Biographies

The Biographies Area is soliciting papers that examine the connections between biography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topics might include:

– Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater
– Biography and film
– Biography and criminal justice
– Television programs about biography
– Biography and urban legends
– Biography and folklore
– Biography and literature
– Scholarly Biography
– Controversial Biography
– Psychoanalysis and Biography
– Historical Biography
– Political Biography
– Autobiography

Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.

On your submission, please include title of paper, abstract, and contact information.

Please direct any queries to the Biographies Area chair:
Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
UNLV Libraries
Las Vegas, NV 89154

susie.skarl@unlv.edu OR susieskarl@gmail.com

2022 Conference Dates and Deadlines

01Aug-21

2022 Conference Information Available on Website

01-Sept-21

Submissions Open

01-Oct-21

Early Bird Registration Begins

15-Nov-21

Deadline for Paper Proposals and Grant Applications

16-Dec-21

Early Bird Registration Ends; Regular Registration Begins

01-Jan-22

Regular Registration Ends

02-Jan-22

Preliminary Schedule Available

01-Feb-22

Registration for Presenters End; Those Not Registered by the Date Will be Dropped From the Program

01-Apr-22

Online Non-presenter Registration Ends

April 13-16, 2022

PCA Conference in Seattle, WA

All presenters must be current, paid members of the PCA and registered for the conference. Non-presenters who attend the full conference must also pay membership fees.

To attend the National Conference, members must pay the membership fee and the registration fee.

The last day for all refunds is February 15, 2022. No refund requests will be honored after this date. Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

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Susie Skarl