Phil Heldrich

Executive Director, SWTX

Ken Dvorak

Secretary/Treasurer, SWTX

Lynnea Chapman King

Area Development & Awards Coordinator

Sally Sanchez

SWTX Conference Program Specialist 

Suggested Working Timeline for the 2011 SWTX PCA/ACA Annual Conference

December 15, 2010

Submission Deadline:

Send your proposal now to one of our Area Chairs and take advantage of early Registration rates.

December, 2010

Online Registration will begin in the fall and continue through January 7, 2011. At this time you will also be able to book travel and reserve your room at the Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.

February - March, 2011

Conference program will be posted to the SWTX Web site. Present and enjoy the conference!

Join us April 20 - 23, 2011

in San Antonio, TX!

We're gearing up for our 3rd Joint Conference with the PCA-ACA. We expect this conference to be the greatest convergence of popular culture scholars in the history of the world! To say this will be an epic, even legendary, "must attend" event will be an understatement, and it all takes place in sunny San Antonio in the spring.

Over the summer, many of our Area Chairs have posted new CFPs. More new postings will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead but feel free to contact one of our Area Chairs now.

Come fall, we will post information on registration and how to book a room at the adjacent Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk hotels on the San Antonio Riverwalk. For now, take a look at our Hotel page to get familiar with the properties and our Local Activities page with links to San Antonio culture and attractions.

Just off the press, we wish to announce the publication of The Storyteller Speaks: Rare & Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead Ed. Gary McKinney and Rob Weiner, Bellingham, WA: Kearney Street Press, 2010. The already-acclaimed book, edited by our organization's long time members, also includes work by Philip Heldrich (Out Here in the Out There), Scott MacFarlane (The Hippie Narrative), Gary McKinney (Slipknot), as well as GD band lyricist Robert Hunter and Philip Baruth (The Millennium Shows). Order now from Kearney Street Books.

And other recent news.

SWTXPCA Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus in NY Times

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2010 Rollins Book Award Winner: Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester, eds. A Comics Studies Reader (UP of Mississippi, 2009).

Submit your proposal or panel now to one of our 80+ Areas and Special Topics.

Founded by Dr. Peter C. Rollins in the 1970s, the Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA has sought to foster the interdisciplinary study of our region through its fascinating legacy of literary, historical, visual, and media images. Since then the organization, affiliated with the National Popular and American Culture Associations founded by Ray B. Browne, has grown to include a wide range of offerings bringing participants together from across the nation and internationally. We look forward to seeing you in 2011!