CALL FOR CIRCUS PAPERS The Forty-Fourth Annual Convention of The Popular Culture Association & The American Culture Association will take place: April 16-19, 2014 National Conference in Chicago, Illinois pcaaca.org/national-conference-2/ This will be the eighteenth meeting of the Popular Culture Association Circuses and Circus Culture interest group. We invite papers that explore the past and present of circus as performance art, historical analysis, and a unique form of popular culture. Circus, a continuously evolving tradition of live entertainment, lends itself to scholarship from many perspectives. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Menageries, Sideshows, Aerialists, Historic Relevance, Worlds Fair Exhibitions, Logistics of Circus Transportation, Clowning, Circus and Sideshow Documentary Screenings, Performance Art, P.T. Barnum and Other Promoters, Gaffs, Pitch Cards…and so much more! New Deadlines Please take note of these new key dates regarding the 2014 conference. Key Dates: Nov 1, 2013 - Deadline for abstract proposals Nov 15, 2013 - Deadline for Travel Grant applications Dec 15, 2013 - "Early Bird" registration deadline Jan 15, 2014 - Last day to register for the conference and remain in the program Feb 1, 2014 - Preliminary schedule published on-line Feel free to contact me at: Stacey L. Mascia Humanities Department North Country Community College 75 William Street Malone, NY 12953 Phone: (518) 483-4550 ext. 3250 Email: [email protected] Note: Only one paper may be submitted to the Conference.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:01:55 +0000
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