Proposal Submission Deadline extended to May 31, 2011

Venue: Palace of the Former College of Medicine in the “Centro Histórico” of Mexico City

Plenary addresses by Dra. Alicia Mayer González, Director of the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas (UNAM) Dr. Paul Freston, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) and Professor for Graduate Studies in Sociology at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Brasil)

An International Colloquium co-sponsored by

Conference on Faith and History Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la UMSNH Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana Institute for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education (IAPCHE)

We invite those interested in the history of Protestantism in the American contintents to propose full panels or individual papers that relate to the colloquium theme by March 31, 2011. (We may be able to accept other topics; our goal is to include participants with a variety of interests, including CFH members who are not Latin Americanists. In some cases, we will organize panels that include North American and Latin American members.)

Panel topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:
History of Protestantism
Religion and Identities in the Americas
Protestantism and the teaching of History
Protestantism and Education
Methodological Considerations in the study of Protestantism
Protestants in Social, Political and University Student Movements
The Americanization (broadly defined) of Protestantism
Critical Issues in the Teaching of Inter-American or Pan-American themes

Other features of the program will include:
- Group tours that will enrich your understanding of Mexico and your teaching of history [possibilities include Teotihuacán, el Zócalo and el Palacio Nacional (Diego Rivera murals), Museum of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH)] - Vocation track: Lectures and discussions exploring our roles as Christian academics, designed particularly to encourage and challenge the younger Latin American students in attendance - Pedagogy track: Round table discussions on teaching critical issues in pan-American issues like colonial empires, Mexican-American War, the Mexican Revolution, immigration, etc.

We invite proposals for individual papers or entire panels – including on other topics related to the central conference theme – and we particularly encourage thematic panels that bring together scholars from North and Latin America. (Note: The committee will also work to match up individual papers in order to create such inter-American panels where practical.)

To submit a paper (or entire panel) in English, email Ron Morgan at rxm03c@acu.edu or/and Lourdes de Ita loudeita@yahoo.com.mx by May 31, 2011, if at all possible. Please include the following information:

a) Author name(s) and institution(s) of affiliation
b) Email address(es)
c) Paper title (or panel title with individivual paper titles)
d) 200-300 word abstract of each paper

The committee is receiving proposals in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The selection committee will review all proposals and inform each author about acceptance or non-acceptance. We are requesting that each paper (full text) be emailed to the committee by August 15, 2011, so that it can be included in the digitalized “Conference Memorial” that will be provided to each participant in October. Please send your paper with the following formatting: Times New Roman 12, double spaced. While individual presentation time will be limited to 20 minutes, it is permissible to send a full-text paper that exceeds that limit. We simply request that you make your oral presentation from an edited version which keep the presentation to within 20 minutes. Each participant should inform the organizing committee if she or he will require the use of a digital projector for the presentation.

Organizing Committee:
Daniel Miller (Calvin College) MILL@calvin.edu
Ron Morgan (Abilene Christian University) rxm03c@acu.edu
Carlos Mondragón (FES Iztacala, UNAM) ftl_mexico@yahoo.com.mx
Lourdes de Ita (IIH/UMSNH) loudeita@yahoo.com.mx