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The Social Theory. Politics, and the Arts (STP&A) conference 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. Read More...  

• 2009 Conference – 29-31 October, 2009, London, UK
• 2008 Conference – 16-18 October, 2008, Baltimore, USA
• 2006 Conference - Conference Papers  – July 2006, Vienna, Austria
• Selected Links related to previous conferences

2009 Conference

 

The 35^th Annual STP&A Conference |29th - 31st October 2009, London UK. 

Bookings for this event are now open .

Email stpa2009@euclid.info to subscribe to event updates or view the conference website .

About STP&A

The Social Theory. Politics, and the Arts (STP&A) conference 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.

Click here to access "The Origins of Brigadoon: A History of the Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference" by Robert D. Leighninger Jr., Arizona State University. 

2008 Conference Resources

34^th Annual Conference 16-18 October 2008,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Richard Swaim, Conference Chair; email: rswaim@ubalt.edu;

Phone  410-837-6113; Fax  410-837-6175

William Resh, Conference Coordinator; email: wr7395a@american.edu;

Phone: 443-838-5220

Selected Links

About the 31^st Conference at the University of Oregon, 2005:

• http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~aadweb/STPA.htm
• http://aad.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=stpa
• http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2005/12/crisscrossing_t.php

About the 30^th Conference at George Mason University, Virginia, 2004:

• http://mason.gmu.edu/~stoepler/STPA/home.htm
  

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• statistics.culture.info (sources of statistical data on culture or areas relevant to the cultural sector)
• gov.culture.info (pan-national government bodies and country-based agencies who promote culture internationally)