CFP: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE LOCAL: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
Friday May 12 - Saturday, May 13, 2006
The conference will explore questions of popular culture and local identity. We welcome proposals representing a wide range of perspectives and approaches to all aspects and forms of popular culture as they relate to questions of local identity.
Possible topics for papers include but are not limited to the following:
* Researching local popular culture
* Popular culture and local identity
* Regional and local popular culture
* Local popular culture practices and everyday life
* The local and the global
* Oral history and memory
* Special focus topic: popular culture in Niagara
To propose a paper: Please submit an abstract of approximately 500 words and a one page resume to the conference organizers Dr. Barry Keith Grant (bgrant@brocku.ca) or Joanna Susan Robinson, PCN Research Assistant (pcn@brocku.ca) by November 1, 2005. Identify any AV or technological requirements along with your abstract. For more information, contact
Popular Culture Niagara (pcn@brocku.ca).
http://pcn.brocku.ca/
