PSN Canada and United States 2022 Conference

Our annual conference of the Punk Scholars Network Canada and United States will be held on November 18, 2022 via Zoom. The theme this year is Punk & Resilience, and we will be hosting presentations from punk scholars both in North America and internationally.

Draft Conference Schedule:

Registration link: https://bit.ly/3SGe5BL

 

Panel 1: 13:00 – 14:00 EST

Moderator: Ellen Bernhard

Katie Brown - “Pero al menos hoy sigo respirando (En: But at least today I’m still breathing)”: Queer and Transnational Feminist Punk Performance in San José, Costa Rica

 

Erik Gustafson - Please (don’t) kill me: Punk music, presence, and possibilities for the digital era

 

Joseph D. Bryan - “Oh my fucking God, it’s almost fourth of July”: Confronting the Past to Overcome the Present

 

Panel 2: 14:15 – 15:15 EST

Moderator: Nico Rosario

Tara Lopez - “Chucotown Soundtrack: 1990s El Paso Punk Rock”

 

Valerie George & Scott Satterwhite - “The Shape of Punk to Come: Building a Punkhouse of Resistance in the Sunshine State”

 

Alican Koc - “What Came First, the Chain or the Egg?” The Future of Punk in the Age of the Meme

 

Panel 3: 15:30 – 16:45 EST

Moderator: Jessica Schwartz

Kati Simek - Punk in Justice: Punk Rock Ethics in Social Justice Spaces (and one org’s quest for a plan)

 

Emily Scherzinger - The 90s and Affect: “Here we are now, entertain us!”

 

Kirsten Rowland - An Overlooked Form of Resilience-Building in the Punk Community