CFP: Medieval Representations in Pop Culture (12/1; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/9-2/12)

From: Carole L. Carroll (ykfca@TTU.EDU)
Date: Tue Oct 12 1999 - 05:39:23 EDT


CALL FOR PAPERS:

MEDIEVAL REPRESENTATIONS IN POPULAR AND AMERICAN CULTURES

The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and the American Culture
Association will hold the annual regional meeting on February 9-12, 2000,
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Sheration Old Town Hotel. We met there
last year (1999) and found the sights, sounds, tastes and museums of the
Southwest to our liking. Check out our website
http://www2.okstate.edu.swpca for association and meeting information.

Some areas of investigation for presentations might include but are not
limited to:

· Medieval and Renaissance Faires
· Ancient and/or Medieval representations in film or television
· Internet Gaming Cultures which define, explore, or interpret Ancient or
Medieval cultures
· Ancient and/or Medieval culture and Gender
· Adaptation of Ancient and/or Medieval culture in popular fiction
· Ancient and/or Medieval culture and Religion
· Ancient and/or Medieval representations in contemporary music, painting,
dance, etc.

200-word abstracts are due by December 1, 1999. E-mail submissions
preferred.

Please send individual presentations, panel presentations, and workshop
proposals addressing the representation of the Ancient and the Medieval in
popular or American cultures by email to:

Carole L. Carroll
carole@ttu.edu

or snailmail to:

Carole L. Carroll
Department of English
Texas Tech University
MS 43091
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
806-742-2501
fax: (806) 742-0989

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