The Disability & Popular Culture area of the MPCA invites proposals (or abstracts) for papers, panels, and presentations on any aspect of the intersection of disability and popular culture. All topics, approaches, and perspectives related to disability and popular culture are welcome. Papers may address theoretical, methodological, empirical, practical, or pedagogical concerns. Interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged, as are discussions of new directions in disability studies and popular culture studies.

The conference CFP is available at http://mpcaaca.org/columbus-2012/2012-cfp/. General conference information is available at http://mpcaaca.org/conference/.

Proposals and inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the Disability & Popular Culture area chair, Asim Ali, at aali@umd.edu. Proposals/abstracts should be 200-300 words in length. Along with the proposal, please include the following information in your submission for each author/presenter:
1. author’s name and institutional affiliation (e.g. department and university)
2. title of paper/presentation
3. postal address
4. email address
5. whether a TV & DVD player is needed for the presentation (this is the only available audiovisual equipment)