Hi, everyone. As president of the Northeast Popular Culture Association, I want to encourage you to submit a proposal for this year's NEPCA conference. The conference will be held on October 19 and 20, 2018 at Worcester State University in Worcester, MA. As you may already know, NEPCA is a highly collegial (and cost-efficient) organization that especially welcomes the participation of scholars early in their careers. Indeed, nearly half of the presenters at last year's conference were graduate students. More information about the 2018 conference at Worcester State is available at this address: https://nepca.blog/2018-conference/ We are interested in receiving proposals for individual papers and pre-constituted panels on any aspect of popular culture. Please be aware that the deadline for proposals is coming up soon: *June 1, 2018*. If you have any questions about the suitability of your proposed paper or panel for this conference, please visit the NEPCA Area Chairs webpage for more information. It's here: https://nepca.blog/nepca-area-chairs/ When you're ready, please submit your 250-word abstract via the Google Docs form at this address: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfV8Z8Q2BEcqlhd-9zFfJI1MWrVK03gbFAG7cxt_ta15eZPWw/viewform N.b.: the above URL is rather long. If clicking on it doesn't work, please copy and paste it into another browser window and you should be all set. You may also access this Google Docs form via the nepca.blog/2018-conference webpage noted above. Thanks for your consideration, and we hope to receive a proposal from you soon! Please feel free to contact me at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions. all best, Marty Norden ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin F. Norden Professor, Department of Communication N320 Integrative Learning Center norden(at)comm.umass.edu University of Massachusetts Amherst fax: 413 545-6550 Amherst, MA 01003 USA vox: 413 545-0598 Home page: http://people.umass.edu/norden ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html