Call for Papers
Real Faces of Latin America and Latino/a Worlds
Third Annual La Crosse Area Latina/o Collaborative (LALAC)
Workshop on Teaching, Service
and Research
April 27-28, 2012
Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Keynote Speaker:
Bradley S. Epps
Harvard
University
How is diversity experienced in Latin America? How are diversity and inclusivity
experienced in the U.S. Latina/o communities? How do ethnicity and race intersect class, region,
gender, sexuality, and national origin?
This Teaching, Service, and Research Workshop explores
the intersection of these themes in the classroom, and how they affect U.S. citizens’
political imagination toward both the Latin American region and the Latina/o
community.
We look forward to sharing best practices in the classroom, sample syllabi
and learning modules, course materials, bibliographies, iPad applications for
teaching languages, diversity lessons and goals or any other relevant discussion.
Organizers encourage individual papers, panel and roundtable proposal
submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
· Representations of urban life in Literature,
Films and the Arts
· Fighting AIDS in Latin America
· LGBT movement in Latin America and among Latina/o populations
· Religious diversity and belief systems
· The African Diaspora narratives and national histories
· Uses of Internet in Latin America
· Representations of Latinas/os in the U.S.,
Europe, Asia, and Africa
· Teaching about and learning from diversity in
Latin America
· The role of the arts and music in nation
building
· Study Abroad Courses
· Intra Latin American immigration, and immigration
policies
· Social services policies
· Latinos in Europe
· Latin American perceptions of the United States
· Local response to Undocumented immigrant
population.
This workshop intends to:
- Strengthen ties within the
Latin American and Latino Studies community in South Western Wisconsin,
but also within neighboring states such as Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota.
- Share teaching ideas,
course content, and learning modules about topics relating to diversity in
Latin America and the Latino/a community
- Allow those with a
specific research interest in a particular Latin American topic to present
and receive feedback on a working paper or research project.
- Share experiences of
service learning and international education programs in Latin America
- Foster greater awareness
about the growing presence of Latina/o populations in Southwestern
Wisconsin, Southeastern Minnesota, and Northeastern Iowa.
- Encourage students
research projects presentations
The workshop is open to all interested CLACS Regional
Faculty Associates, secondary and post-secondary educators in Wisconsin and
adjacent states interested in Latin American, Latina/o studies. We welcome
scholars from various disciplines such as history, literature, art, social
sciences, social work, education, political science, as well as professionals
who do work in international studies with an emphasis on Latin America.
Selected papers focusing on teaching innovations and methodologies will be
included in a special issue of Analytic
Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, an on-line, peer-reviewed, academic
journal published out of Viterbo University (La Crosse, WI) dedicated to
exploring the deeper philosophical, political, social and ethical implications
of education.
The deadline for individual paper, presentation,
panel or roundtable (3 papers and 1 commentator, 150 word summary of
presentation): March 10, 2012.
Notification of acceptance will be forwarded on March 15, along with the final
conference program
Workshop Proposal Online Form
Registration: The $30 registration cost for
participants will cover conference costs, refreshments, dinner, continental
breakfast, and lunch. Reduced student registration cost of $15 to
cover cost of meals.
Out of town guests
should make reservations in a timely manner at a hotel of their choice and may
be able to obtain a special discount rate of $70 available through the
conference co-sponsor UW-La Crosse. Please use the tax-exempt state
business rate and use the code ES 40706. Please download the certificate
of tax exemption from this website: http://www.wisconsin.edu/fadmin/fppp/wis.htm
and select Appendix H
The
workshop is co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies program at Viterbo University, UW-La Crosse College of Liberal Studies and
Institute for Latina/o and Latin American Studies, and the UW-Milwaukee Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.