English

APA Conference


The English Department of the University of Central Arkansas is proud to host the

Arkansas Philological Association

Thirty-sixth Annual Conference

October 8 - 10, 2009

 The Basin Park Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas


Southern Accents:

(Re)Configurations and (Re)Considerations

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. John Lowe

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

at Louisiana State University and Author of

Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston's Cosmic Comedy and Faulkner's Fraternal Fury: Sibling Rivalry, Racial Kinship, and Democracy



Featured Reading by:

Kevin Brockmeier

Author of


The Brief History of the Dead




Conference Program

Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment

Conference Registration

Call For Papers