This is an UPDATE to announce an extension on the deadline for papers concerning the Alfred Hitchcock area at the Southwest-Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Conference.

Please join the SW-TX PCA/ACA annual meeting in Albuquerque and consider giving a presentation on the acclaimed film director and master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

Suggested topics:

• any one or a combination of Hitchcock's films, considered from any thematic, theoretical, or technical perspective
• examinations into Hitchcock's work in television
• the construction and deconstruction of Hitchcock as a public image
• directors under the influence, possible choices include De Palma, Chabrol, Truffaut, Van Sant, Brooks, Shyamalan, etc.

And these are just a few of the topics that could be considered in the rich and provocative field of Hitchcock studies. Please feel free to consider others as we hope to create intriguing and diverse panels at the SW-TX PCA/ACA conference. The 2003 meeting of the SW-TX PCA/ACA will be at the Albuquerque Hilton near the University of New Mexico campus. For details about the meeting and travel, see the web site.

Please send or email a 200-250 word paper proposal, a brief biographical note, and a short bibliography for the paper-BY DECEMBER 31, 2002 to: