The American Portuguese Studies Association’s Sixth International
Conference Embedded colloquium: “Celebrating Machado de Assis”
October 9-11, 2008
Yale University
The Sixth International Conference of the AMERICAN PORTUGUESE STUDIES
ASSOCIATION (APSA) will take place at Yale University in New Haven,
Connecticut, October 9-11, 2008. Participants should send abstracts of
approximately 150 words to the Chair of the Program Committee Mark Sabine
at [log in to unmask] or communicate with the general program
coordinator, Kathryn Sanchez at [log in to unmask] Prospective
participants are encouraged to submit proposals for complete panels of 3-4
papers in any area of Luso-African, Brazilian and Portuguese Literatures,
Cultures and Linguistics. Inter-disciplinary and comparative approaches
are also encouraged. All proposals are due by February 1, 2008. Papers can
be presented in either Portuguese or English.
The conference at Yale University will include a special colloquium to
commemorate the centenary of the death of Machado de Assis. Potential
participants are also reminded that 2008 will mark the birth centenary of
Guimarães Rosa and the bicentenary of D. João VI’s change of venue from
Portugal to Brazil in 1808. Panels around the theme of “Transatlantic
Portugal” are also particularly welcome.
Those interested in participating should be members of APSA. Information
on APSA membership can be obtained at
http://www.umassd.edu/apsa/memberinfo.cfm or from Margo Milleret, APSA
Secretary, at [log in to unmask] or (505)277-5907.
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