Oceanic Popular

Official Twitter account for Oceanic Popular Culture Association and OPCA Conference.

[Oceanic Popular @OPCAConference]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2023 Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference!
It was great to meet new colleagues and catch up with OPCA Conference members that we haven't seen since the last conference!
Stay tuned for info about the next OPCA event!

[Island News @KITV4]

“THEY'RE PROFITING OFF A CULTURAL PRACTICE..." | An artificial wave pool in Ewa Beach is raising questions on how a modern-day sport followed by millions worldwide fits into the cultural legacy of islanders who have been riding waves for millennia. https://t.co/FHVM152XMC

[Tourism Geographies @TourismJournal]

How K-Pop is helping drive tourism visitation in coastal Spain.
https://t.co/wdhbM0e8wx

[Oceanic Popular @OPCAConference]

Join us Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 for the 10th OPCA Conference at Chaminade University of Honolulu!
Saturday, May 27--Keynote Presentation by Scott Kikkawa, Bamboo Ridge Author!
https://t.co/UF1S6Tn4a2

[Oceanic Popular @OPCAConference]

Join us May 26-27, 2023 in Honolulu for the 10th OPCA Conference at Chaminade University! Send in your proposal today! Sessions on Surf Studies, Teaching with Popular Culture, K-Pop, Film and TV, Environmental Humanities, and more!

[Oceanic Popular @OPCAConference]

Join us May 26-27, 2023 in Honolulu for the 10th OPCA Conference at Chaminade University! Send in your proposal today! Sessions on Surf Studies, Teaching with Popular Culture, K-Pop, Film and TV, Environmental Humanities, and more!

[Noel Brown @NoelDBrown]

Nice to receive the hard copy of my article '"All Together Now": Yellow Submarine (1968), The Beatles, and Children's Film', published in latest issue of the Polish journal Kwartalnik Filmowy. The full article (in English!) is available here: https://t.co/8cG6xxWMqa

[Miskatonic IHS London @CigaretteBurns_]

Whoop! Super excited to have @craigimann join @MiskatonicIHS at the @horsehospital on the 9th May exploring the New American Nightmare _
Tickets & Details: https://t.co/wBx890r9Lg

[Courtney Morales (she/her) @CourtneyatLex]

#CallForPapers alert for edited volume titled The Ecology & Spirituality of Gardening with Native Plants. Looking for 7k word chapters by PhDs. Send brief bio & 500word abstract to [email protected] by 5/31. If approved, first drafts due 8/31 & final drafts on 10/31. See below:

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.”

Alain de Botton on love, vulnerability, and the psychological paradox of sulking: https://t.co/hq4Eo7Fl9I

[Oceanic Popular @OPCAConference]

OPCA 2023 is still accepting abstract submissions! Send your proposal now! Join us in Honolulu in May 2023! Please share widely #popularculture #conference

[liang ge (they/them) @LiangGe96]

Hola! Please check the CFP for the edited volume Transcultural Media Fandom in the AsiaPacific by my friend Dr HU Tingting and Dr WU Fang! If interested, plz send a 500-word abstract and your CV to the editor at https://t.co/[email protected], [email protected]

[Celine @CelineNyx]

For anyone interested in penny bloods or penny dreadfuls and their engagement with humour - my thesis research is now available in a beautiful little paperback!

[Hawaiʻi International Film Festival @HIFF]

FREE screening for HIFF Selects Members! RSVPs are open for this special advance screening of DEALING WITH DAD for this Wednesday, April 26, 7pm at Consolidated Kahala Theaters. Join HIFF Selects to enjoy special advance in-theater screenings like these https://t.co/ixL3JWfBE4

[Prof Kirsty Fairclough @ProfKFairclough]

New book cover reveal!!! 💅🔥

Diva is published in Sept by @BloomsburyAcad & @BloomsburyMus.

Full details: https://t.co/iDetU3eVDt

A new collection edited by @Sharadai, Nicole Hodges Persley, @BenHalligan and me. @ManMetUni @SODAmcr

[Popular Culture Studies Journal @ThePCSJ]

If you missed out on the #PopularCultureDialogue discussing Ritual and Tradition, you can watch the entire insightful conversation at https://t.co/zKMmoOal3l

[Xavier Aldana Reyes @XAldanaReyes]

This year’s Contemporary #Gothic reading group consists of 4 sessions running between 31 May and 12 July. Please join @gothicmmu and discussion leads @leonie_rowland and @burntbroccoli on this dark and delightful journey. Free tickets here: https://t.co/ozI3qeweHs #gothic #horror

[HAWAI'I Magazine @HAWAIIMagazine]

This bustling Oʻahu city has way more to offer than just sunny beaches.✨
https://t.co/KtkEmxQVR0 #hawaii #oahu #waikiki #lovehawaii #travel #traveltips

[HAWAI'I Magazine @HAWAIIMagazine]

We're spending our Wednesday in Waimānalo on Oʻahu. 🏖️

[Lilith Journal @LilithJournal]

🚨CALL FOR REVIEWER: Cassandra Pybus's 'Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse'🚨

We're looking for a scholar to contribute a review of 'Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse' in our 2023 issue - submit an EOI to [email protected] if you are interested!