26.4695, Calls: English, Spanish, General Ling/USA

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Subject: 26.4695, Calls: English, Spanish, General Ling/USA

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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:48:03
From: Allison Yakel [hsgso at uh.edu]
Subject: Second Annual Conference in Hispanic Studies

 
Full Title: Second Annual Conference in Hispanic Studies 

Date: 22-Apr-2016 - 22-Apr-2016
Location: Houston, TX, USA 
Contact Person: Allison Yakel
Meeting Email: hsgso at uh.edu
Web Site: http://hsgso.weebly.com 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

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

Call Deadline: 20-Dec-2015 

Meeting Description:

The Hispanic Studies Graduate Student Organization (HSGSO) of the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston cordially invites abstract submissions to the Second Annual conference in Hispanic Studies, New Academic (Re)visions, to be held on April 22, 2016.
 
The conference will focus primarily on the exploration of innovative approaches to the study of Hispanic literature and linguistics, with the objective of recovering contributions and other aspects of these disciplines that have traditionally been underrepresented or overlooked and establish new interdisciplinary dialogues.
 
The conference will emphasize, but is not limited to, the following topics:

Linguistics
- Bilingualism and multilingualism
- Second language teaching and acquisition
- Heritage language teaching and acquisition
- Language for specific purposes
- Language contact, variation and change
- Language and identity
  
Literature
- Race, gender and ethnicity
- Transnationalism
- Feminism and its intersectionalities
- Queer discourse
- Sociocultural tensions
- Immigration and exile
- Inequality and violence
- Activism and resistance

We are proud to announce the participation of the following plenary speakers:
- Dr. Lourdes Díaz Rodríguez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Dr. Sharon Keefe Ugalde, Texas State University
 
All relevant conference information will be published on hsgso.weebly.com and will continuously updated with the latest news.

Call for Papers:

We invite submissions from interdisciplinary perspectives written in Spanish or English.
 
- Call Deadline: December 20, 2015
- Notification of Acceptance: January 7, 2016
- Abstract Submission: Authors are asked to submit their abstracts (max. 250 words) to the address hsgso at uh.edu. Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period.




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