INFORMATION ABOUT TRAVEL, ACCOMODATION, AND MEALS

The conference will be held at Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, Largo da Porta Férrea - 3004-530 Coimbra (click here for the map of the location). In this post you will find useful information concerning travel, accomodation, and meals, which you will be able to download in Word format. If you experience any problems downloading these documents, please contact us at gradconf2012@gmail.com.


To download detailed travel information, please click here.

For information concerning accomodation at Coimbra, please click here.

Finally, for information related to meals (cafeterias, restaurants, etc.), please click here.


For any further information, please contact us at our regular e-mail. Thank you! 

THANK YOU

Thank you to all who have submitted abstracts for the conference! We are very pleased with the response to our “Call for Papers,” as we have received numerous proposals from all over the world, covering the most diverse areas and topics.

Please note that acceptance of papers for presentation does not necessarily imply acceptance for publication. Essays for the anthology will be selected after the conference; more information about this volume will be posted on our weblog in September.

Until then, please confirm your participation via e-mail and… enjoy the Summer!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Please, click here to download the conference registration form.
[File - Download As - Microsoft Word 97-2003 (.doc)]
If you experience any problems downloading this document, please contact us at gradconf2012@gmail.com.


New Deadline for Regular Registration: 30th September 2012


CONFERENCE FEES

                                              Regular Registration             Late Registration
                                              BEFORE                                 AFTER
                                              September 30th 2012              September 30th 2012

Non-students                              50€                                          60€

Students (presenting a                30€                                          40€
paper / participating in
a roundtable)
Membros Rede UC

Students (NOT presenting         10€                                           15€
a paper / NOT participating
in a roundtable)


The registration fee includes conference materials, certificate of attendance, and coffee breaks.

Conference participants will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements.

Useful information about travel, accommodations, and meals will be made available on our weblog in August 2012. In the meantime, if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at: gradconf2012@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in November!

FACEBOOK PAGE & EVENT

We have created a Facebook Page for our Conference; you can find it here: http://www.facebook.com/InternationalGraduateConferenceCoimbra2012

We have also created a Facebook Event for our Conference, where you can find news, updates, etc. We invite you to join this event, and we would also like to ask you to invite your friends, colleagues, and whoever you think might be interested!

This is the direct link for the Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/357010584362107/

NEW DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS

The deadline for submission of proposals has been altered to July 1st 2012.

Applicants will be notified by July 8th 2012.


Please send all proposals to our e-mail: gradconf2012@gmail.com.

PUBLICATION: ANTHOLOGY OF SELECTED ESSAYS

We are pleased to announce that conference papers will be selected and edited into an anthology of essays to be published online (print copies may be available on demand).

Information regarding deadlines for submission and edition guidelines will be announced as soon as possible.

INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE CONFERENCE - CFP

Characterized by a multiplicity of approaches and an intrinsic interdisciplinary nature, English and American Studies have long stood as crucial and prolific academic fields, not only for their ability to intersect different areas of knowledge and transgress intellectual boundaries, but also for their concern about the political and cultural challenges posed by a globalized society. In a time of crisis such as our own, marked by anxieties over war, terrorism, and the economy, we are however forced to ask: how do English and American Studies matter in our particular context? As critical discourses, what power do they own? In what ways can our scholarly discourses cope with the present culture, marked as it is by financial deprivation, professional uncertainty, and political instability? In other words, as young scholars, how do we understand and position our study and research? Can this crisis be, in any sense, productive of meaning and what tools do English and American Studies have to make sense of it?

Aware of the need to explore how the Humanities in general, and English and American Studies in particular, relate to the current state of affairs, we welcome interdisciplinary contributions and critical reflections capable of sparking an open debate. Proposals from graduate students and early career scholars for 20-minute presentations are invited; papers can address, but are not limited to, the following areas:

-        English and American Literature

-        Comparative Literature and Culture

-        Ethnicity and National Identities

-        Postcolonial Studies

-        Visual Studies

-        Media and Communication Studies

-        Cultural Studies

-        Women’s Studies

-        Gender and Queer Studies

-        Language and Linguistics

Students who are beginning to pursue their MA or PhD degrees are also welcome to participate in our roundtables, where research projects can be briefly introduced and discussed (max. 10 minutes). Our aim is to provide an informal setting based on cross institutional collaboration, so as to enable dialogues about current research projects and future working life.

The conference will be held in English.

Abstracts for presentations should be limited to 300 words, and be accompanied by the author’s name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.

Students wishing to participate in roundtables should send a summary (100 words) of the topic they wish to discuss, along with the author’s name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.

Paper proposals and roundtable summaries should be sent to our e-mail address at gradconf2012@gmail.com.

July 1st, 2012: Deadline for submission (a confirmation e-mail will be sent).

July 8th, 2012: Notifications regarding proposals and summaries.

September 30th, 2012: Deadline for Regular Registration.

Conference Fees

	BEFORE July 31st 2012	AFTER July 31st 2012
Non-students	50€	60€
Students (presenting a paper / participating in a roundtable)	30€	40€
Students (NOT presenting a paper / NOT participating in a roundtable)	10€	15€

Organizing Committee

Cláudia Pinto (Ph.D. candidate in American Studies – University of Coimbra)

Marta Mancelos (Ph.D. candidate in American Studies – University of Coimbra)

Marta Soares (Ph.D. candidate in American Studies – University of Coimbra)

Maria José Canelo (Assistant Professor at the Anglo-American Studies Section – University of Coimbra)

Santi Poliandri (Ph.D. candidate in Languages and Heterodoxies – CES/University of Coimbra)