The symposium will be the first biannual meeting of a proposed Colonial American Studies Organization (CASO) which is intended to provide a forum for intellectual exchange on all matters pertinent to the interdisciplinary study of the colonial Americas.

This symposium will provide an opportunity to discuss new research areas, methodologies, archival resources, pedagogical issues, and collaborative opportunities in colonial studies across the Americas.

FEATURED SPEAKERS: Rolena Adorno - Yale University - Literature Frank Salomon- University of Wisconsin - Anthropology James Lockhart - UCLA - History Luis Millones - Universidad de San Marcos, Lima - Ethnography Martin Lienhard - Universität Zürich - Writing and orality