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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Hazucha, Andy <andy.hazucha@ottawa.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 5, 2019 3:30 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Call for Papers: 2020 Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture</font>
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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<span> </span><span style="margin:0px">Baseball</span><span> </span>in Literature and Culture<span> </span><span style="margin:0px">Conference</span>,
which will be happening on Friday, April 3. Please feel free to forward it to people who you think may be interested.</div>
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I've also pasted the CFP into the body of this e-mail below.</div>
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Dr. Barb Dinneen and I hope to see many of you in Kansas next spring. </div>
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Best,<br>
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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.</div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture<br style="">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On the campus of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas<br style="">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Keynote Address:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Luncheon Speaker:<span style="">
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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.
<span style=""> </span>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:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">baseball history
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">baseball memoirs and biographies</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">baseball in foreign or non-US cultures</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">baseball in painting, music, or the other arts
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">baseball material culture</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">cultural appropriations of baseball
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">readings of creative works (fiction, non-fiction essays, poems, plays)</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Since 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Negro Leagues, papers and panels on Negro League baseball are especially encouraged.<br style="">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Statistical analyses of teams and players are not suitable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals should be sent to Dr. Andy Hazucha (andy.hazucha@ottawa.edu) or Dr. Barbara Dinneen (barbara.dinneen@ottawa.edu).
<span style=""> </span>Include your name, address, phone number, school affiliation if any, and e-mail address.
<span style=""> </span>The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2020. <span style="">
</span>Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 1, 2020. <span style="">
</span>Conference registration fee is $80 (for both presenters and attendees), which may be paid in advance via the conference website.<br style="">
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