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Sonesta Hotel Philadelphia
1800 Market St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Registration for presenters is closed. Single day passes for non-presenters are available and include all events on that day. Day passes will also be available for purchase onsite. Please create an account on the website ahead of time to expedite the process.
Rates for day passes:
$75 for Thursday
$85 for Friday
$70 for Saturday
Note: if you plan to attend all 3 days it’s more cost effective to pay late reduced rate registration on-site than to purchase 3 day passes.
The hotel reservation link is closed. You may contact the reservations coordinator, Samena Islam for room availablility at the conference rate. Her email is samena.islam@sonesta.com. Her direct line is (215) 825-6722.
The base rates for hotel rooms are $183 for single and double occupancy, $193 for triple or quad occupancy + 16.36% local tax (subject to change without notice).
Call for proposals
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) conference in Philadelphia, PA. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome.
Proposals should take the form of 300-word abstracts, and may only be submitted to one appropriate area. For a list of areas and area chair contact information, visit our Areas page. General questions can be directed to mapaca@mapaca.net. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2025.
MAPACA’s participants are comprised of college and university faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate and undergraduate students. MAPACA is an inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multidisciplinary manifestations. It is a regional division of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association, which, in the words of Popular Culture Association founder Ray Browne, is a “multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life.”