Guaranteed session of the of Colonial Latin American Forum

What can the study of African/Afro-descendent culture in colonial Brazil teach us about its presence elsewhere? Papers on the African presence in Brazil in isolation, connection, or comparison to other areas of colonial Latin America. Send one-page abstract and cv to Lisa Voigt at voigt.25@osu.edu

CFP

2018 MLA Convention

Collaborative Session: GEMELA and Colonial Latin American Forum

As is known, misogynist scholarly and ecclesiastical practices challenged women’s cultural

production in seventeenth-century New Spain. Nevertheless, inconsistencies and insecurities

weakened gendered discourses, and women found ways to make their voices h…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Here is the list of activities sponsored by the Colonial Latin American forum, MLA 2017.

We hope to see you there!

Colonial Latin American Studies

<span data-term=”goog_370016640″>Thursday, 5 January</span>, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Grand Ballroom Salon I, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the forum LLC Colonial Latin A…[Read more]

Colonial Latin America Forum/ Proposed panels for MLA 2017—Philadelphia, Jan 5-8.
Colonial ethnographies

This panel seeks papers on colonial ethnographic discourse in the context of Spanish imperialism. Numerous colonial texts engage in the description and interpretation of indigenous cultures, dealing with the complexities of transferring i…[Read more]

Dear Members,

The Forum for Colonial Latin American Literatures cordially wishes to invite you to the following events at MLA 2016. We hope to see you all very soon!

Best wishes,

Nicolás Wey Gómez

Colonial Texts and Communities of Readers

Friday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 209, JW Marriott

Happy Hour, Colonial Latin American Lit…[Read more]

“Circulating Spanish and European Texts in Colonial Latin America,” Angelica Duran, Purdue University.

I seek to nuance our understanding and appreciation the history of textual presence of both Iberian-Spanish canonical literature specifically and also European canonical literature more generally in Colonial Latin America. In the first hal…[Read more]

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Caribbean Studies 2016-2017

Critical Caribbean Studies at Rutgers, in collaboration with the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, is pleased to announce a one-year competitive postdoctoral fellowship for a humanities or social science scholar pursuing research in Caribbean Studies. Scholars…[Read more]