Keynote speaker: Robert McKee Irwin, UC Davis "El cine mexicano se impone" The Spanish Graduate Student Association (SPAGRAD) at Arizona State University invites you to join us in commemorating our 16th Annual Literature Conference. On this occasion the organizing committee welcomes new critical and interdisciplinary approaches to cultural production (literature, film, visual art, music, and relat
ed areas.) This may include, but is not limited to: Cultural Studies; Social Justice; Sociology and Anthropology; Discourse of Power and Authority; Digital Storytelling; Myth; Folklore; Political Science; Film Studies; Sports; Feminisms; Queer Studies; Postcolonialism; Nationalism; (Post) Structuralism; Transoceanic Studies; and Urban Studies; among others. We welcome critical work from multiple genres: literature, chronicle, film, theater, music, graphic novel, comic, television, etc. Keynote Speaker:
Robert McKee Irwin
University of California, Davis
“El cine mexicano se impone”
The organizing committee will consider papers in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Papers must be no longer than 8 pages as each presenter will be limited to 20 minutes. January 25, 2013
Possible panel themes can include:
Cultural Nostalgia
Globalization and Neoliberalism
Regional Cultural Production
The Myth, the Archetype, and the Construction of National Identity
Agency in the Margins
Experimental Aesthetics
Destabilization of Social Norms
The Family, the Home, and Popular Culture
Friendship Theory and the Nation
Heterogenous Social Imaginaries
Please send all abstracts to the following email:
[email protected]
All abstracts must be 250 words maximum in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. Please submit the title of paper/panel, name of presenter, university affiliation, contact information and a brief curriculum. Please confirm your attendance before January 18th, 2013 by email, or by postal service to the following address:
Daniel Holcombe
Arizona State University - Tempe Campus
P.O. Box 870202
Tempe, AZ 85287-0202
Conference registration fee will be $35 before January 18th and $45 after the confirmation date. Please be sure to pay the registration fee upon notification of approval. There is no cost for non-presenting attendees. For more information please visit the website.
