FEBRUARY 22, 2004—

The Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (a collection of academics and others) are holding their 25th Anniversary Celebration (and annual meeting) in San Antonio, Texas, on April 7 - 10, 2004, at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie Street, San Antonio, TX 78205.

See: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/  

There was a call for papers and participants, including a call from an academic named Lisa Edmonds for Heinlein papers. Several Heinlein Society members responded and will participate.  

April 7 through 10 includes the Easter weekend. Registration is closed unfortunately, so it's unknown whether any arrangements can be made to hear the presentation of papers scheduled.  

Thanks to Drs. Gorsch, James, Davidoff, and Messrs. Dula, Patterson, and Linaweaver, our members, as well as Ms. Edmonds and the other participating academics. Captain Herb Gilliland, USNR, Rtd, Professor of English at Annapolis, one of the Heinlein Award judges, will also be present at the roundtable on the Saturday of the conference to be moderated by Dr. Davidoff. He offered to present a Heinlein paper as well, but since he had prepared and was already scheduled by PCA to present a paper on another topic, he was precluded by the rules of the PCA to present both.  

There are some very interesting topics below:

PCA/ACA Conference San Antonio, Texas Robert Heinlein-related schedule

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2:30 - 4:00 PM. Salon F

490 Science Fiction/Fantasy XVIII: Heinlein I: Infinite Possibilities: Defining the First Grand Master of SF

Chair: Robert Gorsch, Saint Mary's College of California

Robert A. Heinlein's Role in American Cultural History--Arthur Dula, Esq., University of Houston

The Last Utopian Novel? Robert A. Heinlein's For Us, the Living--Robert James, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Heinlein's Challenge to the Bureaucratic State--Christopher Leslie, City University of New York Graduate Center

The Golden Age of Heinlein--Robert Gorsch

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 6:30 - 8:00 PM, Salon A

547 Science Fiction/Fantasy XX: Heinlein II: This He Believed: Teaching Under the Radar I

Chair: Oscar De Los Santos, Western Connecticut State University

Have Monomyth, Will Travel: The Hero's Journey in Heinlein's Juvenile Novels--Peter McCluskey, Middle Tennessee State University

Conspiracy, Paranoia, and the Alien Takeover Plot: Before and After Heinlein's The Puppet Masters--Oscar De Los Santos

Heinlein's Rejection of Bourgeois Gods: Incest and Archetype in Heinlein's World as Myth Books--William Patterson, UC-Santa Cruz Heinlein Scholar 2003-04

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 8 - 9:30 AM, Salon F

600 Science Fiction/Fantasy XXII: Heinlein III: This He Believed: Teaching Under the Radar II

Chair: Lisa Edmonds, Wichita State University

Heinlein's "F" Words: Farnham's Freehold, Friday, and Bigotry--Brad Linaweaver, Author; Co-editor, New Libertarian's Special Heinlein Tribute Issue

Heinlein's Eternal Feminine: Redefining the Myth and Mythos of Woman--Lisa Edmonds

The Heinlein Juveniles: A Feminist Perspective--Kyle Bozeman, Troy State University

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 10 - 11:30 AM, Salon F

631 Science Fiction/Fantasy XXIII: Heinlein IV: The Future of Heinlein Scholarship (Roundtable)

Moderator: Solomon Davidoff, New England Institute of Art and Communications