Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies Conference: Call for Papers Extended (new deadline April 30)

[National Foreign Language Resource Center]

Aloha! Our Call for Papers deadline has been extended to April 30, 2014
(see below for details)!


 The Department of Languages & Literatures of Europe and the Americas and
the College of Languages, Linguistics, & Literature at the University of
Hawai‘i at Manoa are pleased to host the…

*XV Annual Conference of the International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor
Studies*
*University of Hawai‘i at Manoa*
*Honolulu, Hawai‘i*
*October 16-17, 2014*

*** We are excited to welcome internationally renowned playwright and
director Luis Valdez (El Teatro Campesino, Zoot Suit, La Bamba) as our
keynote speaker. ***


*CALL FOR PAPERS (extended deadline April 30, 2014)*

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.

Presentation time will be limited to twenty minutes. Selected conference
proceedings will be published post-conference. Presenters and attendees
should be members of the International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor
Studies. However, you do not need to be a member to submit a proposal.


*To submit an abstract for consideration or for more information, please
visit our conference website:*
*https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/luso-hispanic-humor-studies-conference/home
<https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/luso-hispanic-humor-studies-conference/home>*

Proposals are to be received by April 30, 2014. Notification of proposal
selection results will be sent via email by May 15, 2014.




*College of Languages, Linguistics, & Literature (LLL)
<http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/> *
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
2545 McCarthy Mall, Bilger Hall 101
Honolulu, HI  96822
808-956-9424
lllevent at hawaii.edu
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