Wake Forest University: Conference on Spanish and Hispanic American Poetry

Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC
April 9 - 10, 2010

Suggested Topics:

Poetry and society
Poetry and politics
Poetry of all Periods
Poetry and intertextuality
Bilingual poetry
Poetry and translation
Hispanic and Chicano poetry
Poetry and History

Chairs: Candelas Gala and Kathryn Mayers

Abstracts should be no more than a page and should include paper title, affiliation, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Presentations should be limited to 20 minutes.

Proposals for panels/sessions should include title, a brief explanation of the session, the title of each presentation and the above information for each participant. (By attachment)

Participants may either present a paper or participate in one of the poetry readings. Participants in the poetry readings should send copy of their publications, and title of books published. (By mail)

Papers may be read (and abstracts submitted) in Spanish or English and sent to Candelas Gala at:

Candelas Gala
Wake Forest University
Department of Romance Languages
7566 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
email: galacs@wfu.edu
phone: (336)758-5485

Deadline for abstracts/samples of poetry: March 1, 2010.

Registration fee: $80 due upon acceptance. It includes Friday reception, Saturday breakfast, coffee breaks and banquet.

Website: http://www.wfu.edu/romancelanguages/poesia/