The Folklore Area of the Popular Culture Association is considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers related to Folklore Studies for the 2025 Popular Culture Association Conference by November 30, 2024. The conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana (April 16-19).

Sessions are typically scheduled in 1½ hour slots, with four papers per standard session. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. As always, proposals addressing any topic related to folklore or folklore studies are welcome, including but not limited to the following:

• Folklore in Popular Culture/Folklore as Popular Culture
• Folklore and genre
• Folklore and digital media
• Folklore and ethnomusicology
• Folklore and Religion
• Folklore and Material Culture
• Differences between oral and literary sources of tradition within folklore
• Folklore and Gender
• Folklore and children
• Folklore and memory/memory studies
• Symbolism in folklore
• Folklore and ethnography

Please note that this area does not accept proposals from undergraduate students.
For individual papers, please submit a title and 100-word abstract, and follow the PCA’s submission guidelines: https://pcaaca.org/page/submissionguidelines. The conference will take place April 16-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Please send all inquiries to the area chair:
Dr. Kathryn Edney, katedney@hotmail.com