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Call for Papers: Alfred Hitchcock 

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association - 31st Annual Conference

Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 10-13, 2010

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

330 Tijeras

Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phone: 1-505-842-1234

Fax: 1-505-766-6710

Submission Deadline: December 15th, 2009

Priority Registration Deadline: November 1, 2009

Conference Website: <http://www.swtxpca.org/> (updated regularly)

Panels now forming for presentations on the films and career of Alfred Hitchcock. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations.

• Hitchcock and Music
• Hitchcock and Television
• Hitchcock and Pedagogy
• Hitchcock and Film Theory
• Hitchcock and Film Genres
• Hitchcock and Voyeurism
• Hitchcock and the Silent Era
• Hitchcock and Gender
• Hitchcock and Black Humor

This list of topics suggests a few possible ways to consider Alfred Hitchcock's work, but it is not final. Any other approaches to discussing the “master of suspense” are certainly welcome.

Please send a 250 word abstract, as well as a current curriculum vitae, by December 15th 2009 to Michael Howarth at the e-mail or physical address below:

Michael Howarth, Alfred Hitchcock Chair

Assistant Professor of English

Missouri Southern State University

3950 E. Newman Road

Hearnes Hall Room 300

Joplin MO 64801

417-625-3051

Howarth-M@mssu.edu