The University of Rhode Island Department of English presents....
The First Annual URI Conference on English Studies
THE USES OF POPULAR CULTURE

This conference has been established to explore how the academic community uses popular culture to inform, understand, teach, and articulate the literary canon. While the conference is not a discussion of popular culture itself, it does deign to examine how popular culture can affect and has affected literary studies, and how those who study literature and critical theory incorporate notions arising out of popular culture into their work. Papers could include discussions of film or musical versions of canon work, exploring how to use popular culture in a teaching environment, the popular culture of any given era and how that culture has survived and adapted in the modern era, or any other topic that combines popular culture and literary studies.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OCTOBER 22-23, 1999
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, KINGSTON, RI
Papers or 250 word abstracts due by: JUNE 15, 1999

Both faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals. For more information, please e-mail mcor7215@postoffice.uri.edu