📣 CFP: the call for our virtual conference Consuming US Popular Culture: Media Aesthetics, Ethics and Literacy to be held on 27–28 November 2026 is out! Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2026 Find the full call: www.popmec.com/2026-virtual/

Sneak peek of things taking shape @popmec.bsky.social #conference

📢 #CFP II International Conference "The Monster and the Evil: Articulations and Derivations of the Idea of Evil in Culture." 📍 University of León, Spain. 📅 April 6-8, 2027. 📩 Deadline for abstract submission: October 31, 2026. 🌐 congresomonstruoule.my.canva.site/home/

📢 #CallforAbstracts: Geographies of Star Trek for Transitional Times, edited by David K. Seitz , ksenia fir and Fiona Davidson. 📩 Deadline: A 250-word abstract plus a title and contact information must be sent to dseitz@g.hmc.edu by October 1, 2026.

📢 Call for contributions! Special thematic dossier "Aesthetics, Performance, Discourse and Spectacle in the Age of Trumpism" in the journal REDEN. 📰📺👀 🔎 Editor: @annamartamarini.bsky.social ❗ Submission of full papers by November 1, 2026. erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es/ojs/index.ph...

📣 we extend the CFP for our international in-person conference Futures and Frontiers of US American Culture(s) held at FU Berlin, 30 September – 2 October 2026 Extended deadline for proposals: June 14, 2026 Find the call and details at www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

🤩 We are excited to share that our next conference will take place in Berlin! 🎉 The Futures and Frontiers of US American Culture(s) International Conference will be held at the John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freie Universität Berlin. 👉 Full call: www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

📢 Call for articles! Issue on "Playing Politics: Sport, Power and Conflict in U.S. History" for USAbroad: Journal of American History and Politics. 📩 Submission deadline for abstracts: April 7, 2026. 🌐 usabroad.unibo.it/announcement...

📢 #CFP MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Conference 2026: "Media and Sustainability." 📍 University of Reading, UK. 📅 September 9, 2026. 📩 Deadline: May 15, 2026. 🌐 baas.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

📢 Call for articles! Special dossier "Digital Projections and Screened Identities in US American Culture" in REDEN, edited by Laura Álvarez Trigo and Anna Marta Marini. 📺💻🎬📱 📩 Submission deadline: April 15, 2026. 🌐https://erevistas.publicaciones.uah.es/ojs/index.php/reden/announcement/view/66

📢 #CFP International Seminar "Mythical Archipelagos: Islands, Narratives, and Imaginaries Across Cultures and Media.” 🏝️🌊🔮✨ 📍 Hybrid conference at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 📅 May 14-15, 2026 📩 Deadline: March 30, 2026. 🌐 dfmti.ulpgc.es/app/pages/in...

📢 #CFP The 53rd AAAS Conference: “Critical Media Analysis, Participatory Culture, and New Textualities: American Studies through a Digital Lens.”💻🌐 📍 The University of Education and the University of the Diocese of Linz. 📅 November 5-7, 2026 📩 Deadline: April 30, 2026. 🌐 aaas.at/annual-confe...

😍📚Don’t miss our next reading session! We'll be discussing Tama Leaver's "Early Artificial Intelligence Films: When are you going to let me out of this box".🤖 📅 January 29 - 17:00 💌Free registration + reading materials: reading.saas.ys@gmail.com Attendance is certified!👇

📢 Speciall Issue "Resistance and Mediation in the US: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates" in InMedia-The French Journal of Media Studies. 🎤📰📱 📩 (New dates) Abstract submission deadline: February 2, 2026. Full article deadline: March 16, 2026. 🌐 journals.openedition.org/inmedia/3691

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📢 #CFP The 2026 RAAS – Fulbright Conference: Journeys and Frontiers in American Literature and Culture. 📚🎬🎶 📍 Faculty of Letters at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania. 📅 October 8-10, 2026. 📩 Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2026. 🌐 raas.ro/the-2026-raa...

Got back from the annual @popmec.bsky.social conference yesterday. Recovering today. Such an inspiring experience, and I had many exciting conversations. Thank you Anna, Laura, and the whole conference team! I also wholeheartedly recommend this organization to any Americanists out there.

🌟Members of our project joined the PopMec conference Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture (Univ. of Valladolid) yesterday. At the panel “Narratives of Hope,” they discussed belonging, identity, and hope in the Capitalocene—an inspiring exchange! @popmec.bsky.social

We closed today our annual in-person conference after two and a half days of great panels and discussion. We thank our participants for contributing to create a space of (academic) belonging! PS please remind to plant our identifier 😁

📢😍We're excited to share the #CFP for the 2026 Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar - a welcoming space for PhD candidates to share their work among peers! 📅March 12-13, 2026 📩Please send your proposals by December 15➡️ saasyoungscholars@gmail.com 💻+ info: shorturl.at/TgfZO Share widely and stay tuned!!

📢 British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Conference 2026. 📍 April 9-11, 2026. 📅 University of Glasgow. 🌐 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-as...

📢 34th Conference on British and American Studies: “Reconfiguring Borders and Boundaries in/through the Lens of Literature, Language and Culture." 📍 May 14-16, 2026. 📅 West University of Timișoara, Romania. lift.uvt.ro/event/34th-conference-on-british-and-american-studies14-16-may-2026/

📢 #CFP “The Blood is the Life!”: Narratives of Illness, Gender and Identity in Vampire Fiction Seminar. 📍 University of Valencia, Spain. 📅 April 16-17, 2026. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

We closed our virtual conference with the keynote roundtable "Making It Online: Affinities and Aesthetics of Digital Subcultures" kindly organized and led by @kmsweeneyromero.bsky.social.. such a great way to round off our event, showcasing great work done by ECRs!

Yesterday we had a great first day of virtual conference and it was such a pleasure to have Shellie McMurdo as a keynote on how witnessing and identity work in found footage horror!

We're so excited to have the amazing Joanna Bourke (@joannabourke.bsky.social) as keynote at our in-person conference! The call for abstracts is open until JULY 14 ➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

Happy to announce that our in-person conference will include a roundtable titled "Narratives of Hope: Challenges of Belonging in US Culture in the Age of the Capitalocene" by the research group @recaphope.bsky.social! The call for abstracts is open until JULY 14 ➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED! You can send us your proposals for the virtual conference until JULY 21 🗓️ Digital Projections and Screened Identities in US American Culture | Virtual Conference on September 4–5, 2025 Find all the details at www.popmec.com/virtual-2025/

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED! You can send us your proposals for the in-person conference until JULY 14 🗓️

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POPMEC CFP 📣 We’re happy to share the call for our 2025 in-person conference Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture! Universidad de Valladolid (Spain) | November 24–26, 2025 🗓️ deadline for abstracts: June 30, 2025 ➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

#CFP Friendly reminder that the CFP for our in-person conference "Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture" will close soon! ✍️ 📆 Deadline: the 30th of June, 2025. We are looking forward to seeing you at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain) in November! ➡️ www.popmec.com/frontiers-20...

📢 The Northeast Popular Culture Association will hold its annual conference virtually from the 9th to the 11th of October. 📆 Deadline: the 15th of July, 2025. ➡️ www.northeastpca.org/call-for-pap...