UPDATED INFORMATION: The deadline for submissions to
the Southwest-Texas PCA/ACA Conference has been
extended to December 31, 2002.
The remaining information is repeated from the
original CFP:
For those scholars who secretly purchase the TV Guide
and tape television shows that aren’t mentioned in the
faculty lounge, this is the conference for which
you’ve been waiting. Proposals for papers and panels
on the intersection of television and popular culture
are welcome in areas such as the following:
--New channels, new genres (e.g. Sopranos, Trading
Spaces)
--Innovations in serial narrative (e.g. 24, Boomtown)
--Influx of “reality” TV: ESPN even has one now…
--Nostalgia for old values expressed in new shows
--Reinscription or reversal of gender roles: (e.g.
Buffy, CSI)
--Ideology represented in dramas (e.g. The West Wing)
--Economics of commercials: Sprint cellular and
popular culture
--Ethics and anatomy of news media: channels as
24-hour news sources
--Rerun extravaganza
--Any other intersections of television and popular
culture
Southwest-Texas PCA/ACA Regional Meeting: 24th Annual
Conference
February 12-15, 2003 in Albuquerque, NM
Host Hotels: Albuquerque Hilton and Fairfield Inn by
Marriott
Deadline for Paper and Panel Proposals: December 31,
2002
Please submit a proposal (250 words maximum) or
inquiries to:
Lacy Landrum
Oklahoma State University
Department of English
Morrill 205, Stillwater, OK 74078
lacylandrum@yahoo.com
lacylandrum@hotmail.com
For general information and online conference and
hotel registration, go to the SW/Texas PCA/ACA
website: http://www.swtexaspca.org
The PCA’s mission is "to promote an innovative and
nontraditional academic movement in Humanities and
Social Sciences, to provide an outlet for scholars,
writers, and others interested in the popular culture,
to share ideas in a professional atmosphere, and to
have papers presented at meetings."
Membership in the PCA/ACA is required for
participation.
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http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/
or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu
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