Conference on Spanish and Hispanic American Poetry WFU

Call for Papers Closed

Conference on Spanish and Hispanic American Poetry

Winston-Salem, NC

April 9 to 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/