REMINDER CFP ABSTRACT DEADLINE – NOV. 16

Call for Papers – Sports Area

Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (SW/TX PCA/ACA) 34th Annual Conference “Celebrating Popular/American Culture(s) in a Global Context"

February 13 - 16, 2013 being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center located in downtown Albuquerque, NM

The Sports Area of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association annual conference is now accepting abstracts for individual presentations and pre-constituted panels. Submissions on any topics dealing with sports and popular culture/American culture are welcomed, but papers relating the topic of sports to this 2012’s conference theme, “Celebrating Popular/American Culture(s) in a Global Context,” are particularly welcomed.

ANY SPORTS-RELATED TOPICS ARE WELCOME

Abstracts should be no more than 200 words. The deadline for abstract submissions is November 16, 2012 at midnight. Pre-constituted panels should contain 3 to 4 different abstracts. All submissions must be made through the conference database at http://conference2013.swtxpca.org/.

The SW/TX PCA/ACA welcomes submissions from professors, independent scholars, and professionals. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate, with award opportunities for best grad student papers. For more information about conference awards go to: http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/48.html For other conference subject areas, see: http://swtxpca.org/documents/123.html

Any questions regarding the sports area or conference submissions should be directed to Andrew Harrington, Sports Area Chair at agharrington@gmail.com