November 7-9, 2024
Tropicana Atlantic City
2831 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
Presenter registration is closed.
Day passes for non-presenters are available at: https://mapaca.net/store/2024/2024-d.... Rates are:
Thursday: $70 including the reception
Friday: $85 including the reception and Divine Impact Award with Samuel R. Delany
Saturday: $70 including the Crash Course
Hotel reservations are closed. Due to the proximity of the event dates, please contact your desired hotel directly regarding availability: 1 609-340-4000 / 609-340-4038. Give the group name Mid Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association and the group code ST11MA4.
We are pleased to announce that our 2024 Divine Impact Award Recipient is Samuel R. Delany
In 2016, Samuel R. Delany was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Filmmaker, novelist, and critic, he is the author of the award-winning books Babel-17 and Dark Reflections, as well as Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Nevèrÿon series. A retired professor, he lives in Philadelphia with his partner Dennis. His website is www.samueldelany.com.
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) conference in Atlantic City, NJ. 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 mapaca.net/areas. General questions can be directed to mapaca@mapaca.net. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2024.
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.”