CFP: Travel and Tourism Studies
POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
2020 JOINT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown at 1201 Market Street
Wednesday, April 15–Saturday, April 18, 2020
For information on PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.pcaaca.org
For conference information, please go to http://www.pcaaca.org/national-conference/
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2019
We are considering proposals for individual papers analyzing any aspect of travel and tourism. Proposals might focus on travel literature, the psychology of travel, the history of tourism, the pedagogy of travel, resorts/hospitality/eco-tourism, student learning and travel courses, animals and travel, tourists and tourism, LGBTQ travel, medical tourism, dark tourism, travel souvenirs, vacationing, business travel, hotel/motel culture, automobile/ship/air/space trips, and just about anything to do with travel and tourism, loosely defined. Do we travel toward something or travel away from something? Is tourism moral or immoral? Is travel a spiritual journey or a crass commercial commodity? Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four 15-minute presentations per standard session. All presenters must be members of PCA and register for the conference.
To submit your presentation, go to http://ncp.pcaaca.org and follow the instructions for creating an account and then making your submission of a 100-word abstract. ALL submissions must be made through the conference submission site. Apply for travel and research grants at http://pcaaca.org/grants/
Here is the schedule of deadlines and pertinent dates:
August 1, 2019 Submission Page Goes Live
October 1, 2019 Early Bird Registration Opens
November 1, 2019 Deadline for Paper Proposals
November 1, 2019 Endowment Grants Deadline
November 15, 2019 All sessions must be entered by area chairs
December 1, 2019 Early Bird Registration ENDS
January 1, 2020 Regular Registration ENDS
January 2, 2020 Late Registration BEGINS—be sure to reserve your spot in the program!
January 15, 2020 Brigman and Jones Awards Deadline
January 20, 2020 Preliminary Schedule Available
February 1, 2020 Registration for Presenters ENDS—participants who have not registered dropped from the program at the end of the day
FEBRUARY 2, 2020 REGISTRATION SYSTEM CLOSES at Midnight
March 1, 2020 Non-Presenters Late Registration OPENS
April 15-18, 2020 Philadelphia National Conference
Send inquiries to:
William E. Lenz
PCA Area Chair for Travel and Tourism
Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
lenz@chatham.edu
