News:
Feb 1, 2007 - Thank you for all the abstracts received so far. In the interest of inclusion, the deadline for proposals has been extended for the final time to February 15th. This will be the final extension. Black and white and color flyers are now available on home as .PDF and .JPG files. Please download and distribute them. Those who have submitted an abstract will receive an e-mail from the conference organizers by March 1.
Jan, 2007 - Call for Papers deadline has been extended to February 1.
Dec, 2006 - Financial planning has been completed.
Nov, 2006 - Business as usual. Conference planning is well underway.
Oct, 2006 - Call for Papers has been made public.
Sept, 2006 - Battleground States: Scholarship in Times of Crisis forthcoming through Cambridge University Press, 2007. The book is a collection of articles representing some of the finest presentations from the 2006
Conference. Ray Browne and Annette Wannamaker have been scheduled as keynote speakers for the 2007 conference.Apr 19, 2006 - The Conference was a huge success! Thank you to Drs. Linkon, Russo, and Larabee and all the participants, moderators, attendees, and committee members. Special thanks need to be extended to the Chair of the American Culture Studies Program, Dr. Don McQuarie for all his extra help. We are happy to announce that the conference will occur next year. In order to handle the duties of the conference, a students organization has been formed called Culture Club: The Cultural Studies Scholars' Association. ore information regarding both the conference and the students' organization will be released in the next few weeks. Thank you once again to everyone involved.
Mar 6, 2006 - All paper and panel proposals have been received and reviewed. We are very excited by the sheer breadth of topics scheduled to be included in the conference. The schedule will be up within the next week. We have also added a couple features to the already-full schedule including Lisa Richman's "Girls Room" Photo installment and the presentation of several films. Please check back soon for more information.
Feb 5, 2006 - The abstracts are pouring in. We have sent out the first round of acceptance letters and are in the process of assessing the rest of the abstracts. The deadline has been pushed back to February 15, but it is now fast approaching. Please send your abstracts to acsconf@bgsu.edu as soon as possible in order to be considered to present at the conference. The registration form is up and working. Remember, if you are presenting, you do not need to fill ut this form, you are automatically registered. But all presenters should contact Adam at acsconf@bgsu.edu with any questions or concerns regarding travel, lodging, or special needs.
Oct 12, 2005 - The website was officially launched over this past weekend.
Sept 10, 2005 - Conference scheduling and planning are under way. Topic and theme have been finalized: Battleground States: Scholarship in Times of Crisis. The call for papers has under-gone its final editing session and is nearing completion (expected to be finished and made public within the week). Rooms have been booked in the Student Union for Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1. Research for possible Key Note speaker(s) and research of local activist/community related professionals is occurring in two groups. Beta version of website is nearly finished. Permanent URL, e-mail address, and final version of web space are expected to be completed by the week's end.
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES PROGRAM
INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE AND SOCIETY
POPULAR
CULTURE ASSOCIATION/
AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
Battleground
States Conference Presented by
Culture Club: The Cultural Studies Scholars' Association
c/o American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, 101 East
Hall, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403