The Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will host its 2024 annual conference this Fall as a hybrid conference from Thursday, October 3 – Saturday, October 5. Virtual sessions will take place on Thursday and Friday via Zoom, and in-person sessions will take place on Saturday at Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts. 

NEPCA is a conference that emphasize sharing ideas in a non-competitive and supportive environment. We welcome proposals from graduate students, independent scholars, disciplinary professionals, junior faculty, and senior scholars. NEPCA conferences offer intimate and nurturing sessions in which new ideas and works-in-progress can be shared, as well as completed projects.

We are so excited to be back together again face-to-face and to also provide a virtual option for access and affordability. NEPCA has many areas for you to submit your proposal to, please see below and feel free visit our website for Area descriptions:

Animals and Culture
The Body, Fashion, and Popular Culture
Classrooms, Libraries, and the Academy
Comedy Studies
Comics and Graphic Novels
Crime and Scandal in Fact and Fiction
Digital Media and Gaming Culture
Disney Studies
Fan, Fandoms, and Celebrity Studies
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Film & History
Folklore, Belief, & Religion
Food and Culture
Genders, Sex, & Sexualities Health, Disease and Popular Culture
History and Popular Uses of the Past
Literature and Popular Culture
Monsters and the Monstrous
Performance Studies
Philosophy and Popular Culture
Politics, Civic Life and Popular Culture
Race and Ethnicity
Romance/Popular Romance Fiction
Science and Technology
Sports
Storytelling and Narrative
Television
Travel, Tourism, and Global Culture

This call will be open until July 1, 2024. You can submit your proposal at this link, which will ask the following questions about your proposal:

• Proposal Type (Single Presentation, Panel or Roundtable)
• 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. If you have further questions, please reach out to Lance Eaton, the Executive Secretary at northeastpopculture@gmail.com.