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 evening and Friday morning via Zoom, and in-person sessions will take place on Friday evening and Saturday morning at Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts.

The Science & Technology area of the Northeast Popular Culture Association encourages paper submissions that explore the relation of science and technology to popular culture and American culture, with science and technology broadly defined. We are particularly interested in putting science, technology, culture, and the humanities in conversation with one another. How are science and technology represented in popular culture? How do we use popular culture to understand science and technology? And how do we use science and technology to understand narratives, art, and culture? What do we gain, what do we risk by approaching science and technology from the lens of the humanities, the humanities from the lens of science, by putting these disciplines in conversation with one another? Some topics may include:

representations of science and technology in print and visual culture
digital humanities
AI and algorithmic culture
cognitive science/cognitive humanities
environmental science and ecocriticism
internet studies and digital technology
technology, race, gender, and sexuality
cultural influences on science and technology
popularization of science and technology
science education and technology in the classroom
the celebrity scientist and science fans
science and technology in the museum
technologies of cultural production

This call will be open until June 15, 2024. You can submit your proposal at this link. Contact the Science & Technology chairs with any questions: jhautsch@nyit.edu and joheggestad@davidson.edu.