CFP: Conspiracy Theories & Claims for the Paranormal
   
  2007 PCA/ACA National Conference
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  Submission deadline: November 1, 2006
   
  We welcome papers on various subjects pertaining to conspiracy theories, to pseudoscience, and to claims for the paranormal. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
   
  --The Political Conspiracy and its Representations
  --"Bulls--t, Mythbusting and other Skeptics in Popular Culture"
  --The Da Vinci Code
  --Conspiracies and Claims for the Paranormal in New Religious Movements
  --Conspiracy Theory and Paranormal Claims in contemporary literature/media
   
  Please send 150-200 word abstracts and a brief CV by the deadline of November 1, 2006. Electronic submissions are welcome and preferred.
   
  Conspiracy Theories and Claims for the Paranormal Area Chair:
   
  Tamar Gablinger
   gablingers_at_gmail.com
   
  Tamar Gablinger
  bei Prof. Dr. Klaus Eder
  Strukturanalysis
  Institut für Sozialwissenschaft
  Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
  Unter-den-Linden 6
  10666 Berlin
  Germany

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