Journalism and Media Studies

CFP.  The Eros and Pornography division of the Popular Culture Assocation invites submissions for the March 28-3, 2018 annual meetings in Indianapolis, IN.  Completed papers, works-in-progress, panels, and poster sessions dealing with eros/porn (broadly defined) are welcome.  A special session dealing with new technology and pornography also is planned.  For more information on submissions and registration for the conference, visit the PCA/ACA website at: https://conference.pcaaca.org/ 

CfP: Alterity and the Research Imagination Conference

(Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, 25-26 January 2018)

The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies invites submissions of original research papers, abstracts for research in progress and proposals for panels on Literary Journalism for the IALJS annual convention on 17-19 May 2018. The conference will be held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Demeter Press

is seeking submissions for an edited collection entitled

Mothers Who Kill/ Infanticide

Editors: Charlotte Beyer, University of Gloucestershire, UK

Josephine Savarese, St. Thomas University, New Brunswick, Canada

Deadline for Abstracts: November 1, 2017

A one-day seminar hosted by the Centre for Travel Writing Studies, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus in collaboration with the Network for American Periodical Studies.

N.B. New Event Date: Friday, 22 September 2017

Canadian Review of American Studies (CRAS), a journal published by the University of Toronto, is seeking review articles for upcoming issues. Typically, a review article surveys three recently published books that explore similar or intersecting themes, summarizing the main issues raised between texts and offering a critical perspective of the given field.

Call for Papers: 2018 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference—Biographies Area: Indianapolis, Indiana (March 28-31, 2018)
Submission Deadline: 10/1/17

The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual conference will be held on March 28-31, 2018 at the J.W. Marriott In Indianapolis, Indiana. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests.

Call for Papers: RE-EVALUATING CHINA’S GLOBAL MEDIA EXPANSION: Vol 13: 1

Digital Storytelling and Photographic Practice

This program looks at the photograph and related imaging practices as storytelling devices, with a focus on artists and producers working at the intersection of emerging technologies and social justice. Participants include innovative image-makers Ziv Schneider and Olalekan Jeyifous, along with Emma Raynes, director of programs at the Magnum Foundation. 

Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 6:30pm at the ICP Museum, 250 Bowery, New York

Free with Registration

3^rd Kwara State University Cinema Conference, Ilorin, Kwara State

(August 17-19, 2017)

Nollywood: Text, Narrative, Technology