CFP: Children's/Young Adult Culture at SWPACA Summer Salon Virtual Conference

Diana Dominguez Announcement
Location
Texas, United States
Subject Fields
Childhood and Education, Cultural History / Studies, Humanities, Literature, Popular Culture Studies

DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Call for Papers

Children’s/Young Adult Culture

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

SWPACA Summer Salon

 

June 8 & 9, 2023

Virtual Conference

southwestpca.org/conference/

 

Submissions open on March 18, 2023

Proposal submission deadline: EXTENDED to April 22, 2023

 

Proposals for papers are now being accepted for the SWPACA Summer Salon. SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas in a variety of categories encompassing the following: Film, Television, Music, & Visual Media; Historic & Contemporary Cultures; Identities & Cultures; Language & Literature; Science Fiction & Fantasy; and Pedagogy & Popular Culture. For a full list of subject areas, area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/

 

Panels are now being formed in the Children’s / Young Adult Culture area. Scholars, researchers, professionals, teachers, graduate students and others interested in this area are encouraged to submit an abstract.

This area covers a wide variety of possible mediums: traditional book/literature culture, but also comics, graphic novels, film, television, music, video games, toys, internet environment, fan fiction, advertising, and marketing tie-ins to books and films, just to name a few.  Proposals on fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or cross-genre topics are welcome.  Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome, as are presentations that go beyond the traditional scholarly paper format.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • The art and industry of the Picture Book – both historical and current trends (I’d love to see more presentations on picture books, including wordless picture books)
  • Diversity in children’s and YA literature (gender, race/ethnicity, disability, body image, sexual identity, language)
  • Use of innovative or “novel” formats for both children’s and YA literature
  • The next “big” thing in children’s and YA literature
  • Film adaptation issues
  • Historical approaches to and the history of children’s and YA literature and culture
  • New approaches to reading children’s and YA literature and culture
  • Re-imaginings of myth, fairy tale, and other traditional stories
  • Explorations of specific authors in the children’s and YA areas
  • Fan fiction and fan followings of books, films, and authors
  • Beyond books and films
  • The pedagogy of children’s/YA culture (K-12 and college)

Proposals on other topics related to Children’s and YA Culture will be read with interest.

All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at https://conference.southwestpca.org/southwestpca

 

For details on using the submission database and on the application process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips page at http://southwestpca.org/conference/faqs-and-tips/ Registration information for the conference will be available at http://southwestpca.org/conference/conference-registration-information/

 

Individual proposals for 15-minute papers must include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.  

 

If you have any questions about the Children’s/Young Adult Culture area, please contact its Area Chair, Diana Dominguez, Emerita Professor/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, at drdvd2014@gmail.com OR Ashley Johnson, Assistant Area Chair, University of Texas at Arlington, at ashleycheyennej@gmail.com. If you have general questions about the conference, please contact us at support@southwestpca.org, and a member of the executive team will get back to you.

 

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Contact Information

Diana Dominguez, Area Chair
Emerita Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Ashley Johnson, Assistant Area Chair
University of Texas at Arlington

Contact Email
drdvd2014@gmail.com