DEADLINE EXTENDED - Conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts

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*** The proposal deadline has been extended to June 15th for the 33rd
Conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STPA). ***

STPA 2007 is being hosted by New York University's Robert F. Wagner
Graduate School of Public Service, the Arts Council Manhattan, the
Research Center for Leadership in Action, and the New York Foundation
for the Arts and will take place between October 11-13, 2007 in New
York City. STPA brings together researchers, students, policy makers,
artists, foundation staff, and managers of arts institutions and
advocacy organizations to explore key trends, practices, and public
policy issues affecting and shaping the arts around the world. This
year, we expect almost 300 conference participants from a broad range
of disciplines including, but not limited to, sociology, political
science, management, economics, law, urban planning, art and art
history, museum and curatorial studies, education, and policy studies
as well as managers and artists in the visual, performing, written and
multi-media arts. STPA2007is organized around five central themes:

- Artists, Activism and Social Change
- Leadership in, of, and through the Arts
- Sustaining Cultural Industries and Organizations
- Role of the Arts in Bridging Ethnic, Cultural, and Regional
Differences
- Local and Regional Revitalization through the Arts

Paper and proposal submissions are due by June 15, 2007. Please go to
http://stpa.culture.info for more information about the STPA
conference and to download copies of the Call for Participation and
Paper and Panel Submission Forms. If you have any questions, please
email Jason Franklin, STPA 2007 Conference Director, at
stpa...@gmail.com.