The Vampire Studies Area of the PCA welcomes papers, presentations, panels, and roundtable discussions that cover all aspects of the vampire as it appears throughout global culture.
We specifically welcome papers, panel presentations, or creative pieces about vampire children/young adults from fiction and film such as Claudia in Interview with a Vampire, Eli from Let the Right One In or Shori from Fledgling. We also look forward to submissions addressing media and advertising targeted towards children/young adults and vampirism such Mavis from Hotel Transylvania, The Count from Sesame Street, or Vampirina Ballerina.
As well as this broad theme we also encourage papers, presentations, and panels that cover any of the following:
- Children’s Products (i.e. toys like Draculara from Monster High, cereals like Count Chocula, the Ink Drinker, and Bunnicula, and Halloween-related products)
- The Non-Western Vampire (i.e. Black, Asian, Latino/a/x, African, Aboriginal)
- Vampires at the end of the world and beyond
- The vampire on legacy television shows (i.e. Dark Shadows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Moonlight, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals)
- The vampire on recent television shows (i.e. First Kill, The Passage, Interview with the Vampire, Vampire in the Garden, Fire Bite)
- Legacy Cinematic vampires (i.e., Nosferatu, Interview with the Vampire, Near Dark, Twilight, Dracula Adaptations etc.)
- Recent Cinematic Vampires (i.e., Night Teeth, Morbius, Monster Family etc.)
- Monster Universes (i.e. A Discovery of Witches, Lost Girl, Monster High)
- Vampire Cultures and Contexts (i.e. vampire RPGs or other gaming universes, fan studies, graphic novels, Tik Tok & other social media platforms)
- Vampires and the Marginalized (i.e., race, gender, sexualities, national origin)
- Genres (i.e. Gothic Horror, Urban Fantasy, Romance, Steampunk, Early Readers, Children’s Picture Books, Young Adult, Erotica, Comedy)
- Historic and contemporary vampiric locations and geographies (i.e. cemeteries, castles, cities)
- The Horror Vampire, Byronic vs Hedonistic, or Horror vs Romantic
- Vampire Studies (i.e., the vampire in the classroom, vampire scholarship)
And anything and everything in between!
To have your proposal/abstract considered, please submit your proposal/abstract of approximately 250 words at the Popular Culture Association Website. We also accept complete panel proposals of 3-4 people.
We do not currently accept papers from fledgling/undergraduate scholars, but you can submit your proposal to the Undergraduate Area. We encourage you to get involved in our vibrant vampire community by joining one of our social media spaces and attending our conference events such as our business meeting. film screening, other roundtables, and sessions.
If you have questions, contact us at [email protected] Also, follow us on Twitter @pca_vampires or join our Facebook groups PCA Vampire Studies and Vampire Scholars.
