One Day Workshop (LACNET), University of Stirling
Friday 6 June 2008; 10:30 – 16:30
Latin American and Caribbean Studies in Scotland: The State of the Question
The purpose of the workshop is to establish a forum for discussion within
and across Latin American and Caribbean Studies in Scotland. Presentations
introduce major themes of significance from a range of disciplines and will
be followed by roundtable discussions open to everyone to foster debate and
possible future collaborations.
10:30 Opening and welcome (Charlotte Lange)
11:00 - 1:00 New Practices in Latin American Studies (Charlotte Lange)
Jesús Rodero, University of Strathclyde: ‘Political Fiction, Allegory and
the Fantastic in the Contemporary Latin American Short Story’
Fiona J. Mackintosh, Carolina Orloff, Iona MacIntyre, University of
Edinburgh: ‘River Plate Research Cluster: Plans and Possibilities’
Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar, University of Stirling: ‘Early Colonial Languages
and Cultures in the Andes – Interlacing Wor(l)ds’
Tristan Platt, University of St Andrews: ‘The Anthropology of History and
Change’
1:00 – 2:00 lunch
2:00 – 4:00 Placing Caribbean and Latin American Studies (Gemma Robinson)
Trevor Stack, University of Aberdeen: ‘Visions of Citizenship in Mexico and
California’
Isobel Anderson, University of Stirling: ‘A Changing Cuba? Implications for
Domestic Policy – the Case of Housing’
Mark Harris, University of St Andrews: ‘Some problems in the Study of the
Brazilian Amazon’
Karen P. Peña, University of Glasgow: ‘The Brazilian Question’
4:00 – 4:30 Closing session: Future Directions in Latin American and
Caribbean Studies
The workshop is open to all academics and postgraduate students working in
the field of Latin American and Caribbean Studies in Scottish universities.
For further information on registration, please contact one of the
organisers:
Dr Charlotte Lange, Lecturer in Spanish American Studies, School of
Languages, Cultures and Religions, University of Stirling:
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Dr Gemma Robinson, Lecturer, Department of English Studies, University of
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