Querencias2: Querencias 2019 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, United States, April 12-13, 2019 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/querencias/home |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=querencias2 |
Submission deadline | January 22, 2019 |
Querencias II Conference on Hispanic and Portuguese Literatures, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics
The Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association (SPGSA) at the University of New Mexico is pleased to announce Querencias 2019. We welcome abstracts for presentations, posters and themed panels of up to 300 words (tables and references not included) in English, Portuguese or Spanish from Hispanic Literature, Hispanic Linguistics, Portuguese Literature, and Southwest and Latin American Studies. Research on these topics are encouraged but not limited to:
Linguistics: |
Literature: |
Portuguese: |
Southwest: |
Bilingualism; Language Acquisition; Language Contact; Psycholinguistics; Phonology; Syntax; Sociolinguistics. |
Contemporary Literature; Feminist theory; Medieval; Golden Age; Poetry; Latin American Cultural Studies; Postcolonialism. |
Social Justice; Brazilian Cinema; Queer/Quare Studies; Brazilian and Lusophone Literature; Contemporary Literature. |
Border studies; Immigration; Queer studies; Folklore and Ethnographies; Cultural Studies; Femicide; Identity Studies. |
While presentations are only open for graduate students and faculty, the poster session is open to all scholars, including undergraduate students. This is a great opportunity to present research using a visual format, with direct interaction and discussion. The specific guidelines for the poster will be sent after acceptance. For themed panels, each presenter will have 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes of discussion for the panel as a whole. We also welcome creative writing panels (fiction and poetry) proposals. Presenters interested in this format are responsible for deciding who will be part of the suggested panel. Only one document should be submitted per panel. The document should include the proposed panel topic (300 words), and how each presenter will contribute to it (500 words).
Abstracts should be submitted in pdf format to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=querencias2 Do not include any personal information in the abstract. You do not have to submit your paper.
Important dates:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 22nd, 2019. extended deadline: FEBRUARY 1ST
Notification of acceptance: February 15th, 2019
Conference dates: Friday, April 12th – Saturday, April 13th, 2019
We wish to foster an enriching academic environment for the exchange of knowledge. If you have any question regarding submissions, please email spgsa@unm.edu .