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<div><font size="3"><font color="#444444"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:18px"><font size="4"><b>XV Annual Conference of the International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies</b></font></div>
<div><b><font size="4"><font color="#444444"><span style="line-height:18px">University of Hawai‘</span></font><font color="#444444"><span style="line-height:18px">i at Manoa</span></font></font></b></div><div><font color="#444444" size="4"><b><span style="line-height:18px">Honolulu, Hawai‘</span><span style="line-height:18px">i</span></b></font></div>
<div><font color="#444444" size="4"><span style="line-height:18px"><b>October 16-17, 2014</b></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:13px;line-height:18px"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:13px;line-height:18px">
<font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:18px;font-size:13px"><font size="3"><b>** We are excited to welcome internationally renowned playwright and director Luis Valdez (El Teatro Campesino, <i>Zoot Suit, La Bamba) </i>as our keynote speaker. **</b></font></div>
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<font size="3"><b>CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline March 15, 2014)</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:13px;line-height:18px"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:13px;line-height:18px">
<font size="3">The International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies announces the call for papers for its 15th annual conference. Proposals for papers or panels on any aspect of Luso-Hispanic literature or culture are invited. Presentations may be in English, Spanish, or Portuguese and involve any aspect of Luso-Hispanic humor from any period or genre wherever Spanish or Portuguese are spoken. Presentations may focus on but are not limited to the following fields: literature, folklore, semiotics, discourse analysis, art, music, cartoons and graphic humor, film, popular culture, humor theory, and cultural history. Papers must be free of excessive jargon and accessible to the non-specialist. <br>
<br>Presentation time will be limited to twenty minutes.<b> </b>Selected conference proceedings will be published post-conference. <br></font><span style="font-size:12px">Participation in the conference is limited to members of the International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies.</span><font size="3"><br>
<br><b>To submit an abstract for consideration or for more information, please visit our conference website:</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:13px;line-height:18px"><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/luso-hispanic-humor-studies-conference/home" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/luso-hispanic-humor-studies-conference/home</a></b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:18px"><font><span style="font-size:13px"><br>Proposals are to be received by March 15, 2014. Notification of proposal selection results will be sent via email by April 15, 2014.</span></font></div>
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