"I never could wait for spring to come so I could get out there and swat those baseballs." --Goose Goslin
NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture announces The 20th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball
Wednesday, March 13-Saturday, March 16, 2013
Fiesta Resort Conference Center
2100 South Priest Drive
Tempe, Arizona
Call for Papers
The 20th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference invites original, unpublished papers that study all aspects of baseball, with particular emphasis on history and social policy implications. Abstracts only, not to exceed 300 words, should be submitted by December 3, 2012, to tstrecker@bsu.edu
Authors will be notified as quickly as possible whether their papers have been accepted. Authors are required to register for the conference and present their work in person.
Keynote Speaker: Chris Lamb
Chris Lamb is a professor of journalism at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis where he teaches courses in sports journalism. He is the author of six books, including Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters
and the Campaign to Desegregate Baseball (2012) and Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First Spring Training (2004). His articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, New York Times, Washington Post,
Newsweek, and Los Angeles Times. He is currently working on his third book on race, baseball, and the press.
Registration
Conference registration forms are available online on the NINE Website at http://nine.iweb.bsu.edu/
The $195 conference registration fee includes the Saturday evening banquet and tickets for two spring training games, if paid prior to January 13, 2012. After January 13, the conference fee will be $205, and game tickets
are not guaranteed.
Send your registration form with your conference fee to:
Dan and Jean Ardell
P. O. Box 482
Corona del Mar, CA 92625
For further information about conference registration, please contact Jean Ardell at jeanardell@yahoo.com
Registrants should make their hotel reservations directly with the Fiesta Resort Conference Center on the Web at http://www.fiestaresortcc.com or by phone at 1-800-528-6481. Rates are $119.00/night single or double;
$129/night three per room; $139/night four per room. To ensure the conference rate; rooms must be booked before February 15, 2013. Be sure to mention NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture.
Trey Strecker, Editor
NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture
Department of English
Ball State University
2000 W. University Ave.
Muncie, IN 47306-0460
NINE Web site: http://nine.iweb.bsu.edu
