Research Society for American Periodicals
Call for Papers
American Literature Association
19th Annual Conference
May 22-25, 2008
San Francisco, CA
The
Research Society for American Periodicals will sponsor the following sessions
at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, May
22-25, 2008.
1) RESEARCH METHODS IN AMERICAN
PERIODICALS:
How do you do it?
Papers are sought for a panel on
methods for conducting research with
American periodicals. Papers reflecting
on the strategies of teaching such
research methods would also be
welcome. How does one deal with
contemporary publications and
burgeoning electronic databases, not to
mention the digital periodicals
themselves? How do you handle the
particular challenges, frustrations,
and rewards of research with
historical periodicals? Reflections upon
the larger theoretical issues
posed by differing research methods are welcome
as are tips and approaches
for the nitty-gritty aspects of periodical
scholarship.
Please submit as an electronic attachment an abstract of
fewer than 500
Words, 2-3 sentence biographical sketch, and full contact
information to
Susanna Ashton (sashton at clemson.edu) by January 15, 2008.
Panelists must be
members of RSAP by March 1, 2008 to be included on the
panel.
2) IMAGES OF CHILDHOOD
Possible areas of
focus might include: emerging marketplaces for child
readers of periodicals;
children in advertising; ideologies of discipline
and rearing; childhood,
race, and ethnicity; periodical items authored by
children; specific
periodicals or periodical sections devoted to children.
Please email a
250-word proposal, 2-3 sentence bio, and full contact
information by January
15, 2008 to Karen Roggenkamp at
Karen_Roggenkamp@tamu-commerce.edu. Panelists
must be members
of RSAP by March 1, 2008 to be included on the
panel.