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Anyone Attending the National Popular Culture Association Conference this April?

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Mac Man

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WHAT: The National Popular Culture Association /American Culture Association Conference

WHERE: Boston, Mass.

WHEN: April 12th-14th, 2012

WHO: That's the question!

 

Just wondering who else will be attending this conference in Boston in about two weeks? I know that Ijiwaru Sensei, Theagenes, and myself will be presenting papers on Friday, and will be trying to get together for shared meal / drink at some point that day. So, we were wondering if anyone else from the forums was going to be attending this year?

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This will be my second time giving a paper a PCA. It's a lot more fun than your typical academic conference. There are quite a few sessions on comic books and graphic novels and even pulps. The paper I'm giving is on Robert E. Howard (shocker) and his Breckinridge Elkins stories.

 

Last year PCA was in San Antonio and I got to hang out with boardies Weird Paper and MYNAMEISLEGION and had a blast. I'm really looking to Boston this year. If there are any other boardies in the area, it would be great to get together and geek out.

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WHAT: The National Popular Culture Association /American Culture Association Conference

WHERE: Boston, Mass.

WHEN: April 12th-14th, 2012

WHO: That's the question!

 

Man, they should have pushed it back a week and made it part of the Boston Comic Con! That would've been some cool panels.

 

But I'll be at the Red Sox/Tampa Bay game on Sunday the 15th. Come by Section 30 and say "hi"!

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Sounds great. Please post info about how it goes. (thumbs u

 

Will do! I'm only able to attend Saturday as I have another conference that's 4 days long the following week... and my wife's good humor about playing single parent with two munchkins runs only so far :grin:

 

Too bad though as there seem to be some really interesting panels that I'd love to check out. Ah well!

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Yeah. I'm actually presenting.

 

Where are the Superheroes? Academia’s Dichotomous Study of Comic Book Literature

 

Wednesday, April 11th at 3:00 PM

 

That sounds interesting. I'll just be getting in to town around that time or I'd definitely check it out. :(

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BTW, The guest of honor is George Takei. Here is the the full program for those that are interested:

 

http://www.pcaaca.org/conference/2012%20program--redo3.pdf

 

And here are all the comic related panels:

 

Comic Art and Comics (Freim)

1036 Comics and Traditions: Simmons 1:15 PM 4/11/2012

1048 Fanculture and Feminism: The Female Superhero in DC's New 52: Simmons 8:15 PM 4/11/2012

1146 Sexuality and Gender in Comics: Simmons 4:45 PM 4/11/2012

1160 Teaching with Comics: Simmons 3:00 PM 4/11/2012

2006 21st Century Comics: Simmons 1:15 PM 4/12/2012

2092 Comics and Social Commentary: Simmons 4:45 PM 4/12/2012

2170 Genre Conventions and Restrictions: Simmons 8:00 AM 4/12/2012

2290 Representations of Minorities: Simmons 9:45 AM 4/12/2012

2326 The Title Tells the Tale: Simmons 3:00 PM 4/12/2012

2342 Uses of the Comics Medium: Simmons 11:30 AM 4/12/2012

2392 “White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books”: Simmons 8:15 PM 4/12/2012

3074 Comic Books and American Cultural History I: Simmons 3:00 PM 4/13/2012

3158 Historical Perspectives I: Simmons 8:00 AM 4/13/2012

3160 Historical Perspectives II: Simmons 9:45 AM 4/13/2012

3176 Intersections of Comics and Film: Simmons 1:15 PM 4/13/2012

3280 Special Guest: Denis Kitchen: Simmons 4:45 PM 4/13/2012

3286 The Comics Get Medieval 2012: A Celebration of Medieval- Themed Comics in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Prince Valiant: Simmons 11:30 AM 4/13/2012

4010 Boston Area Cartoonists Roundtable: Simmons 1:15 PM 4/14/2012

4016 Comic Books and American Cultural History II: Simmons 8:00 AM 4/14/2012

4062 On the Scholarship of Religion and Comic Books: Christ, Superman, and the Bible: Simmons 4:45 PM 4/14/2012

4064 On the Scholarship of Religion and Comic Books: Using, Expanding, and Maximizing the Intersection: Simmons 3:00 PM 4/14/2012

4104 Structure and Rhetoric: Simmons 9:45 AM 4/14/2012

4110 The Institute for Korvac Studies: Simmons 11:30 AM 4/14/2012

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Theagenes

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It's cool. I wanted to leave later in the week myself but they scheduled us the first day. You a teacher or something?

 

I've taught in the past, but now I'm a government archaeologist. I've been dabbling in REH scholarship for the last few years and having fun with it. In fact, like Mac Man, I've got back-to-back conferences. The following week I'm giving a paper at the national archaeology conference (SAA) in Memphis.

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Seems the comics area of the conference will be having a dinner Friday evening. Those in attendance: Any interest in going? I'll probably need to be on the road no later than 8:30 so I can get home around midnight.

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4110 The Institute for Korvac Studies: Simmons 11:30 AM 4/14/2012

 

hm

 

Here's a fun write-up on comic scholarship from last year's PCA conference that talks about the formation of the esteemed Institute for Korvac Studies.

 

http://doctorcomics.blogspot.com/2011/04/secret-life-of-comic-scholars.html

 

That name is sweet.

 

Korvac :headbang:

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Theagenes

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Seems the comics area of the conference will be having a dinner Friday evening. Those in attendance: Any interest in going? I'll probably need to be on the road no later than 8:30 so I can get home around midnight.

 

I might be interested. The pulp guys are also getting together, but I'm not sure if it's Thursday or Friday night. This is going to be a lot of fun!

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