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Call for Papers: Film Adaptation Area

2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association


28th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 14-17, 2007


The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate a new future on Route 66 at this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.swtexaspca.org.


Proposals are now being accepted for the Film Adaptation Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are also welcome.


    • Novel and short story to film adaptations
    • Drama to film adaptations (excluding Shakespeare—see Shakespeare on Film and Television Area)
    • Film to film adaptations
    • Adaptations based on video games, television programs, and stage productions (musicals, etc.)
    • Biography, autobiography, and nonfiction adaptations
    • The Harry Potter adaptations
    • The Lord of the Rings trilogy
    • The novel of the American West/Southwest on film
    • And much more...

Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words may be sent to Lynnea Chapman King or Andrew Tash at the email or physcial addresses below by November 15, 2006. Please include a current curriculum vitae and a working bibliography for your paper.


Lynnea Chapman King

Butler County Community College

1810 N. Andover Rd

Andover, KS 67002

316.733.0071

lynneaking@hotmail.com 


Andrew Tash

4501 E. 47th Street South

Wichita, KS 67210

316.304.2870

andrew.tash@ttu.edu