[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Gambling and Gaming Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

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Call for Papers

Panels are now forming for presentations on Gambling and Gaming Culture
at the 28th Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular & American
Culture Associations, to be held February 14-17, 2007, at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Presentations are welcome
related to any aspect of gambling and gaming culture and associated
topics, including but not limited to:  the history of gambling and
gaming; gambling and gaming literature; the geography of gambling and
gaming; the sociological and psychological effects of gambling and
gaming; gambling and gaming on Native American reservations; gambling
and gaming regions; issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and age in
gambling and gaming; international gambling and gaming; game theory;
gambling and gaming law; Las Vegas; gambling and gaming culture regions;
gambling and gaming software; internet gambling and gaming; portrayals
of gambling and gaming in popular media.

Conference presenters and attendees are encouraged from academic faculty
and graduate students, public officials, and private practitioners and
experts. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend and
compete for student paper awards. To learn more about this year's
conference, please visit the following web site:

http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/


Interested individuals should send a brief (150-200 word) abstract
detailing your proposed presentation by November 15, 2006, by email
attachment to:

Dr. Russell Graves
Cameron University
Department of History and Government
Lawton, OK  73505
USA

email:  rgraves at cameron.edu


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