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
