Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)

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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedMid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
2025 Annual Conference
November 6-8, 2025
Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse
Philadelphia, PA

Call for Proposals 2025 Annual Conference

Proposals are welcome on all aspects of popular and American culture for inclusion in the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) conference in Philadelphia, PA. Single papers, panels, roundtables, and alternative formats are welcome.

Proposals should take the form of 300-word abstracts, and may only be submitted to one appropriate area. For a list of areas and area chair contact information, visit the Areas page on our website. General questions can be directed to mapaca@mapaca.net. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2025.

MAPACA’s participants are comprised of college and university faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate and undergraduate students. MAPACA is an inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multidisciplinary manifestations. It is a regional division of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association, which, in the words of Popular Culture Association founder Ray Browne, is a “multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life.”

For more information, and to login and submit a proposal, visit mapaca.net.

Reminders for the 2025 Summer Virtual Symposium

The MAPCA 2025 Summer Virtual Symposium, an online event open to all our participants, will take place on July 20, 2025. International presenters and anyone unable to attend our in-person conference in November are especially encouraged to attend the Summer Virtual Symposium. All presenters are welcome to submit separate proposals for both this Summer Virtual Symposium and our in-person conference in November.

Proposals should take the form of 300-word abstracts, and may only be submitted to one appropriate area. For a list of areas and area chair contact information, visit our Areas page. General questions can be directed to mapaca@mapaca.net. The deadline for submission is May 31, 2025.

For more information about our Summer Virtual Symposium, and to log in and submit a proposal, please visit mapaca.net.

Important dates

• Now - May 31, 2025 - Deadline for Summer Virtual Symposium submissions
• June 8 - July 10, 2025 - Registration for Virtual Symposium
• July 20, 2025 - Summer Virtual Symposium
• Now - July 31, 2025 - Deadline for submissions to the 2025 MAPACA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA
• November 6-8, 2025 - MAPACA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA