LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS

Suggested topics:

• Representations of Latin America on the US
• North/South: appropriations, looting & influences
• Mass Culture / Pop / Globalization
• Latin American readings of the US
• Politics of the Empire / Colonialisms / Hegemony
• Latin Amercian and Iberic Studies inside the American Academia
• Borders / Travel writings
• Migration / Exile / Diaspora
• Bilingualism / Spanglish / Slangs & jergas
• Latinos in the US
• Races & ethnicities / Gringos & Spiks

Representaciones de Latinoamérica en los Estados Unidos
Norte / Sur: préstamos, contrabando e influencias
Cultura de masas / Pop / Globalización
Lecturas latinoamericanas de los Estados Unidos
Políticas del Imperio / Colonialismos / Hegemonía
La academia norteamericana
Los estudios latinoamericanos e hispánicos en US
Fronteras / Travel writings
Migraciones / Exilio / Diáspora
Latinos in the US
Bilingüismos / Spanglish / Slangs y jergas
Razas y etnias / Gringos y Spiks

This Conference will be held at the King Juan Carlos I Center, New York University, on Friday and Saturday, April 8th and 9th 2005

Keynote Speakers include:

Julio Ramos
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
(UC Berkeley)

José Quiroga
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
(Emory University)

Sylvia Molloy
Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities,
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
(NYU)

Please submit a one-page abstract in English, Spanish or Portuguese, with a separate title, page, stating name, address, e-mail and phone # by February 5th, 2005.