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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - EUPOP2012 - Inaugural Conference of the European Popular Culture Association 11-13 July 2012 London College of Fashion University of the Arts London Extended deadline for abstracts: 3rd March 2012. Abstracts (250-300 words accompanied by brief biographical and contact details) for papers and complete panels should be submitted to: [log in to unmask] For this final call for papers, the conference organisers would particularly welcome individual papers and panel contributions in the following areas: - Music - Sport - The body and its representation - Comics and graphic novels - Heritage / curation - Subcultures This conference will launch the European Popular Culture Association (EPCA) and will explore European popular culture in all its different forms. There will be opportunities for networking and for developing caucus groups within the EPCA. Presenters at EUPOP2012 will be encouraged to develop their papers for publication in a number of Intellect journals, including the new Journal of European Popular Culture, the journal of the EPCA, other film journals including Film, Fashion and Consumption, and various music journals. JOURNAL EDITORS WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STRAND CONVENORS - a full list of Intellect journals is available at: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/index/ Paper/panel submissions will be as always subject to peer review. For further details and updates - visit the conference website at: http://eupop2012.tumblr.com You can follow the EUPOP2012 conference on Twitter @EUPOP2012 Please spread the word and use the hashtag #EUPOP2012 when retweeting and / or contributing to the conference back channel. - The European Popular Culture Association - The European Popular Culture Association (EPCA) promotes the study of popular culture from, in, and about Europe. Popular culture involves a wide range of activities, outcomes and audiences; EPCA aims to examine and discuss these different activities as they relate both to Europe, and to Europeans across the globe, whether contemporary or historical. CLOSING DATE FOR THIS FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: 3RD MARCH 2012. - EPCA and 2012 EPCA Conference Directors - EPCA President: Pamela Church Gibson [log in to unmask] (or at the generic conference address given here) Director of Research & Exchange: Graeme Harper [log in to unmask] CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATOR: SARAH-JANE SIMPSON Sarah-Jane Simpson can be reached at [log in to unmask] Please use this address for general administrative queries. We would suggest that you contact her speedily if you are coming from abroad and are wanting to discuss the availability of accommodation. Although the conference is well in advance of the Olympics, we have placed a notional hold on inexpensive hotel rooms and need confirmation ASAP. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------