<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Area CFP: Arab Culture in the U.S. (11/1/06; PCA/ACA Feb. 14-17, 07)<br><br>Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association<br>The 28th Annual Conference<br>February 14-17, 2007<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/">http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/</a></span><br><br>Albuquerque, New Mexico<br>Hyatt Regency Albuquerque<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://albuquerque.hyatt.com/property/index.jhtml">http://albuquerque.hyatt.com/property/index.jhtml</a></span><br><br>Proposals for panels and individual papers are now being accepted for the Area, Arab Culture in the U.S. Here is a possible but not exhaustive list of topics. Other themes/topics are <br><br>encouraged and welcome.<br><br>• Arabs in American media.<br>• Arab film in the U.S.<br>• Arab drama,
poetry, and prose in the U.S.<br>• Arab music and dance in the U.S.<br>• Arab immigration to the U.S.<br>• Arabs in the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks.<br>• Arab political, religious, ethnic, linguistic, and sexual identity in the U.S.<br><br>Please send an abstract of 250 words, saved in RTF, with relevant audio/visual requests by November 1, 2006 to Lutfi M. Hussein at the e-mail or physical address below. Panel <br><br>ideas should include one abstract of 200 words describing the panel, accompanied by the underlying abstracts of 250 words of the individual papers that form the panel.<br><br>Lutfi M. Hussein<br>Area Chair, Arab Culture in the U.S.<br>Mesa Community College<br>Department of English, Humanities, & Journalism<br>Mesa, AZ 85202<br><br>Phone: +1.480.461.7367<br>Fax: +1.480.461.7644<br><br>E-Mail: Lutfi_hussein@yahoo.com<br><span>Homepage: <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Elhussein/">http://www.public.asu.edu/~lhussein/</a></span><br><br><span>Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate in the Conference. See the list of awards available to them: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/Awards/awards.htm">http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/Awards/awards.htm</a></span><br><br><span>More information regarding the conference (listing of all areas, registration, hotel, travel, etc.) can be found here: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/">http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/</a></span></div></body></html>