A R E N A
Association for Research in Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas

ARENA, a new international organization, invites proposals for a symposium focusing on nationalism and national identity in the Americas. Our symposium will be open to a wide range of subjects and methodologies involving all nations of the Americas, but we are especially interested in comparative, transnational approaches to subjects of particular relevance to the formation of nations in the Americas:

• The Americas and the trans-Atlantic exchange of ideas and models
• Independence and liberation movements
• Nation-building and state construction: integration, unification, ethnic autonomy, and secession
• Nationalism and national identity in multi-ethnic immigrant nations
• Nationalism as a plural and contested identity
• The American nations of the New Millennium: plurality, sexual diversity, multiculturalism, democracy and recognition

Deadline: February 21, 2005 (preliminary round).
Final Deadline: September 15, 2005.
Send proposals of 500 words (English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French) and a curriculum vitae to: ARENA@sc.edu

Coordinators:

• Don H. Doyle, University of South Carolina, USA don.doyle@sc.edu
• Natividad Gutiérrez Chong, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, nativid@servidor.unam.mx
• Marco Antonio Villela Pamplona, Universidade Federal Fluminense e Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. pamplona@rdc.puc-rio.br

For further information on ICA 52, see: http://www.52ica.com/index.html

For further information on ARENA, see the following web address.

Spanish and Portuguese versions of this announcement also at the ARENA site.