[Commlist] CFP: MPCA/ACA conference, British Popular Culture Area

*CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND PANEL PROPOSALS-- British Popular 
Culture Area*

*Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture 
Association Annual Conference*

*Friday-Sunday, 6-8, October 2023 *
*DePaul University, Chicago, IL*

Address: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: 
(312) 362-8000

This is our second year of having our conference at a university instead 
of a hotel; therefore, conference participants will be responsible for 
securing their own lodging.

Submit paper, abstract, or panel proposals (including the title of the 
presentation) to the appropriate Area on the Submissions website at 
_https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels 
<https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels>_

*Individuals may only submit one paper*, and please do not submit the 
same paper to more than one Area.

/*Deadline for receipt of proposals is April 30, 2023.*/

Please include your name, affiliation (if any), and e-mail address of 
each author/participant. A preliminary version of the schedule will be 
posted on our website around August 2023. The final version will be 
distributed in hard copy at the conference.
/Special Notes Regarding Proposal Submissions: (1) AV equipment will be 
provided. The Association does not provide laptops, cords, or 
speakers.  (2) If necessary, indicate and submit potential scheduling 
conflicts along with your proposal. (3) If you wish your presentation to 
be listed as MACA (rather than MPCA), please include this request with 
your proposal./

This is, unfortunately and despite my urgings, planned to be an 
in-person only event. Please plan to attend the entire conference. 
Panels will run at the following approximate times: Friday 9:00 am-6:00 
pm, Saturday 9:00 am -5:30 pm, and Sunday 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Special 
events may include game night on Thursday evening, featured speakers and 
awards ceremony on Friday evening, and a keynote speaker on Saturday 
evening. These events will be free for conference registrants.
Topics for papers, panels and roundtables are open so long as they 
relate in some way to British popular culture, broadly defined. Work on 
international co-productions involving British partners may also be 
submitted to this area, though the Area Chair reserves the right to 
reallocate papers should an abstract fit better in a different area.
*COVID-19:*The Midwest Popular Culture Association continues to monitor 
the COVID-19 situation closely. At this point, we intend for the 
conference to go ahead as planned as an in-person event in October of 
2023. Please note that the deadline for registration is September 15 of 
2023. In the event that the conference is moved into a virtual setting, 
postponed, or cancelled, we will notify you and provide you with 
information as to how the organization will respond as soon as possible. 
Please check the MPCA website or follow MPCA on Twitter or Facebook for 
the latest information.
*MEMBERSHIP DUES & REGISTRATION FEES*: Membership renewal forms for the 
2023 calendar year and 2023 conference registration forms will be 
available on the website in the coming weeks. All participants must 
register for the conference. Registration is $100 for undergraduate 
students with ID, $150 for reduced rate members (graduate students with 
ID, retirees, and unemployed), and $180 for regular members. There will 
be a $15 late fee for registration on-site or postmarked after September 
15, 2023. (This fee is waived for residents of countries other than the 
USA or Canada.) Payment on-site will be by cash, check, or via credit 
card on Square. To preregister, send a check anytime to Paul Booth, 
Communication, DePaul University, 1 E. Jackson, Chicago, IL 60604. Make 
check payable to Midwest Popular Culture Association. A 
registration-membership form may be printed from our website at 
_https://www.mpcaaca.org <https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels>_

Day passes will be available for guests of the conference who are not 
presenting a paper.

Attendees are financially responsible for all costs related to their 
participation in the conference, e.g., transportation, lodging, meals, 
registration, membership, etc. Graduate students are invited to apply 
for competitively awarded travel grants from MPCA/MACA. Details on these 
grants are available _here <http://mpcaaca.org/conference/travel-grants/>_.

*Cancellation Policy: *If you submit a proposal (or if you accept an 
invitation to appear on a panel), you are promising to attend the 
conference if your proposal is accepted, and you are promising to pay 
the conference registration fee, the Association membership fee, and a 
late fee of $15 if applicable. If your proposal is accepted and you do 
not attend the conference, it is expected that you will (1) notify all 
members of your panel, your Area Chair, and the MPCA/MACA President 
(Julia Largent Kuttler) of your cancellation; (2) provide such 
notification as early as possible; (3) arrange to have your paper 
distributed at the panel; (4) arrange for somebody else to carry out any 
other duties you may have; and (5) pay your membership and registration 
fees (plus late fee if applicable). If conditions 1-5 are met, you may 
file a written request, after the conference, for a refund of half your 
registration fee. For co-authored papers, all authors are welcome and 
encouraged to attend, but only one author is required to attend.

Melissa Beattie, PhD
https://independent.academia.edu/BeattieMelissa

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