[Commlist] CFP: British Popular Culture Area, Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference

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

Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association 
Annual Conference

Friday-Sunday, 4-6, October 2024 DePaul University-Loop Campus, Chicago, 
IL Address: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: 
(312) 362-8000

This is the third year of having our conference at a University instead 
of a hotel; 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 Individuals 
may only submit one paper. Do not submit the same paper to more than one 
Area. 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. 
Deadline for receipt of proposals is May 15, 2024.

Please include your name, affiliation, and e-mail address of each 
author/participant. A preliminary version of the schedule will be posted 
on our website around August 2024. The final version will be posted 
online prior to 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. 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. Area Chairs are strongly encouraged to attend the Annual 
Meeting (all members are welcome to attend).

* New this year: *Virtual Panels will be running concurrently with 
in-person panels. No in-person panels will be offered virtually, but all 
who register will have access to the virtual panels. Please indicate 
when submitting if you prefer to deliver your presentation in-person, 
virtually, or no preference. Virtual panels are available on a 
first-come, first-served basis. (Zoom is the planned platform and panels 
will be scheduled in Central Time Zone.) If you have any questions about 
virtual panels, please email (president /at/ mpcaaca.org).

* MEMBERSHIP DUES & REGISTRATION FEES:* Membership renewal forms for the 
2024 calendar year and 2024 conference registration forms are now 
available on our website . All participants must register for the 
conference. Registration for Full-Time Faculty: $150, Part-Time 
faculty/Independent Scholars/Graduate Student/Area Chair: $125, Virtual 
only (no difference in rank): $100, and Undergraduate students: $50. 
Registration fees go up after September 15, 2024. Any unregistered 
presenters will be dropped from the program after September 15. 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 . 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. 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.

*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 in-person in October of 2024. Please 
note that the deadline for registration is September 15, 2024. In the 
event that the conference is moved into a virtual setting, postponed, or 
canceled, 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.


Melissa Beattie, PhD
_https://independent.academia.edu/BeattieMelissa_
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