Second Call for Papers: 21st Conference on Spanish in the U.S. and 6th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
Jennifer Leeman
jleeman at gmu.edu
Fri Sep 1 23:27:48 UTC 2006
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. 2
miles 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Submissions are invited for papers on original, unpublished research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.
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