Conference Fee: $75

Hotel Rates: The Presidente Inter-Continental Hotel is offering a special all-inclusive daily hotel rate of $159 per single or $218 per double, (including all Mexican taxes - currently 18%). The hotel rate includes a deluxe room with an ocean view and all food and beverages and all service charges.

ALA symposia provide an opportunity for scholars to meet in an intimate setting, present papers, and share ideas and resources. The conference director welcomes proposals for papers or sessions focusing on the Gothic in American literature. The conference director encourages proposals for informal panel discussions, roundtables, etc. as well as the more traditional formal paper presentations. Possible topics include but are not limited to: the ghost story, American vampires and monsters, haunted houses, sources of terror, race and the Gothic, female Gothic, the interaction of Gothic and other literary modes.

Program space is very limited. Deadline for Proposals and Papers: September 15, 2002