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The 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28, 2012 presents a conferenceTRANSCRIPT
SAVE THE DATESThursday-Saturday, April 26-28, 2012
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITYpresents a conference
The50th Anniversary
of theNew York Mets
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PAIDHofstra University
SAVE THE DATES: Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28, 2012
presents a conference
The 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets
For more information, please visit hofstra.edu/mets or e-mail the conference directors,Dana Brand at [email protected]; and Richard Puerzer at [email protected].
April 2012 will mark the 50th anniversary of the New York Mets, one of the most popular and culturally significant baseball franchises.
On Thursday through Saturday, April 26-28, 2012, Hofstra University will host a conference to consider all aspects of the history and culture of the team. This will be the first multidisciplinary conference to consider every aspect of a Major League Baseball franchise.
Expected participants at the conference will include current and former members of the Mets’ organization; baseball executives, journalists, broadcasters, and analysts; baseball scholars, historians, and cultural critics; and writers, artists, filmmakers, cartoonists, bloggers, collectors, and fans.
Presentations will be accepted on the basis of 300-500 word abstracts submitted by December 1, 2011.
Possible topics include: The Origins of the Mets; The Roots, Myths, and Evolution of Mets Fandom; Defining Individuals in Mets History; Mets Icons, Symbols, and Mascots; The 1969 Mets Season: How It Happened, What It Meant to People, and How It Survives as a Cultural Metaphor; The Mets in Subsequent Eras; The Mets and Queens; The Mets and Long Island; The Mets and New York Baseball; The Mets in Film; The Mets in Literature; The Mets and the Culture and Politics of New York City; Mets Broadcasting; Mets Journalism; Famous Fans; The Mets and New York’s Ethnic and Cultural Communities; Defining Moments in the History of the Mets; Mets Controversies; Shea Stadium; The Mets Blogosphere; The Pleasures and Perils of Professional Baseball in New York; and Covering a Baseball Team in the Unique Media Environment of New York.