CFP: Indigenous Literatures Panel for the International Colloquium for Vernacular Studies, Puebla Mexico, Oct 9-12, 2003

[Nicholas Ostler]

The 2003 The International Colloquium for Vernacular, Hispanic, Historical,
American and Folklore Studies will take place in Puebla, Mexico from 9 to
12 October 2003.

Panels on indigenous literatures of the Americas are currently being
organised, and contributions from all perspectives are welcome to explore
topics such as: particular writers, texts or genres; emerging and
re-emerging literatures in both oral and written media; literatures within
their social, political and cultural contexts, including revitalization
movements; issues of access and control, including literacy and
translation; and the encounter of the indigenous and non-indigenous worlds
in indigenous texts.

The Vernacular Congress began as a cultural section of the Congress of the
Americas, which itself was established after the 1994 economic crisis made
it difficult for Latin American academics to attend meetings in the United
States. The 2001 Congress of the Americas attracted more than 900 papers.
For more information visit:

http://www.ipsonet.org/vernacular/index.html

Abstracts in English or Spanish, of 500-word maximum length, are accepted
until Tuesday, April the 1st, 2003. Please include a short bio including
current academic affiliation. All abstracts and/or questions must be
emailed to the Area Chair:  mbrown at saturn.vcu.edu.


R. McKenna Brown, PhD
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and
Director, International Studies Program
Virginia Commonwealth University
310 North Shafer Street, Room 201
PO Box 843080
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3080
804.827.1671  fax 804.225.3479
http://www.has.vcu.edu/int/
voice mail 804.278.0216