[Commlist] CFP: DePaul Pop Culture Conference

Call for Presentations:
/A Celebration of Superheroes/

DePaul Pop Culture Conference

DePaul University – Virtual Conference

May 01, 2021

The Pop Culture Conference has gone virtual!

After postponing for a year, we are now re-accepting submissions for the 
eighth Pop Culture Conference, hosted by DePaul University! This year’s 
“Celebration of Superheroes” will take place *synchronously *for 
Keynotes, Workshops, and Roundtables on *May 01, 2021* and 
asynchronously for panels throughout the following week. More details 
can be found at popcultureconference.com <http://popcultureconference.com>.

This event will feature roundtable discussions from scholars and fans of 
Superheroes and comics*/. /*Our keynote speaker is *Sarah Kuhn*, author 
of the popular /Heroine Complex/ novels—a series starring Asian American 
superheroines, as well as /I Love You So Mochi/ and a graphic novel 
about Batgirl Cassandra Cain for DC Comics. Our academic speaker is *Dr. 
Frederick Aldama*, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor at The 
Ohio State University and expert in Latino literature, film, television, 
comics, and superheroes.

Participants may propose papers about a broad array of ideas related to 
Superheroes and their cultural impact. All papers should be pre-recorded 
in whatever format the researcher wishes – videos, narrated powerpoints, 
podcasts, PDF posters, etc. The audience for this event is both graduate 
and undergraduate students, both fans and scholars. You may propose 
multiple papers and panels.

Some possible topics include: The ubiquity of Superheroes; Power and 
Responsibility with Superheroes; the morality of Superheroes; 
race/ethnicity and Superheroes; Gender and Superheroes; Religion and 
Superheroes, teaching with Superheroes, the financial success of the MCU 
or DC Universes, etc.

Please *submit an abstract* of your talk by *Monday, March 01 to 
(popcultureconference /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(popcultureconference /at/ gmail.com)>*. 
Final videos will be due *Friday, April 16*. If you are interested in 
contributing to our published charity volume, papers of 2-5,000 words 
are due by *Friday, April 02.*

For more information, please check out popcultureconference.com 
<http://popcultureconference.com>, and sign up for updates on Facebook 
(search “A Celebration of Heroes”). We hope that you will be able to 
join in the discussion and celebration!


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