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[ecrea] CFP - Philosophy and Popular Culture

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CFP: Philosophy and Popular Culture



The 36th Annual Conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA)



“Many Faces, Many Voices: Intersecting Borders in Popular and American Culture”



February 11th – 14th 2015



Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Albuquerque New Mexico 87102



Proposal/Abstract Submission Deadline: November 1st 2014 at http://conference2015.southwestpca.org



Paper and panel proposals are now being accepted for the Philosophy and Popular Culture area of the 36th annual conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association,

“Many Faces, Many Voices: Intersecting Borders in Popular and American Culture,” in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 11-14, 2015.



In the last decade there has been a dedicated exploration of popular culture as it relates to aspects of philosophy, and how philosophy relates to popular culture, and as such we welcome proposals that investigate and examine the intersections between philosophy and popular culture. Any and all aspects of philosophy and popular culture will be considered.



Possible topics include but are not limited to:



· Philosophical issues explored in popular culture

· Views of philosophy in popular culture

· Philosophical frameworks engaged in popular culture

· Representations of philosophy and/in popular culture

· Elements of popular culture analysis

· Philosophy and film

· Philosophy and television

· Philosophy and the fine arts

· Philosophy and Literature

· Philosophy and graphic novels/comic book

Issues of identity and popular culture

· Conceptual entities of identity and popular culture

· Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and popular culture

· Epistemology and Popular Culture

· Phenomenology and Popular Culture



To apply to the Philosophy and Popular Culture Area please follow the instructions for submitting a paper abstract on the submissions database at: http://conference2015.southwestpca.org



For information about the conference and other presentation areas, registration, and hotel accommodations, please go to the SWPACA website at: http://www.southwestpca.org



The conference organizers are particularly interested in graduate student presentations (as well as those of independent scholars in order to make the conference as inclusive as possible) and as such have a number of awards for graduate student papers. For more information, see: http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/



We are also pleased to announce the inaugural issue of Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, a peer-reviewed publication of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. The Journal debuted at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Conference in February 2014. For more information and to submit manuscripts, email Lynnea Chapman-King, Editor in Chief, or Anna CohenMiller, Managing Editor, at (editors /at/ journaldialogue.org), or through the contact form.



If you have questions, requests, or require further information, please contact the Area Chair:



Burcu Gurkan, Area Chair, Philosophy and Popular Culture

School of Foreign Languages

Istanbul Sehir University
Kusbakisi Caddesi No: 27 34662

Altunizade, Üsküdar

Istanbul TURKEY 34662



(philswpca /at/ gmail.com)

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