Views and Visions: Perspectives in Iberian and Latin American Literatures - Tulane University

The Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana

October 9-10, 2009

Views and Visions: Perspectives in Iberian and Latin American Literatures

The Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association at Tulane University welcomes papers or panels in English, Spanish, or Portuguese that explore concepts of views and visions, which include but are not limited to the following: unusual or unreliable perspectives and points of view; texts that accompany images; visual spectacles and dramatic performances; texts that deal with sight, blindness, or distorted vision; writings about mystic visions, ecstasies, or dreams. The organizing committee seeks papers from all theoretical approaches pertinent to the studies of Peninsular, Transatlantic, and Latin American Literatures.

Keynote Speaker:
Rolena Adorno, Yale University
"The Inca Speaks English: The Comentarios reales First Appearance Outside Spanish, 1625"

Please send abstracts of 250 words for papers and panels in Microsoft Word format to viewsandvisions09@gmail.com. Please include your name, phone number, title, and institutional affiliation in your email. Individual presentations may be up to 20 minutes in length (7-8 pages, typed, double-spaced).

The deadline for abstract submissions is September 22, 2009.