The University of Minho, through its Department of English and North-American Studies (DEINA), is pleased to announce the 38th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies, which will take place in Braga, between 27 and 29 April 2017. Following the format that was introduced in 2016, it is now opening its call for papers and panels in a range of subjects in Anglo-American studies.
We look forward to receiving paper and panel proposals in the academic areas which are currently part of Anglo-American Studies, including (but not restricted to): Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Post-colonial Studies, Performance, Film and Theatre studies, Gender and Sexuality studies, Translation Studies, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language teaching and methodology, Multilingualism. Proposals for panels, put together around a common theme or research domain, are particularly welcome. We also welcome papers and panels on other Anglophone studies, such as Canadian, Irish, Scottish, etc.
If you are interested in any of the following thematic panels, we invite you to send your proposals mentioning the panel you would like to be included in:
A selection of papers will be published.
Abstracts of 250 words in English or in Portuguese should include name of the speaker institutional affiliation and position, full title of paper, format and a short biographical note and contact details should be sent to the conference email: apeaa2017@ilch.uminho.pt
Plenary Speakers:
Ethan Johnson (Portland State University) - CV
Carlos Azevedo (FLUP)
Séan Crosson (NUI Galway) - CV
Irma Taavitsainen (Universtiy of Helsinki) – CV
Cecilia Alvstad (University of Oslo) – CV
Organizing Committee Margarida Esteves Pereira Ana Gabriela Macedo Maria Filomena Louro Jaime Costa Joanne Paisana João Jorge Pereira Francesca Rayner Isabel Ermida Paula Guimarães Fernando Ferreira Alves Ana Carvalho Maria Amélia Carvalho |
Scientific Committee Margarida Esteves Pereira Ana Gabriela Macedo Maria Filomena Louro Teresa Botelho Jaime Costa Joanne Paisana João Jorge Coelho Francesca Rayner Isabel Ermida Paula Guimarães Fernando Ferreira Alves |
CEHUM: http://ceh.ilch.uminho.pt
DEINA: http://deina.ilch.uminho.pt/
Important Dates (Extended deadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2017):
Deadline for panel, workshops, individual papers and graduate roundtables and posters sessions: 31 January 2017
Acceptance confirmation by 15 February 2017
Registration Fee:
Early Bird – 30 March
APEAA members – 40 euros
Non-members – 90 euros
Late Registration – after 30 March
APEAA members – 60 euros
Non-members – 110 euros
APEAA student members (undergraduate, MA and PhD): 15 Euros
Conference dinner: Friday 28 April 2017 (20€)
Venue: Restaurante Panorâmico Universidade do Minho
Those who want to come to the conference dinner please register in this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmXGL8t885reyGOSc3xwlpGn6HTH1XIg6eCI6UBncYgjDMJg/viewform
NOTE: please do not pay the dinner together with the conference fees by bank transfer. The dinner should be paid at the conference reception desk, during the event only.
Transport Accomodation About the City
Margarida Pereira:
E-mail: apeaa2017@ilch.uminho.pt
CEHUM:
E-mail: ceh@ilch.uminho.pt
Phone number: (+351) 253 60 41 85
Centro de Estudos Humanísticos
Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal