The Southwest Texas Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association will once
again be sponsoring a session on CLASSICAL
REPRESENTATIONS IN POPULAR CULTURE (formerly entitled
“Classical Myths in Recent Literature and Film”) at
the 29th Annual meeting to be held February 13-16,
2008 at the Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel in downtown
Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Papers on any aspect of Greek and Roman antiquity in
contemporary culture are eligible for consideration.
Papers focused on the following themes are
particularly welcome:

-The HBO television series Rome
-Classical themes in contemporary art
-Classics and Western film
-Classical references in popular music
-Representations of ancient sexuality in modern film
-Roman history in contemporary literature and film
-Ancient religion in contemporary culture

Other possible topics include (but are not limited
to): film versions of ancient myths; modern
adaptations of Classical material in film, television,
music, or literature; the Classical heroic figure in
modern film or literature; Classical period historical
fiction in modern film or literature; Greek epic or
drama in popular culture; Modern representations of
Greek and Roman women; and Greek and Roman mythology
in children's film or literature. Presentations will
be limited to 15 minutes.

Submit abstracts of 500 words or fewer to Kirsten Day
at kirstenday@yahoo.com. The deadline for submission
of abstracts is NOVEMBER 1, 2007.

Information about the site, travel, graduate student
awards, guest speakers, special events, a complete
list of areas, and other conference matters can be
found on the web site: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/.
Check back periodically for updates as conference
preparations progress!