Entertainment Studies Interest Group

08/11/2021

Please fill out this form if you have a panel idea for next year's AEJMC conference. We know it's early, and this year's conference just got over, but planning for next year's conference begins now to make sure everything works out smoothly. Please let me know if you have questions!

AEJMC's Entertainment Studies Interest Group (ESIG) is using this form to accept panel proposals for the 2022 conference from August 3-6 in Detroit. The deadline to submit ESIG panel proposals is September 15, 2021. We understand that the pandemic will make this fall challenging for many of us, but....

03/22/2021

ESIG is co-sponsoring a panel, "America’s food culture’s racial tumult" at AEJMC and we are looking for potential panelists. If you are interested or if you'd like more information, please email me at [email protected].

02/16/2021

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01/28/2021

We're putting together the winter ESIG newsletter. If you have any information you would like to include (and send to all ESIG members), please email Stephanie at [email protected].

12/01/2020

**AEJMC Midwinter update**
If you're frantically working to finish that abstract for AEJMC's Midwinter conference, here's some good news: The submission deadline has been extended to December 15. Also, the conference will now be fully virtual. The abstract submission link is here:

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11/12/2020

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10/23/2020

**CFP: Popular Culture Association Conference**
PCA invites abstracts on the theme of "Soap Opera and Serialized Storytelling" for its 2021 conference in Boston between June 2 and 5.
Please see details here:

Soap Operas, a traditional mainstay of popular culture in the US and internationally, are grounded in the serialized nature of their storytelling. The popularity of serialization as a form of narrative construction can be observed throughout television wherever it now appears – network, cable, str...

10/01/2020

The call for AEJMC Midwinter 2021 conference is out. Please send your abstracts by the Dec. 1 deadline. The conference will be held in a hybrid format with options to present in person as well as online. Dates of the conference are March 5 and 6, 2021. Abstract length: 600-800 words. Please visit this link to set up an account and submit abstracts:

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08/20/2020

Hi all! Though the conference was only a few weeks ago, it is already time to start planning next year's convention.

If you have an idea for a panel you'd like to see at next year's AEJMC, please complete a panel proposal form and return it to our new head, Stephanie Schartel Dunn at [email protected], by September 15, 2020.

If you have any questions, or if you'd like to get more involved in the Interest Group, you are always welcome to reach out!

SAMPLE PANEL PROPOSAL FORM (1) Tentative Panel Title: (2) Panel Type (Research, Teaching, or PF & R): (3) Panel Sponsorship: Indicate other AEJMC Divisions or Interest Groups for which this proposal might prove relevant. (Please note: Sole-sponsored panel proposals will be ...

08/09/2020

Looking forward to final ESIG panel at AEJMC 2020 today at 11:00 AM PDT "Exploring Pop Culture Research." I reviewed a couple of these papers and they were outstanding. - Greg