childrens literature

All scholars working in the areas of myth and/or fairy tales are invited to submit paper or panel proposals for the upcoming SWPACA Conference. Panels are now forming on topics related to all aspects of myths and fairy tales and their connections to popular culture. To participate in this area, you do not need to present on both myths and fairy tales; one or the other is perfectly fine. Presentations considering both genres are of course welcome and can stimulate interesting discussions. Proposals for forming your own Myth or Fairy Tale-focused panel – especially panels focused on one particular myth/tale – are encouraged.

Paper topics might include (but are certainly not limited to):

Children’s / Young Adult Literature and Culture Area

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

39th Annual Conference, February 7-10, 2018

Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.southwestpca.org

Proposal submission deadline: October 22, 2017

All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at http://conference.southwestpca.org/

When: February 3-4, 2018 (Conference) February 2, 2018 (Pre-Conference Gathering if participants are in town)

Where: The University of Georgia Hotel and Conference Center - 1197 S Lumpkin St, Athens, GA 30602

Theme: Reframing Pedagogical Practice and Language and Literacy Research: Teaching to the Future

Speakers: Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and Donalyn Miller

Cost: Students -$60 w/o provided lunch and $85 for students w/provided lunch; Regular Participants - $150 (group discounts available, please email for more information)

Submissions Accepted: September 13, 2017 - October 25, 2017

Frankenstein 1818 to 2018:

200 Years of Mad Scientists and Monsters

A First Call for Papers

The Fantastic (Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction) Area of the Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association seeks proposals for papers and/or complete sessions to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in 1818 and to celebrate the longevity of her iconic characters of scientist Victor Frankenstein, “the pale student of unhallowed arts,” and his monstrous construct, “the thing he had put together,” as she succinctly describes them in her introduction to the 1831 reissue of the work.

Friend or Fiend?

The Frankenstein Story in Children’s and Young Adult Culture

A Special Session of the Children’s and YA Literature and Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association

Sponsored by Frankenstein and the Fantastic, an outreach effort of the Fantastic (Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction) Area of the Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association

For the 2018 Annual Conference of the Popular Culture Association meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 28-31 March 2018

Proposals no later than 1 October 2017