CFP: 2014 Annual Joint Conference of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations: Biographies Area

CFP: 2014 Annual Joint Conference of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations: Biographies Area 

2014 Conference – April 16-19, Chicago, IL

The Biographies Area of the PCA/ACA invites paper submissions on any topic involving biographies for the2014 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, to be held April 16-19 at the Marriott Chicago Downtown Miracle Mile.

The Biography and Popular Culture Area will examine the connections betweenbiography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged.


Potential topic might include:

   - Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater
   - Biography and film
   - Biography and criminal justice
   - Television programs about biography
   - Biography and urban legends
   - Biography and folklore
   - Biography and literature
   - Scholarly Biography
   - Controversial Biography
   - Psychoanalysis and Biography
   - Historical Biography
   - Political Biography
   - Autobiography

All proposals should be submitted online via the PCA/ACA website. Please
point your web browser to: http://pcaaca.org/national-conference-2/proposing-a-presentation-at-the-conference/
and follow the instructions there to submit your 100-250-word abstract.

For more information on the PCA/ACA Conference, please visit the official
website: http://pcaaca.org/

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 1, 2013.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by November 30, 2013.

Thank you in advance for your interest in this opportunity.  If you have
questions or need more information, please feel free to contact:

Susie Skarl, PCA/ACA Biographies Area Chair
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
UNLV Libraries702-895-2141
susieskarl@gmail.com