STP&A is an international and interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, policymakers and practitioners that highlights current and conceptual issues in the development of cultural policy, theory, and arts administration practices in the United States and abroad. The conference typically draws participation from a broad range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, sociology, political science, management, economics, law, arts education, history and art history, and museum studies, as well as more applied policy and management perspectives.

Proposals for papers will be welcomed in all of these areas.

The theme of the 2008 conference is broadly construed as Social Theory, Poltiics and the Arts and we invite papers on a wide range of topics so as to allow the participants papers and panels to shape the focus of he Conference.

The deadline for paper proposals is July 31, 2008.