call for papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS, PANEL PROPOSALS -- ALTERNATIVE FORMATS WELCOME
 
Who:  Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association/American Culture
        Association annual conference
 
Where:  Syracuse, New York
 
When:  November 3-5, 1995 (Friday through Sunday)
 
Deadline for proposals:  JUNE 1, 1995
 
How to Submit a Proposal:  Send an abstract (minimum 150 words) or
        full-length paper (no more than 12 pages) to the appropriate
        area chair listed below by JUNE 1.  If your topic or idea does
        not fit any of the areas, send it directly to Stanley S.
        Blair, Program Director, MA PCA/ACA, English Dept., James
        Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA  22807; office, (703)
        568-3566; e-mail, fac_ssblair at vax1.acs.jmu.edu;
        fax, (703) 568-3581.
                Proposals for full panels (3 or more participants) are
        welcome, as are individual paper submissions.
                Include special AV requests (VHS videocassette or slide
        projectors only) with proposal or we will assume you do not
        require any.  We also assume that your proposal indicates your
        intention to attend the conference if your paper is accepted.
                Conference participants may serve in multiple roles
        (e.g., panel chair, respondent, presenter) but may present
        only ONE paper.
                STUDENTS:  Note the student paper competition posted
        at the end of this call for papers.
 
When Will You Hear:  Acceptances will be mailed out in August.
 
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Area Chairs (who form panels and events on particular topics) -- partial
        listing only!:
 
Canadian Studies:  A. J. Miller, English Dept., Duke University,
        Durham, NC  27708
 
Film:  Ralph Donald, Communications Dept., University of Tennessee at
        Martin, Martin, TN  38238-5099
 
Fin-de-Siecle Culture:  Melissa Deutsch Scott, English & Philosophy,
        Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID  83209-8056
 
Literature and Minority Cultures:  Dan Walden, English Dept., Penn
        State University, University Park, PA 19802
 
Native American Issues:  Geroge Scheper, 240 South Street,
        Baltimore, MD  21215
 
Performance Studies:  Ted Bain, English/Theatre, Hobart and William
        Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY  14456-3397
 
Radio:  Thomas Jones, Speech/Theatre, Coastal Carolina University,
        Conway, SC  29256
 
Television:  John Matviko, Dept. of Communication, West Liberty
        State College, West Liberty, WV  26074
 
 
For further information about the MA PCA/ACA and the conference or a
        complete list of area chairs, contact
        Libby Smigel, President, MA PCA/ACA, Dept. of English/Comp Lit,
        Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY  14456-3397;
        fax, 315-781-3348, e-mail, smigel at hws.edu; office, 315-781-3479;
        home, 315-536-0571.
 
Please feel free to distribute this call to other lists or interested
        colleagues.
 
 
 
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Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
 
        The Mid-Atlantic PCA/ACA will sponsor a competition for best
student paper submitted for presentation at our annual conference.
If you are a student, start thinking about revising your spring term
paper.  If you are a faculty member, read those final papers with an
eye to recruiting the best samples for our Fall conference.
 
        Full papers or proposals must be submitted no later than
JUNE 1 to:
        Anne K. Kaler, Literature/Language/Fine Arts
        Gwynedd Mercy College
        Gwynedd Valley, PA  19437
 
        Please note whether the paper should be considered for the
GRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE student competition.
 
        By entering a student agrees to be present to read the paper
if it is accepted for the conference.  The awards will be announced
at the conference luncheon, Saturday, Nov. 4, 1995, at the Hotel
Syracuse in downtown Syracuse, New York.  An honorarium will be given
to the winning paper in both categories.
 
(This announcement posted by Ted Bain, English/Theatre, Hobart & William
        Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, bain at hws.edu)