<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">Accepting
Proposals for the Area ARAB CULTURE IN THE U.S.<br>Proposal
Deadline: November 15, 2007</font></p>





<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">The
Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association & American Culture
Association (SW/TX PCA/ACA)<br>The 29th
Annual Conference<br>February
13-16, 2008<br><a href="http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/</a></font></p>




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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">Proposals for
papers, panels, and round tables are now being accepted for the Area,
Arab Culture in the U.S., represented at the 29th annual meeting of
the SW/TX PCA/ACA. In addition to <font size="2"><span lang="en-US">academic
presentations, artists (e.g., poets, musicians, and dancers) are
welcome to perform their work.</span></font></font></p>










<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">Here is a
possible but not exhaustive list of topics--other themes/topics are
encouraged:</font><br>• <font size="2">Arabs in
American media.</font><br>• <font size="2">Arab film
in the U.S.</font><br>• <font size="2">Arab
drama, poetry, and prose in the U.S.</font><br>• <font size="2">Arab
music and dance in the U.S.</font><br>• <font size="2">Arab
immigration to the U.S.</font><br>• <font size="2">Arabs in
the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks.</font><br>• <font size="2">Arab
political, religious, ethnic, linguistic, and sexual identity in the
U.S.</font><br></p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">Please send
an abstract of 250 words, saved in Rich Text Format, with relevant
audio/visual requests by November 15, 2006 to Lutfi M. Hussein at the
e-mail or physical address below. Panel ideas <font size="2"><span lang="en-US">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.</span></font></font></p>









<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">Lutfi M.
Hussein, PhD<br>Area Chair,
Arab Culture in the U.S.<br>Mesa
Community College<br>Department of
English, Humanities, & Journalism<br>Mesa, AZ 85202, U.S.A.<br>E-mail:
<a href="mailto:lhussein@mail.mc.maricopa.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lhussein@mail.mc.maricopa.edu</a><br>Phone:
+1.480.461.7367<br>Fax:
+1.480.461.7644</font></p>




<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">Graduate
students are particularly encouraged to participate in the
Conference. For a list of awards available to graduate students,
visit this link:<br><a href="http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/Awards/awards.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/Awards/awards.htm</a></font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" lang="en-US"><font size="2">More
information regarding the conference (listing of all areas,
registration, hotel, travel, etc.) can be found here:
<a href="http://www.h-net.org/%7Eswpca/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/</a></font></p>