CFP: 2021 Popular Culture Association Annual (PCA) Virtual Conference, June 2-5, 2021: Submission Deadline Extension (2/28/21)

Susie Skarl Announcement
Subject Fields
Theatre & Performance History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Music and Music History, Journalism and Media Studies, Literature

The Popular Culture Association will be holding their annual conference virtually, June 2-5, 2021.

The Biographies Area is soliciting papers that examine the connections between biography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topics might include:

– Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater
– Biography and film
– Biography and criminal justice
– Television programs about biography
– Biography and urban legends
– Biography and folklore
– Biography and literature
– Scholarly Biography
– Controversial Biography
– Psychoanalysis and Biography
– Historical Biography
– Political Biography
– Autobiography

Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session.  Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. The deadline for submissions has been extended to February 28, 2021.

To submit an abstract, please visit:
https://pcaaca.org/conference/submitting-paper-proposal-pca-conference

 

Submissions will only be accepted through the PCA website. Individuals must be current, paid members to submit to the conference.

Please direct any queries to the Biographies Area Chair: Susie Skarl susie.skarl@unlv.edu

 

 

Contact Information

Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
UNLV Libraries
Las Vegas, NV 89154
susie.skarl@unlv.edu 

 

Contact Email
susie.skarl@unlv.edu