The Association will hold its 35th Conference organised by the Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, from 9th to 11th September 2013. The conference will take place in Lisbon.
You are cordially invited to offer a paper, panel, or workshop presentation. Proposals for panels of four papers maximum are also invited on specific themes in addition to individual presentations. Any proposed panel should be organised by one convenor, who will be responsible for inviting the speakers and chairing the session.
Below are the suggested thematic areas for papers and panels, which must relate primarily to Spain and Portugal. The themes are not exclusive and may be interdisciplinary in nature.
§ Politics, Government, International Relations, the EU, Nationalism, Regionalisms
§ Economics, Business, Labour, Social and Welfare issues
§ Cultural production and communication in all their forms (e.g. film, television, journalism, media, advertising, digital communication and social networking)
§ Social and Cultural Studies (e.g. identity, gender, ethnicity, popular culture)
§ Contemporary History
§ Language, Linguistics, Language Policy, Pedagogy and Education
Other suggestions are welcome, and Panels can be more specifically oriented within these broad areas.
Papers will be allocated a maximum of 30 minutes on the programme (i.e. approx 20 minutes for the paper and 10 minutes for discussion and debate).
If you wish to offer a paper, please refer to the Guidelines for Papers (see Call for Papers attached).
For papers and/or panels, please send, preferably by e-mail, a title and abstract (approx. 150 words) by Friday 22nd March 2013 to:
Dr Mark Gant
University of Chester
Modern Languages Department
Parkgate Road
Chester
CH1 4BJ
E-mail: m.gant@chester.ac.uk
Informal enquiries concerning papers and topics are welcome before the deadlines. Please note that a year’s membership will be included in the conference fee.
Details concerning conference registration will be made available in due course on the ACIS website www.iberianstudies.net . Please visit this site for further information about the Association.
