Call for Proposals by the Beat Studies Association for a panel on new
scholarship on the Beats at the American Literature Association Annual
Conference to be held in Boston, May 24-27, 2007. Proposals are
requested reflecting new research or forthcoming publications on
individual writers or a broader historical/cultural analysis of the Beat
Generation. Send brief proposals (1-3 pages) by December 1, 2006, to
Dr. Jennie Skerl, 1502 Weatherstone Dr., Paoli, PA, 19301 or
jskerl_at_wcupa.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  AND
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  ANNUAL MEETING
   
  APRIL 4-7, 2007
   
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
   
   
  AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES
   
  We invite submissions from individuals or organized panels (3 or 4 persons) focusing on any issue relating to American Indian/First Nation/Indigenous peoples' lives and literatures. We especially invite the participation of native scholars and writers.
   
  UPDATED DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 3, 2006
   
   
  FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
   

CALL FOR PAPERS
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  AND
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  ANNUAL MEETING
   
  APRIL 4-7, 2007
   
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
   
   
  AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES
   
  We invite submissions from individuals or organized panels (3 or 4 persons) focusing on any issue relating to American Indian/First Nation/Indigenous peoples' lives and literatures. We especially invite the participation of native scholars and writers.
   
  UPDATED DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 3, 2006
   
   
  FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
   

CFP: Documentary
   
  Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
   
  April 4-7, 2007,
  Boston, MA
   
  UPDATED Submission Deadline: 3 November 2006
   
  I am seeking papers, abstracts, and panel proposals for the documentary area of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association conference to be held April 4-7, 2007, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, MA.
   

2007 Annual National
  Popular Culture/American Culture Associations Conference
   
  Boston, Massachusetts
  4-7 April 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  110 Huntington Avenue
  Boston, MA 02116
   
  Local Culture of Boston - American Culture Association
   
  UPDATED Deadline for proposal submissions is
  3 November 2006.
   
   
  http://www.popularculture.org
   
  The Local Culture of Boston section of the Popular Culture
  Association announces a call for papers on Boston and Popular
  Culture. Please submit a proposal for a panel of four presenters

Association for Welsh Writing in English Annual Conference 2007

'Life Writing in Wales'

**** CALL FOR PAPERS ****
   
  Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
  Joint Annual Conference
   
  Boston Marriot Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  UPDATED Submission Deadline: 3 November 2006
   
  The PCA Dime Novels, Pulps, and Juvenile Series Books division invites interested parties to submit papers for presentation. Papers may cover (but are not limited to) any aspect of the following topics: authors, major characters, themes, readership, bibliography or research methods, social commentary, early genre forms, special collections, and matters of gender, race, class, image or attitude.
   

**** CALL FOR PAPERS ****
   
  Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
  Joint Annual Conference
   
  Boston Marriot Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  UPDATED Submission Deadline: 3 November 2006
   
  The PCA Dime Novels, Pulps, and Juvenile Series Books division invites interested parties to submit papers for presentation. Papers may cover (but are not limited to) any aspect of the following topics: authors, major characters, themes, readership, bibliography or research methods, social commentary, early genre forms, special collections, and matters of gender, race, class, image or attitude.
   

Appalachia was, and remains, one place where Americans' thoughts go when the=
y have to re-think what it means to be American. Whether it is understood as=
 the First Frontier, the original Old West, or an Eden infested with the sna=
kes of race, class, and violence, Appalachia offers exceedingly fertile grou=
nd for popular and scholarly investigation.

Presentations covering a broad range of Appalachian culture

are welcome, as are thematic panels composed of three to

four presentations. Topics may include:

--Appalachian music

--Appalachian writers

--Appalachia in film

--Appalachia in television

--Gender in Appalachia

--"Fighting Back" in Appalachia

ARTHURIAN LEGENDS
   
  Popular Culture Association
  Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 3, 2006
   
  Papers and panel proposals on all popular treatments
  of Arthurian Legend from any period and in any medium--
  print, visual, musical, commercial, electronic--are welcome.
   
  Abstracts should be 250 words max. Panel proposals must
  include abstracts from all session participants. E-mail
  submissions are acceptable. Please submit abstracts and
  proposals in duplicate.
   
   
  Electronic submissions to:
   

2007 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
  OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  and AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  Children's Television Area
   
  UPDATED Submission Deadline: 3 November 2006
   
  The "Children's Television" Area of the Popular Culture Association invites interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of Children's Television Programs. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: representations of literature, educational aspects, critical perspectives, historical examinations, or discussions regarding the place of children's television in, or influence on, popular culture.
   

GAY, LESBIAN, AND QUEER STUDIES
   
  Call For Proposals: Sessions, Panels, Papers
   
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  2007 JOINT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
   
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
   
  For more information on the PCA/ACA,
  please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
   
  UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 3, 2006
   
  We are considering proposals for sessions organized
  around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers.
  Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four
  papers or speakers per standard session.
   

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, ABSTRACTS, or PANELS
   
  FILM ADAPTATION
   
  2007 NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION/
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
   
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
   
  APRIL 4-7, 2007
   
  UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 3, 2006
   
  Film adaptation is a wide-ranging genre that crosses
  the borders between music, stage, novels, short stories,
  poetry, biography, autobiography, illness narrative,
  television, science, politics, history, and more, transforming
  those mediums into the world of larger-than-life images
  with booming sound and vibrant color allowing an audience

FASHION, APPEARANCE AND CONSUMER IDENTITY
   
  Popular Culture Association
  Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  UPDATED Submission deadline: November 3, 2006
   
  Fashion, Appearance and Consumer Identity is concerned
  with the areas of clothing, fashion in literature and other
  media, historical costume, fashion aesthetics, fashion and
  appearance, fashion marketing, merchandising, retailing,
  the psychological/sociological aspects of dress, cultural
  appearances, as well as any areas relating to consumption
  and consumer identity. Papers from all disciplines are