The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking paper proposals on the topic of Music & Culture for its fall conference to be held during the weekend of October 23, 2010 on the campus of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, in Boston, MA.

NEPCA presentations are generally 20 minutes in length and may be delivered either formally or informally. NEPCA prides itself on holding conferences that emphasize the sharing of ideas in a non-competitive and supportive environment involving graduate students, junior faculty, and senior scholars.

If you are interested in participating, please send a 1-2 page paper proposal to both the Program Chair and the Area Chair. In addition to the proposal, please include a two or three sentence description of yourself, your background, and your qualifications.

The deadline for submission is June 1, 2010.

The 2010 Area Chair for Music & Culture is Christopher Scott Gleason. You can email your proposal and biographical statement to: gleasonc@wit.edu or send a hard copy to him at:

Christopher Scott Gleason
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management
550 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

The 2010 Program Chair is Professor Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman. You can email your proposal and biographical statement to: Jennifer.Tebbe@mcphs.edu or send a hard copy to her at:

Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman
MCPHS, American Studies Division, F220
179 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5896.