>Please distribute the following call for papers to this list.  Please
invite the members to feel free to forward this CFP to any and all
interested individuals or to any electronic mailing lists which might be
appropriate.  Thanks!
>
>                            CALL FOR PAPERS
>    THE ATOMIC AGE OPENS:  AMERICAN CULTURE CONFRONTS THE ATOMIC BOMB
>
>                         A JURIED CONFERENCE AT
>                    BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
>                          JULY 13 - 15, 1995
>
>        Bowling Green State Univeristy seeks proposals for papers from all
>interested scholars for an interdisciplinary conference exploring the role the
>atomic bomb played in American popular culture and social history in the
>period between the first successful explosion on July 16, 1945, through the
>Cuban missile crisis in October, 1962 (please see note below).
>Interdisciplinary work is particularly welcome, and publication of conference
>proceedings is anticipated.
>
>        Jointly sponsored by the Popular Culture Library and the Department of
>Popular Culture, the conference will be held on the campus of Bowling Green
>State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio, July 13 - 15, 1995, as part of a
>summer-long commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first atomic
>blasts.  In addition to this conference, activities include poetry readings, a
>film series, graduate and undergraduate courses, and a continuing education
>workshop.
>
>        Proposals (one page maximum) and inquiries about the conference itself
>should be sent to Christopher Geist, Chair, Department of Popular Culture, or
>Alison Scott, Director, Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State
>University, Bowling Green, Ohio  43403.  A FAX is available at the Department
>of Popular Culture:  (419) 372-2577.  Deadline for proposals is March 1, 1995;
>successful candidates will be notified by April 15, 1995.
>
>        NOTE:  Although the focal point of the conference centers on the
>period 1945 - 1962, proposals related to the impact of atomic bomb psychology
>on popular culture and/or social history in other periods will be considered.
>
>        Chris Geist's e-mail address:   [log in to unmask]
>        Alison Scott's e-mail address:  [log in to unmask]
>
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Christopher D. Geist                        Phone: (419)372-2981
Chair, Department of Popular Culture        FAX:  (419)372-2577
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH  43403                    E-Mail:  [log in to unmask]