Folklore and Popular Culture, Popular Culture Association, Indianapolis, IN

POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION 2018 JOINT NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Indianapolis, IN
March 28-March 31, 2018

For information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.pcaaca.org
For conference information, please go to http://www.pcaaca.org/national-conference/

We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers concerning folklore and popular culture.

Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. As always, proposals addressing any topic concerning folklore studies are welcome; the list below is merely suggestive:

• Folklore in Popular Culture/Folklore as Popular Culture
• Influence of folklore on other forms of culture (literature, film, music, etc.)
• Folklore and Religion
• The difference between oral and literary sources of tradition
• Women in Folklore
• Folklore and children
• Uses of folklore
• Folklore and the Digital Age
• Folklore and Epic
• Illustrators/Illustration of folklore
• Folklore and memory/memory studies
• Symbolism in folklore
• The relationship between folklore and literary history
• Folklore and music

If there are any questions, please contact the Area Chair:

Dr. Kathryn Edney

Interim Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

Regis College

235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493

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Please note that ALL submissions must be made through the conference submission site: http://ncp.pcaaca.org . For individual papers, please submit a title, 100-word abstract, and your contact information. For themed paper sessions, each presenter must enter her/his own presentation; the session chair should contact Dr. Edney to ensure the papers are curated as a panel.