[Comedias] CFP: AHCT Annual Symposium!

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AHCT 30th Annual Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium,

February 27 - March 1, 2014

The 2014 AHCT Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium, featuring special events
to commemorate AHCT's 30th year, will take place February 27-March 1 in El
Paso, Texas. These dates coincide with the 2014 Golden Age Spanish Theater
Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial, scheduled to run February 26 -
March 2, 2014. Sessions will begin Thursday morning, February 27, and end
Saturday afternoon, March 1, 2014. The meeting of the officers of the AHCT
will take place Wednesday, February 26, 2014, from 9 am -12 noon, and the
meeting of the Board of Directors will take place that same day from
1:30-5:00 p.m.

Call for Papers. The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater particularly
encourages studies on all aspects of performance of Siglo de Oro dramatic
texts, though proposals for papers or special sessions at the annual
symposium on other topics related to Spanish Golden Age theater are welcome.
Papers should be 20 minutes in length, and may be delivered in Spanish or
English. To submit an abstract for the AHCT Symposium, fill out the AHCT
Symposium Abstract Submission Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vj-MnPeGa56jY_EboKAsdHr7wuXnaUG9vuTUWoS1jl
w/viewform> .

If you are a graduate student, after submitting your abstract through the
website, please also send your completed ten-page paper in Word to
gradsubmissions at comedias.org
<mailto:gradsubmissions at comedias.org?subject=AHCT%20Grad%20Student%20Submiss
ion> . This applies to all students, including those who have been invited
to be members of panels, whether organized by faculty members or others.
Graduate students whose papers are accepted for presentation will be
considered for the AHCT Everett W. Hesse Travel Grant. The submission form
will allow applicants to indicate any special equipment needs, as well as to
volunteer to help at the symposium. Conference participants who will be
using the projector for their presentations should plan on bringing their
own laptops. The deadline for receipt of all submissions (abstracts and
graduate student papers) is November 1, 2013; submitters will be informed of
their status by December 1, 2013.

Hotel Reservations. Note that the Symposium will take place at a new
location this year, the Hilton Garden Inn El Paso/University , 111 West
University Avenue, El Paso, 79902. A special conference rate is available to
AHCT symposium participants; the rate of $85 applies to
single/double/triple/quad rooms, or participants may select the $95
single/double/triple/quad rate and receive a hot buffet breakfast for up to
two people in the room. All rates are subject to a 17.5% tax. Parking is
complimentary. The group rate applies Tuesday, February 25 to Saturday,
March 1, 2014. Reservations may be made online or by calling the Hilton's
toll-free number, 877-782-9444, and providing AHCT's group reservation code
(forthcoming). Visit the hotel website
<http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/texas/hilton-garden-inn-el-pas
o-university-ELPGIGI/index.html> .

AHCT Conference Registration. You must be a member of the AHCT to register
for the conference. Current membership dues are $50 (or $90 for two years)
for faculty and $40 (or $70 for two years) for retired members and students.
The registration fee for the conference for all faculty attendees, as well
as for graduate students who are reading papers or participating in a
special session, is $125. A late fee of $25 is assessed if registration is
paid after January 30; a late fee of $50 applies for registrations after
February 13, 2014. Registration includes conference attendance, the annual
banquet of the AHCT, transportation to and from the Chamizal National
Memorial every evening for the Siglo de Oro Spanish Drama Festival, and
refreshments in the hospitality room after the theater performances. (Note:
a special registration rate of $40 applies to students who do not present
papers or attend the banquet. An additional $20 payable at the time of
registration purchases tickets for the banquet. The aforementioned late fees
also apply to auditor registration.)

 

 

Laura Vidler, Ph.D.

Program Director, Spanish

Associate Professor

Department of Foreign Languages

West Point, NY 10996

laura.vidler at usma.edu

+1 845-938-3748

 

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