Come join academics and working professionals at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, April 8-11 2026!

We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers.  Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session.  Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. Working professionals, scholars, educators, and graduate students are all encouraged to submit.

Proposals within animation studies in relation to popular culture are welcomed. Possible themes for papers/panels include but are not restricted to:

Animated adaptations, comics and animation, propaganda, public information, advertising, animated television series, animation for education, animation history, children’s animation, animation aesthetics, gender, race, sexuality and issues of identity, animation studios, online animation, comedy, documentary, Disney, South Park, Adult Swim, the work of Matt Groening, CGI/animated special effects, anime, global animation, streaming and animation, animated intellectual property or any aspect of animation production.

Screening times are made available to view your source material or your own animated productions

Panel proposals of 4 speakers and/or discussion panels of 4-6 participants each are also encouraged.

Please include the following:

Panel Title

Name and contact information for the Panel Chair

Titles and abstracts of each paper

Contact information for each presenter

tohttp://conference.pcaaca.org.

(Find general instructions athttp://pcaaca.org/national-conference/proposing-a-presentation-at-the-conference/ )

Travel and research grants are available: http://pcaaca.org/grants/

All presenters must be members of the PCA and must register for the conference.

Please contact Jared Bahir Browsh (Jared.Browsh@colorado.edu) with any questions: