CALL FOR PAPERS

Identity Politics in East Asian Popular Culture

The East Asian Popular Culture Association (EAPCA) is planning its second international conference to mark the 10^th anniversary of the International Center of Taiwan Studies (ITSC), College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). The conference is organised in collaboration with the Kyushu University Taiwan Studies Program, and will be held at Kyushu University’s Nishijin Plaza, Fukuoka, Japan, on July 20^th -21^st 2020. We are seeking up to 75 paper presenters. A highlight will be two keynote lectures and an extended session on Taiwanese popular culture. Names to be disclosed asap.

EAPCA II is seeking panel sessions that investigate the role of East Asian popular culture in shaping and reflecting the politics of identity in societies across the region. This could include sessions dealing with Asian film (past and present), television, music, celebrity and fandom, the body, fashion, digital media, comics and popular literature, gender mainstreaming studies, sport, heritage, and curation. We are interested in papers that adopt not only historical, but especially comparative and culturally situated perspectives that engage with ideas of intersectionality, inclusivity and marginalised voices.

The deadline for submission of panel or individual paper proposals is January 16^th 2020.

There will be opportunities for networking, publishing, and developing caucus groups within the EAPCA. Presenters will be encouraged to develop their papers for publication in East Asian Journal of Popular Culture (EAJPC), and the journal editors will be working closely with session convenors to identify suitable papers.

Paper and panel proposals will be subject to peer review. Individual presentations must not exceed 20 minutes in length, while each panel will be allocated a total of 90 minutes. In case of panel proposals, please provide a short description of the panel along with abstracts for each individual presentation.

The conference draft program will be announced by April 30^th 2020 along with registration and accommodation details on the EAPCA website.

Papers and panels will be grouped into the following thematic sessions:

• Imagining Japan in Contemporary Asian Popular Culture

• Imagining ‘China’ and ‘Chineseness’ in Popular Culture within and beyond the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

• Beyond Gender: Identity Politics, Sexualities, Social Movements and Citizenship

• Popular Culture and Civic Activism in Asian Societies

• Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Modernity as Mediated through Asian Popular Culture

• Beyond East Asia: Asian and African Screen Worlds in Dialogue

Additional Sections:

• The Occult in Everyday Life

• Money and Business

Click here to view the panel theme descriptions