The 2015 Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association conference will be held at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza from Thursday-Sunday, October 1-4.
The conference welcomes papers covering any topic relating to heroes and/or prevailing notions of heroism as they present themselves in popular culture.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Superheroes and action stars as heroic icons
- Video games and the experience of vicarious/learned heroism
- Connections between violence and heroism
- The gendering of heroism
- Heroines in young adult fiction
- Anti-heroes in media
- Pop culture heroes and religion/mythology
- Hero worship
- Real world heroes in the news and biographies
Please upload 250 word abstract proposals on any aspect of Heroes in Popular Culture to the Heroes in Popular Culture area, at http://submissions.mpcaaca.org/
If you have questions, e-mail Jef Burnham at jefburnham@gmail.com.
More information about the conference can be found at http://mpcaaca.org/
Please note the availability of graduate student travel grants: http://mpcaaca.org/conference/travel-grants/.
Please include name, affiliation, and e-mail address with the 250 word abstract. Also, please indicate in your submission whether your presentation will require an LCD Projector.