Subject: interdisciplinary approaches to latin america

crossing boundaries : interdisciplinary approaches to latin america 29th june - 2nd july 1999 call for papers this international conference aims to explore some of the contemporary cultural debates taking place about latin america and to draw together the various strands of those debates in a multidisciplinary forum . papers might consider the various issues around modernization , hybridity , or transculturation as they apply to various fields of study . papers would be welcome in any of the following fields : cultural studies , literature ( particularly those looking at trends in contemporary narrative including neo-avantgarde and popular fiction ) , drama studies , cinema , gender studies , popular culture , comparative literature , anthropology , ethnography , sociology , linguistics , economics , politics and / or law . symposia proposed so far include ' exile : the latin american experience ' , ' indigenismo & negrismo ' , ' u . s . & latin america ' . papers should be no longer than 20 minutes . abstracts of no more than 200 words in english , spanish or portuguese should be sent , preferably by email , to the conference organisers ( see below ) , department of languages and cultural studies , university of limerick , ireland by the 31st of january 1999 . conference organizers nuala finnegan , kate quinn , nancy serrano , department of languages and cultural studies , university of limerick , limerick , ireland . tel . 353 61 202700 fax : 353 61 330316 email : nuala . finnegan @ ul . ie , kate . quinn @ ul . ie , nancy . serrano @ ul . ie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - for updates etc . , please visit our webpage : http : / / www . ul . ie / ~ neylonm / conf . html mr . michele j . neylon , department of language & cultural studies , university of limerick , limerick , ireland tel . 353-61 - 202670 http : / / www . ul . ie / ~ neylonm / index . html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
