Panels still being formed for the Kansas Culture Area. Scholars from
around the country invited to participate:
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations
Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 9-12, 2000
Sheraton Old Town
Join a panel now forming:
Kansas in Film
Kansas in Journalism/Kansas Journalism
Kansas in Literature/Literature by Kansans
Other areas of interest:
Kansas, Science, and Evolution?
Kansas in Literature or Literature from Kansans
William Stafford
Truman Capote
William Inge
Langston Hughes
Kansas in Film
Kansas Journalism
William Allen White
Bleeding Kansas
Local Journalism and Small Town Papers
Kansas in Pop Culture
Kansas-focused Creative Writing
Regional Writers, Regional Writing
Kansas Education and Kansas Educators
Kansans Famous, Not-So-Famous, and Infamous
Kansas Native Cultures
Kansas History
Civil War
Ghost Towns
Railroads and Kansas
Kansas Artists and Kansas in Art
Kansas Folklife and Folklore
Kansas Sociology
Kansas Anthropology
Kansas Geography
Kansas Politics
Kansas and Religion
Scholars, teachers, professionals, and others interested in Kansas
encouraged to participate. Graduate students are also particularly
welcome with award opportunities for best graduate papers. If you wish to
form your own Kansas-focused panel, I would be glad to facilitate your
needs.
Also, if your work does not focus on Kansas but fits within the broad
range of areas designated for the upcoming conference on American &
Popular culture, I still encourage you to participate. Please pass on
this call to friends, colleagues, and other interested organizations.
Deadline for abstracts and/or papers: DECEMBER 1, 1999.
Send 200 word abstracts and proposals for panels to:
Philip Heldrich, Kansas Region Chair
Division of English, Box 4019
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS 66801-5087
(316) 341-5216
or by email <Heldricp@emporia.edu>
For general information and a list of SUBJECT AREAS see our SW/TEXAS
PCA/ACA Website:
<http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca>
SW/TEXAS PCA/ACA REGIONAL MEETING
FEBRUARY 9-12, 2000
Sheraton Old Town Hotel
800 Rio Grande Blvd.
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-843-6300
Local arrangements by:
Peter C. Rollins
Popular Culture Center
RR 3 Box 80
Cleveland, OK 74020
Phone: (918) 243-7637
Fax: (918) 243-5995
E-mail: rollinspc@aol.com
Graduate Student Awards:
Peter C. Rollins Award
Michael K. Schoenecke Award
Join us at the Sheraton Old Town and step into 300 years of history and
culture. This spacious Southwestern-style hotel is within walking distance
of Albuquerque's historic Old Town (200-plus specialty shops, restaurants,
art galleries, the Albuquerque Museum and New Mexico Museum of Natural
History). Other cultural and historic sites to visit include the Indian
Pueblo Cultural Center, Rio Grande Zoological Park, Sandia Peak Tram (the
world's longest aerial tram), Indian Pueblos, National Atomic Museum,
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, and the Albuquerque Biopark.
Hotel: Sheraton Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Blvd., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Telephone: 1-800-237-2133 or 1-505-843-2133, or Fax: 505-842-9863 for
reservations. Conference room rate: $65 per night (singles) and $70 per
night (doubles, triples, and quads). You must identify yourself with the
SW/TX PCA to receive the discount room rate. Please make your reservations
well BEFORE going.
Air: Southwest Airlines is offering a discount. To make reservations,
call Southwest Airlines' Group Desk at 1-800-433-5368 Call Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Be sure to identify our group.
A preliminary program will be posted at <http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca/>
as it develops beginning around January 2, 2000.
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