PCA/ACA

Shakespeare on Film and Television

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Shakespeare on Film and Television

The 50th Popular Culture Association (PCA) National Conference will be held June 2-5, 2021.

 

The Shakespeare on Film and Television area explores Shakespeare in a variety of media beyond the traditional stage, including film, television, anime, manga, and recent novelizations of the play.  We have previously had papers on the following topics and invite new ideas all the time.

  • What is a Shakespeare Adaptation?
  • Translating Shakespeare into Film: Additions, Omissions, Anachronisms
  • Shakespearean Auteurs
  • Shakespeare in Silent Film
  • Shakespeare biopics and television takeoffs
  • Shakespeare in the Global Marketplace
  • Latino Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare in China
  • Anime, Manga, and animated Shakespeares
  • Shakespeare on British Television
  • Shakespeare and the genre film
  • Slings and Arrows, Shakespeare on Canadian Television
  • Transgressive Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare, gender and sexuality
  • Shakespeare for the Classroom

Please submit a 250 word proposal and a brief CV to the PCA website pcaaca.org  Submissions will be accepted only through the PCA website, and individuals must be current, paid members to submit to the conference.

 

Send all inquiries to the area chair:

Richard Vela
English, Theatre and Foreign Languages Department
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NC 28372 

richard.vela@uncp.ed
 

 

 

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.

 

Please check back soon for 2022 conference updates.

 

 

 

 

Area chairs

Richard Vela