The Folklore Area of the Popular Culture Association is considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers related to Folklore Studies for the 2023 Popular Culture Association Conference. Sessions are typically scheduled in 1½ hour slots, with four papers or speakers per standard session. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. As always, proposals addressing any topic concerning folklore studies are welcome; the list below are suggestions:
- Folklore in Popular Culture/Folklore as Popular Culture
- Folklore and the Digital Age
- Influence of folklore on other forms of culture (literature, film, music, etc.)
- Folklore and Religion
- Folklore and Material Culture
- The difference between oral and literary sources of tradition
- Folklore and Gender
- Folklore and children
- Uses of folklore
- Folklore and Globalism/Regionalism/Localism
- Illustrators/Illustrations of and in folklore
- Folklore and memory/memory studies
- Symbolism in folklore
- The relationship between folklore and fairy tale studies/literary studies/anthropology
For individual papers, please submit a title, 100-word abstract, and your contact information (name, institutional affiliation (as appropriate), email, and telephone). For themed paper/panel sessions of 4-6 people, each presenter must enter her/his own presentation. The session chair should contact Dr. Edney to ensure the papers are curated as a panel. This area does not accept proposals from undergraduate students. Please note that the conference itself will take place April 5-8, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas.
Please send all inquiries to the area chair:
Dr. Kathryn Edney
Associate Provost, Regis College
