13 April 2022 21:00 utc — view in local time
Grateful Dead V: Interpretive frameworks and understanding the dead
Melvin James Backstrom, session chair
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Popular Culture Association
2022 National Conference
~ virtual ~
The 2022 National Conference has been moved into a virtual setting. The dates of the conference remain the same, April 13 – 16, 2022. The dangers of the COVID-19 variants, vaccination issues, and the pandemic-related funding cuts that many of us are experiencing all prompted this decision. I am happy to say that we now have a safe, accessible, and affordable venue without the risks involved in travelling.
Exciting and energetic, our 2022 event promises great conversations. Back by popular demand, the platform that hosted last year’s virtual conference will be even more user-friendly. We are working to ensure there will be more opportunities to view panels, visit with old friends and publishers, and network with new colleagues. As promised, our special celebration of the Popular Culture Association’s fifty years will continue. Our Book Room will offer the best publications and publishing opportunities in popular culture. We are also ensuring there will be opportunities for interested researchers to visit and discuss Seattle’s legendary, life-changing artifacts and culture virtually.
Important registration information
- All presenters and attendees must pay the membership fee and the registration fee to attend.
- Although the fee is the same for presenters and nonpresenters, please wait until your submission is approved to register. This will determine your status as presenter or nonpresenter on your registration confirmation. If your institution is paying for your registration, it is important that your registration reflects your status correctly. We cannot change your invoice if you do not register correctly.
- You may register people other than yourself in this process, given that the other registrants have an account on the site. If the person does not yet have a membership, the system will prompt you to choose and pay for the membership.
- The early bird rate is $105.00 and runs through January 31, 2022. Regular Registration ($115.00) runs from February 1 to February 20, 2022 Late Registration for nonpresenters ($125.00) runs from February 21, 2022 through April 1, 2022. All presenters must be registered by March 1, 2022.
Tolkien-related sessions
14 April 2022 00:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien fanfiction live reading: Get-together
Maria Alberto, session chair
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14 April 2022 13:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies I: Literary and cultural studies approaches to Tolkien
Lily Tun, session chair; and Robin Anne Reid, session chair
- Anna Smol: Tolkien, Old English, and identity
- Dawn Walls-Thumma: Point of view and in-universe authorship of the “Silmarillion”
- Lily Tun: The deep roots untouchable by Frost: Romanticism in J.R.R. Tolkien
- Sara Brown: From mushrooms to man-flesh: The cultural significance of food in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
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14 April 2022 16:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies II: Queer and Critical Race approaches to Tolkien
Sara Brown, session chair; and Robin Anne Reid, session chair
- Olivia-Kate Burgham: “Hardly a word … unconsidered”: Un-closeting queer desire in The Lord of the Rings through (socio)linguistic analysis: Mate, my/me dear, and treasure
- Hannah Mendro: “Wondered at this change”: Queer potential and telling silence in the relationship of Legolas and Gimli
- V. Elizabeth King: More cannot be said: Using a critical, semi-systematic literature review to understand academic silence on the queer potential of Legolas and Gimli
- Cordeliah G. Logsdon and Gideon Cooper: Playing back: LotRO and its role in deconstructing Tolkien
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15 April 2022 00:30 utc — view in local time
Where to publish in Tolkien and Inklings Studies: Get-together
Perry Neil Harrison, session chair
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15 April 2022 13:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies III: Multi-disciplinary approaches to Tolkien
Christopher James Lockett, session chair; and Robin Anne Reid, session chair
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15 April 2022 16:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies IV: Roundtable on teaching Tolkien
Robin Anne Reid, session chair
Participants include Maria Alberto, University of Utah; Leslie Donovan, Professor, Honors College, The University of New Mexico; Tom Emanuel; Christopher James Lockett; and Anna Smol, Professor of English, Mount Saint Vincent University.
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15 April 2022 18:00 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies V: Tolkien Studies Area business meeting
Robin Anne Reid, session chair
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15 April 2022 21:00 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies VI: Race, nationalism, totalitarianism, activism, and Tolkien
Anna Czarnowus, session chair; and Robin Anne Reid, session chair
- Eric Reinders: Yellow, Black, and White in Chinese translations of Tolkien
- Anna Czarnowus: Tolkien the racialist and the monstrous races tradition: Tartars, Muslims, and Jews
- Alastair Whyte: “Of lesser and alien race”: Layers and influences of intertwined tyranny and racism in Middle-earth
- Amber Lehning: Whiskered men with bombs: Mythology, Middle-earth, and modern environmental activism
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16 April 2022 00:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien live reading: Get-together
Robin Anne Reid, session chair
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16 April 2022 13:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies VII: A roundtable on the future of Tolkien Studies
Robin Anne Reid, session chair
Participants include Sara Brown, Chair of Faculty, Signum University; Leslie Donovan, Professor, Honors College, The University of New Mexico; Sonali Arvind Chunodkar, Graduate student, Department of English, Savitribai Phule Pune University; and Andrew T. Draper.
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16 April 2022 16:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien Studies VIII: Religion, politics, and Tolkien
Robin Anne Reid, session chair
- Andrew T. Draper: The mythology of Middle Earth [sic] and the theological roots of whiteness
- Tom Emanuel: J.R.R. Tolkien: Liberation Theologian? Reflections on teaching Tolkien in a progressive Christian context
- Stephen Yandell: Out of the frying pan(theon): Polytheism as an inadequate response to the problem of evil
- Robin Anne Reid: J.R.R. Tolkien, culture warrior: The alt-right religious crusade against “Tolkien and diversity”
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17 April 2022 00:30 utc — view in local time
Tolkien trivia: Get-together
Cait Coker, session chair
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