Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Summer Virtual Symposium on Sunday, August 4, 2024.
This one-day virtual event was in addition to our Annual Conference in the fall to accommodate scholars outside the Mid-Atlantic region and those for whom an in-person event is otherwise inaccessible.
August 4, 2024
Online
You can still register to attend the symposium! The attendee rate is $15 and is available through Saturday, August 3.
Presenters can no longer register for the conference.
Registration rates:
| Registration (April 15-July 1) | |
|---|---|
| Presenters — FT* | $65 |
| Presenters — Students, etc**. | $45 |
| Attendees | $15 |
*Full-time, salaried faculty
**Part-time/Adjunct faculty, students, independent scholars, as per the website
Presenters who participate in the Summer Virtual Symposium are eligible to participate in the Annual Conference in November, if they wish to propose presentations for both events.
All times in the schedule are Eastern Daylight Savings time (UTC−04:00).
Call for proposals
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) Summer Virtual Symposium, to be held Sunday, August 4, 2024. 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 Summer Virtual Symposium and our in-person conference in November.
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 summer.mapaca.net/areas. General questions can be directed to mapaca@mapaca.net. The deadline for submission is March 15, 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.”
For more information, about our Summer Symposium and to submit a proposal, please visit summer.mapaca.net. For more information about our in-person November conference, please visit mapaca.net.