CALL FOR PAPERS COLD WAR CONFLICTS (For Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations meeting in Albuquerque, 13-17 February, 2002) www.swtexaspca.org We welcome proposals for papers on all aspects of popular culture and the Cold War (as well as the hot wars it engendered). Topics might include: The ways in which the wars in Korea and Vietnam were portrayed in the mass media (newspapers, film, literature, and television). The influence of Cold War tensions in shaping political life and domestic culture on both sides of the Iron Curtain. We encourage papers dealing Europe and Asia as well as the United States. The political and cultural forces which gave birth to the Cold War and brought it to an end. The impact of the end of the Cold War on any aspect of popular culture. See recent issues of Film & History for examples of our interests and methods (vol 31.1&2). We are very interested in the motion picture legacy and the Cold War. The 2002 meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association will be at the Albuquerque Hilton near the U of New Mexico campus. SW/Texas PCA has a variety of special events planned for the meeting, and the Albuquerque region offers a rich variety of museums and historical sites devoted to Southwestern life and culture. Details about the meeting, the site, and travel, can be found on the conference website at: http://www.swtexaspca.org/ Please send or e-mail a 200-250 word paper proposal and a brief biographical note by December 10, 2001 to: Philip J. Landon 128B Westerly Rd. Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: (508) 746-7703 E-main [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite