#popularculturestudies — Public Fediverse posts

Registration is now open for the annual conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) #online in October. I’ll be in the “History and Popular Uses of the Past” track, and I’ll be presenting my talk “Strange Girls Now Missing: How Dark Academia Storytelling Revisits Historical Cold Cases.” #TrueCrime #DarkAcademia #PopularCultureStudies #History #OnlineConference #Gothic

https://nepca2026.sched.com/

When you wish you were a scholar (and/or had more than two tired spoons to function): a call for papers on GENRE ROMANCE!

Deadline for abstracts: May 25.

@bookstodon #Reading #Writing #Romancelandia #PopularCultureStudies

More information at Dr Laura Vivanco's wonderful "Teach Me Tonight" blog:

https://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2026/05/call-for-papers-pacific-ancient-and.html

#CallForPapers: #StarWars and #Politics in the #Disney Era (Edited Volume)

#CFP #MediaStudies #SFF #PopularCultureStudies

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/28/cfp-edited-volume-on-star-wars-and-politics-in-the-disney-era

#CallForPapers: “I canna’ change the laws of physics”: Depictions of #Science in #PopularCulture

#PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) is back with a free virtual symposium exploring science in popular culture. To be held online on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of October 2024.

#CFP #OnlineEvent #OnlineConference #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #StarTrek

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/10/04/%E2%80%9Ci-canna%E2%80%99-change-the-laws-of-physics%E2%80%9D-depictions-of-science-in-popular-culture

#CallForPapers: For edited collection on #Design and #FanStudies

#FandomStudies #PopularCultureStudies #CFP #Designers #Fandom

https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/fanstudies/call-for-chapters-design-and-fan-studies/

#CallForPapers: Past Perceptions, Modern Perspectives: Contextualising #Egyptomania

#OnlineConference #OnlineEvent #PopularCultureStudies #CFP

https://www.issegyptomania.com/virtual-conference-2024

#CallForPapers: Wicked Wisdom and Forbidden Knowledge

#SignumUniversity and the #MythgardInstitute invite you to join us on October 19 for New England Moot 2024. Delving into realms deemed off-limits, whether to pursue worldly secrets or manipulate powerful forces, often exacts a toll on those who dare cross the threshold. Join us in exploring the shadows that lurk beneath the surface of #SpeculativeFiction.

#OnlineEvent #OnlineConference #SFF #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #Gothic #Horror #PopularCultureStudies #CFP

https://signumuniversity.org/event/newenglandmoot2024/

#CallForPapers: Michael Myers at 50: Essays on the #Halloween Franchise

#CFP #Horror #HorrorStudies #FilmStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmFranchiseStudies

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/04/01/michael-myers-at-50-essays-on-the-halloween-franchise

New discounts for new paperbacks! 🖖🪐

To celebrate the fact that my co-edited anthologies Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away are now available in paperback, Vernon Press is offering a limited-time 30% discount on both books. Use this coupon code at checkout from Vernon's site: WSSN30.

https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #BookSale

Now in paperback!!! 🖖🪐

I'm delighted to share that both of my co-edited academic anthologies with Vernon Press are now available in hardback, ebook, and (new!) paperback format: STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER and STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.

https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #Academics

I am very happy to report that I will be presenting my paper "Missing Students and Their Fictional Afterlives: #TrueCrime, #CrimeFiction, and #DarkAcademia," which is related to my current work-in-progress book project, at the Guilty Pleasures: Examining #Crime in #PopularCulture Conference sponsored by the #PopularCultureResearchNetwork (May 2-3, 2024). I'm delighted! I will post more information soon.

#PopularCultureStudies #Conference #Gothic

#CallForPapers: #Apocalyptic #Ageing: Representations of #OldAge at the End of the World (as we know it) in #Literature and #PopularCulture

#PostApocalyptic #ScienceFiction #Aging #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #CFP #SFF

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/02/28/apocalyptic-ageing-representations-of-old-age-at-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

#CallForPapers: #ScienceFiction at the End of #History

“Some people think the future means the end of history. Well, we haven't run out of history quite yet.”
- Captain Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

#CFP #OnlineConference #OnlineEvent #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCulture #PopularCultureStudies

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/02/12/science-fiction-at-the-end-of-history-conference

#CallForPapers: “I canna’ change the laws of physics”: Depictions of #Science in #PopularCulture

#PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) is back with a free virtual symposium exploring science in popular culture. To be held online on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of October 2024.

#CFP #OnlineEvent #OnlineConference #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #StarTrek

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/10/04/%E2%80%9Ci-canna%E2%80%99-change-the-laws-of-physics%E2%80%9D-depictions-of-science-in-popular-culture

#CallForPapers: “London Calling”: The British Capital in Popular Culture

#PopCRN (the Popular Culture Network) will be holding a free virtual symposium exploring the city that is London. Held online on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th of December.

#CFP #PopularCulture #London #PopularCultureStudies #OnlineEvent #OnlineConference #UK

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/10/04/%E2%80%9Clondon-calling%E2%80%9D-the-british-capital-in-popular-culture

#CallForPapers for #OnlineConference:
“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” at 45: A Celebration of Goth Music and Subculture Conference

#Goth #GothStudies #Gothic #CFP #GothicStudies #PopularCultureStudies #VirtualEvent #OnlineEvent #Music

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/01/31/%E2%80%9Cbela-lugosi%E2%80%99s-dead%E2%80%9D-at-45-a-celebration-of-goth-music-and-subculture-conference

2023 in Review: Books!

This year, with my wonderful co-editor #EmilyStrand, I published two scholarly anthologies with #VernonPress.

🖖 #StarTrek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier

🪐 #StarWars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away

https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#2023InReview #StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF
#ScienceFictionStudies
#PopularCultureStudies
#FilmStudies #FandomStudies
#FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #Academics

#CallForPapers for Edited Volume: Aural Chills and Sounds of Terror: Podcasting Horror

#Horror #HorrorStudies #CFP #Podcasting #Radio #PopularCultureStudies #GothicStudies #Podcasts

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/09/28/edited-volume-aural-chills-and-sounds-of-terror-podcasting-horror

ICYMI, these events are this weekend, and everyone is invited! These #free #OnlineEvents celebrate two anthologies, one on #StarTrek and one on #StarWars, from #VernonPress, edited by #EmilyStrand and me. We hope you'll join us!

Register for Sept. 9 event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837?aff=oddtdtcreator

Register for Sept. 10 event: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-qqqz8iH92gRS5oaFlOFdkuDMMNgjpa#/registration

See more about the books: https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #Books #Bookstodon #SFF #ScienceFiction #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFictionStudies #FilmStudies #MediaStudies #FanStudies #BookLaunch #BookEvents

Reminder: These events are this upcoming weekend. Everyone is invited! These #free #OnlineEvents celebrate two anthologies, one on #StarTrek and one on #StarWars, from #VernonPress, edited by #EmilyStrand and me. We hope you'll join us!

Register for Sept. 9 event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837?aff=oddtdtcreator

Register for Sept. 10 event: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-qqqz8iH92gRS5oaFlOFdkuDMMNgjpa#/registration

See more about the books: https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #Books #Bookstodon #SFF #ScienceFiction #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFictionStudies #FilmStudies #MediaStudies #FanStudies #BookLaunch #BookEvents

It was such a treat to talk with the wonderful #StarWarsBookCommunityPodcast about our new anthology STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY!

#StarWars #StarWarsBooks #StarWarsPodcast #Books #Bookstodon #PopularCultureStudies #FanStudies #Canon #StarWarsLegends

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/star-wars-book-community-podcast/id1692826164?i=1000625898504

Many thanks to #JournalsOfTheWhills for this wonderful review of our new anthology STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY!

#StarWars #StarWarsBooks #Books #BookReview #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #MediaStudies #FanStudies #Bookstodon

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwbJEpxKJB4/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#CallForPapers for Anthology: #Batman... Also Starring

Many #academic texts focus on Batman as a cultural figure in comics as well as in #films, #television programs, and video #games. However, like all great superheroes, Batman is as much defined by his supporting cast as he is by his costume, abilities or origin. While there is no shortage of scholarship devoted to his most famous sidekicks and his most popular villains, little critical attention has been paid to the majority of his cast.

#Comics #FilmStudies #ComicsStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FandomStudies #Academics #CFP

For more information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/08/21/batman%E2%80%A6-also-starring-essays-on-the-caped-crusader%E2%80%99s-supporting-cast

Announcing a weekend of free #OnlineEvents celebrating two anthologies, one on #StarTrek and one on #StarWars, from #VernonPress, edited by #EmilyStrand and me. We hope you'll join us!

Register for Sept. 9 event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837?aff=oddtdtcreator

Register for Sept. 10 event: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-qqqz8iH92gRS5oaFlOFdkuDMMNgjpa#/registration

See more about the books: https://vernonpress.com/author/134857

#StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #Books #Bookstodon #SFF #ScienceFiction #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFictionStudies #FilmStudies #FanStudies #BookEvents

#OnlineEvent: Everyone is welcome on September 9 at noon Eastern for this free event hosted by the #DigitalCulturalStudiesCooperative!

Join us for a #BookTalk with the editors of the new anthology STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY. We'll be joined by the co-editors and contributors to discuss this exciting collection of essays that offer a compelling new take on the familiar and not-so-familiar corners of the #StarWars universe and media megatext.

#StarWarsBooks #Books #Bookstodon #SFF #ScienceFiction #PopularCultureStudies #ScienceFictionStudies #FanStudies #BookEvents

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837

It's time for my periodic "Thank you!" to those in the #StarTrek and #SFF community who have helped us get the word out about our new anthology, STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER, thus far.

More details about our book (including the full Table of Contents) are here:
https://vernonpress.com/book/1672

If you work with a periodical, podcast, blog, or website and might be interested in reviewing our book or talking to us or our contributors, please get in contact with me. I may be able to arrange a digital review copy for you! The easiest way to reach me is through the contact form on my website: https://www.amyhsturgis.com

Many thanks to @TheNerdyBlogger and @mikeslamer of #WeAreStarfleet, @brandiwine of #BoldlyGo, #JarrahHodge of #WomenAtWarp, and #TheHonorableKavura of #StarPodLog for their wonderful conversations, reviews, and support!

#StarTrek #StarTrekBooks #BookReview #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FanStudies #SFF #LLAP #Books #Bookstodon

Many thanks to The Honorable Kavura of #StarPodLog for this in-depth review of our anthology STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER! :vulcan_hmn_g1:

“I found each essay to be extremely informative and thought-provoking, much in the spirit of Star Trek itself…. This is the type of book that celebrates the best of what Star Trek has to offer: compelling issues about people, history, and culture.”

#StarTrek #StarTrekBooks #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FanStudies #FilmStudies #Books #Bookstodon #BookReview

https://starpodlogpodcast.blogspot.com/2023/07/star-trek-and-final-frontier-of-essays.html

Many thanks to Jarrah Hodge at #WomenAtWarp for this in-depth review of our new book STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER! :vulcan_hmn_g1:

https://www.womenatwarp.com/book-review-star-trek-essays-exploring-the-final-frontier/

#StarTrek #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #SFF #StarTrekBooks #Academics #FandomStudies #MediaStudies #Book #BookReview #Bookstodon #LLAP

ICYMI, the anthology STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY is now here! I'm so excited to share this with the universe!

By Emily Strand, Ian Doescher, @amyrichau, Vikki C. Terrile, Éloïse Thompson-Tremblay, Kathryn N. McDaniel, Jennifer Russell-Long, Aaron Masters, Paul Johnson, @AHiggins, John Jackson Miller, and me! Cover art by Emily Austin.

#StarWars #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #FilmStudies #Books #Bookstodon #Academics

More information, including the full Table of Contents, is at the link below. The book can be requested via libraries as a hardcover or ebook, and the coupon code CFC10822213C4 provides a 24% "new release!" discount at the Vernon Press website:
http://vernonpress.com/book/1751

#CallForPapers: Edited Volume on #StudioGhibli Films as #Adaptations

This edited volume seeks to collect scholarship on how Studio Ghibli has adapted stories from other #media to #film. The editors seek proposals — from a variety of disciplines and perspectives — for essays exploring how Studio Ghibli’s storytellers have approached #adaptation, as well as what the study of Studio Ghibli’s filmography can contribute to the broader field of #AdaptationStudies.

#FilmStudies #MediaStudies #Ghibli #PopularCultureStudies #Japan #JapaneseStudies #Academics #HayaoMiyazaki #IsaoTakahata

https://networks.h-net.org/group/73374/announcements/20000193/cfp-edited-volume-studio-ghibli-films-adaptations