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Latin American Modernities: A Collaborative Workshop On Research, Service, and Teaching

Description:
The main objective of the Workshop is to share best practices in the pedagogy, research, service learning, and international education programs in Latin American Studies. The organizing theme this year is Latin American Modernities. In commemoration of the 1810-2010 centennials of independence, we will highlight presentations on Spanish American Revolutions, but will also reflect on subsequent transformations in politics, society, and culture until today.

Proposal deadline:
March 1st , 2010

Contact information:
jejambrina@viterbo.edu
(608) 796 3493
http://www.viterbo.edu/workshop/

Additional information:
We invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals in the following areas:

• Contemporary issues of equity, inclusivity and diversity in scholarship of Latin America
• Immigration, Exile, Transnationalism and Diasporas
• Race and Ethnicity in the processes of Independence and Nation building
• Gender and Sexualities in the processes of Independence and Nation building
• Social Movements, Human Rights Campaigns, and Issues
• Indigenous Rights since Independence
• The Arts and their role in social changes
• Representations of Latin America in various literary and mass communication media

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