Woody Guthrie at 100: Woody’s Legacy to Working Men and Women


A Conference and Concerts at Penn State,
September 7-9, 2012

The GRAMMY  Museum is partnering with the Guthrie Foundation and Archives to create the centennial celebrations of Guthrie’s life and work. Penn State University
in State College, PA will host one of those events, a Conference and Concert, WOODY@100:WOODY GUTHRIE’S LEGACY TO WORKING MEN AND
WOMEN.  To that end, we seek papers for this interdisciplinary conference devoted to Woody Guthrie and his legacy.

Papers may address any aspect of Guthrie’s legacy and
influence —

with regard to folk music, art, literature, rhetoric,
philosophy, media

studies, politics, and culture; labor history; gender,
free speech, and  class issues; the history of social movements; the global
fight against fascism; and/or the work of the many writers, artists,
and musicians  whom Guthrie inspired and influenced.

Send 200-word abstracts to:

woodyguthrie.psu.conference@gmail.com by March 15, 2012.