Area CFP: Arab Culture in the U.S. (11/1/05; PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

[Lutfi M Hussein]

Area CFP: Arab Culture in the U.S. (11/1/05; PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association
The 27th Annual Conference
February 8-11, 2006
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
http://albuquerque.hyatt.com/property/index.jhtml

Proposals for both panels and individual papers are now being accepted for
the new Area, Arab Culture in the U.S. Here is a possible but not
exhaustive list of topics. Other themes/topics are encouraged and welcome.

•	Arabs in American media.
•	Arab film in the U.S.
•	Arab drama, poetry, and prose in the U.S.
•	Arab music and dance in the U.S.
•	Arab immigration to the U.S.
•	Arabs in the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks.
•	Arab political, religious, ethnic, linguistic, and sexual identity in
the U.S.

Please send an abstract of 250 words, saved in RTF, with relevant
audio/visual requests by November 1, 2005, to Lutfi M. Hussein at the
e-mail or physical address below. Panel 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.

Lutfi M. Hussein
Area Chair, Arab Culture in the U.S.
Department of English and Humanities
Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ 85202
Phone: +1.480.461.7367
Fax: +1.480.461.7644
E-mail: Lutfi_hussein at yahoo.com
Homepage: http://www.public.asu.edu/~lhussein/

Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate in the
Conference. See the list of awards available to them:
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/Awards/awards.htm

More information regarding the conference (listing of all areas,
registration, hotel, travel, etc.) can be found here: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/