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Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP: LASA2016, DS Pedagogies and the Global South in the discussion Disability Studies

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:35:02 +0000

Panel for the Latin American Studies Association, XXXIV International Congress
New York City, May 27-30, 2016

Title of panel: Disability Studies Pedagogies and the Global South
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, LASA is organizing its annual congress around broad themes of the “evolution of Latin American studies,” the “challenges of cr…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP, MLA2016 Panel on Mexican Authors 1968 to 80's in the discussion Mexican Cultural and Literary Studies

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:43:51 +0000

Solitary Mexicans: Gaps in Contemporary Literary Historiography

Traditionally, the canon of Mexican literature has been studied by grouping authors into movements, generations, ideological “isms,” or schools. This is a common critical and historiographic procedure that always leaves some authors as not fitting neatly in some of the standard org…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic Mexican Material Culture Session, MLA2016 in the discussion Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:42:20 +0000

Material goods and built environments reflect and produce social meaning. This panel organized by the Mexican Forum, will explore the relationship between material culture and notions of authenticity, tradition and progress in Mexico. Papers on artifacts from pre-Hispanic times to the present, or literary and filmic representations of material…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP MLA 2016, Mexican Forum Panel in the discussion Mexican Cultural and Literary Studies

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:35:56 +0000

Materiality and Mexican Culture

Material culture—the production, possession, display, gifting and consumption of material goods and the built environment—plays an active role in the construction and reception of socially determined meanings. We measure core cultural values such as authenticity, tradition and progress in part through our rel…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP: D.S. in Hispanic Contexts, NeMLA 2015 in the forum Disability Studies

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:02:21 +0000

Note the expansion to include Spain after posting the cfp earlier this year.
Roundtable dialogue about Spanish and Latin American perspectives on disability studies in the humanities. Participants will give brief presentations on disability studies theory and criticism produced in Spain or Latin America in response to local and regional lived…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP: L.A. Perspectives on Disability Studies, NeMLA in the forum Disability Studies

Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:53:45 +0000

NeMLA 2015, Toronto
Roundtable fostering a dialogue about and with Latin American perspectives on disability studies in the humanities. Participants will give brief presentations on disability studies theory and criticism produced in Latin America in response to local and regional lived realities and cultural productions. Speakers may also…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP NeMLA Roundtable, Disability Studies in LA in the forum Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:46:37 +0000

Roundtable fostering a dialogue about and with Latin American perspectives on disability studies in the humanities. Participants will give brief presentations on disability studies theory and criticism produced in Latin America in response to local and regional lived realities and cultural productions. Speakers may also highlight literature, film…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen posted an update: Call for Papers MLA 2015: ROUNDTABLE Elena Poniatowska: […]

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:40:35 +0000

Call for Papers MLA 2015: ROUNDTABLE
Elena Poniatowska: Five Decades of Critical Inquiry
Elena Poniatowska’s corpus has inspired three generations of scholars to engage in highly diverse approaches to literary theory and criticism, including approaches to testimonio, journalism, the specificity of writing by women, and the ethical imperative i…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic CFP, MLA Roundtable on E. Poniatowska Criticism in the forum Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:06:10 +0000

MLA 2015: ROUNDTABLE

Of interest to members of the 20th-C Lat Am Lit Division

Elena Poniatowska: Five Decades of Critical Inquiry

Elena Poniatowska’s corpus has inspired three generations of scholars to engage in highly diverse approaches to literary theory and criticism, including approaches to testimonio, journalism, the specificity of w…[Read more]

Beth Ellen Jörgensen started the topic MLA 2015 CFP, Elena Poniatowska Criticism in the forum Women's Studies in Language and Literature

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:04:07 +0000

Of interest to women’s studies scholars:

MLA 2015: ROUNDTABLE

Of interest to women’s studies scholars:

Elena Poniatowska: Five Decades of Critical Inquiry

Elena Poniatowska’s corpus has inspired three generations of scholars to engage in highly diverse approaches to literary theory and criticism, including approaches to testimonio, j…[Read more]