This one-day virtual event on July 20, 2025 is in addition to our 3-day conference in November to accommodate scholars outside the Mid-Atlantic region and those for whom an in-person event is otherwise inaccessible. More info about our November conference will be posted soon.
Submissions for the Symposium will be open April 7 though May 31.
The Symposium schedule will be available by June 15.
The schedule is located here.
Important NEW information about the schedule and time zones:
- If you’re not logged in, the times are EDT
- If you’re logged in, the times are in the time zone you chose in your profile, as indicated in the online schedule, which might not be EDT
- If you prefer always seeing everything in EDT, you can change your time zone at Your profile > Edit
Registration is required to participate and have access to the Zoom links.
| Registration (June 8 - July 10) | |
| Presenters - FT* | $75 |
| Presenters - Students, etc** | $50 |
| Attendees | $30 |
*Full-time, salaried faculty
**Part-time/Adjunct faculty, students, independent scholars, and retirees.
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) Virtual Symposium. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome. The online event is open internationally and we especially invite anyone unable to attend our in-person conference in November. Presenters are welcome to submit separate proposals for both this Virtual Symposium and our in-person conference in November.
Your proposal should take the form of a 300-word abstract, 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 May 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.”