2012 MIDWEST POPULAR CULTURE/AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

RENAISSANCE COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN HOTEL
50 NORTH THIRD STREET
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215

FRIDAY-SUNDAY
OCTOBER 12-14, 2012

We are currently seeking original work and panel suggestions in the area of SPORT HISTORY/SPORT CULTURE for the annual Midwest Popular Culture Association/ Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference. Abstracts can include a wide variety of topics and approaches to sport. Abstracts or panels might include research focused on popular culture and sport in the Midwest; but papers/panels on all topics related to popular culture and sport are welcome and encouraged.

PLEASE UPLOAD your paper abstract (250 words) or panel proposal (including title) on any aspect of sport history/sport culture to the following website, http://submissions.mpcaaca.org/.

*EXTENDED DEADLINE*
Deadline for receipt is Thursday, 31 May 2012.

Please include name, affiliation, address, and e-mail address of each author/participant. You must specify any AV needs (DVD/TV only) and any special scheduling needs with your proposal. Note that LCD projectors will not be provided by MPCA/ACA at the conference.

Further information about the conference and the Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association is available at: http://www.mpcaaca.org

Please note the availability of graduate student travel grants: http://mpcaaca.org/about/grants.html

We look forward to receiving your proposal!

Ben Dettmar (dettmarb@msu.edu)
Jesse Draper (draperje@msu.edu)
Sport History/Sport Culture Area Chairs
Departments of History and American Studies
Michigan State University