[ecrea] CFP - Philosophy and Popular Culture

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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