34th Annual Southwest Texas Popular and American Culture Conference

February 13-16, 2013 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Celebrating Popular/American Cultures in a Global Context. In keeping with this year’s theme of global context, we are particularly interested in papers comparing and contrasting America’s “War on Drugs” with how other countries view drugs, but any paper dealing with drugs and culture will be considered. Papers dealing with drugs in the 1960s should consider submitting to the area on 60s culture at this conference.

Anti-drug propaganda
Drug addiction
Drugs as positive force
“Just Say No.”
Intervention
Weed Culture/Activism
“Above the influence”
Rehab
Legal Drugs
“I learned by watching you.”
Incarceration
Drugs and Shamanism
D.A.R.E.
When propaganda fails…
Rastafarian Religion
Drugs and Philosophy
Drugs and the Creative Process
The Rhetoric of Drugs
Drugs in Film
Drugs on TV
Drugs in comics (particularly Grant Morrison)
Drugs and Comedy
Drugs and Academia post Leary
Drugs and Music (papers on the Grateful Dead should consider presenting in that area.)

Post your Submission to our database at: conference2013.swtxpca.org

Deadlines for the 2013 conference are:
December 2, submission deadline
First week of January:
database open to view schedule

Send Inquiries to

Bryan L. Jones
Oklahoma State University
Bryan.l.jones@okstate.edu

Inquire about presenting a panel or showing a Film.

Grad Students consider submitting to one of our contests, you could win funding for your trip. http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/48.html