Extended Deadline: SWPACA American Studies and American History
Call for Papers
American Studies and American History
Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)
39th Annual Conference, February 7-10, 2018
Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Proposal submission deadline: November 15, 2017
Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 39th annual SWPACA conference. One of the nation’s largest interdisciplinary academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each typically featuring multiple panels. For a full list of subject areas, area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/
The American Studies and American History subject area allows for a broad range of topics that address historical influences on American culture and/or cultural identity. Papers from a historical, interdisciplinary, and/or transnational perspective are encouraged. Subjects may include, but are not limited to:
- Labor
- Class studies
- Medicine
- Regional and local history
- Materialism
- Urbanism
- Public history and collective memory
- Leisure activities
- Entertainment
- Ethnicity
- Economics and American culture
- Nationalism, citizenship, community
- Specific eras/periods
- American Studies as a field
- Cultural history as a field
All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at http://conference2018.southwestpca.org/
For details on using the submission database and on the application process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips page at
http://southwestpca.org/conference/faqs-and-tips/proposal-submission-faqs-and-tips/
Individual proposals for 15 minute papers must include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.
For information on how to submit a proposal for a roundtable or a multi-paper panel, please view the above FAQs and Tips page.
The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2017.
SWPACA offers monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories. Submissions of accepted, full papers are due December 1. For more information, visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/
Registration and travel information for the conference is available at http://southwestpca.org/conference/registration/
In addition, please check out the organization’s peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, at http://journaldialogue.org
If you have any questions about the American Studies and American History area, please contact its Area Chair, Deborah Marinski, Ph.D., Ohio University Southern Campus, marinski@ohio.edu
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Deborah R. Marinski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Ohio University Southern Campus
1804 Liberty Ave
Ironton, OH 45638