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary perspectives that investigate the actions, influences,

The Image in American Realism and Naturalism

CFP: The Arts and the Public
New England American Studies Association Annual Conference
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
October 1-3, 2010
CFP deadline extended to 4/16/2010

Call for Papers: Theatre and the Making of Subjects
28-31 October 2010, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

The 2nd International Joint-Symposium on “Ecology, Consumption, and Otherness” will be held on October 30-November 1, 2010 at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea.

Do you tattoo? Are tattoos body art? Rebellion? Personal expression? Clanship? Decadence? Reminiscence? Invitation to look? disguise?

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Vol. 37 | No. 2 | September 2011

2nd Global Conference
Bullying and the Abuse of Power

Monday 8th November – Wednesday 10th November 2010
Prague, Czech Republic

Call for Papers

2010 World Picture Conference on

Representation
October 29-30, 2010

Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Keynote Speakers:

Peter Hallward (Middlesex University)
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