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1st Annual Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Studies

Date(s): October 24-25, 2008
Location: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Description:
Keynote Speaker: Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel, University of Pennsylvania

Abstracts on any literary, cultural or linguistic topic are requested for 20-minute presentation. Abstracts of 300 words or less should be attached in either a PDF or Word file and sent to tucsps@temple.edu. Submissions may be in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Please include the name and the affiliation of the author(s) in the body of the email message. Panel proposals may also be submitted. All abstracts for a panel should be submitted with the panel proposal.

The deadline for abstract submission is July 1, 2008. Faculty and recent graduates are welcome to submit abstracts.

Organizing Committee:
Kellye Hawkins (khawkins@temple.edu)
Pilar Maraví (pilarm@temple.edu)
Christine Poteau (cpoteau@temple.edu)
Lorena Santos Quiñones (lsantos@temple.edu)

Check http://www.freewebs.com/tucsps/ for the conference program and travel information to be posted later in the year or email tucsps@temple.edu

Proposal deadline:
Abstracts/ Panel Proposals due July 1, 2008

Contact information:
web: http://www.freewebs.com/tucsps email: tucsps@temple.edu

Additional information:
Specifics on the areas:

Peninsular Literature: This area represents the literature of Spain including the literatures of Galicia, al-Andalus, Catalonia, etc. [Periods: Medieval, Early Modern (Golden Age), 18th & 19th Centuries, 20th Century]

Hispanic-American Literature: This area represents the literature of Spanish-Speaking Latin America including the literatures of Latinos who write in the United Stated or other countries. [Periods: Colonial, 19th & Early 20th Centuries, Contemporary]

Spanish Linguistics: This area represents the following linguistic fields related to Spanish language. [Fields: Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Applied Linguistics]

Portuguese Studies: This area represents the literature and linguistics of the Portuguese Speaking world. [Areas: Literatures of Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone Asia and Lusophone Africa and Portuguese Linguistics]

Comparative Literature: This includes research about Spanish or Portuguese language literature and its relation to literary sources, texts, movements, etc. representative of other languages and cultures.

Contrasts (Linguistics): This includes studies about any linguistic fields in Spanish or Portuguese language and how it contrasts to another language.

Underrepresented areas: We would also love to receive abstracts that include diaspora studies, such as Afro-Caribbean literature, or indigenous studies, such as Quechua-Spanish contrasts.

If in doubt please send your abstract and we will let you know if it fits within the parameters that we have set for the conference.

The deadline for abstract submission is July 1, 2008. Faculty and recent graduates are welcome to submit abstracts.

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