GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE--LEXINGTON, KY Call For Papers Connections: Uniting Academic Disciplines A Multi-Disciplinary Pop Culture Conference Friday-Sunday, February 7-9, 1997 The second University of Kentucky Graduate Conference explores popular culture from the perspectives of multiple disciplines. Graduate students in English, Film, History, Sociology, Psychology, Music, Theatre, and other disciplines pursuing Cultural Studies should submit glimpses of pop culture phenomena from the perspectives of their particular disciplines. Panel sessions will pair papers from various disciplines to promote cross-disciplinary discussion in the interest of making connections between our fields. Sceduled sessions include: presentations of academic papers, film screenings, informal discussion groups, poetry & prose readings. Submissions might include, but are not limited to: critical analysis of popular culture, music or theatre performance pieces, mass culture, regional culture, popular music and theatre performance, pop culture and psychology, trends in pop culture, historical antecedents of current phenomena, popular culture of the past, and popular fiction and poetry. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be mailed by Oct. 31st, 1996 to--Connections Conference, University of Kentucky, 1218 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506. For questions or more information please e-mail Geoff Dennes at [log in to unmask] or Rebecca Weaver at [log in to unmask] Panels now sceduled include Appalachian culture and Civil War re-enactors. The panel on re-enactors will be preceded by a documentary film screening, and the producers of the film will be on the panel along with several members of the Kentucky Orphans Brigade re-enactment group. We're deliberately keeping costs low to attract as many participants as possible. The registration fee is only $20.00, which includes refreshments at a reception Friday night, breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, and light snacks and beverages on Saturday afternoon. We're also offering limited accomodations in the homes of our graduate students. We want the Connections Conference to be friendly for first time conference participants. We encourage submissions from first-time conference participants or people who don't claim popular culture as a specialty. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]