[HERITAGE-LIST] CFP: 21st Conference on Spanish in the U.S. and 6th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages - DEADLINE 15 SEPTEMBER 2006

[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Submissions are invited for papers on original, unpublished research on any area related to Spanish in the United States or Spanish in contact with other languages including but not limited to the following: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 SpanishintheUS.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.