CFP: [20th] Stephen King Area: 2008 National PCA/ACA Conference (11/1/2007; 3/19/08-3/22/08)

The Stephen King Area of the Popular Culture Association is seeking papers
for the Annual National Joint Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association Conference to be held March 19-22, 2008 at the San Francisco
Marriot.

Papers which cover any aspect of Stephen King—his fiction, films, non-
fiction, King in the classroom, the King phenomenon—are sought for this
area. For the 2008 National PCA/ACA conference, we would like to note
that we are quite interested in papers which focus on The Dark Tower
series (and the recently released graphic novels, The Gunslinger Born).
Of course, papers which focus on King’s early writing, the Bachman books,
and King’s uncollected writings, to name a few additional topics, are most
certainly welcomed.

NOTE: Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals, papers
or panels.

Papers should be limited to a reading time of 15-20 minutes (3 person
panels allow for 20 minute papers while 4 person panels allow for 15
minute papers; panels will be formed in late November in order to provide
panelists ample time to adjust their presentations).

Panels of 3 or 4 presenters unified around a particular theme or work
within the King canon are also welcome. Please send complete panel
proposals along with brief abstracts of each paper.
   
All presenters must be (or become) members of the PCA or ACA and must
register for the conference. Membership and registration forms will be
sent upon presentation acceptance. Paper acceptance obligates participants
to present the paper at the conference, and multiple submissions to
different areas are not allowed. Please note that you must be present at
the conference to read your own paper.

To have your proposal considered for presentation, please email or send a
200-300 word abstract by November 1st, 2007, complete with your name,
affiliation, and contact information to either:

Area Chair: Mary Findley
Vermont Technical College
Randolph Center
Randolph, VT 05160
mfindley_at_vtc.edu

OR

Co-Chair: Patrick McAleer
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
840 Laurel Street, #4
Indiana, PA 15701
mcaleer_p_at_yahoo.com

For more information about the Popular Culture Association/American
Culture Association, please visit their homepage: www.pcaaca.org.
Additional information on the Stephen King Area can be found at
www.stephenkingpca.com.

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