[HERITAGE-LIST] CFP: 21st Conference on Spanish in the U.S - DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 15 SEPTEMBER

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

Call for papers: 21st Conference on Spanish in the U.S. and 
6th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with 
Other Languages.
March 15-18, 2007

Co-hosted by George Mason University and the University of 
Maryland, the joint conferences will take place in 
Arlington, VA, approx. 1 mile from Washington, DC, with easy 
Metro access to downtown DC.

Conference webpage: http://spanishintheus.org 
Email: 2007 at SpanishintheUS.org 
Submission deadline: September 15, 2006

Meeting Description
Founded in 1980, the Spanish in the US Conference brings 
together researchers from various disciplines - such as 
linguistics, sociology, anthropology, education, and legal 
studies - investigating a wide range of topics related to 
Spanish and Spanish-speaking communities in the United 
States. Since 1991, the Spanish in the US Conference has 
been held in conjunction with the Spanish in Contact with 
Other Languages Conference, allowing productive connections 
between researchers focusing on the US context and 
researchers investigating the entire Spanish-speaking 
world.  In recent years, interest and participation have 
increased dramatically, thanks to both the growing public 
and scholarly recognition of Spanish-speaking communities in 
the United States. 

Plenary speakers
Carol Klee, University of Minnesota
Luis Moll, University of Arizona
Rachel Moran, University of California-Berkeley
Alejandro Portes, Princeton University

Roundtables
In addition to plenary addresses and individual papers, the 
2007 conference will host two special roundtables designed 
to encourage interaction between academic researchers and 
professionals working outside of academia: 
-  Spanish and the media, organized by María Carreira 
(California State University-Long Beach).
-  Educational policies and practices affecting Spanish in 
the US, organized by Ana Roca (Florida International 
University).

Submissions are invited for papers on original, unpublished 
research on any area related to Spanish in the United States 
or Spanish in contact with other languages including but not 
limited to the following: bilingualism, educational policies 
and practices, formal aspects of US Spanish, heritage 
language learning and teaching, language and identity, 
language and the law, language change, language contact, 
language ideologies, language in politics and politics of 
language, language maintenance, language planning, language 
policy, language rights, linguistic variation, mass media 
and Spanish, Spanish in the professions, and Spanish and the 
economy.

Papers may be given in Spanish or English, with papers in 
Spanish especially encouraged. Papers will be 20 minutes 
long followed by a 10 minute question period. Authors may 
submit a total of two abstracts, one individual and one 
joint. The publication of a volume of selected papers is 
planned.

Abstract format and submission instructions
Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Abstract may 
be submitted in either Spanish or English, and should be 
sent as Rich Text Format (RTF) documents.

(1) On the first page please include the following: 
*  Paper title
*  Name, academic affiliation, mailing address, phone and 
fax numbers, and e-mail address of each author
*  Meeting for which the paper is intended (Spanish in the 
United States or Spanish in Contact)
*  Three keywords
*  A 50-75 word abstract to be included in the conference 
program if submission is accepted

(2) On a separate page please include the following:
*  Paper title.
*  A 325-word anonymous abstract.
*  Word count (not including references)
*  Full references

Submit abstracts as a single email attachment (NOT in the 
body of the email) to 2007 at SpanisintheUS.org 
Acknowledgment of receipt of the abstract will be sent by e-
mail as soon as possible. Notice of acceptance or rejection 
will be sent to first authors by October 31, 2006. Pre-
registration materials and preliminary schedule will be 
available at that time.

While electronic submissions are strongly preferred, you may 
mail hard copy submission to: 

Spanish in the US/Spanish in contact
Jiménez Hall 2202
Department of Spanish and Portuguese/SLLC
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

All submissions must be received by September 15, 2006.