[ARETE] Fw: Call for Papers: 2020 Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture

[Wedge, Philip C.]

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From: Hazucha, Andy <andy.hazucha at ottawa.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 3:30 PM

Subject: Call for Papers: 2020 Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture

Friends,

Now that the Nats have clinched the World Series and we are sadly sans baseball, I have attached a draft of this year's call for papers for the spring 2020 Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference, which will be happening on Friday, April 3.  Please feel free to forward it to people who you think may be interested.

I've also pasted the CFP into the body of this e-mail below.

Dr. Barb Dinneen and I hope to see many of you in Kansas next spring.

Best,

Andy

P.S.  The Kansas City Royals will be at home against the Mariners on Saturday, April 4, so a group pilgrimage to Kauffman Stadium that day is something we'll be looking into.




Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture


April 3, 2020


On the campus of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas


Keynote Address:  TBA


Luncheon Speaker:  J.R. Richard

The twenty-fifth Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture is soliciting one-page proposals for presentations to be given at the conference on Friday, April 3, 2020.  Presenters will have 15 minutes in panels comprised of three or four participants. Proposals should summarize the talk as clearly as possible. The conference defines "culture" loosely: in addition to baseball literature, topics could include but are not limited to the following:



  *   baseball history
  *   baseball memoirs and biographies
  *   baseball in foreign or non-US cultures
  *   baseball in painting, music, or the other arts
  *   baseball material culture
  *   cultural appropriations of baseball
  *   readings of creative works (fiction, non-fiction essays, poems, plays)



All presentations must follow the 15-minute format, and proposals should indicate how baseball relates to some aspect of local, ethnic, regional, national, or international culture.  Proposals by graduate students are welcome, as are pre-formed panels.



Since 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Negro Leagues, papers and panels on Negro League baseball are especially encouraged.


Statistical analyses of teams and players are not suitable.



Proposals should be sent to Dr. Andy Hazucha (andy.hazucha at ottawa.edu) or Dr. Barbara Dinneen (barbara.dinneen at ottawa.edu).  Include your name, address, phone number, school affiliation if any, and e-mail address.  The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2020.  Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 1, 2020.  Conference registration fee is $80 (for both presenters and attendees), which may be paid in advance via the conference website.



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