Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 41st annual SWPACA conference. One of the nation’s largest interdisciplinary academic conferences, SWPACA offers nearly 70 subject areas, each typically featuring multiple panels. For a full list of subject areas, area descriptions, and Area Chairs, please visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for-papers/

The area chair for Middle Eastern and North African Studies in the United States is now accepting submissions for the 2020 conference. We welcome and encourage proposals regarding any aspect of Middle Eastern and North African life in the U.S. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

• MENA representations in popular culture (television, film, comic books, video games, etc.)
• Language and translation studies
• Queer theory and the MENA community
• Women and gender studies
• MENA art and artists
• MENA literary studies
• Transnationalism, diaspora, and the MENA community
• MENA coalition building and relationships with various Communities of Color
• Racial formation and the MENA community
• MENA immigration studies
• Religion and religious representations

All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at http://register.southwestpca.org/southwestpca

For details on using the submission database and on the application process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips page at http://southwestpca.org/conference/faqs-and-tips/

Individual proposals for 15-minute papers must include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. Including a brief bio in the body of the proposal form is encouraged, but not required.

For information on how to submit a proposal for a roundtable or a multi-paper panel, please view the above FAQs and Tips page.

The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2019.

SWPACA offers monetary awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories. Submissions of accepted, full papers are due January 1, 2020. For more information, visit http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/

Registration and travel information for the conference is available at http://southwestpca.org/conference/conference-registration-information/

Contact: Rima Abunasser, PhD, Texas Christian University, rima.abunasser@tcu.edu