The Folklore Area of the Popular Culture Association is currently inviting proposals for the 2024 Popular Culture Association Conference. They are interested in organizing sessions, special panels, and individual papers centered around Folklore Studies. These sessions usually have a duration of 1½ hours and typically feature four papers. Each presentation should be limited to 15 minutes.
The call for proposals is open to various topics related to folklore studies, and they encourage a broad range of ideas. Some possible themes include Folklore in Popular Culture, Folklore and its presence in digital media, the impact of folklore on different cultural forms such as literature, film, and music, as well as exploring the connections between folklore and areas like religion, material culture, gender, children, memory studies, and global, regional, or local influences.
They also welcome proposals discussing the relationship between folklore and other academic fields like fairy tale studies, literary studies, and anthropology.
Themes:
- Folklore in Popular Culture/Folklore as Popular Culture
- Folklore and digital media
- Influence of folklore on other forms of culture (literature, film, music, etc.)
- Folklore and Religion
- Folklore and Material Culture
- The difference between oral and literary sources of tradition
- Folklore and Gender
- Folklore and children
- Uses of folklore
- Folklore and Globalism/Regionalism/Localism
- Illustrators/Illustrations of and in folklore
- Folklore and memory/memory studies
- Symbolism in folklore
- The relationship between folklore and fairy tale studies/literary studies/anthropology
It's important to note that the Folklore Area does not accept proposals from undergraduate students.
To submit an individual paper, you should provide a title and a 100-word abstract. Please make sure to adhere to the submission guidelines provided by the PCA, which can be found at this link: https://pcaaca.org/page/submissionguidelines.
The conference itself is scheduled for March 27-30, 2024, and it will take place in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile.
For any inquiries or questions, you can reach out to Kathryn Edney, who serves as the Associate Provost at Regis College, via email at kathryn.edney@regiscollege.edu.
Contact Email
kathryn.edney@regiscollege.edu
