Call for papers: General Topic and Andean Studies and Literatures Supplement

12/08/2009 11:15:00 AM Posted by spanport news


Call for Papers


M E S T E R XXXIX

2010 General Issue - Andean Studies and Literatures Supplement


Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, seeks articles for its general issue to be published in June 2010. Mester publishes critical articles, interviews, and book reviews in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish-American, Brazilian, Latino and Chicano literatures and linguistics. Mester also welcomes articles in Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies.


Our upcoming volume will have two main sections: a general one open to any topic related to the scope of the journal, and a special supplement section dedicated to Andean Studies and Literatures, for which we are currently seeking dossier proposals as well as individual articles, interviews and book reviews that deal with Andean topics. The dossier proposal should have 4 to 7 articles and it should include the following information: Title, Presentation (goals, originality and contributions), Names and academic affiliation (for those who have it) of the authors, Title of each item, Authors' personal contacts.


Articles may be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Publication decisions are based solely on the quality of the submissions, which undergo triple-blind review. Mester is dedicated to publishing work that demonstrates a high level of scholarship, and since 1970 we have built a reputation as one of the best student-run journals in North America, publishing articles by established scholars alongside the best work of graduate students. The journal is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures.


Please refer to the submission guidelines.


The deadline is February 28, 2010, but early submissions are encouraged.


Please forward all materials or questions to:
Attn: Gabriela Venegas, Editor-in-Chief, mgvenegas@ucla.edu

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Deadline Extended: Call for papers: Transnationality in the Luso-Hispanic World

12/08/2009 11:04:00 AM Posted by spanport news

Call for papers 2010

The Graduate Students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the
University of California, Los Angeles, invite you to submit abstracts for the:

VII Annual Graduate 
Student Conference
Transnationality in the 
Luso-Hispanic World

to be held on
April 29-30, 2010

The Conference Committee invites proposals for single papers or complete
session panels from scholars of all levels related to transnationality across a
broad range of time periods and geographical regions.

Topics of exploration might include, but are not limited to:
- Anthropological and Historical perspectives
- Manifestations across various Media and the Arts
- Constructs of Identity in the Diaspora and Exile
- Imagined Communities and the Global City
- Gender Roles across Cultural Contexts
- Theoretical and/or Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Dialect change
- Development of New Speech Communities
- Language Maintenance or Loss
- Diglossia, Bilingualism and/or Multilingualism

Papers on a variety of other related topics that adhere to the conference
theme are welcome.

Deadline: The deadline for proposals is Sunday, January 31st, 2010. Respond
via email to: ucla.spanport.conference@gmail.com. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, title, email address, proposed paper title and a 250-word abstract. Please put “Conference Proposal” in your subject line.

The conference paper itself should have a transnational focus and be a maximum of ten pages in length, not including endnotes and/or bibliography. Presentations will be limited to twenty minutes, inclusive of any time needed for audio-visual setup.

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