FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO April 30, 2009.

Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference
Honolulu, HI
May 22-23, 2009
Chaminade University of Honolulu

Panel and individual paper proposals are now being accepted for the 3rd Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. All topics and proposals are welcome, particularly those treating cultural productions within and/or about the Oceanic region.

2009 OPCA Special Events:

**Keynote Speaker: Keone Nunes, Hawaiian Tattoo Master and founder of Ta Tatau: the Pacific Island Tattoo Association

**Special Screening of the documentary film on Pidgin in Hawai’i Haw Kam Wi Tawk Pidgin Yet?: Da Kine Stories of Us

Abstracts/Proposals for individual papers or 3-4 paper panels are due April 30, 2009. Please contact Cheryl Edelson cedelson@chaminade.edu with general questions.

Updates, Registration, and Lodging information is available on the conference website: http://www.chaminade.edu/humanities/conferences/pcc_2009/

*Please send 150-200 word proposals by email only to the following area chairs:

Oceanic/Pacific Literature and Culture:
Anna Marie Christiansen chrianna@byuh.edu

Native Hawaiian Culture: Leilani Basham jbasham@hawaii.edu

Surf Culture: Jason Spangler spanglerj@cox.net

Exotica/Hawaiiana: Stan Orr sorr@hawaii.edu

Tattooing/Body Art: Stan Orr sorr@hawaii.edu

Asian American Culture:
Amy Nishimura amy.nishimura@hawaii.edu

Japanese Popular Culture: Jayson Chun jmchun@hawaii.edu

Film Studies: David Arnold David.Arnold@uwsp.edu

Food and Popular Culture:
Monique Mironesco mironesc@hawaii.edu

Gothic Studies:
Cheryl Edelson cedelson@chaminade.edu

Religious Studies and Popular Culture:
Pete Steiger psteiger@chaminade.edu

Aging and Senior Culture: Fred Augustyn faug@loc.gov

Science Fiction and Fantasy: Jill Dahlman dahlman@hawaii.edu

Poetry and Popular Culture:
Richard Hishmeh RHishmeh@palomar.edu

Popular Music: Fumiko Takasugi fumiko@hcc.hawaii.edu

Children’s/Young Adult Literature and Culture:
Craig Svonkin csvonkin@mscd.edu

Drugs and Popular Culture:
Mark Hanson mhanson@hawaii.edu

Terror and Political Violence in Popular Culture:
Alan Rosenfeld alan.rosenfeld@hawaii.edu