Call for Papers: Spaces Written in Violence/Violence Written in Spaces ● The Tulane University Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference

The deadline for abstract submissions is January 15, 2012

Spaces Written in Violence/Violence Written in Spaces ● Perspectives in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures

March 23rd~24th, 2012

Keynote Speakers: Juan Pablo Dabove, University of Colorado at Boulder & Yuri Herrera, Tulane University.

This conference hopes to further explore the relationship between space(s) and violence in Iberian and Latin American literatures and cultures. Possible topics include: political, social and/or economic violence taking place in urban or rural spaces, border spaces, transnational or post-national contexts; gendered spaces of violence; violence in specific regions (such as the Andes, Central America, the Caribbean) or time periods (such as Early Modern, the Long 19th Century, Spanish Civil War, Franco Era, Latin American revolutions); spaces where violence is remembered, celebrated or mourned; and textual strategies for narrating violence. We seek papers in English, Spanish or Portuguese pertinent to the studies of Peninsular, Transatlantic and Latin American literatures and cultures. Students who are working on literature, art, architecture, film, TV, music, dance, comics or any other cultural expression are encouraged to apply.

Please send abstracts of 250-300 words to tulanegrad.spanport@gmail.com. Please include your name, phone number, and institutional affiliation in your email. Individual presentations may be up to 20 minutes in length (approx. 7-8 pages, typed, double-spaced).

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