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DANTE'S VOLUME FROM ALPHA TO OMEGA: A GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON THE POET'S UNIVERSE

Deadline for submissions is NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Conference: April 9-10, 2010, Yale University
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ISLANDS: INSULAR LITERATURE

LA HABANA ELEGANTE

Deadline for submissions is DECEMBER 10th, 2009

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MOROS, MORISCOS, MARRANOS Y MESTIZOS: ALTERITY, HYBRIDITY,
& IDENTITY IN DIASPORA


16th Annual University of New Mexico Conference on Ibero-American Culture & Society


FEBRUARY 25-27, 2010

Important Dates
:
Send Abstracts
(limit 250 words + title)
& Session Proposals by
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
to Enrique R. Lamadrid at:
lamadrid@unm.edu

Notification of Acceptance
DECEMBER 11, 2009


On the 400th anniversary of the expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain, we are considering historic and contemporary texts, traditions, and expressive culture from Moorish - Jewish - Christian - Native American encounters in Iberia and the Americas.

  • Narratives of alterity, hybridity, identity, resistance, diaspora, exile, immigration.
  • Cultural theory of Orientalism and Dis-orientalization.
  • Morisma Festivals (Moros y Cristianos) in Spain and Latin America.
  • History of Spanish: Ladino Spanish, Arabic influence.
  • Romancero and Cancionero (narrative and lyric poetry).
  • Folklore, Foodways, Agriculture.
  • Muslim - Jewish - Christian Relations.
  • Jews, Crypto-Jews, and Conversos on Both Sides of the Atlantic.
  • Cultures in Motion: Immigration - Mexicans in the U.S. / Muslims in the E.U.

SIGNIFICANT READINGS
4th Annual DFSGA Conference
 
Deadline for submissions is DECEMBER 15th, 2009

The conference will be held March 12-13, 2010 on the 
LSU campus.  We are very excited to welcome two keynote speakers 
this year - DR. TOM CONLEY will be our literature keynote and Dr. 
Zsuzsanna Fagyal will be our linguistics keynote.

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ESTUDIOS TRASATLÁNTICOS EN LA OBRA CARME RIERA: VOZ, ESCRITURA E IDENTIDAD
in honor of the Catalan writer, Carmen Riera
Catholic University of America

Deadline for submissions is DECEMBER 31, 2009

Conference: March 19-20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.
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FRAMING THE HUMAN: (DE)HUMANIZATION IN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE
14th Annual Conference
Romance Studies at the University of Minnesota


Deadline for submissions is DECEMBER 31, 2009

Conference to be held in Minneapolis on March 6th, 2010
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DELEUZE: ETHICS AND POLITICS
4th Biennial Philosophy and Literature Conference at Purdue University

Deadline for submissions is JANUARY 15th, 2010

Conference: April 9-10, 2010
Purdue University, West Lafayette

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DU PETIT AU GRAND PUBLIC: INTERPRÉTATION ET REDÉFINITION
Société des  Études Supérieures
du Département d'Études Françaises de l'Université de Toronto

les 7 et 8 mai 201
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COMMENT ÉCRIRE APRÈS?
Université de Colombie-Britannique

Celui-ci se tiendra à l’Université Concordia à Montréal du 28 au 31 mai 2010

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