The Midwest Popular Culture Association (MPCA) is a regional branch of th
Popular Culture Association a group of scholars and enthusiasts who study popular culture. The organization held its first conference in
Duluth, Minnesota
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in 1973. After a five-year hiatus during the 1990s, the organization met in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
in 2002.
MPCA usually holds its annual conference in a large city in the
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...
. In the last several years, meetings have been held in Minnesota, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, typically in October.
Anyone may join and submit proposals for consideration at the MPCA conference. Membership in MPCA/ACA is not limited by geographical location, and presenters have come from Florida, California, Norway, and Australia.
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Organizations established in 1973
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