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AM_Marini @annamartamarini.bsky.social · Sep 5

We closed our virtual conference with the keynote roundtable "Making It Online: Affinities and Aesthetics of Digital Subcultures" kindly organized and led by @kmsweeneyromero.bsky.social.. such a great way to round off our event, showcasing great work done by ECRs!

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AM_Marini @annamartamarini.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yesterday we had a great first day of virtual conference and it was such a pleasure to have Shellie McMurdo as a keynote on how witnessing and identity work in found footage horror!

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jul 9

We're so excited to have the amazing Joanna Bourke (@joannabourke.bsky.social) as keynote at our in-person conference!

The call for abstracts is open until JULY 14 ➡️
www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy to announce that our in-person conference will include a roundtable titled "Narratives of Hope: Challenges of Belonging in US Culture in the Age of the Capitalocene" by the research group @recaphope.bsky.social!

The call for abstracts is open until JULY 14 ➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED! You can send us your proposals for the virtual conference until JULY 21 🗓️

Digital Projections and Screened Identities in US American Culture | Virtual Conference on September 4–5, 2025

Find all the details at www.popmec.com/virtual-2025/

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED! You can send us your proposals for the in-person conference until JULY 14 🗓️

PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · May 5

POPMEC CFP 📣 We’re happy to share the call for our 2025 in-person conference Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture!
Universidad de Valladolid (Spain) | November 24–26, 2025

🗓️ deadline for abstracts: June 30, 2025

➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jun 18

#CFP Friendly reminder that the CFP for our in-person conference "Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture" will close soon! ✍️

📆 Deadline: the 30th of June, 2025.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain) in November!

➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 The Northeast Popular Culture Association will hold its annual conference virtually from the 9th to the 11th of October.

📆 Deadline: the 15th of July, 2025.

➡️ www.northeastpca.org/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers | NEPCA - Northeastpca

www.northeastpca.org

PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jun 18

#CFP Special issue on Edith Wharton and Popular Culture in Edith Wharton Review 📚

🗓️ Deadline: the 10th of September, 2025.

➡️https://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_EWR.html?srsltid=AfmBOooUy4JBjN6BftkqXSLVcAC8kyQk0fsDpZObiIhVBsD6k77nJinW

PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · May 5

POPMEC CFP 📣 We’re happy to share the call for our 2025 in-person conference Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture!
Universidad de Valladolid (Spain) | November 24–26, 2025

🗓️ deadline for abstracts: June 30, 2025

➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Apr 25

#CFP: The conference "Political Violence and Popular Culture" will take place in Lisbon on the 20th and 21st of November.

📍The Centre for International Studies, University Institute of Lisbon.

🗓️ Deadline for abstracts: the 15th of May, 2025.
cei.iscte-iul.pt/2025/03/call...

Call for Papers | Popular Culture and World Politics v 16 - CEI-Iscte

Political Violence and Popular Culture Lisbon, 20-21 November 2025 – Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon The Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) at Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon i...

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PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network @popcrn.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨 Just 2 weeks left! 🚨

Disney fans & scholars: Don’t miss your chance to be part of

"The Magic Kingdom: The Impact of Disney on Popular Culture"

FREE online conference 24–25 Jul25 with International Journal of Disney Studies.

Submit abstract by 30 April - tinyurl.com/22v65p67 🏰✨

CFP attached

Call for papers for the Disney conference. Email us at popcrn@une.edu.au to receive an emailed copy

The Magical Kingdom: The Impact of Disney in Popular Culture
The Popular Culture Research Network – PopCRN – Australia’s leading popular culture research network

Call for papers The Magical Kingdom: The Impact of Disney in Popular Culture conference, hosted by the Popular Culture Research Network (PopCRN), free and online. To be held on 24-25 July 2025.
Call for Papers Special Edition Journal for The International Journal of Disney Studies, which examines the Walt Disney Company, an international media conglomerate that impacts our global culture. This international, peer-reviewed journal draws from a variety of academic and industrial lenses, perspectives, methods and fields, while providing a space for scholars to present new research, review current research and comment on wider Disney commodities. See Intellect Books | International Journal of Disney Studies.
Scholarship on Disney reveals the ways social, cultural, political, economic, gendered, and indigenous representations posit a world far removed from social realities. However, it is entertainment, so does this forgive the discursive and hegemonic representations, frames and narrative evidenced in Disney.
This conference and journal edition seeks scholars interested in examining the ways that Disney himself, the Disney corporation, and Disney content has both shaped meanings around issues of nationhood, the body, philosophy, culture, sexuality, diversity, inclusiveness, historical memory, capitalism, workplace relations, aspiration, imperialism, colonisation, identity, commodification, mental health, aspirations and notions of family and belonging as well as other critical investigations of Disney in popular contexts.
Some of the ways we can interrogate the impact of Disney on popular culture and our social lives may include, but is not limited to, the following:

Call for papers for the Disney conference. Email us at popcrn@une.edu.au to receive an emailed copy

• “So this is love. So this is what makes life divine.” Cinderella. Disney and expectations of romance
• “Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind.” Lilo & Stitch. Disney representations of family
• “I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.” Walt Disney. The early history of Disney
• "There's nobody like him, anywhere at all." Snow White. Disney and gender norms
• “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” Mary Poppins. Disney and capitalism
• “Think happy thoughts!” Peter Pan. Disney and mental health
• “I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.” Walt Disney and celebrity
• "You've got a friend in me." Toy Story. Frames of friendship in Disney
• “Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.” Walt Disney. The Philosophy of Disney
• “The past can hurt, but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it.” Rafiki, The Lion King. Disney and history
• “You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.” Walt Disney. Adult Disney fandoms
• "The very things that hold you down are going to lift you." Timothy Mouse, Dumbo. Psuedo psychology in Disney
• "Thou sword of truth fly swift and sure. That evil die and good endure!" Flora, Sleeping Beauty. Representations of good and evil in Disney
• “Laughter is America's most important export.” Walt Disney. Exporting American exceptionalism
• “I want much more than this provincial life.” Belle, Beauty and the Beast. Aspiration and class in Disney

Call for papers for the Disney conference. Email us at popcrn@une.edu.au to receive an emailed copy

• “Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.” Walt Disney. Animation and mass consumption
• “I am not a prize to be won.” Aladdin. Commodification in Disney
• “I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.” Walt Disney and his relationships
• “For a true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.” Hercules. Disney’s heroes
• “Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance.” “The Lion King”. Nature and the environment in Disney
Conference: please submit abstracts (200 words) and author details by 1 April 2025. Notification of abstract acceptance is 1 May 2025.
Registration is free. The conference is welcoming of early career researchers, postgraduates.
Journal: please submit by 30th September 2025. Submissions can be original scholarly articles (6-8000 words), reviews (1000 words), or original commentaries (2-3000 words). For more information on what is required for each type of paper, please go here - https://www.intellectbooks.com/ijds
To submit or register, please use the links below
• Submit your conference papers here: https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8jjzaWnS732QsFE
• Submit your conference papers here: https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1FBqwXuomrgKKx0
• Register to attend here: https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7TGWUYZidtlxVLU
In The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney and social judgement
• "The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work." Tiana. Disney and work ethic
• “Hakuna Matata! It means no worries for the rest of your days.” The Lion King. Disney linguistics
• "You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help." Esmeralda. Representations of justice and la…

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Apr 25

📢 #CFP: Fan Studies Network North America Annual Conference 2025. "REPUTATION: Influence, Power, and Capital."
💻 Virtual conference.
🗓️ Deadline: the 16th of May, 2025.
fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/g...

Get Ready - CFP for FSNNA 2025!

Call for Participation Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2025 (virtual) October 23-26, 2025 REPUTATION: Influence, Power, and Capital FSNNA Annual Conference 2025 When fa...

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PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network @popcrn.bsky.social · Feb 4

CFP 🍿🍎🍰 Delicious, Nutritious & Fictitious: Food in Popular Culture 🎥📚
📝 Special Issue: Popular Culture Review 📷
👩‍💻 Serve up your insights at this 🍴 Free Online Conference!
🍽️ Serve up your insights: tinyurl.com/mrxeys35
🔍 #FoodStudies #PopCulture #CallForPapers
@CFP_Bot

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Mar 27

📢 #CFP for the thematic dossier "Native American Visibility and Representations in Contemporary USA: Between Cultural Belonging and Activism" in REDEN.
✒️ Editor: María Elena Serrano (@esm-teacher.bsky.social).
🗓️ Deadline: the 15th of October, 2025.
erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es/ojs/index.ph...

CFP | Native American Visibility and Representations in Contemporary USA: Between Cultural Belonging and Activism | REDEN. Revista Española de Estudios Norteamericanos

Editor: María Elena Serrano Moya (Universidad de Alcalá)

erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Mar 27

📢 CFA: Special issue on Young children’s perspectives on (multispecies) death and dying.
🗓️ Submission deadline: the 15th of May, 2025.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Children & Society (Call for Abstracts) Young children’s perspectives on (multispecies) death and dying

Submission deadline: Thursday, 15 May 2025

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Mar 27

📢Call for Papers: The Atomic Age in 1950s Literature and Culture. International Network of Nineteen-Fifties Culture (INNC) 3rd Annual Symposium.
🗓️ Date: the 19th of September, 2025.
📝 Deadline for submitting abstracts: the 30th of June, 2025.
www.sol.lu.se/engelska/innc

INNC

www.sol.lu.se

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Middle-Aged Witch @middleagewitch.bsky.social · Mar 14

If you want to hang with some fantastic American Studies scholars (and generally awesome people), we will be accepting abstracts for the IAAS annual conference (April 24-26) until tomorrow evening. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Canadian Review of American Studies is actively seeking submissions from scholars in various disciplines on topics related to US literature, culture, history, & more.

Essays from graduate students are welcome & Book reviews are also desired.

How to submit:

General call for papers - British Association for American Studies

The Canadian Review of American Studies is actively seeking submissions from scholars in various disciplines on topics related to American literature, culture, history, and more.

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PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies @popmec.bsky.social · Jan 24

Getting started here!

#USAmericanStudies #popculture #academia

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