CFP: Popular Culture Association, Libraries, Archives & Museums

The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual conference will be held April 16-19, 2025, at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests.

Updated link: https://pcaaca.org/page/submissionguidelines

The Libraries, Archives & Museums area is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Popular Culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, or related areas. Possible topics include:

  • Descriptions of research collections or exhibits
  • Developments in technical services for collecting/preserving popular culture materials
  • Using popular culture materials in education programs and/or information literacy
  • Analyses of social networking or web resources
  • Challenges and bans on library materials and related attacks on libraries and personnel
  • Issues related to museum and archive repatriation
  • Representations of libraries, librarians, or museums in popular culture and media
  • The future of libraries and museums, including the effects of emerging technologies and generative AI on exhibits, collections, or services.

The deadline for submitting a proposal is November 30, 2024. Proposals may be submitted at https://conference.pcaaca.org.

Please direct any questions to the area chair for Libraries, Archives & Museums:

Elizabeth “Beth” Downey

Professor and Popular Culture Librarian

Mississippi State University Libraries

Mississippi State, MS 39762

662-325-3834

edowney@library.msstate.edu

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