Civil War & Reconstruction

Call for Papers:
The American Civil War and Reconstruction Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association**

The Civil War and Reconstruction Area of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is calling for papers on the American Civil War (War Between the States) and Reconstruction for its national meeting, March 19-22, 2008 (Wednesday through Saturday) at the San Francisco Marriott in San Francisco, California. This strand has become a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue about the War. Papers may

examine any interplay of the Civil War and Reconstruction with American culture, of course--but they may also explore any topic or "reading" of the War. Past presentations have included such diverse topics as literature (Doctorow's _The March_, _Cold Mountain_, etc.), photography, art, newspapers and journalistic history, battle reenactments, music and popular poetry, battle narratives, film, television, historiography, women's narratives, memory and memorializing, the politics of battlefield preservation, Abraham Lincoln, and material culture.
Suggested special topics could also include national reconciliation, California and the War, black soldiers, and soldier's memoirs.

Sessions run for ninety minutes, and each presenter receives fifteen minutes, depending on the number of papers in each panel Graduate students are welcome to submit proposals. Whole panel proposals are also welcome. For more information, go to www.pcaaca.org/.

Please send an abstract of 100-250 words to:

Dr. Randal Allred, Department of English,
Brigham Young University-Hawaii,
55-220 Kulanui St.
Laie, HI 96762
allredr@byuh.edu
mailto:allredr@byuh.edu
phone (808) 293-3633, and fax (808) 293-3662. *Deadline for submissions is November 30, 2007.*

Please include in your proposal your address, school affiliation, e-mail, fax number, and telephone number