Symposium of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Linguistics, and Visual Culture - Georgetown University (EE.UU.) - septiembre 2006

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LANGUAGES OF (EX)CHANGE
A Symposium of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Linguistics, 
and Visual Culture

Información recibida a través de la secretaría de AESLA (Asociación
Española de Lingüística Aplicada)
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The Georgetown University graduate students in the Department of Spanish and 
Portuguese invite all interested graduate students to the second annual Graduate 
Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium (GRAPHSY), which will be held on * Friday, 
September 29 and **Saturday, September 30* , *2006*.

The organizing committee will consider papers related to Hispanic and Luso-
Brazilian Literature, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies, as well as requests for 
the formation of *special sessions *organized around a specific topic, author or 
work. These sessions are limited to *three papers*.

Papers may examine the conference topic from a variety of perspectives, 
including linguistic, social, psychological, cultural, theoretical, political, 
ideological, and/or artistic. Possible panel topics and papers might include, 
but are not limited to:

*_Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature and Cultural Studies_ *
Trans-Atlantic voyages, pilgrimages, and shipwrecks
National and post-national utopias 
(Mis)representations in performance and visual culture
North/ South Dialogues: US Latino Studies
Intertextuality and tales of exchange
Migrations, exile, and new frontiers and spaces
With(in) and beyond the body: gender identities and politics
Ethnographic writing
Representations of violence
Politics of the memory: trauma and turmoil


_Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Linguistics _
Language(s) of exclusion: social hierarchies and languages
Innovative research methodologies in second language acquisition (SLA )
Language learning context
Language acquisition (first, second, and subsequent)
Language and cognition
Language contact: Bilingualism in Latin America, the Peninsula , and the US
Code-switching and division of private and public spheres 
Language policies, practices, and political systems
Endangered languages: Interaction with the dominant faction
Language revival
Theoretical Approaches in Linguistics (Syntax, Phonology, Semantics, Pragmatics)

Please submit by July 1st, 2006 two separate 250-word abstracts in Portuguese, 
English or Spanish. 
We only accept *electronic* submissions to GRAPHSY2006 at gmail.com 
<mailto:GRAPHSY2006 at gmail.com>
-- On *one* abstract, please include the title of proposed paper, name, academic 
affiliation, current address, telephone, and e-mail address of each presenter. 
-- The *second* abstract should be anonymous.
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The paper presentation is limited to 20 minutes (8-10 double-spaced pages).
*_Registration:_*
General registration fee for all presenters is $40 (late or on-site official 
attendance registration is $50). This fee includes the cost of all food and 
beverages provided only to conference participants.

The keynote speaker(s) will be announced shortly.


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