<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Call for papers:</B><SPAN style=""><B> </B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>21</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11.6667px;"><B>st</B></SPAN></FONT><B> Conference on Spanish in the U.S. and 6th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>March 15-18, 2007</B><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Co-hosted by George Mason University and the University of Maryland, the joint conferences will take place in Arlington, VA, approx. 2 miles from Washington, DC, with easy Metro access to downtown DC.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Conference webpage: <A href="http://spanishintheus.org/">http://spanishintheus.org</A> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Email: <A href="mailto:2007@SpanishintheUS.org">2007@SpanishintheUS.org</A> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Submission deadline: September 15, 2006<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>Meeting Description</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>Plenary speakers</B></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Carol Klee, University of Minnesota<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Luis Moll, University of Arizona<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Rachel Moran, University of California-Berkeley<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Alejandro Portes, Princeton University<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>Roundtables</B></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">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: <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Spanish and the media</I></SPAN><SPAN style="">, organized by Marνa Carreira (California State University-Long Beach).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Educational policies and practices affecting Spanish in the US</I></SPAN><SPAN style="">,</SPAN> organized by <SPAN style="">Ana Roca (Florida International University).</SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>Submissions</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> 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.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">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.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>Abstract format and submission instructions</B></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Abstract may be submitted in either Spanish or English, and should be sent as Rich Text Format (RTF) documents.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">(1) On the first page please include the following: <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Paper title<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Name, academic affiliation, mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of each author<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meeting for which the paper is intended (Spanish in the United States or Spanish in Contact)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three keywords<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A 50-75 word abstract to be included in the conference program if submission is accepted<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">(2) On a separate page please include the following:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Paper title.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A 325-word anonymous abstract.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Word count (not including references)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Full references<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Submit abstracts as a single email attachment (NOT in the body of the email) to <A href="mailto:2007@SpanishintheUS.org">2007@SpanishintheUS.org</A> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">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.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">While electronic submissions are strongly preferred, you may mail hard copy submission to: <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Spanish in the US/Spanish in contact<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Jimιnez Hall 2202<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Department of Spanish and Portuguese/SLLC<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">University of Maryland<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">College Park, MD 20742<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">All submissions must be received by September 15, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>