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	<title>International Association for the Study of Popular Romance</title>
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		<title>York Conference Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fourth Annual Conference on Popular Romance will focus on the Pleasures of Romance. It will be held in York, UK, 27-29 September, 2012.
This conference asks one large question: What is the place of pleasure in popular romance? Popular romance—whether romance novels, romantic films, soap operas, fan fiction, advertisements, etc.—has long been both consumed and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://iaspr.org/news/york-conference-proposals/</link>
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		<title>Journal of Popular Romance Studies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s our pleasure to announce the publication of The Journal of Popular Romance Studies:  our peer-reviewed, on-line, open access academic journal dedicated to research and scholarship on representations of romantic love in global popular culture. 
Available at http://jprstudies.org, issue 1.1 of the journal features five essays, five book reviews, and an interview with bestselling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://iaspr.org/news/journal-of-popular-romance-studies/</link>
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		<title>JPRS Call for Submissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For its inaugural issue (Winter 2010), the Journal of Popular Romance Studies is now considering papers on representations of romantic love in popular media, now or in the past, from anywhere in the world.
Read the official Call for Submissions for more information.
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		<link>http://iaspr.org/news/jprs-call-for-submissions/</link>
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		<title>Brisbane conference makes the news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The First Annual Conference on Popular Romance, held in August 2009 in Brisbane, Australia made a splash in the media. 
See the feature on Australia&#8217;s ABC News.
Watch the Associated Press story on Romance Novel Enthusiasts in Brisbane.

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		<link>http://iaspr.org/news/brisbane-conference-makes-the-news/</link>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance is dedicated to fostering and promoting the scholarly exploration of all popular representations of romantic love. IASPR is committed to building a strong community of scholars of popular romance through open, digital access to all scholarly work published by the Association, by organizing or sponsoring an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://iaspr.org/news/welcome/</link>
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