Gearing Up for Annual Conference

It was time to dust off the call for proposal from last year's conference call and update with the new deadline dates and website links for the upcoming SWTX PCA/ACA 34th annual conference, scheduled for next February 13 - 16th in Tamale-wood, or in other words, Albuquerque, New Mexico. I've been attending the conference since 2009 and am serving my second year as area chair. It will be my fifth year presenting a paper, once I decide on my topic of course. Trying not to be biased, but this is one of the best conferences around and worth the time of any graduate or upper-undergraduate student who wants to present to an eager group of individuals from all walks of popular culture interests. It provides many networking opportunities, and while growing each year, still maintains a friendly and helpful conference. There is a wide range of pop culture areas represented, so there should be something of interest for anyone. Check out the conference at: SWTX PCA/ACA

I am looking for any and all venues for advertising for submissions, so if you have a contact or would like to post this CFP, please let me know and I'll send you a pdf. And, here's the new and improved CFP for the upcoming conference: 

Call for Papers:

James Bond Franchise & Eurospy in Popular Culture

Title and Abstract Submission Deadline: November 16, 2012

Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association

34^th Annual Conference celebrating “Popular/American Culture(s) in a Global Context”

Conference Dates: February 13 - 16, 2013

Conference Hotel: Hyatt Regency, 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, NM (505) 842-1234

Conference Website: http://www.swtxpca.org

The SWTX PCA/ACA James Bond Franchise & Eurospy in Popular Culture Area Chair invites papers for the annual conference on ANY aspect of the James Bond franchise and the Eurospy genre in films, literature, comics, video games, and any other popular culture medium. Here are some topics to consider, but is by no means an exhaustive list:

• Continuity challenges of a 50+ year old franchise (all mediums)
• Analyzing Bond’s motives in the history of Bond films – have they changed?
• Is there room for a 21^st Century Bond?
• Explore criticism of recent Bond movies being more like Bourne movies
• Comparison of Bond portrayals in the films; masculinity studies
• Picking Bond – History of Bond Candidates
• Literary Bond (Fleming, et. al.) vs. Filmic Bond
• Bond Women/Sexism in Bond Films/Women’s Studies perspective
• Switching Genders: The Character M
• Villains as metaphors for nationalistic/political sentiments
• James Bond Jr. Cartoon/Comics
• Videogame adaptations – Goldeneye, Legends, etc.
• Bond Inspired: Eurospy, Asian inspired movies, 1960s - today
• Eurospy films – how do they challenge and/or expand on Bond tropes?
• Exploring star and production structure of the Eurospy films

Please note the following presentation details:

• Please send a 250 word abstract and the presentation title by November 16, 2012 via the online submission link at: http://conference2013.swtxpca.org
• Presentation time consideration: 15 – 20 min maximum. Limit of one presentation at the conference. For all areas accepting abstracts, please see: www.swtxpca.org/documents/123.html
• There are no honorariums for presenters; this is an academic conference. There are however, a number of conference award opportunities. To see a full list of award opportunities: www.swtxpca.org/documents/48.htm           

Michele Brittany, James Bond Franchise & Eurospy in Popular Culture Area Chair

Email: spyfi.superspies@gmail.com

Blog: http://spyfi-superspies.blogspot.com

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Preview of Upcoming Blogs

It has been too long since my initial setup of this blog and I'm hoping to rectify that as I begin to gear up for next February's Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association's annual conference in Albuquerque. I'm currently working on updating the Call for Proposal for the conference website and will also post here, most likely late next week. In addition, I'm formulating blog topics that will include:

• Introduction to the Eurospy genre
• Stand out films to watch
• Resources for collecting films
• Publications worth reading

Those are just a few topics I'm currently working. If you happen to have topics that you would like to read about, please let me know.