NINE Conference Call for Papers

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture recently announced that their 15th Annual Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball will be held March 13-16 at Clarion Hotel Tucson Airport–Tucson in Arizona.

The conference will have limited registration and include morning sessions, a Saturday evening banquet, and opportunities for afternoon field research.

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture recently announced that their 15th Annual Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball will be held March 13-16 at Clarion Hotel Tucson Airport–Tucson in Arizona.

The conference will have limited registration and include morning sessions, a Saturday evening banquet, and opportunities for afternoon field research. Lee Lowenfish, author of the new biography, Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker for the event.

Call for Papers

Original, unpublished papers that study all aspects of baseball with particular emphasis on history and social policy implications are invited.
Abstracts only, not to exceed two pages, should be submitted by December 1, 2007, to:

NINE Spring Training Conference
c/o Trey Strecker
Department of English
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306-0460
Email: tstrecker@bsu.edu

Email abstracts are preferred. Authors will be notified as quickly as possible if their papers have been accepted. Authors are required to register for the conference and present their work in person.



Originally published: September 28, 2007. Last Updated: September 28, 2007.