The Fifth Congress of the Americas is being held at University of the Americas-Puebla, in Puebla, Mexico, on October 18-20, 2001. Presenters will be converging on the city from throughout Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Asia. The program and panels tend to be both multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary, and panels and individual papers may either explore aspects of the conference theme, "Civil Society in the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities"; this strand will explore various aspects of Garcia Marquez, Super Realism, or the Latin Tradition.

Examples of topics might include: myths and legends, fusing reality and magic in literature, political and/or social and/or economic problems in Latin America. Participants might examine Marquez's use of home, family, traditions, etc.

See the web page at www.udlap.mx/congress for additional information about the congress, the old and charming city of Puebla, registration. You may register on line:

www.udlap.mx/congress

The deadline for submitting papers and panels is June 1, 2001, though proposals, in English, for individual papers should be received earlier to allow for the organization of appropriate sessions.

The participate, submit a 150-200 word abstract via e-mail [include an attachment in English as well as a pasted copy of the abstract, please], to the area chair, Mike Schoenecke, in the English Department at Texas Tech University, MKSchoene@aol.com.