{"id":8355,"date":"2019-11-03T18:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2019-11-03T18:44:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:44:15","slug":"cfp-deadline-extended-steampunk-neo-victorian-literature-11-20-2019-2-19-22-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2019\/11\/03\/cfp-deadline-extended-steampunk-neo-victorian-literature-11-20-2019-2-19-22-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP Deadline Extended: Steampunk\/Neo-Victorian Literature (11\/20\/2019; 2\/19-22\/2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8356 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swpaca19-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swpaca19-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swpaca19-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swpaca19-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/swpaca19.png 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Southwest Popular \/ American Culture Association (SWPACA) \u00a041st Annual Conference<\/p>\n<p>Hyatt Regency Hotel &amp; Conference Center<\/p>\n<p>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/p>\n<p>February 19-22, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 40<sup>th<\/sup> annual SWPACA conference.\u00a0 One of the nation\u2019s largest interdisciplinary academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each typically featuring multiple panels. In addition to our regular areas, the 2020 conference will also be seeking submissions for special one-time-only areas regarding the work of Rob Thomas and the Amazon series, <em>Good Omens<\/em>. For a full list of subject areas, area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/call-for-papers\/\">http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/call-for-papers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Southwest Popular\/American Culture Association is pleased to welcome TV auteur Rob Thomas as a guest at our 2020 conference.<\/strong> In honor of Mr. Thomas\u2019 presence, we will host special panels on his body of work. Mr. Thomas is best known for creating the WB\/Hulu drama-noir series <em>Veronica Mars<\/em> (2004-2007; 2014; 2019) and co-creating the CW series <em>iZombie<\/em> (2015-2019) and the Starz series <em>Party Down<\/em> (2008-2009). He has written, directed, created\/co-created, and\/or executive produced several other projects for both television and film, as well as written several novels.<\/p>\n<p>SWPACA will also offer 2 preconference workshops scheduled for Wednesday, February 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 8:30am-11:30am. Join us this year for workshops in poetry workshop pedagogy and using popular culture in the classroom!<\/p>\n<p>As popular genres, Steampunk and Neo-Victorian fiction reflect a complex set of changes in contemporary society. At the same time, they link with classic traditions in science fiction and Victorian history. Submissions are welcome that address Steampunk and Neo-Victorian fiction from a variety of potential perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Some possibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research addressing or applying theoretical or structural topics to the genre.<\/li>\n<li>Work focusing on any aspects of Steampunk such as technology, fashion, history, popularity, or anything else you deem worthy of close examination.<\/li>\n<li>Work applying theoretical perspectives to representations\u00a0 of characters in any particular Steampunk or Neo-Victorian book, or novel series. This might include a wide range of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities.<\/li>\n<li>Work on international writers of Steampunk and\/or Neo-Victorian literature<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of television and film adaptations of the genre.<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of the relevance of Steampunk to Disability studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All proposals must be submitted through the conference\u2019s database at <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.southwestpca.org\/\">http:\/\/conference.southwestpca.org\/<\/a><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For details on using the submission database and on the application process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips page at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/faqs-and-tips\/proposal-submission-faqs-and-tips\/\">http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/faqs-and-tips\/proposal-submission-faqs-and-tips\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Individual proposals for 15 minute papers must include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words.\u00a0 Including a brief bio in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.<\/p>\n<p>For information on how to submit a proposal for a roundtable or a multi-paper panel, please view the above FAQs and Tips page.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submissions has been <strong>EXTENDED to NOVEMBER 20, 2019! \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SWPACA offers monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories. Submissions of accepted, full papers are due January 1. \u00a0For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/graduate-student-awards\/\">http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/graduate-student-awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration and travel information for the conference is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/registration\/\">http:\/\/southwestpca.org\/conference\/registration\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, please check out the organization\u2019s peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, <em>Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy<\/em>, at <a href=\"http:\/\/journaldialogue.org\">http:\/\/journaldialogue.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the [PUT YOUR AREA NAME HERE] area, please contact its Area Chair, [PUT YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION, AND EMAIL ADDRESS HERE]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Popular \/ American Culture Association (SWPACA) \u00a041st Annual Conference Hyatt Regency Hotel &amp; Conference Center Albuquerque, New Mexico February 19-22, 2020 Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 40th annual SWPACA conference.\u00a0 One of the nation\u2019s largest interdisciplinary academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each typically featuring multiple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[1488,506,1787,1949,1950],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}