Conference Proposal Deadline
This is the Late July - 2025 Annual Conference Proposal Deadline MAPACA Newsletter. Our next conference is November 6-8 in Philadelphia, PA.
In this newsletter, we have:
Our CFP for the 2025 MAPACA Annual Conference in November
Ni! Roundtable and paper proposals celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Response is looking for books to review
Important dates
MAPACA 2025 Annual Conference CFP
Proposals for the 2025 Annual Conference are due in just a few days at mapaca.net. We want to see you in Philadelphia in November, so submit your proposals by July 31. See the full CFP below.
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
2025 Annual Conference
November 6-8, 2025
Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse
Philadelphia, PA
Call for proposals:
Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) conference in Philadelphia, PA. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome.
Proposals should take the form of 300-word abstracts, and may only be submitted to one appropriate area. For a list of areas and area chair contact information, visit the Areas page on our website. General questions can be directed to mapaca@mapaca.net. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2025.
MAPACA’s participants are comprised of college and university faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate and undergraduate students. MAPACA is an inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multidisciplinary manifestations. It is a regional division of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association, which, in the words of Popular Culture Association founder Ray Browne, is a “multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life.”
For more information, and to login and submit a proposal, visit mapaca.net.
Ni! Roundtable and paper proposals celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
In the past 50 years, no film has generated more scholarship among medievalists than Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But the film is far from some specialist obsession, as it has transcended cultures, generations, and even mediums, as Spamalot is still active after 20 years and currently touring North America. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of its release, MAPACA's Film and Medieval/Renaissance areas would like to sponsor a panel and/or a roundtable discussion about the film and its impact on film comedy and on representations of medieval English culture in popular film/television. Possible paper topics might include Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
in the context of the tradition of British humor
and the representations of Arthurian legends
and medieval historiography
and other cinematic/tv representations of medieval England
and its influence on film and television comedy
in historical context (e.g. the rock music scene of the seventies, as noted British rock acts financed the film)
If you wish to participate in a roundtable discussion, please contact either Diana Vecchio (dmvecchio@widener.edu) or Tom Grochowski (tgrochowski@sjny.edu). If you have a paper proposal, please submit it only to the Film Studies area. Ni!
Response is looking for books to review
Did you turn your MAPACA presentation into a book? Do you know of someone else who did? We'd love to know! Response: The Journal of Popular and American Culture is looking for recent books by MAPACA enthusiasts to review! Please contact reviews.response@mapaca.net with suggestions. Note: we may not be able to review all books suggested.
Important dates
July 31, 2025 - Deadline for submissions to the 2025 MAPACA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA
November 6-8, 2025 - MAPACA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA
