Call for Papers

2022 Conference of   Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association (MAPACA)

MAPACA War Studies Area

Thursday, November 10 -- Saturday, November 12, 2022
Princeton Marriott at Forrestal
Princeton, New Jersey 

Proposals due to http://www.mapaca.net  by  June 30, 2022

War has been one of the few constants in human history, waged by nations, tribes, and other factions for numerous reasons; some have been valid and noble, some questionable. This area will feature papers that explore the ways that wars—declared and undeclared, just and unjust, sacred and profane, fictional and "real"—have impacted the social, economic, technological, ideological, and other aspects of culture.

Special Panel for the 2022 Conference:  Science Fiction, Fantasy, & War

The genres of science fiction and fantasy are replete with stories of armed conflict. Indeed, wars and their aftereffects often figure prominently in the imagined worlds of these stories—often these wars span continents, planets, and galaxies, shaping and reshaping the landscape in which characters live, struggle, and grow.  These imagined wars likewise offer critical readers and viewers a vehicle through which to critique and understand the wars fought in our own world and their impacts on our own cultural, political, psychological, and emotional realities. This panel invites papers that engage with how writers, artists, game designers, and filmmakers represent wars in science-fiction and fantasy worlds, and what the implications of those representations can be for our own world.    

The War Studies Area also welcomes general proposals including, but not limited to, the following topics for the 2022 conference: 

war on television
war films
war in prose fiction, poetry, or drama
documentaries and war
technology and war
war and gender
aspects of media coverage of war
war and social / new media
dystopia and war
the “war on terror” and popular culture
war and music
protest / anti-war movements
propaganda
war and race
war and ethnicity
war in minority discourses
marxist approaches to war
war and psychoanalysis
trauma and war
language and war
oral histories of war experiences
queer approaches to war
visual art and war
war in video or role-playing games
war as metaphor
war and museums
war memorials

Please submit 300 word proposals online at http://www.mapaca.net and select “War Studies” as the Area for consideration.

Proposals must be received by June 30, 2022 to be considered for the conference. 

Information on the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA) is available at http://www.mapaca.net; information on the 2022 Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association is available at http://www.mapaca.net/conference.

Call for Papers

2022 Conference of   Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association (MAPACA)

MAPACA War Studies Area

Thursday, November 10 -- Saturday, November 12, 2022
Princeton Marriott at Forrestal
Princeton, New Jersey 

Proposals due to http://www.mapaca.net  by  June 30, 2022

War has been one of the few constants in human history, waged by nations, tribes, and other factions for numerous reasons; some have been valid and noble, some questionable. This area will feature papers that explore the ways that wars—declared and undeclared, just and unjust, sacred and profane, fictional and "real"—have impacted the social, economic, technological, ideological, and other aspects of culture.

Special Panel for the 2022 Conference:  Science Fiction, Fantasy, & War

The genres of science fiction and fantasy are replete with stories of armed conflict. Indeed, wars and their aftereffects often figure prominently in the imagined worlds of these stories—often these wars span continents, planets, and galaxies, shaping and reshaping the landscape in which characters live, struggle, and grow.  These imagined wars likewise offer critical readers and viewers a vehicle through which to critique and understand the wars fought in our own world and their impacts on our own cultural, political, psychological, and emotional realities. This panel invites papers that engage with how writers, artists, game designers, and filmmakers represent wars in science-fiction and fantasy worlds, and what the implications of those representations can be for our own world.    

The War Studies Area also welcomes general proposals including, but not limited to, the following topics for the 2022 conference: 

war on television
war films
war in prose fiction, poetry, or drama
documentaries and war
technology and war
war and gender
aspects of media coverage of war
war and social / new media
dystopia and war
the “war on terror” and popular culture
war and music
protest / anti-war movements
propaganda
war and race
war and ethnicity
war in minority discourses
marxist approaches to war
war and psychoanalysis
trauma and war
language and war
oral histories of war experiences
queer approaches to war
visual art and war
war in video or role-playing games
war as metaphor
war and museums
war memorials

Please submit 300 word proposals online at http://www.mapaca.net and select “War Studies” as the Area for consideration.

Proposals must be received by June 30, 2022 to be considered for the conference. 

Information on the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA) is available at http://www.mapaca.net; information on the 2022 Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association is available at http://www.mapaca.net/conference.