Kansas Culture(s) Call for Papers:
Abstract/Proposals by 11/1
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations
Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 7-10, 2001
Sheraton Old Town
800 Rio Grande Blvd.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
1.800.237.2133 or 1.505.843.6300
(See below for more reservation information. Book early!)
Let's go to Albuquerque. Panels are now forming on topics related
to the Kansas Region, including but not limited to:
Kansas in Literature or Literature from Kansans
Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood_
Laura Ingalls Wilder's _Little House on the Prairie_
L. Frank Baum, __The Wonderful Wizard of Oz__ (book or film)
William Stafford's poetry
William Inge's _Picnic_ or other works
Langston Hughes
William Least Heat Moon, _Prairy Erth_
New Kansas Writers
Kansas in Film
The Wizard of Oz
Ride With The Devil (1999)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Kansas City (1995)
Sarah, Plain & Tall (TV movie, 1990)
Paper Moon (1973)
National Lampoon's Vacation
The Day After (TV movie, 1982)
And Others . . .
Kansas Journalism
William Allen White
Bleeding Kansas and Quantrill
Local Journalism and Small Town Papers
Kansas in Pop Culture
Kansas, Science, and Evolution?
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
Quantrill
Civil War
Military History
Ghost Towns
Railroads and Kansas
Kansas Artists and Kansas in Art
Grass Roots Art
Regional 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.
For ongoing details and other areas of interest:
<http:// www2.okstate.edu/swpca>
Please pass on this call to friends, colleagues,
and other interested organizations.
Deadline for abstracts and/or papers: November 1, 2000.
Send 100-200 word abstracts and proposals for panels to:
Philip Heldrich, Kansas Region Chair
Department 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 (soon updated for 2001):
<http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca>
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: $69 per night (singles or doubles).
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, 2001.
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