Here is the Asbury Park Press:
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch has issued a call for papers and panel abstracts for an academic conference devoted to the ālife, work and influenceā of Springsteen to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark album, āBorn to Run,ā which was released Aug. 25, 1975.
The āBorn to Runā conference is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 7; the deadline for submissions is Saturday, March 15.
Individual paper abstracts should be 150 to 250 words in length, with a brief author bio of 75 to 100 words. Do not send full papers, book chapters, CVs, etc.
Scholarship focused on āBorn to Runā will be prioritized, but other possible subjects include:
- Springsteen and American Roots Music Traditions
- Springsteen and Citizenship
- Springsteen and Critical Theory
- Springsteen and Race
- Springsteen and Education
- Springsteen and Gender
- Springsteen and Musicianship
- Springsteen and New Jersey
- Springsteen and Performance
- Springsteen and Politics
- Springsteen and Psychology
- Springsteen and Rock ānā Roll Iconography
- Springsteen and the American Pastoral
- Springsteen and the Music Business
- Springsteen and the Politics of Culture
- Springsteen and/as Literature
- Springsteen as Narrative Poet
- Springsteen in the 21st Century
- Springsteen on War
- Springsteenās Musical Contemporaries
- Springsteenās Musical Influences
- Springsteenās Musical Legacy.
Submissions should be sent to Springsteen Archives curator Melissa Ziobro at mziobro@monmouth.edu. Visit the ArchivesĀ websiteĀ for more info.
Monmouth University is located about a mile from the bungalow in the West End section of Long Branch where Springsteen wrote āBorn to Run.ā
āāBorn to Runā lifted us into another league,ā said Springsteen in his memoir, also titled āBorn to Runā. āWe were a new young force to be reckoned with.ā
The academic conference is the first of multiple āBorn to Runā events the Springsteen Archives will be hosting to mark the landmark album’s 50th anniversary. More will be announced.
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