[ecrea] EUPOP 2014 29th-31st July: Final call for papers

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - EUPOP 2014

Individual paper and panel contributions are welcomed for the third 
annual international conference of the European Popular Culture 
Association (EPCA), to be held at the University of the Arts, 272 HIGH 
HOLBORN, London WC1 from July 29th – 31st 2014.



EUPOP 2014 will explore European popular culture in all its various 
forms. This could include European Film (past and present), Television, 
Music, Celebrity, The Body, Fashion, New Media, Comics and Popular 
Literature, Sport, Heritage, and Curation. The special streams will 
include themes such as Horror, Commodification of Popular Culture, 
Sport, the Occult, Nationalism and its Ideological Forms, Paganism 
(Celtic Studies, Nordic Mythologies), and Technology.



There will be opportunities for networking, publishing, and developing 
caucus groups within the EPCA. Presenters at EUPOP 2014 will be 
encouraged to develop their papers for publication in a number of 
Intellect journals, including the EPCA’s Journal of European Popular 
Culture. Journal editors will be working closely with strand convenors – 
a full list of Intellect journals is available at: 
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/index/.



Papers and Complete Panels for all strands will be subject to peer 
review. Proposals for individual presentations must not exceed 20 
minutes in length, and those for panels – not more than 90 minutes. In 
the latter case, please provide a short description of the panel along 
with individual abstracts. Poster presentations and video projections 
are also warmly welcomed.



Proposals comprising a 300 word abstract, your full name, affiliation, 
and contact details (as a Word-file attachment, not a PDF) should be 
submitted to Pamela Church-Gibson ((p.church-gibson /at/ fashion.arts.ac.uk)) 
by June 29th, 2014.

Receipt of proposals will be acknowledged via e-mail.



The conference draft programme will be announced in early July, along 
with the conference registration and accommodation details.



Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

·         Feona Attwood

·         Glyn Davis, Gary Needham and Jean Wainwright on Warhol in Europe

·         Lenny Henry on Ethnicity and the Sports Film

·         John Hill on Father Ted, Television and Irish Stereotypes



The European Popular Culture Association

The European Popular Culture Association (EPCA) promotes the study of 
popular culture from, in, and about Europe. Popular culture involves a 
wide range of activities, material forms and audiences. EPCA aims to 
examine and discuss these different aspects as they relate both to 
Europe and to Europeans across the globe, whether contemporary or 
historical.

EPCA President, Pamela Church Gibson (p.church-gibson /at/ fashion.arts.ac.uk)

Journal of European Popular Culture editor, Graeme Harper (graeme /at/ eupop.org)

PCA-Finland Director, Adjunct Professor Kari Kallioniemi, (kakallio /at/ utu.fi)

IIPC Coordinator Kimi Kärki, (kierka /at/ utu.fi)



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