[Comedias] CFP Deadline Extended

[Ivan Fernandez]

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Call for Papers- Women in the IBERO-AMERICAN ATLANTIC (1500-1800)

Feb 18-20, 2010

The Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW) at
the College of Charleston calls for papers on Women in the Iberian and
Latin American Atlantic World.  The conference will take place in
Charleston, South Carolina, from Feb. 18 to 20, 2010.  This
interdisciplinary conference welcomes papers on Spanish, Portuguese
and Latin American history, literature, cultural production, etc.  We
hope to examine questions such as: Who were the women that traveled
from the Iberian Peninsula to the New World or vice-versa? What ideas
did they bring with them? What influence did women who did not
physically travel have on the Atlantic world? What role did women play
in creating an Atlantic network? What can women's experience in the
Atlantic World tell us about the Atlantic cultural production,
literary exchanges, economy, race relations, religion, etc., between
1500 and 1800?

Three Keynote Speakers:

1. Lisa Vollendorf: Professor of Spanish, California State University
at Long Beach.

2. Allyson Poska, Professor of History, University of Mary
Washington.

3. Bianca Premo, Associate Professor of History, Florida International
University.

Logistics: The symposium will take place from Thursday to
Saturday. The three keynote speakers will each give a plenary talk. We
will also have 5 or 6 additional panels of select participants. This
symposium is open (and not limited) to professors of literature,
history, political science, anthropology, and sociology. We
particularly encourage new scholars and graduate students to submit
proposals. The format of the sessions will be roundtable
discussion. One month before the conference each participant will
submit their completed paper to be posted on a secure site. During the
session each participant will be allotted 10 minutes to discuss the
main points of their paper.  There will be a respondent for each
session and ample time for discussion. There is the possibility for a
volume of selected papers from the conference to be published in our
Carolina Atlantic World Series by the University of South Carolina
Press (For more info. see http://www.sc.edu/uscpress).

Charleston, South Carolina is a prime location for this conference.
It was a major city in the Atlantic World with strong connections to
Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean as well as other parts of North
America. South Carolina was also site of Santa Elena (1566-1587), the
northern most Spanish settlement during the colonial period and the
capital of La Florida Province.

Please submit one-page proposals in English and one-page c.v. to
Dr. Sarah E. Owens, Dept. of Hispanic Studies as an attachment to
owenss at cofc.edu by September 1, 2009.  For more info. on the CLAW
program visit www.cofc.edu/atlanticworld/

-- 
Ivan Fernández
ivan.fernandezpelaez at utoronto.ca