The PCA Documentary Award honors an outstanding documentary that critically engages with themes in Popular or American culture. #PCA #Documentary #PopularCulture #AmericanCulture
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The PCA/ACA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of scholars and enthusiasts dedicated to the study of popular culture through writing, sharing, and publishing. Our next conference is scheduled for April 2026 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Queer stories shape culture and so does the research behind them. The John Leo & Dana Heller Award honors scholarship that elevates LGBTQ representation in popular culture published in the past 3 years. #RepresentationMatters #QueerStudies
Honoring the legacy of Harry & Katrina Hazzard-Donald, this award recognizes groundbreaking scholarship that deepens our understanding of African American popular culture in its richness, complexity, and impact within books published in the past year.
What’s Popping: May is out! Conference highlights, award updates, calls for reviewers/submissions, and June events you don’t want to miss. Check your inbox.
Celebrating Susan Koppelman’s legacy by spotlighting bold feminist work in popular culture, published within the past three years. #PCAACA #FeministScholarship #PopCulture
Ray & Pat Browne Award honors the best edited reference/primary-source works in popular culture studies. Eligible:published in popular culture studies published in the past 3 years.. #PCAACA #PrimarySources #ArchivalResearch
Celebrating the winner of the John G. Cawelti Award—our annual honor for innovative scholarship in Popular and American Culture: Christine McWhorter’s “Building Critical Race Media Literacy: Countering the Narrative” (Routledge).
Wondering what you could do with that PCA/ACA paper you presented in April? Join us for May’s Membership Matters where we will discuss dissertation/thesis incorporation, publishing opportunities, and other ways to build a future for your conference paper. Sign up: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Congratulations to Brenda Boudreau and Kelli Maloy—winners of this year’s award honoring Ray and Pat Browne edited or co-edited scholarly books (hardcover or paperbound). The award recognizes collections with more than one or two contributors, published within the past year.
Congratulations to this year's winner, Amy Erdman Farrell! This award honors rigorous, original work that moves popular + American studies forward. Selected for research quality, originality, and field impact.
Keep the momentum going and present at a PCA regional conference. Click the link here to find out more: pcaaca.org/page/Regiona...
Survey extended to April 24. Tell us what you loved and what we can improve; your feedback shapes future PCA conferences. Click the link here: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/019d7... #PCA2026 #PCAConference #PCASurvey #PCACommunity
Final panels and Town Hall bring the week into focus. A week of conversations that sparked ideas, sessions that pushed us forward, game nights that brought us together, and outings that turned colleagues into community. We’re excited to see you at the 2027 Annual Conference in Boston.
Disney Studies VI / Musicals Stage & Film III is starting right now! Come join us for a discussion of a fantastic new edited collection on Newsies: hear what our most excellent scholars have to say before you read all about it! #PCAACA2026 #DisneyStudies @pcaaca.bsky.social
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Thank you, @pcaaca.bsky.social! I’m absolutely stunned and grateful. It’s an honor to do this work and tell these #circus stories. ♥️🎪 #pca2026
I wish we had a conference Janet for @pcaaca.bsky.social, just popping in to hand over a book someone will need for next steps in their research.
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Spotted at #pcaaca2026 !! Book and book-chapter-book side by side at the Palgrave table. Yay for Animal Fashions in the world! @pcaaca.bsky.social
If publishing is on your radar, don’t skip these at the 2026 Annual Conference. From getting your work published to connecting with editors and peers, these sessions are built to move your ideas forward.
So who is coming to @pcaaca.bsky.social this week? Aside from me that is… 🧐
I'll be at PCA (@pcaaca.bsky.social) all week, presenting my paper on player protest in World of Warcraft this Friday morning as part of the game studies panel. If any friends are attending, let's link up! #pca2026 #pcaaca26
Overheard at #PCA2026: “Given the state of the world, we should embrace monsters.”
PCA 2026 is live. Panels are open, and the rubber ducks are already in circulation. Check the schedule, find your people, and get into the work.
dusting this account off to prepare for the @pcaaca.bsky.social conference next week! I'm so excited, these conferences are the highlight of my year. looking forward to presenting, mentoring, and connecting with friends and colleagues! #PCA2026conference
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Somehow it‘s now the week of @pcaaca.bsky.social! I won‘t be there in person despite still co-chairing #DisneyStudies with @pcbryan.bsky.social & @mythinginaction.bsky.social. There‘s always next year… sorry to miss everyone. #pcaaca26
Can't wait to see all our @pcaaca.bsky.social peeps this week! Be sure to stop by our tables in the Atrium Ballroom (AB) as soon as you can because not only do we have a great selection of titles from 26 publishers, but we also have some special deals that are first come, first served. #pcaaca2026
Presenting, networking, exploring Atlanta, however you're experiencing PCA 2026, we want to see it. Tag or mention us in your photos and you might be featured on our page. Let’s showcase the energy of this year’s Annual together!
You’re presenting. Now let’s make it count. At the 2026 Annual Conference, PCA-sponsored sessions bring the community together from the Opening Ceremony and keynotes to celebrations of scholarship and the Town Hall. This is where ideas are shared, questions are asked.
