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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Apologies for
cross posting. I would like to alert members to the next AILASA conference CFP.
We are particularly keen for submissions relating to cultural studies topics<br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">AILASA 2012 Conference Announcement </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><a href="http://www.ailasa2012.ac.nz" target="_blank">http://www.ailasa2012.ac.nz</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">We’re pleased to announce details of the X
Biennial Conference of the Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of
Australasia (AILASA).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">AILASA 2012 conference is hosted by the
Victoria Institute for Links with Latin America (VILLA) at Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Conference Venue: Victoria University
School of Architecture and Design, 139 Vivian Street, Wellington, New Zealand</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Dates: Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 July 2012</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Conference Theme</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">The theme for the 2012 conference is Centring
the Margins: Reconfiguring the Map of Knowledge in Humanities and Sciences in
the Iberian and Latin American Worlds.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Possible topics for papers might include,
but are not restricted to, the following:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Perceptions and Misperceptions of the
“Periphery”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Peripheries and Globalisation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Globalisation in the Latin American and
Iberian Economies </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Politics and “Peripheries” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Literature and film relating to peripheral
perspectives, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Indigeneity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Sustainability and Resilience </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Mapping Knowledge Transfer in Technology
and the Sciences.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Historical Perspectives from the Margins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Transnational/regional Latin American
identity formation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Latin American cinematic co-productions and
transnational funding</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Testimonial and documentary expressions of
minority cultures</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Regional and Global Cultures</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Website: Information including the call for
papers and the opening of registration will be posted to the AILASA2012 website
as it becomes available <a href="http://www.ailasa2012.ac.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.ailasa2012.ac.nz</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Contact Us: For registrations of interest
and other enquiries, please visit the conference website or contact convenors Dr
Nicola Gilmour (<a href="mailto:nicola.gilmour@vuw.ac.nz" target="_blank">nicola.gilmour@vuw.ac.nz</a>) or Professor Warwick Murray (<a href="mailto:warwick.murray@vuw.ac.nz" target="_blank">warwick.murray@vuw.ac.nz</a>).</span></p>
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