Hi all,
We are pleased to announce the CfP for the Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (PILAS) conference 2018.
Please see below for more info, and circulate amongst friends and colleagues.
Best,
Jeremy
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From: PILAS Committee <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 07 March 2018 09:17
Subject: PILAS Annual Conference 2018 - Call for Papers
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Annual Conference 2018
“Contested Narratives: Engagement with Latin
America within and beyond Academia”
University of Liverpool 4th and 5th June 2018
Deadline for paper/panel proposals: 13th April 2016
The Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (PILAS) Committee invites postgraduate, early career and junior academic researchers from the arts, humanities, and social sciences to present their work, engage in debate, and share their research on Latin America at our annual conference.
The broad theme of this multidisciplinary conference is how engaged scholarship, across a broad range of disciplines, can foster greater dialogue and collaboration between academia and local and international actors on issues relating to Latin America. The theme embraces all those separate strands of academic research that, for many of the disciplines which take Latin America in hand, intertwine and infuse into a shared purpose: to produce meaningful engagement and to stand in solidarity with the subjects of our research; to reflect on this relationship to find the connections between ourselves and others; and to uncover hidden truths behind common understandings.
These ambitions address what we as a committee feel must be the determined endeavour of academia: to look beyond its borders in order to enhance the impact of our research for those of whom it speaks. These ambitions are as important now as they have ever been. We are at a moment in which the movement of information carries news of distant events to us in an instant, in which a globalised economy surrounds us with ever more diverse cultural elements, and in which the Latin American diaspora is experiencing rapid growth throughout the world. Yet, paradoxically, we are also living through a moment of deeper insularity and separation, and an apparent rejection in some quarters of selective components of this rising exchange. The conference aims to explore the ways in which academic research can undertake to confront and mediate these contradictions.
See below for full details of how to submit your paper and panel proposals
The PILAS Committee are excited to announce our confirmed Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jelke Boesten (Gender and Development, King’s College London) and Dr. Sian Lazar (Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge).
We are also pleased to announce our roundtable discussion, chaired by Professor Cathy McIlwaine (Transnational migration, King’s College London), which will address the concerns of the Latin American migrant community here in the United Kingdom and will involve representatives from the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS), the Indoamerican Refugee Migrant Organisation (IRMO) and Latin American House (LAH).
The conference, sponsored by the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) and the North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership and is free to attend and will feature engaging social activities including a wine reception and an optional conference dinner, where attendees can continue to discuss the themes raised in the panel presentations and keynote sessions with their peers and other PILAS members. (NB. there will be a charge for the conference dinner, full details will be announced soon).
Visit our conference website now: www.pilasconference.com<http://pilasconference.com/> to register to attend. You will also find all the information you need on travel and accommodation in Liverpool, our Keynote Speakers and Roundtable participants and you can also view a draft schedule including timings for panels, keynote lectures, roundtable discussion and social events taking place. Please note that the programme on the conference website is provisional and may be subject to change once we receive in all the panel papers and proposals. Therefore, we would recommend making your travel arrangements based on a start time from 8.30 - 9am on Monday 4th June and a conference finishing time of 6pm on Tuesday 5th June.
We will be sending out more information over the coming months to keep you up to date with the latest news from the PILAS Annual Conference 2018.
Instructions for submitting papers / panel proposals:
Proposals are invited for individual papers of 15 minutes duration and for full panels of 3-4 papers.
We welcome proposals from all fields for this interdisciplinary event. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
* Race, ethnicity, and religion
* Gender and sexuality
* Social movements and political activism
* Conflict and violence
* Nationhood and national identities
* Migration, geographical and cultural borders studies
* Inter-cultural dialogue and polemics
* Literary and cultural criticism
* Literature, culture, and translation
* Economic policies and economic inequalities
* Communication and (digital) media
* Climate change and environmental Crisis
Single paper submissions:
To submit a single paper proposal, please email an abstract (200-300 words – or 300-500 words) and title of the proposed paper in English or Spanish to the PILAS Committee at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Paper proposals should include:
* Name of the author/s and institution/s.
* Short academic biography of the author/s.
* Title of the proposed paper.
* Short abstract (max. 250 words).
Full panel submissions:
To submit a full panel proposal of 3-4 papers please send the title of the panel, abstracts and titles for each of the papers and contact details for the panel convenor to the PILAS Committee at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Panel proposals should include:
• Title of the proposed panel.
• Short description of the panel’s theme (max. 250 words).
• Name of the Chair and/or Discussant, and Institution if applicable.
• Name of the authors of the papers, and their institutions if applicable.
• Short academic biography of the authors (max. 250 words).
General Information
In general, each panel is 90 minutes long, contains 3 papers each of 15 minutes, leaving time for discussion. Papers should preferably be presented in English, although presentations in Spanish and Portuguese will be also considered.
We will provide more specific information on the structure of the panel sessions, which may differ from this model, nearer to the time.
Accepted papers and panels will be announced before the 1st of May 2018.
In case of any doubt, you can contact us at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Many thanks,
The PILAS Committee
Richard, Jo, Marta, Juliette, Luke and Jeremy
Postgraduates in Latin American Studies
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