XXVIII Biennial Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures

The Constitution of Cádiz, Independence in Latin America, 1812-2012

February 16-18, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Deadline: November 1, 2011
Keynote Speakers
Noël Valis (Yale University)
Ricardo Otheguy (City University of New York)

We invite abstracts in English or Spanish for 20-minute papers and/or 100-minute panels on the
conference topic and on all areas of research related to Hispanic Languages and Literatures.
Some possible areas/issues include:

• Independence, revolution, and search for national identity
• Colonial and post-colonial language studies
• Discourses of nationalism, imperialism, and (neo)colonialism
• Language variation and change in the Hispanic World
• Peninsular studies
• Hispanic Caribbean language, literature, and culture
• Travel narratives
• Afro-Hispanic language, literature, and culture
• Transatlantic connections
• Globalization, displacement, and dislocation
• Gender in linguistic and cultural studies
• Race, cultural, and linguistic identity
• Cultural and linguistic challenges in the Hispanic World of the 21st Century
• Modernity, art, and popular culture
• Cultural and linguistic representations of hybrid identities
• Diaspora, migration, and exile
• Issues of language maintenance and language shift in the Hispanic world

Papers may be in English or Spanish.  Please send a 250-word anonymous abstract in
Microsoft Word or pdf format as an e-mail attachment to LSUHispanic@lsu.edu using ‘LA Conference
Abstract’ in the subject header.  Please include the following information in the body of the message:
(1) name(s) of author(s), (2) title of talk, (3) area of specialization, (4) affiliation(s), (5) e‐mail
address(es), (6) postal address(es).  Notices of acceptance or rejection will be issued shortly after
abstract deadline.

Conference fees: Early registration by December 15 $ 110
Registration after December 15 $ 130
Students    $   85

We anticipate the publication of selected papers in the following prospective publications:

• New Approaches to Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies
• New Directions in Hispanic Linguistic and Cultural Studies

Abstract Deadline: November 1, 2011

For further information, please contact the organizers at lsuhispanic@lsu.edu, dheneg1@lsu.edu
(Dorota Heneghan), or rorozc1@lsu.edu (Rafael Orozco)

LSU, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, 316 Hodges Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 – (225) 578-6616

II Congreso Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana.
Bicentenario de la Independencia.
«Cartografías literarias: rutas, trazos y miradas».
Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, 22-25 de septiembre de 2010

Petición de trabajos.

En el Congreso se pretende abrir un espacio de reflexión sobre los procesos históricos de la independencia y su correlato literario desde los diversos géneros; poesía, ensayo y narrativa, a partir de los cuales se contribuyó a la conformación de la nación y cultura latinoamericanas.

El Congreso, asimismo, pretende propiciar un espacio literario de integración multidisciplinaria en el que se revisen corrientes, estilos, temas y problemas desde la literatura sobre las nuevas posibilidades de soñar y reconocernos más allá de nuestros territorios y paisajes, de nuestro cuerpo y memoria, como seres humanos reconfigurados global y mediáticamente.

Áreas temáticas:

El espacio Literario y cartografías de la realidad.
América Latina como proyecto: Independencia e Ilustración.
Literaturas marginales y hermenéuticas fronterizas.
Didáctica e investigación literaria.
Comparatismo actual: la literatura y otras formas de expresión estética.
Memoria e historiografía literaria.
Canon e historiografía crítica.

Fecha límite para el envío de resúmenes: 23 de julio de 2010.

Información y contacto:

II Congreso Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana
Carrera 9 N. 51-11.
Teléfonos: +57 1 587 8797 Exts. 1121 /1123.

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.
Licenciatura en Filosofía y Lengua Castellana.
Teléfono: +57 1 255 1849

Correos electrónicos:
congresodeliteratura@usantotomas.edu.co;
iicongresodeliteratura@gmail.com

Dirección de Internet: http://cili.usta.edu.co/

Latin American Studies
Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Grand Valley State University

Call For Papers
11th CONFERENCE on the AMERICAS
November 4, 5 and 6, 2010
Creative Agents of Change: Facing Challenges in our Communities
Featuring an Address by Doris Sommer (Harvard University)

The Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University investigates and
promotes the role art and artists play in helping their communities deal
with challenges of pursuing sustainable development, reducing social and
economic inequality, and expanding accessible healthcare, among other
issues. This has inspired our theme “Creative Agents of Change,” with a
focus on Latin America and the Caribbean, and Latino communities in the
United States. We are particularly interested in the collaboration of
academic institutions and community organizations. We wonder about the
role of scholars as cultural agents, and their capacity to use the
humanities, and physical and social sciences, to further build civil
society, and offer innovative ways to address local challenges. And we
are curious about existing bridges between community activists and
scholars, and new ones that might be built. We invite proposals for
papers, panels, workshops, roundtable discussions, exhibitions, or
performances that address this relationship between academia and
community, with a focus on any one of the issues below:

Sustainable Development
Environmental Security
Geohazards
Urbanization
Public Health
Public Violence
Immigration
Emigration
Human Trafficking
Gender Inequality
Racial/Ethnic Inequality
Religious Divides

We also invite presentations on the ways cultural agents have addressed
these challenges, including the use of the arts (painting, sculpture,
film, literature, theater and other art forms), historical narratives
(oral histories, testimonials, counter-histories), and unconventional
pedagogies.
Proposals may be in Spanish, Portuguese, French, or English (though we
cannot guarantee interpreters for presentations in Portuguese and
French). The proposal deadline is July 1, 2010. Please use the
presentation proposal (attached). Submitters should keep in mind that
individual presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes, and
sessions will be 75 minutes, though the schedule will be flexible to
accommodate diverse kinds of proposals. Workshops may be up to 3 hours
and 45 minutes.
Questions? Contact Zulema Moret, GVSU Latin American Studies Program
Director, 616-331-2286, moretz@gvsu.edu or Barb Blankemeier, GVSU Area
Studies Center, 616-331-8110, blankemb@gvsu.edu.
Fee: Faculty/Staff: $55.00, Community members: $10.00, Students: Free,
Presenter or Panelist: Free Please make check payable to GVSU.
Conference Hotels: Special Conference rates available at the: Holiday
Inn Hotel Downtown Grand Rapids – 616-235-7611 or 800-329-7466 or the
Courtyard by Marriott – 616-242-6635 or 800-321-2211.

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Presentation Proposal
Latin American Studies, Grand Valley State University
11th CONFERENCE on the AMERICAS
Creative Agents of Change: Facing Challenges in our Communities
November 4, 5 and 6, 2010
GVSU Eberhard Center, Grand Rapids, MI

Your
Name______________________________________________________________________________
Affiliation (If Any)
________________________________________________________________________
Address
________________________________________________________________________________
City ____________________________________________ State _____ Zip Code _______________
Telephone: Work ( ) __________________________ Home ( ) _______________________________
Fax ( ) ___________________ Email  _________________________________________________
Deadline: July 1, 2010
Title osession (Panel, Performance); an exhibit (Information, Research Poster,
Crafts, Books, Etc.); or a workshop up to 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Description of Proposed Panel, Presentation, Session, Exhibit, Workshop,
etc.:
Your Interests/Qualifications:
Special Equipment Needs (Check All That Apply): □ VCR/Monitor □ Slide
Projector/ Screen □ Overhead Projector/Screen □ Other:
__________________________________________
I Would Like To Contribute By Helping (Check All That Apply): □ As A
Member Of The Community Planning Committee; □ Recommend A Conference
Sponsor ($50 Minimum); □ Publicize The Conference At Work Or In The
Community; □ Other: _____________________
Send/Email This Form To: Zulema Moret, Latin American Studies Program
Director, LOH 117,
1 Campus Drive, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mi 49401; or
Email a copy to: moretz@gvsu.edu; 616-331-2286; Fax: 616-331-8111.

Walter Scott 2011
An International Conference
5-9 July 2011, Laramie Wyoming

Scott was a lawyer, friend to the great, and literary authority, yet he
became so by breaking all the rules. Walter Scott: Sheriff and Outlaw
encourages new understanding of Scott’s innovations, and his
contribution to literary and other fields up to the present day.

The conference will offer sessions, plenaries, workshops, roundtables,
advice from journal editors, and a trip to see the west Walter Scott
has made. It will coincide with Laramie’s Jubilee Days, when cowboys
ride herd through town and the rodeo lets rip.

COWBOY UP! SIR WALTER!

Web Page: http://www.uwyo.edu/scottconf2011/
or contact Caroline McCracken-Flesher: cmf@uwyo.edu