<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Blanca Tovias</b> <<a href="mailto:Blanca.Tovias@unsw.edu.au">Blanca.Tovias@unsw.edu.au</a>><br>Date: Dec 19, 2005 6:17 PM
<br>Subject: UPDATE: Hyperworld: Language, Culture and History (6/30/06; 9/27/06-9/29/06)<br>To: <a href="mailto:cfp@english.upenn.edu">cfp@english.upenn.edu</a><br><br></span>UPDATE: Hyperworld: Language, Culture and History (6/30/06; 9/27/06-9/29/06)
<br><br>VII International Conference of the Association of Iberian and Latin<br>American Studies of Australasia (AILASA<br><br>Hyperworld: Language, Culture and History<br>27-29 September 2006<br>University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
<br><br>The 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quijote in 2005<br>reminds us of the enduring importance of language, not merely as a<br>tool for communication, but as the means to define culture, identity<br>and nation. In the early 21st century, a period of hyper-technology,
<br>post-nationalism, and the domination of transnational media, culture<br>and economy have become fused, as it were, and capitalist<br>globalisation tends towards the mercantilisation and privatisation of<br>all aspects of human experience. Under these conditions, how do we
<br>talk about language, culture and history in the Lusophone and<br>Hispanophone worlds?<br><br>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br><br>Papers and proposals for sessions or panels are invited. Abstracts of<br>200 words due 30 June 2006.
<br><br>While the conference invites proposals linked to these questions,<br>contributions on any theme concerning the Hispanophone and Lusophone<br>worlds are invited from academics, students, activists, artists,<br>NGOs, and government agencies.
<br><br>Full papers for publication in Conference Proceedings CD Rom due 30 June 2006.<br><br>Papers will also be published in a special issue of Portal (UTS<br>online refereed journal). Submissions clearly marked "AILASA Issue"
<br>to be lodged electronically by 30 June 2006 to:<br><br>URL:<br><<a href="http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/portal/">http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/portal/</a>><a href="http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/portal/">
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/portal/</a><br><br>Paul Allatson, <<a href="http://Paul.Allatson-at-uts.edu.au">Paul.Allatson-at-uts.edu.au</a>>; or Wayne Peake,<br>Editors, Portal Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies.
<br><br>Conference Convener:<br><br>Dr Jeff Browitt (Latin American Studies, University of Technology, Sydney)<br><br>Jeffrey.Browitt_at_uts.edu.au<br><br>For more details see: <a href="mailto:ailasa2006@yahoo.com.au">ailasa2006@yahoo.com.au
</a><br><br>Dr. Jeff Browitt<br>Head, Latin American Studies<br>Institute for International Studies<br>University of Technology, Sydney<br>PO Box 123<br>Broadway NSW 2007<br>Sydney, Australia<br><br>Tel: +61 2 9514 9813<br>
<br>Fax +61 2 9514.1578<br><br>--<br>Blanca Tovias<br>School of History<br>University of New South Wales<br>Sydney, NSW 2052<br><br>Tel: ++61 2 9385 1614<br><br> ==========================================================
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