questioning the future of my field

I'm all for cultural studies, but is this maybe going just a little too far?

CALL FOR PAPERS: THE WITCHING HOUR
A Harry Potter Symposium
Salem, MA
October 6-10, 2005

The Witching Hour is an interdisciplinary symposium designed to allow scholars and adult enthusiasts of the Harry Potter series to gather and share research. The conference programming will engage attendees in a broad exploration and understanding of the Harry Potter texts and phenomenon, as well as foster dialogue between academics and fans. The theme of the symposium - as befits the season, locale and current tone of the series - is choice, moral ambiguity, and the darkness within everyone.

Five days! Who knows? Squillions of readers must be on to something. Or maybe not...

I'd much rather go to this:

Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium
September 9-10, 2005
West Long Branch, New Jersey
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Proposals are now being accepted for papers for this first-of-its-kind conference for educators, journalists, historians, musicologists, and anyone interested in the life, work, and influence of Bruce Springsteen. Papers will be considered on, but will not be limited to, the following topics:

Springsteen and American Folklore
Springsteen and Critical Theory
Springsteen and Dylan's American Dreamscapes
Springsteen and Musicianship
Springsteen and Politics of Culture
Springsteen and Musical Legacy
Springsteen and Musical Contemporaries
Springsteen and Rock-n-Roll Iconography