Submission Deadline: April 30, 2008

The Globalization area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association invites papers/panels with theoretical, critical and empirical approaches to the global intersection of culture, international media studies, postcolonial studies, national cinema and any other topic related to popular culture on the global stage. The conference will be held at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio the weekend of October 3-5, 2008. For more information about the conference or how to submit to a different area, please visit the conference website at www.mpcaaca.org.

Your 250-word abstract or panel proposal must be received by April 30, 2008. Please include the title of your paper, your name (and the names of any co-presenters), school affiliation, mailing address and email address. Also, please indicate whether your presentation will require a DVD player (this is the only equipment that will be provided at the conference).