Philosophy & Popular Culture (Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference)
Albuquerque, NM USA
Organization: Southwest Popular & American Culture Association
Event: Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference
Call for Papers
Philosophy & Popular Culture
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
46th Annual Conference, February 19-22, 2025
Marriott Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.swpaca.org
Submissions open on September 1, 2024
Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2024
Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 46th annual SWPACA conference. One of the nation’s largest interdisciplinary academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each typically featuring multiple panels. For a full list of subject areas, area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit https://swpaca.org/subject-areas/.
In the last decade, there has been a dedicated exploration of popular culture as it relates to aspects of philosophy, and a dedicated exploration of how philosophy relates to popular culture. As such, we welcome proposals that investigate and examine the intersections between philosophy and popular culture. Any and all aspects of philosophy and popular culture will be considered. This includes traditional Western conceptions of philosophy, as well as non-Western philosophy (e.g. Indian Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, et cetera).
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- General areas of philosophy explored or engaged in popular culture (Metaphysics, Ethics, Epistemology, Logic)
- Specific philosophical issues explored or engaged in popular culture, including but not limited to
- Personal Identity
- Family Bonds and Filial Obligations
- Free Will and Moral Responsibility
- Applying Ethical Theory
- Consciousness and the Philosophy of Mind
- General Metaphysical Schemas
- Knowledge and Skepticism
- The Existence of God and the Afterlife
- Natural Kinds and Social Construction
- Love, Sex, and Friendship
- The Meaning of Life
- Views of philosophy in popular culture
- Philosophical frameworks or outlooks engaged in popular culture
- Representations of philosophy and/in popular culture
- Philosophy and media
- Philosophy and the arts
- Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and popular culture
All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at https://swpaca.org/app
For details on using the submission database and on the application process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips page at https://swpaca.org/getting-started/
Individual proposals for 15-minute papers must include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.
For information on how to submit a proposal for a roundtable or a multi-paper panel, please view the above FAQs and Tips page.
The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2024.
SWPACA offers monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories. Submissions of accepted, full papers are due January 1, 2025. SWPACA also offers travel fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students. For more information, visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/
Registration and travel information for the conference will be available at http://southwestpca.org/conference/conference-registration-information/
For 2025, we are excited to be returning to the Marriott Albuquerque (2101 Louisiana Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110), which boasts free parking and close proximity to dining, shopping, and other delights.
In addition, please check out the organization’s peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, at http://journaldialogue.org/
If you have any questions about the Pedagogy & Popular Culture area, please contact Kurt Depner (Emeritus Professor, New Mexico State University) at kudepner@nmsu.edu. If you have general questions about the conference, please contact us at support@southwestpca.org, and a member of the executive team will get back to you.
This will be a fully in-person conference. If you’re looking for an online option to present your work, keep an eye out for details about the 2025 SWPACA Summer Salon, a completely virtual conference to take place in June 2025. However, do keep in mind that the Summer Salon is a smaller conference with limited presentation slots and no student funding assistance.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
KURT DEPNER