NCCLA invites proposals for panels, round tables, and papers from all disciplines that address the conference theme. Interdisciplinary and comparative analyses are most welcome. Proposals may focus on any region and may be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Teaching panels concerning pedagogical strategies, teaching and learning methods, and in-class or long distance innovative approaches are especially invited.
The conference will feature a variety of special events in honor of NCCLA’s 40th anniversary including a keynote address by Dr. Roderick Ai Camp (Claremont McKenna College).
Indigenous and Afro-Latin American Organizations
Proposals (250-300 word abstracts) must be submitted by July 15, 2006. Please enclose a cover sheet stating professional affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of each participant. Please also state need for audiovisual support. E-mail submissions are encouraged.
Graduate and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to participate. Up to six student travel grants of up to $150 each are available. Grants are for full-time students who are not professionally employed. An application can be found at:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/nccla/awards.html.
Conference presenters are eligible for NCCLA Research and Teaching Awards (see following).
Send abstracts and proposals to:
Seth Meisel, NCCLA Program Chair 2006
Department of History
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Whitewater, WI 53910
Phone: 262.472.5149
Fax: 262.472.1372
meisels@uww.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/nccla/index.html
NCCLA Research and Teaching Awards
In order to promote good scholarship and to recognize the accomplishments of our members, the Executive Committee of the NCCLA voted in 1984 to institute a program of annual cash awards for work in three areas of scholarship. The amounts of these awards are subject to annual approval by the Executive Committee; it is expected that prizes will be awarded every year in all categories where materials have been submitted for presentation at the conference except when compelling reasons can be shown for not doing so. Only conference participants are eligible to submit materials for consideration.
Every effort will be made by the Awards Committee to announce the winners of awards at the annual meeting. Those individuals who want their work considered should submit it to the Awards Committee (via the Program Chair) by October 1, 2006 as an email (Word) attachment.
The following awards are available:
The Raquel Kersten Professional Research Award
A $150 award may be given for a research work dealing with Latin American Studies in any relevant academic area. Papers will be judged first, as to their contribution to new knowledge of Latin America, secondly, on the thoroughness and appropriateness of research and methodology, and thirdly, on the style or form of presentation. Papers may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese and must be unpublished when submitted.
Professional Teaching Award
A $150 award may be given for an effort in the field of teaching Latin American Studies. This effort can entail the development of audio-visual materials, curriculum materials, theoretical or practical papers, or any other project designed to improve the teaching of Latin American Studies. Projects may be directed towards the primary, secondary or university level, or for the education of the general public.
Student Research Award
A $150 award may be given to a research paper submitted by a student currently enrolled at an institution of higher education. Papers will be judged on the same basis as the professional research awards.
