Final Call for Papers/ Deadline March 15, 2008
XIX Annual Symposium on Modern Languages
April 30- May 2, 2008
Edinburg, Texas
The University of Texas Pan American announces the XIX Annual Symposium on Modern Languages to be held April 30- May 2, 2008 on the UTPA campus in Edinburg, Texas. The symposium theme this year will be Border Walls and Border Mirrors: Literature, Language, and Culture on the US-Mexico Border. Invited speakers includeCristina Rivera Garza, Socorro Tabuenca Cordoba, and Josiah Heyman.Featured art exhibition: Muros Fronterizos by Alejandro Rosales Lugo.
Individual papers and organized panels are invited. Topics relating to any aspect of literature, language, and culture on or about the border are welcome. We particularly encourage works on Cristina Rivera Garza, Socorro Tabuenca, and the recent border wall initiatives.
Papers may be in English or Spanish. All submissions must include the following: name, affiliation, electronic address, paper title, and short abstract (not to exceed one page). Extended Deadline March 15, 2008. Send abstracts to: martinezg@utpa.edu.
A selection of papers from the symposium will be published in a special issue of Rio Bravo: A Journal of Borderlands.
Sponsored by:
Department of Modern Languages and Literature
Program in Latin American Studies
Program in Women's Studies
College of Arts and Humanities
Integrated Global Knowledge and Understanding Center of Academic Excellence
Office of International Programs
University of Texas Pan American
