Conference Schedule

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Panel Sessions

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Panel Sessions

Membership Matters LIVE!

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PCA Endowment Luncheon Meeting (invitation only)

Panel Sessions

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Book Room Open

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Panel Sessions

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PCA Preservation Committee Meeting

Panel Sessions

4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Panel Sessions

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PCA President's Reception includes State of the Association and Awards Presentation

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Horror in Text, Media, and Culture IV: Welcome to Our Nightmare 17th Annual Film Screening: The Return of the Living Dead

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Panel Sessions

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Book Room Open

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Panel Sessions

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Panel Sessions

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM The Journal of Popular Culture Annual Meeting

Panel Sessions

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PCA/ACA Regional/International Meeting

Building Belonging and Responding to Conflict

Panel Sessions

4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Panel Sessions

4:45 PM - 8:00 PM Group tour of the Georgia Aquarium (tickets required)

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Student/New Member Mixer

Friends of Bill W.

8:15 PM - 9:45 PM Novotny Lawrence Featured Speakers: Why Buffy Still Matters 20 Years Later 

(Panel: Georges Jeanty, Rhonda Wilcox, and Melissa Anyiwo)

Area Social Meet-Ups

8:15 PM - 10:30 PM Horror in Text, Media, and Culture IX: Horror Area Film Screening: The Amicus film tradition continues with In the Grip of Terror

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Panel Sessions

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Book Room Open

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Panel Sessions

Poster Session

9:45 AM - 1:00 PM Group tour of the World of Coca Cola Museum (tickets required)

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Panel Sessions

Lynn Bartholome Eminent Scholar Award Ceremony

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Panel Sessions

Journal of American Culture Annual Meeting

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Panel Sessions

Intellect Publishing Session (Tips on How to Get Published)

4:45 PM - 6:15 PM PCA/ACA Area Chairs Meeting/Reception

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Novotny Lawrence Featured Speaker: Understanding This Golden Age of Magic, Dr. Amy Hale, Writer, Curator, and Critic

Area Social Meet-Ups

8:15 PM - 10:30 PM Game Night

8:15 PM - 10:30 PM Monsters, Monstrosities, & the Monstrous Special Topic XIV: Monster Movie Madness

Science Fiction and Fantasy XVIII: Sci-Fi Movie Screening & Discussion

The Beatles VIII: Friday Night Movie Night with David Trueba's Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013, Spanish)      

7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Panel Sessions

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Book Room Open

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Panel Sessions

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Panel Sessions

PCA Town Hall Meeting (all are welcome)

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Panel Sessions