CFP: Midwest Popular Culture Association Annual Conference (Chicago, 6-8 October 2023)

KS
Kizer, Sam
Tue, Feb 28, 2023 6:43 PM

Greetings!

The Disability Studies Subject Area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association welcomes proposals for our 2023 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois from 6-8 October 2023. Proposals are due 30 April 2023.

Topics may include, but are certainly not limited to:

  • Media representations of disability

  • Intersections of disability with other modes of identity and power such as race, gender, class, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.

  • Disability advocacy organizations

  • Feminist Disability Studies

  • Narratives of disability

  • Disability Studies pedagogy

  • Disability and citizenship

  • Disability and communication

  • Disability and the Internet

  • Conceptualizations and critiques of Disability Studies as a field of inquiry

  • Trends & new directions in Disability Studies

Projects that engage neurodivergence are especially welcome!

Please submit 250-word paper or panel proposals to the Disability Studies Subject Area. Include the title of your paper/panel, name, affiliation, and email address in your proposal. For panel proposals, each presenter must have an abstract; additionally, it would be helpful if one presenter emailed the area chair with the title of the panel, list of presenters, and their email addresses.  Please note you may only submit one proposal to the conference and only in one Area.

Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit and are also invited to apply for competitively awarded MPCA/MACA travel grants at https://www.mpcaaca.org/awards-travel-grants

Proposals are due by April 30, 2023. The submission portal can be found here: https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels

Information on the 2023 conference, including the broader CFP, can be found here: https://www.mpcaaca.org/2023-mpca-aca-annual-conference

If you have questions about the Disability Studies Subject Area or would like more information, please email area chair Sam Kizer at samkizer@iu.edu.


Sam Kizer, M.A.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Associate Instructor & Doctoral Candidate
Department of Gender Studies
Indiana University Bloomington
150 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Lindley Hall, Room 215
Bloomington, IN 47405

Greetings! The Disability Studies Subject Area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association welcomes proposals for our 2023 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois from 6-8 October 2023. Proposals are due 30 April 2023. Topics may include, but are certainly not limited to: * Media representations of disability * Intersections of disability with other modes of identity and power such as race, gender, class, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc. * Disability advocacy organizations * Feminist Disability Studies * Narratives of disability * Disability Studies pedagogy * Disability and citizenship * Disability and communication * Disability and the Internet * Conceptualizations and critiques of Disability Studies as a field of inquiry * Trends & new directions in Disability Studies Projects that engage neurodivergence are especially welcome! Please submit 250-word paper or panel proposals to the Disability Studies Subject Area. Include the title of your paper/panel, name, affiliation, and email address in your proposal. For panel proposals, each presenter must have an abstract; additionally, it would be helpful if one presenter emailed the area chair with the title of the panel, list of presenters, and their email addresses. Please note you may only submit one proposal to the conference and only in one Area. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit and are also invited to apply for competitively awarded MPCA/MACA travel grants at https://www.mpcaaca.org/awards-travel-grants Proposals are due by April 30, 2023. The submission portal can be found here: https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels Information on the 2023 conference, including the broader CFP, can be found here: https://www.mpcaaca.org/2023-mpca-aca-annual-conference If you have questions about the Disability Studies Subject Area or would like more information, please email area chair Sam Kizer at samkizer@iu.edu. ___ Sam Kizer, M.A. Pronouns: he/him/his Associate Instructor & Doctoral Candidate Department of Gender Studies Indiana University Bloomington 150 S. Woodlawn Ave. Lindley Hall, Room 215 Bloomington, IN 47405