XXVII JUAN BRUCE-NOVOA MEXICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
Migration, Exile and Displacement to/from Mexico
February 16-18, 2023

****DEADLINE EXTENDED: Now closing November 14th, 2022****

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese at UC Irvine and UC-Mexicanistas announces the twenty-seventh annual Mexican Studies Conference to be held on February 16-18, 2023. This conference brings together academics from Mexico, the U.S., and other parts of the world who are conducting research on related themes.

This year’s conference will provide a forum to address past and current representations of exile, displacement and migration, with emphasis given to various forms of transnational belonging and activism.

We encourage submissions from across disciplines, including but not limited to: literary, visual, media and performance studies, as well as religious studies, history, anthropology, political and social sciences.

We are particularly, but not exclusively, interested in papers or panels that address the following themes:

Exile, exodus, relocation
Migration routes and narratives
Forms of belonging and exclusion
Queer migration
Gender and mobility
Race and Ethnicity
Transnational art and activism
Colonialism, slavery and forced displacement
Illness, contagion, restricted movement
Translation, circulation, networks
Borders, both physical and conceptual
Diaspora, memory and identity

We will also consider papers or panels that explore other related themes in Mexican literature and culture.

Papers should be written in either Spanish or English. Presentations are limited to no more than 20 minutes (8 pages double-spaced). If you are interested in reading an original paper, please submit a 200-word abstract electronically by the deadline of November 14th, 2022. Proposals should be submitted via Google forms: Click HERE to submit your ABSTRACT. Include the following information: name of participant, telephone number, email, affiliation, academic status, title of the presentation, abstract and short-bio. If you have problems with the submission process, please email: ucimexconf@gmail.com

The selection committee will respond to all proposals by Friday, December 9, 2022.

REGISTRATION
This year’s conference fees will be:
$55 USD for students and independent scholars
$65 USD for faculty until January 15, 2023.
Afterward, the cost will be $65 and $75 respectively.

If you have questions, please contact us at: ucimexconf@gmail.com
Alternatively, please reach out to Professors:
Jacobo Sefamí (jsefami@uci.edu)
Viviane Mahieux (vmahieux@uci.edu)

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DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
322 Humanities Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5275
Office: (949) 824-6901

CALL FOR PAPERS

XXVIII Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies Conference

CARE AND REPAIR

Please confirm your assistance by Feb. 20, 2024

© MAGALI LARA Coraza 3 de la serie Coraza, 2018

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese at U.C. Irvine and U.C. Mexicanistas announce the twenty-eight Mexican Studies Conference to be held on April 18-20, 2024. This conference brings together academics from Mexico, the U.S., and other parts of the world who are conducting research on related themes.

This year’s conference will provide a forum to address past and current representations of Care and Repair. We encourage submissions from across disciplines, including but not limited to literary, gender, visual, media and performance studies, as well as religious studies, history, anthropology, political and social sciences. We are particularly, but not exclusively, interested in papers or panels that address the following themes:

Violence and Contradictions of Care
Abolition and Reparations
Memory, Trauma, and Testimony
Immigration and Care / Migrant Forms of Care
Radical Listening, Buscadoras, Witnessing
Motherhood/Parenting/Family and Kinship
Pedagogies of Care and Repair
Disability, Crip, and Mad Studies
Afro-Mexican and Indigenous Forms of Care
Repair, Restoration and Memory
Experimental Forms of Repair
Environmental Care / Care for the Environment
(Caring for) The irreparable, the Unheard, the Disappeared

Queer Care
Self-care as Resistance
Spaces of Care
Alternative Care
Ethics of Care
Care and Collectivity
Health/Medical Humanities
Invisible Labor
Minoritized Forms of Care
Post-pandemic Care
Justice and Healing
Care and Activism

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Magali Lara & Mariana Mora
Sara Poot-Herrera
Ignacio Sánchez Prado

GUIDELINES

Papers and presentations for the conference may be in either Spanish or English. Presentations have a maximum length of 20 minutes, equivalent to approximately 8 double-spaced pages.

If you would like to present a proposal, please submit a 200-word abstract by the deadline of January 16, 2024. Abstracts should be submitted electronically via this Google Form: Click HERE to submit your ABSTRACT. The abstract submission should include: your name, telephone number, email, information about any required accommodations, academic status and affiliation, the title of your presentation, a 200-word abstract, and a short-bio. If you have problems with the submission process, please email: ucimexconf@gmail.com.

The selection committee will respond to all proposals by Friday, February 9, 2024.

Please confirm your assistance by Feb. 20, 2024.

REGISTRATION

This year’s conference fees will be:

$55 US DLLS for students and independent scholars
$65 US DLLS for faculty until March 20, 2024.
Afterward, the cost will be $65 and $75 respectively.

If you have questions, please contact:
UCI Mexicanistas (ucimexconf@gmail.com)
Jacobo Sefamí (jsefami@uci.edu)
Viviane Mahieux (vmahieux@uci.edu)

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