[Commlist] Punk Scholars Network USA 2026 Conference

*/For The Record: Punk Histories and Archival Practices/*
Punk Scholars Network USA
March 6 & 7, 2026
The Punk Rock Museum
Las Vegas, Nevada

We are pleased to announce the return of the Punk Scholars Network USA 
affiliate to the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas for our fourth annual 
conference, /For the Record: Punk Histories and Archival Practices /on 
March 6 and 7, 2026. Following the success of last year’s event, this 
year’s meeting will seek to further advance conversations about the ways 
punk is and has been collected, presented, re-presented, curated, and 
archived. Punk has long presented challenges to conventional modes of 
preservation and scholarship while simultaneously producing forms of 
cultural memory worth exploring further. By convening once again at the 
Punk Rock Museum, we aim to bring together punk scholars from across 
disciplines to examine the processes through which punk’s history is 
recorded, interpreted, and documented.

In keeping with the PSN’s multidisciplinary academic approach, we are 
seeking contributions from a range of fields of study and methodological 
approaches including, but not limited to, cultural studies, history, 
musicology, communication, art and design, humanities, performing arts, 
and the social sciences. As ever, the PSN also welcomes proposals from 
independent scholars, artists, journalists, musicians, punk fans, and 
scene participants working outside of formal academic institutions. 
Selected papers and panels could cover, but are not limited to, the 
following themes:

  * Formal and informal punk archives, punk gallery displays, and punk
    museum collections
  * The history of punk: origins, legacy, impact
  * Punk resistance, longevity, and sustainability
  * Global punk scenes
  * Punk ethics and politics
  * Punk aesthetics and style
  * Punk in popular culture
  * Punk and conflict, crisis, or trauma
  * Ethnographic considerations of a scene, space, or borders
  * Music and the performer: creativity, authorship, identity,
    definition, musical boundaries
  * DIY culture and activism
  * The art of punk: record covers, concert flyers, fanzine design and
    associated graphic style

*Submission deadline: Friday, October 10*
*Decisions will be sent by Friday, October 31*
Proposals should be 350 words maximum. Please include a presentation 
title, affiliation information (if any), pronouns, and a brief presenter 
bio (50-100 words) with your submission. There is no conference fee for 
presenters.
*Proposals should be submitted to (punkscholarsusa /at/ gmail.com)*

---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ commlist.org)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------