> Dear All,
>
> The biennial meeting of the Southern American Studies Association 
> takes place at GMU on February 12-14, 2009.  With keynote addresses by 
> Phil Deloria and Lucy Maddox and events featuring Woody Holton, Brad 
> Evans, and E. Patrick Johnson, along with more than 40 panels on a 
> wide range of American studies topics, the conference promises to be 
> an exciting one.
>
> The conference program is available online at our website:
>
> http://sasa.gmu.edu
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> Registration is still open (and please use the attached form, which 
> gives GMU faculty and graduate students significant discounts on the 
> registration fee).  That said, the following events are open to the 
> Mason community; you can attend these without registering for SASA:
>
> Thurs., Feb. 12th
> Patrick Johnson presents "Sweet Tea:  Black Gay Men of the South Tell 
> Their Tales"
>
> This is a one-man show based on Johnson's 2008 book from SWEET TEA: 
>  BLACK GAY MEN OF THE SOUTH -- AN ORAL HISTORY (U of North Carolina P).  
>
> 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
> Dewberry Hall North, Johnson Center
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> Fri., Feb. 13th
> Keynote address by Phil Deloria, Professor of History, University of 
> Michigan
> "Locating Mary Sully:  Culture and Personality Revisited"
> 12:30 to 1:45
> Johnson Center Cinema
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> Sat., Feb. 14th
> Keynote address by Lucy Maddox, Professor of English, Georgetown 
> University
> "Telling Southern Stories:  An Argument against Argument"
> 12:30 to 1:45 
> Johnson Center Cinema
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> Feb. 14th
> Southern American Studies Association Conference
> Plenary address by Brad Evans, Assoc. Prof. of English, Rutgers University
> "Moving Pictures, Moving Targets:  A Discussion and Partial Screening 
> of the Newly Restored Silent Feature _In the Land of the Head 
> Hunters_ (1914, directed by Edward S. Curtis with the 
> Kwakw_a_k_a_'wakw First Nations of British Columbia)"
> 5:00 to 6:30
> Johnson  Center Bistro
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>
> Hope to see you at SASA, and please let me know if you have any questions!
>
> Best,
> Eric Anderson
> Associate Professor of English
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