This is the early May MAPACA newsletter. Our next conference is November 10-13, 2021 and will be held online.
In This Newsletter, We Have
Our 2021 Call for Papers
Reminder: Our 2021 Conference Will Be Virtual!
Announcement of several new areas for 2021
Our 2021 Call for Papers
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) 2021 Virtual Conference November 10-13, 2021 Online
Call for papers:
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) virtual conference. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome. This conference will be held completely online.
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 Thursday July 15, 2021.
MAPACA’s membership is 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 multi-disciplinary 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, visit mapaca.net.
Reminder: Our 2021 Conference Will Be Virtual!
Our 2021 MAPACA Conference will be held entirely online! While we’re sad we won’t see everyone in person, this also means we don’t need to worry about travel and hotel costs or about COVID-19 infection and vaccination rates. As you’re working on your own submission for #MAPACA2021, tell your friends and colleagues who live in other parts of the United States and the world, or those who do not usually travel to conferences, that they should submit to the conference this year!
Keep an eye on upcoming newsletters for more information about the conference.
New Areas for 2021
We are pleased to announce several new areas that are accepting submissions for the 2021 conference. They are:
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
PO Box 1358, Lansdowne, PA 19050