The SOUTHWEST / TEXAS POPULAR CULTURE AND AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION’ÄôS annual meeting, March 7-10, 2001 at the Sheraton Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

* * * The NEW MEXICO STUDIES AREA * * *
invites papers for the annual meeting on any aspect of NEW MEXICO STUDIES, broadly construed....

Papers related to art, film, material culture, locale, cultural identities, tourism, the culture industry, cultural landscape, Hispano/Chicano studies, and Native American studies are especially encouraged.

If you would like to submit a paper to this area, please send a 100 to 200 word abstract by Nov. 1, 2000 to Michael J.Riley (address below. E-mail submissions are welcomed. Graduate student submissions are welcomed.

The association is organized into a myriad of individual areas, one of which is NEW MEXICO STUDIES. The annual meeting will be held March 7-10, 2001 at the Sheraton Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

For FURTHER INFORMATION about the association and the conference, see our website (see link below).

The conference organizers are asking everybody to register by e-mail, using the template on the web site.

The conference also features a CREDIT OPTION from U of New Mexico via Extension (505)277-1154

Graduate credit of 1 or 2 hours: American Studies 520
Undergrad credit of 1 or 2 hours: American Studies 320

(Details at web site: credit involves readings, sessions, and a log.) For details, forms, etc. call Theresa Bernal at 505.277.1154 or send Theresa an e-mail at ThBernal@unm.edu