26.4476, Calls: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Applied Ling, Cognitive Sci, Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Ling & Lit/USA

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Subject: 26.4476, Calls: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Applied Ling, Cognitive Sci, Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Ling & Lit/USA

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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:40:45
From: Andrea Herrera Dulcet [aherreradulcet at email.arizona.edu]
Subject: Crossroad Talks: Language and Literature in Active Contact Zones

Full Title: Crossroad Talks: Language and Literature in Active Contact Zones 

Date: 25-Feb-2016 - 27-Feb-2016
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA 
Contact Person: Andrea Herrera Dulcet
Meeting Email: spanport-symposium at email.arizona.edu
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/spsymposium/home 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Portuguese (por)
                     Spanish (spa)

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2015 

Meeting Description:

26th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture at the University of Arizona 

Keynote Speakers:

- William Nericcio
- Jennifer Leeman

The Symposium Committee will consider abstracts for research in Latin American and Peninsular Cultures, Literatures and Linguistics. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

Linguistics: Language Variation in Contact Zones, including Spanish in the U.S; Multi/Bilingualism including Spanish and/or Portuguese Phonetics, Phonology and Syntax; L2, L3, Ln Acquisition in Spanish and Portuguese or from Spanish and Luso-Brazilian speakers; Language Policy; Language and Identity; Heritage Languages, in the US and/or L2 Pedagogies

Literature: Digital Humanities; Counter-Discourses; Gender and Representation; Identity Politics; Border Securitization; Wide Border Topics including Languages, and Cultures; Dis/Ability or Dis/ Able-Bodiedness; Film; Memory; Culture Studies

Roundtable Discussions:

- How to be inclusive of all genders or gender neutral when language requires gender specificity
- When language policy does not reflect the needs of our students: Bridging Policy and Pedagogy

Professional Development Workshop:

- How to get published: Professional Experiences and Recommendations

Call for Papers:

Crossroad Talks: Language and Literature in Active Contact Zones

Arizona Historical Society Museum in Tucson, February 25-27, 2016

The Symposium Committee is pleased to invite all interested graduate students, scholars and professionals to submit presentation or poster abstracts, and panel proposals for the 26th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture at the University of Arizona. Join us to celebrate the merging of languages and cultures in one of the US’s oldest multicultural landscapes. Come to a historic city where languages, cultures and literatures co-exist creating a thriving contact zone. Experience Tucson!

The Submission Deadline for Presentation or Poster abstracts (250 words), and Panel Proposals (100 words with an abstract for each of 3-5 participants) is November 15, 2015. Abstracts, presentations, proposals, and posters and can be delivered in Spanish, Portuguese, or English. Specify category. Forward inquiries and submissions to the Symposium Committee, at spanport-symposium at email.arizona.edu.

Registration: Includes access to exhibits at the conference location, welcoming ceremony, refreshments, roundtable discussions and professional development workshop. On-Site Registration Fee: $50 Cash
Symposium details available at http://spanish.arizona.edu/graduate/seminar

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