How have individual and collective identities in Latin America been shaped by the great changes through which the region has gone since the conquest? This interdisciplinary conference seeks to answer this question through an examination of popular and elite perceptions and self-perceptions and the ways in which Latin American subjects have been represented in literature.

Keynote Speakers:

• Debra Castillo, Cornell University
• John Chasteen, University of North Carolina

Rosza Centre, University of Calgary
9:00 am - 5:00 pm, 30 and 31 January 2004