Call for papers- Performance Studies, NEPCA 2024 Conference
CALL FOR PAPER
PERFORMANCE STUDIES
The 2024 Northeast Popular and American Culture Association (NEPCA) calls for paper is now live. NEPCA will host its annual conference this fall as a hybrid conference from Thursday, October 3 – Saturday, October 5. Virtual sessions will take place on Thursday evening and Friday morning via Zoom, and in-person sessions will take place on Friday evening and Saturday morning at Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts.
*Performance Studies*:
This area embraces interdisciplinary scholarship and critical approaches to the music, dancing body, performance, and live art. Areas of interest include technology and influences of social media, emerging dance forms, digital archives, embodiment, identity, nationhood, migration, postcolonialism, gender and sexuality:
1. Music and dance as an art forms and a systems of representation and communication
2. Music, dance, performance, and live art within the context of history, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, psychology, sociology, etc.
3. The role of genre in music, dance, performance, and live art
4. How musical production and performance can function as a form of social/cultural expression and identity
5. How technology (including various modes of industry, transportation, communication, and entertainment) has affected the evolution of music, dance, performance, and live art
6. Musical theatre
7. Divas and icons.
The call will be open until June 15, 2024. You can submit your proposal at this
link
https://bit.ly/NEPCA-CFP2024
which will ask the following questions about your proposal:
Proposal Type (Single Presentation or Panel)
Subject Area
Working Title
Academic Affiliation (if any)
Abstract (250 words)
Short bio (50-200 words)
For more information, please visit our 2024 Conference Page https://nepca.blog/2024-conference-page.
Akishe L Jakha
akishejakha6@gmail.com
Film and Media Scholar
NEPCA 2024 *Performance Studies* Area Chair.
Please visit our conference areas through this link https://blog.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a18445d582746116f675e17...