May 18, 2012
EUPOP 2012 registration

Registration for EUPOP 2012 has now opened. 

The conference fee for EUPOP 2012 is £150 for three days (11th - 13th July), with meals and refreshments included.

A reduced fee of £100 for the three days is available to postgraduate students.

All delegates who have been accepted to present papers should by now have received an email with details of the bank account details to which payment is to be made. Please reference your name on the payment. If you have not received an email with payment details and / or for funding purposes you require a formal acceptance letter please email Pamela Church Gibson at: p.church-gibson@fashion.arts.ac.uk

If you are unable to attend for the full three days, but still wish to present at EUPOP 2012, please contact Pamela ASAP with details, in order to arrange when your paper / panel can be scheduled and to apply for a reduced conference fee rate.

Non presenting delegates are very welcome to attend EUPOP 2012 for 1, 2 or all 3 days, please email Pamela for further details.

Please note: Accommodation is not included in the conference rate, but basic single accommodation is available in University halls of residence from £40 per night, bed and breakfast. 

http://www.halls.london.ac.uk/visitor/garden/Default.aspx

Details of a range of places to stay from halls and hostels to luxury hotels will be posted via our Twitter account @EUPOP2012. If you have any recommendations for reasonably priced accommodation, have a room available to share, or live in London and can offer a delegate a place to stay, then please either let us know via Twitter (@EUPOP2012) or email Pamela Church Gibson at: p.church-gibson@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

You can follow EUPOP 2012 on Twitter @EUPOP2012 for conference updates, accommodation details, travel tips, Tweet-ups and places to visit whilst you are in London.

Please use the official #EUPOP2012 hashtag and spread the word.

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May 7, 2012
EUPOP2012 Conference Update

Inaugural Conference of the European Popular Culture Association

The deadline for abstracts for EUPOP2012 has now passed and thank you very much to everyone who expressed an interest and submitted an abstract.
The response to the call for papers has been wonderful with a very exciting and diverse range of proposals submitted. The conference programme is currently being compiled with over 150 international papers running over three days.  Combined with networking opportunities, social opportunities and publishers’ stalls, we are looking forward to an engaging, exciting and fun interdisciplinary conference.

Official notifications of acceptance will be sent out via email over the coming days, so please keep an eye on your inbox.
Online conference registration and payment facilities are also coming very soon and full details will be provided in your acceptance notification.

Stay in touch and plan your EUPOP2012 meet ups via Twitter

Remember - You can follow the EUPOP2012 conference on Twitter @EUPOP2012 

Please spread the word and use the hashtag #EUPOP2012 when retweeting and / or contributing to the conference back channel.

If you have any queries or suggestions, please get in touch with us.

EPCA and 2012 EPCA Conference Directors

EPCA President, Pamela Church Gibson p.church-gibson@fashion.arts.ac.uk

Director of Research & Exchange, Graeme Harper graeme@eupop.org

Conference Administrator: Sarah-Jane Simpson europop@arts.ac.uk.

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May 7, 2012
EUPOP2012 Affordable accommodation

ACCOMMODATION

Hotel prices in London are high, especially this summer. So if you are looking for affordable accommodation during your attendance at EUPOP2012, then you are recommended to book a room in the University of London halls of residence ASAP. 

http://www.halls.london.ac.uk/visitor/garden/Default.aspx


EUPOP2012 recommends staying the University of London Garden Halls - particularly Canterbury Hall. 

Centrally located with prices from £40 per night bed and breakfast, they present very good value for money - especially in central London this summer.

Located less than 5 minutes away from Kings Cross and Euston rail and underground stations,  the Garden Halls provide cheap, safe,  single accommodation in the heart of Bloomsbury with pubs, cafes, shops, supermarkets and a range of restaurants nearby. As you would expect, as university halls of residence the rooms are basic, but they have a shared kitchen, so you can prepare your own food if required. And of course, the more EUPOP2012 delegates who choose to stay at the Garden Halls, the more opportunities there will be for socialising, networking and nattering until the early hours!


The Garden Halls are a few minutes walk away from the British Library, the British Museum and the London Underground (tube) stations at Kings Cross and Russell Square and within walking distance of the John Prince’s Street site of the London College of Fashion - just off Oxford Street. The nearest London Underground (tube) station to the London College of Fashion is Oxford Circus and the Garden Halls are only two stops on the tube from Kings Cross on the Victoria Line.

Bookings for University of London halls of residence can be made by email or telephone, please see website for details:

http://www.halls.london.ac.uk/visitor/garden/Default.aspx

http://www.halls.london.ac.uk/visitor/Default.aspx

Tube map:  http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf

Transport for London Journey Planner: http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en

If you are planning to stay at the Garden Halls, then please get in touch with us via Twitter @EUPOP2012 and we’ll keep you updated with plans for meet ups and social events. 

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May 7, 2012
Beyond EUPOP2012 

Make the most of your visit to London, avoid ‘conference fatigue’ and get chatting to other delegates by visiting one of the many museums and galleries that London has to offer.

Museums and Galleries

General admission to the main exhibition spaces is usually free and there is plenty to see, but there is often a charge for special exhibitions.

The Victoria and Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/

Free special exhibition @ V&A: Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/b/britain-creates-2012-fashion-art-collusion/

Special exhibition (charge) @ V&A Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/ballgowns/

Tate Britain and Tate Modern: http://www.tate.org.uk/

Damien Hirst at Tate Modern (charge): http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/damien-hirst

Edvard Munch - the Modern Eye at Tate Modern (charge): http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/edvard-munch-modern-eye

National Portrait Gallery: http://www.npg.org.uk/

BP Portrait Award 2012 (free): http://www.npg.org.uk/index.php?id=9112

Special exhibition National Portrait Gallery (charge) The Queen Art & Image: http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/the-queen/the-queen-art-image.php

National Gallery: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

Design Museum: http://designmuseum.org/

Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Royal Academy: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

Museum of London: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/

Imperial War Museum: http://www.iwm.org.uk/


Prospective social event: Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style @ The Barbican

If anyone is interested in visiting the Fifty Years of Bond Style exhibition, please let us know via Twitter @EUPOP2012 and we’ll look at the possibility of a group booking (hopefully with a discounted admission too).

For details see: http://www.barbican.org.uk/bond/


Are you wanting to do some research whilst you are in London?

British Library: http://www.bl.uk/

British Film Institute (reading rooms -day passes available): http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/library/


Free live music

National Theatre Foyer

‘Enjoy free concerts in the ‘Djanogly Concert Pitch’ Monday to Saturday evenings (pre-performance) and at lunch time on Saturdays and some Sundays. Feel free to hum along, tap your toes or just sit back and listen to a lively mix of music from around the world… from cool jazz to upbeat ethnic and much, much more.

Mondays to Fridays at 5.45pm, Saturdays at 1pm & 5.45pm and Sundays at 1pm’ http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/1821/music/foyer-music.html

Late Shift at the National Portrait Gallery every Thurs and Friday until 9pm: http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/lateshift/late_shift_home.php#

Lunch time piano recital at St Martin in the Field (1pm Friday): http://enterprise.smitf.org/jserv/concerts/view.jsp?id=4188&command=concert

Live music bars: http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/pubs_bars/live-music-bars


Recommend / suggest a place to visit

Let us know via Twitter @EUPOP2012 if there are any other exhibitions, museums, events, venues or galleries that you want to visit whilst you are in London at EUPOP2012 and we’ll see who else fancies coming along. We will also see if we can organise group discounts on special exhibitions wherever possible.


Stay in touch and plan your EUPOP2012 meet ups via Twitter

Remember - You can follow the EUPOP2012 conference on Twitter @EUPOP2012 

Please spread the word and use the hashtag #EUPOP2012 when retweeting and / or contributing to the conference back channel.

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February 19, 2012
Final call for papers. Deadline 3rd March 2012

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - EUPOP2012 

Inaugural Conference of the European Popular Culture Association

Extended deadline for abstracts: 3rd March 2012.

Abstracts (250-300 words accompanied by brief biographical and contact details) for papers and complete panels should be submitted to: europop@arts.ac.uk

For this final call for papers, the conference organisers would particularly welcome individual papers and panel contributions in the following areas:
- Music

- Sport

- The body and its representation

- Comics and graphic novels

- Heritage / curation

- Subcultures

JOURNAL EDITORS WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STRAND CONVENORS - a full list of Intellect journals is available at: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/index/
Paper/panel submissions will be as always subject to peer review.

You can follow the EUPOP2012 conference on Twitter @EUPOP2012 
Please spread the word and use the hashtag #EUPOP2012 when retweeting and / or contributing to the conference back channel.

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January 4, 2012

Individual paper and panel contributions are invited for the inaugural conference of the European Popular Culture Association (EPCA). EUPOP 2012 will explore European popular culture in all its different forms. This might include European Film (past and present), Television, Music, Celebrity, The Body, Fashion, New Media, Comics, Popular Literature, Sport, Heritage and Curation. And more - we’ll be guided by the submissions.  Closing Date for this call: 18th February 2012.

This conference will launch the European Popular Culture Association. There will be opportunities for networking and for developing caucus groups within the EPCA. Presenters at EUPOP2012 will be encouraged to develop their papers for publication in a number of Intellect journals, including the new Journal of European Popular Culture, the journal of the EPCA, other film journals including Film, Fashion and Consumption, and various music journals. Journal editors will be working closely with strand convenors - a full list of Intellect journals is available at: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/index/

Papers and Complete Panels for all strands should be submitted to the email contact below. Paper/panel submissions will be as always subject to peer review: Submit paper or panel proposals* to: europop@arts.ac.uk (The same address should be used for general administrative queries).

The European Popular Culture Association

The European Popular Culture Association (EPCA) promotes the study of popular culture from, in, and about Europe. Popular culture involves a wide range of activities, outcomes and audiences; EPCA aims to examine and discuss these different activities as they relate both to Europe, and to Europeans across the globe, whether contemporary or historical.

CLOSING DATE FOR THIS CALL: FEBRUARY 18th 2012

EPCA and 2012 EPCA Conference Directors

EPCA President, Pamela Church Gibson p.church-gibson@fashion.arts.ac.uk

Director of Research & Exchange, Graeme Harper graeme@eupop.org

Conference Administrator: Sarah-Jane Simpson europop@arts.ac.uk.

Sarah can be reached at europop@arts.ac.uk. We would suggest that you contact her speedily if you are coming from abroad and are wanting to discuss the availability of accommodation. Although the conference is well in advance of the Olympics, we have placed a notional hold on inexpensive hotel rooms and need confirmation ASAP.

EUPOP 2012 is on Twitter.

You can follow the EUPOP2012 Conference on Twitter @EUPOP2012 

Contribute to the Conference back channel on Twitter  via the hashtag #EUPOP2012 

http://twitter.com/#!/EUPOP2012

Please join in and spread the word.

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