Literature and Popular Culture (Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference)
Virtual
Organization: Northeast Popular Culture Association
Event: Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference
The Literature and Popular Culture area for the 2026 Northeast Popular Culture Association conference is accepting paper and panel proposals from faculty and graduate students. NEPCA’s 2026 virtual annual conference will be held from Thursday, October 15-Saturday, October 17, 2026. Sessions will take place on Zoom through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. More information on the conference can be found here: https://www.northeastpca.org/call-for-papers
250-word abstracts are due by June 15, 2026 at 5 pm.
The NEPCA Literature and Popular Culture area welcomes papers that analyze and evaluate the connections between popular culture and literature, understood broadly. How does popular culture inform and/or react to literature, and what are the implications for that relationship?
Presentations can discuss many different theoretical and disciplinary perspectives. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
· Analyses of individual/multiple works that engage with popular culture.
· Intersections of popular culture and literature.
· Retelling of works of literature in popular culture media.
· Publication, reception and audience of literature and popular culture.
· Popular culture trends in literature.
· Literary genres and how they are explored in popular culture.
· Any other topics that bring together these two areas.
Please submit paper proposals of 250 words via the paper proposal form available on the NEPCA website (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScth-dsuyESpWSgNxubknKghuPpaDtKO0IHaicKWl-yi_WUtQ/viewform?pli=1) by June 15, 2026 by 5pm. Please ensure that your proposal is jargon-free and understandable to a broad audience.
For more information and the broad CFP, please visit the NEPCA website: https://www.northeastpca.org/call-for-papers
Susan Gorman, Area Chair
Literature and Popular Culture
MCPHS University
179 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Email: susan.gorman@mcphs.edu
https://www.northeastpca.org/call-for-papers
Susan Gorman