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Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, 1900 to Present

updated: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 1:02pm
Americana
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 8, 2023

Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, 1900 to Present, invites submissions in areas related to American Studies, American history, American popular culture, comics, music, film, politics, sports, fashion, food, radio, television/streaming, tourism, etc.

Scholars can visit the guidelines for submission here:
https://americanpopularculture.com/journal/call_for_papers.htm

Scholars are also invited to peruse past issues to see the style and type of articles we publish here:
https://americanpopularculture.com/journal/past_issues.htm

DEADLINE APPROACHING for 'AI and Fandom' special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures

updated: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 11:42am
Transformative Works and Cultures
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 1, 2024

Due in part to well-publicised advancements in generative AI technologies such as GPT-4, there has been a recent explosion of interest in – and hype around – Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Whether this hype cycle continues to grow or fades away, AI is anticipated to have significant repercussions for fandom (Lamerichs 2018), and is already inspiring polarised reactions. Fan artists have been candid about using creative AI tools like Midjourney and DALL-E to generate fan art, while fanfiction writers have been using ChatGPT to generate stories and share them online (there are 470 works citing the use of these tools on AO3 and 20 on FanFiction.net at the time of writing).

Call for Chapters: The Mummy Edited Collection

updated: 
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 9:24pm
Michele Brittany and Sean Woodard
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 15, 2023

Abstract Deadline: December 15, 2023

Chapter Drafts Deadline: June 15, 2024

Essays sought for an edited collection focused on Universal Pictures’ The Mummy franchise.

Jordan Peele's Generic Renovations

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:33pm
ACCUTE, Congress 2024
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 17, 2023

With 2017’s Get Out, Jordan Peele burst out of the confines of sketch comedy and announced himself as one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema. Part and parcel of Peele’s success was his undeniable mastery of–and facility with–generic conventions. Get Out has been ascribed a range of genre labels, from psychological thriller to political horror, black comedy to sci-fi, zombie movie to horror verité. Peele himself has added fuel to the fire by musing that his film is a “social thriller” and a “documentary” that “subverts the idea of all genres.” Since the success of his first film, Peele has released a pair of even more generically ambitious and ambiguous films: Us (2019) and Nope (2022). 

Men and Men's Studies Area

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:33pm
National Popular Culture/American Culture Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Proposals on any aspect of men, men’s studies, and/or masculinities are welcome; however, the following topics are of particular interest:

Extended CFP: The E.T. Book - New Perspectives on the Classic 1980s Blockbuster

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:32pm
Kingston University
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Dear Friends

I am extending the CFP for 'The E.T Book: New Perspectives on the Classic 1980s Blockbuster' till the end of November.

We have several abstracts on Childhood, merchandising, the video game, as well as on John Williams Score, unmade ET, cinematography etc

I would love to have some abstracts which focus on aspects of the film itself (textual, narrative, thematic) and its production contexts.

Please do feel free to send me any ideas you have

Dr Matt Melia
Kingston University

The ET Book: New Perspectives on The Classic 1980s Blockbuster

Editor: Dr Matthew Melia (Kingston University)

Publisher: Bloomsbury

VPFA Book Prize

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:32pm
Victorian Popular Fiction Association
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, December 31, 2023

We are delighted to announce two new Book Prize Awards, under the auspices of the UK-based Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA): the VPFA First Book Prize and the VPFA Second Book Prize awards. These book prizes will be awarded in alternate years, beginning in 2023 with the First Book Prize, followed in 2024 by the Second Book Prize. The VPFA First Book Prize is intended for the first book of an early-career scholar; the VPFA Second Book Prize is for a second book by scholars at any career stage.

Submissions for the 2023 VPFA First Book Prize are now open, with a deadline of 31 December 2023. The winner will be announced in the spring of 2024.

Refocus: The Films of Peter Weir

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:32pm
Edinburgh University Press
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Refocus: The Films of Peter Weir

 

Oceans, Seas and Shorelines in Film (under contract with Routledge)

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:23pm
Hsin Hsieh, University of Reading, UK / Viv Westbrook, University of Western Australia, Australia
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 15, 2023

We would like to invite humanities and social science scholars to contribute to our edited volume, ‘Oceans Seas and Shorelines in Film’, to be published in 2024/25 by Routledge in the Oceans Seas and Shorelines: a natural and cultural environmental history series.

Film is the most influential of all of the cultural media, combining powerful audio and visual formulas to recreate the world for the purpose of telling a story. It implicitly and explicitly conveys important aspects of real and imagined social change and exchange within a variety of environmental contexts, but the role of the environment and the impact of human agency on the environment has rarely been a focus of critical enquiry. 

Let the Games Begin: Sports and Pastimes in the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:22pm
OSU Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

On February 16-17, 2024, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will host its biennial celebration of Popular Culture and the Deep Past (PCDP) at the Ohio State University, with ‘Let the Games Begin!: Sports and Pastimes in the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds.’ As in past years, this event will feature a scholarly conference (with papers, round tables, and keynote lecturesby prominent scholars who will discuss a range of entertainments in their cultural and social contexts) nested within a Renaissance-faire-like carnival (featuring exhibits, gaming, contests, live demonstrations, and activities of all kinds).

Humorous Perspectives on Perpetrators in Contemporary American Literature and Popular Culture

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:21pm
American Studies Program, University of Bucharest
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, November 12, 2023

This is a Call for Papers for an online workshop titled Laughing in the Face of Evil: Humorous Perspectives on Perpetrators in Contemporary American Literature and Popular Culture. The workshop asks what humor can contribute to our understanding of perpetrators by examining a selection of works from contemporary American literature and popular culture. Does humor help demythologize certain perpetrators whose international fame turned them into quasi-mythical figures? Can the ownership of humorous content about a traumatic situation or process endured by a specific marginalized community be transferred to other communities?

Special Issue Call for Papers: International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics

updated: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 1:18pm
International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Call for Papers: International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics

 

Special Issue: ‘Nixon Resigns! 50 Years of the Watergate Syndrome’

 

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-media-cultural-politics#call-for-papers

 

Guest Editor

Andrea Carson

a.carson@latrobe.edu.au

La Trobe University, Australia

 

Deadlines

Abstract submission deadline: 30 November 2023

British Theatre and the 1920s: Abstracts

updated: 
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 8:04am
Andrew Maunder
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 3, 2023

Essay Collection  

Abstracts/Expressions of interest are invited for an essay collection: British Theatre and the 1920s

These new essays will explore British theatre in the 1920s across a spectrum of genres and locations. The book’s focus is on theatre in a broad sense, encompassing a range of performance cultures and demonstrating some of the major ways in which theatre operated within the broader culture and society of the time.

 Topics might include (but are not limited to):

The dramatic legacy of WWI

Political theatre

Melodrama

Leveling Up the Classroom

updated: 
Monday, October 16, 2023 - 9:03am
University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union Esports Lounge
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, November 19, 2023

The last few years has given education a great insight into its own practices. Between online classrooms during the pandemic and the rapid emergence of more and more powerful technologies, we educators have seen a growing need to reevaluate our classrooms, as well as work with new tech to enhance these learning environments.

Acta Ludologica (Vol. 7, No. 1, 2024)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023 - 2:21pm
Acta Ludologica
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Acta Ludologica (ISSN 2585-8599, e-ISSN 2585-9218) is a double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal published twice a year in both online and print versions. It focuses on the comprehensive discourse of games and digital games, including theoretical and empirical studies, research results, and their implementation into practice, as well as professional publication reviews and scientific reviews of digital games.

Acta Ludologica is inviting manuscripts for Vol. 7, No. 1, scheduled to be published in June 2024. The submissions deadline is December 31, 2023.

Hip-hop Pedagogy in Post-secondary Classrooms (A Higher Ed Remix)

updated: 
Friday, October 13, 2023 - 3:16pm
Prasad Bidaye, Humber College ITAL, NEMLA
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023

As hip-hop turns 50 in 2023, there is much to celebrate and reflect on, including its impact on higher education. This session is engaged with questions about the latter: what is hip-hop doing in our classrooms and conversely, what are we doing with it in our teaching practice?

Prominence and Precarity in 21st-century African American Literature and Culture

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:24pm
Maria Rice Bellamy / NeMLA Convention: Boston MA, March 7-10, 2024
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Seeking proposals for a roundtable discussion on defining qualities of 21st Century African American literature and cultural production and the process of creating collaborative scholarly projects on this emerging, multifaceted, and evolving body of work.

Prominence and Precarity is the name of the seventeenth volume of the Cambridge University Press series African American Literature in Transition. Focused on 21st century African American literature and cultural production, the chapters in this volume explore the tension between African American cultural prominence and African American vulnerability and precarity in contemporary US society. 

Comics Arts Conference WonderCon

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:21pm
Comics Arts Conference
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, December 1, 2023

The Comics Arts Conference is now accepting 100- to 200-word abstracts for papers, presentations, and panels taking a critical or historical perspective on comics (juxtaposed images in sequence) for a meeting of scholars and professionals at WonderCon, in Anaheim, CA, March 29–31, 2024.  We seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and welcome the participation of academic and independent scholars.  We also encourage the involvement of professionals from all areas of the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, retailers, distributors, and journalists.  The CAC at WonderCon does not accept virtual submissions.  The CAC is designed to bring together comics scholars, professionals, critics, and historian

Memory and Representation area of PCA/ACA 2024

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:17pm
Popular Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

The Memory and Representation area of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association invites submissions on any pertinent topic (see description below) for the 2024 National Conference in Chicago, Illinois, March 27-30, 2024.

 

Memory and Representation: Area Description

Reading Black Mirror

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:17pm
Oxford Brookes University
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 15, 2024

CFP – Reading Black Mirror

For Students by Students! An International Online Conference on Literature, Culture and Foreign Languages

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:16pm
For Students by Students
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

January 13, 2024. An International Online Conference on Literature, Culture and Foreign Languages

You want to test your presentation skills in a culturally diverse (and accepting) environment, and You can present in English, or You simply want to listen to presentations from the comfort of your home, and connect with people on these subjects from all around the world, If you are interested in 19th, 20th Century and Contemporary Literature or Language and Culture, or if: THIS CONFERENCE IS FOR YOU!

Filiations and Affiliations: Bonds, Entanglements and Social Networks in African Literatures and Cultures

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:16pm
African Literature Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Drawing its inspiration from Edward Said’s discussion of the ways in which texts become ‘worldly’ through a series of filiations and affiliations, the ALA invites papers and panels that address such relations in all their forms. What are the filial structures that a text brings to its readers? What kind of affiliative readings might a critic bring to the text to disrupt the filial ties? What are the stakes in engaging in the traffic between filiative and affiliative readings? Beyond considerations of (a)ffiliated critical practice, how do literary and other cultural texts represent filiations and affiliations and in what ways do they constitute such relations?

Imaginary Artifacts and Design

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:16pm
Imagining the Impossible: international journal for the Fantastic in Contemporary Media
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

“In everyday usage, the word object denotes a solid, visible, tangible, and inanimate thing; the notion of a nonexistent or merely imaginary object must appear as a contradiction in terms” – Winfried Nöth.

Film Studies: Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference

updated: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 2:16pm
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Call for Papers

Film Studies

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

                                                    45th Annual Conference, February 21-24, 2024

Marriott Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.southwestpca.org

Submissions open on September 1, 2023

Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2023

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