Call for Papers: Lusophone and Hispanic Visions, Constructions of Power and the Power of Construction
Friday the 9th and 10th of April 2021
The University of Kansas Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies invites comparative papers about Lusophone and Hispanic cultures that provide a forum for the conversation that generates when the aforementioned is examined. A variety of perspectives are encouraged, such as: social critique, (de)colonial studies, self-expression, queer theory, and other epistemologies. This is an invitation to analyze the formative nature of power and attempt to respond to “what is the power of construction?” and “What is the construction of power?” when applied to the self, community, and/or nation. Comparative papers with other focuses are also welcome.
Possible Topics Include:
- Arts and politics
- Institutions of/with power
- Periphery and center
- The Pandemic and the arts
- Introspective approaches: Vices and Virtues
- Failed conditions: Nation or self
- Modes of communication: Power of expression
- “Queerscape” power: Land and/or mind
- Transformation
- Territorial condition: Colonizing/Decolonizing practices
- The human psyche
They invite abstract submissions of 250-450 words in English, Portuguese and Spanish to graspkuspan@ku.edu.
Last date to submit will be March 19, 2021.
Keynote Speakers will be:
- Dr. Robert Newcomb - Professor of Luso-Brazilian studies and Latin American Literatures-UC Davis (04/09)
- Dr. Leila Lehnen - Associate Professor and Department Chair of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies-Brown University (04/10)
For questions, please e-mail Dr. Luciano Tosta at lucianotosta@ku.edu and Manuel Rodriguez at mjdrodrig@ku.edu
