[Commlist] SWPACA 2022 - Graphic Novels, Comics, & Popular Culture Area

*Call for Papers*

*Graphic Novels, Comics, & Popular Culture Area*

*Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)*

43rdt Annual Conference, February 23-26, 2022

Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.southwestpca.org <http://www.southwestpca.org>

Submissions open on *August 1, 2021*

Proposal submission deadline: *October 31, 2021*

Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 43rd 
annual SWPACA conference. One of the nation’s largest interdisciplinary 
academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each 
typically featuring multiple panels.  For a full list of subject areas, 
area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit 
http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/ 
<http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/>

*The Graphic Novels, Comics, & Popular Culture Area seeks presentation 
proposals on formal, cultural, historical, and theoretical dimensions of 
sequential art in all its forms (comics, graphic novels, anime, etc.).*

Presentations may focus on a single work, put works into productive 
conversation with one another, or investigate relationships between 
works of sequential art and their transmedia adaptations; in the latter 
case, however, significant emphasis should be placed on sequential art – 
those proposals focusing too much on film, television, gaming, or other 
formats will not be read favorably.

Authors may also submit field-provoking critical literature reviews 
intended to reframe scholarly discussion around major disciplinary 
themes or questions, works of sequential art history or historiography, 
ethnographic work concerning sequential art audiences, studies of the 
sequential art industry’s political economy, or investigations into new 
forms of sequential art storytelling, consumption, distribution, or 
marketing.

*All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at 
**http://register.southwestpca.org/southwestpca* 
<http://register.southwestpca.org/southwestpca>

For details on using the submission database and on the application 
process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips 
page at http://southwestpca.org/conference/faqs-and-tips/ 
<http://southwestpca.org/conference/faqs-and-tips/>

Individual proposals for 15-minute papers must include an abstract of 
approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio in the body of the 
proposal form is encouraged, but not required.

For information on how to submit a proposal for a roundtable or a 
multi-paper panel, please view the above FAQs and Tips page.

The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2021.

SWPACA offers monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a 
variety of categories. Submissions of accepted, full papers are due 
January 1, 2022.  SWPACA also offers travel fellowships for 
undergraduate and graduate students. For more information, visit 
http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/ 
<http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/>

Registration and travel information for the conference will be available 
at 
http://southwestpca.org/conference/conference-registration-information/ 
<http://southwestpca.org/conference/conference-registration-information/>

In addition, please check out the organization’s peer-reviewed, 
scholarly journal, /Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular 
Culture and Pedagogy/, at http://journaldialogue.org/ 
<http://journaldialogue.org/>

*If you have any questions about the Graphic Novels, Comics, Popular 
Culture area, please contact its Area Chair, Robert Peaslee, at Texas 
Tech University ((robert.peaslee /at/ ttu.edu) <mailto:(robert.peaslee /at/ ttu.edu)>). *

If you have general questions about the conference, please contact us at 
(support /at/ southwestpca.org) <mailto:(support /at/ southwestpca.org)>, and a member 
of the executive team will get back to you.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

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