DePaul’s Center for Black Diaspora is continuing their exciting series of events on Black Romance. Co-sponsored by IASPR, this exciting virtual event will be of interest to IASPR members, popular romance scholars, and popular romance audiences. The aim of this … Continue reading →
New at the Journal of Popular Romance Studies: Special Issue Call for Papers Romancing Africa: Manifestations of Popular Romance in Africa Editors: Lynda Gichanda Spencer and Martina Vitackova In February 2016, the New York Times published “A Valentine’s Day Reading … Continue reading →
With a heavy heart, IASPR is announcing that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eighth International Conference on Popular Romance Studies will not take place this summer. Given the uncertainty of international travel in the short term and the exigencies … Continue reading →
The Journal of Popular Romance Studies, an international peer-reviewed academic journal publishing scholarship on popular romance fiction and on the logics, institutions, and social practices of romantic love in global popular culture, is seeking a new Managing Editor, to begin … Continue reading →
For over a decade, the Romance Writers of America has been a generous sponsor of IASPR. Every conference we have held has received RWA support, including our upcoming 2020 conference on “Diversity, Inclusion, Innovation” in popular romance culture, and the … Continue reading →
The Eighth International Conference on Popular Romance Studies Diversity, Inclusion, Innovation University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Canary Islands | June 17-19, 2020 Proposal Deadline: October 20, 2019 Whose love matters in popular romance culture? Who is represented as … Continue reading →
Via the Journal of Popular Romance Studies: Special Issue Call for Papers: Sexting, Romance, and Intimacy Deadline for Abstracts Extended to December 1, 2019! Eds. Eftihia Mihelakis and Jonathan A. Allan It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person … Continue reading →
The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR) calls for submissions for the third annual Conseula Francis Award. The Francis Award is given out each year for the best unpublished essay on popular romance media and / or … Continue reading →
Thanks to a generous donation from American romance novelist Kathleen Gilles Seidel, travel support for junior scholars will be available for “Think Globally, Love Locally,” the Seventh International Conference on Popular Romance. This Seidel Travel Grant is intended to foster … Continue reading →
