The Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ)
8th Annual International Conference
Massey University, College of Creative Arts, Wellington, New Zealand
28–30 June, 2017
The Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ) is devoted to the scholarly understanding of everyday cultures. It is concerned with the study of the social practices and the cultural meanings that are produced and are circulated through the processes and practices of everyday life, as a product of consumption, an intellectual object of inquiry, and as an integral component of the dynamic forces that shape societies.
We invite academics, professionals, cultural practitioners and those with a scholarly interest in popular culture to send a 150 word abstract and 100 word bio to the area chairs listed below by March 31, 2017.
- Biography and Life Writing: Rachel Franks: biography@popcaanz.com
- Business: Vicki Karaminas: business@popcaanz.com
- Comics, Manga and Anime: Paul Mountfort: comics@popcaanz.com
- Creative Writing: Karen Simpson Nikakis: writing@popcaanz.com
- Curating: Heather Gailbraith: curating@popcaanz.com
- Design: Peter Gilderdale: design@popcaanz.com
- Disability: Kimberley McMahon-Coleman: disability@popcaanz.com
- Entertainment: Tanya Nitins: entertainment@popcaanz.com
- Electronic Ecologies: Ryszard Dabek: e-ecologies@popcaanz.com
- Fandom: Katherine Larsen: fandom@popcaanz.com
- Fashion: Vicki Karaminas, Justine Taylor: fashion@popcaanz.com
- Fiction: Rachel Franks: fiction@popcaanz.com
- Film: Daniel Binns: film@popcaanz.com
- Food: Jill Adams food@popcaanz.com
- Gender and Queer: Anita Brady: gender@popcaanz.com
- Girlhood Studies: Juliette Peers: girlhood@popcaanz.com
- Gothic and Horror: Lorna Piatti-Farnell: gothic@popcaanz.com
- History: Bronwyn Labrum: history@popcaanz.com
- Indigenous: Jakelin Troy: jakelin.troy@sydney.edu.au
- Journalism: Stephen Harrington: journalism@popcaanz.com
- Law: Jason Bainbridge: law@popcaanz.com
- Museum Studies: Lyn Hicks: museumstudies@popcaanz.com
- Performance: Sue Osmond: performance@popcaanz.com
- Popular Romance: Jodi McAlister: popularomance@popcaanz.com
- Race and Whiteness Studies: Holly Randell-Moon: raceandwhitestudies@popcaanz.com
- Radio and Audio Media: Martin Hadlow: radio@popcaanz.com
- Religion: Holly Randell-Moon: religion@popcaanz.com
- Science: Steven Gil: science@popcaanz.com
- Spatial Arts: Julieanna Preston: spatial@popcaanz.com
- Subcultures: Kathryn Hardy Bernal: subcultures@popcaanz.com
- Television: Rosser Johnson: tv@popcaanz.com
- Textiles: Vishna Collins: textiles@popcaanz.com
- Toys and Games: Jason Bainbridge: toys@popcaanz.com
- Visual Arts: Adam Geczy: visualarts@popcaanz.com
PopCAANZ will publish double-blind peer reviewed Conference Proceedings online following the conference, and presenters will be invited to submit suitable articles to our new journal from June 2016, The Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture (Penn State University Press). Queries about new areas should be directed to vicepresident@popcaanz.com For Conference information see www.popcaanz.com.