CALL FOR PAPERS 70th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies(SECOLAS) Antigua, GuatemalaMarch 22-26, 2023 Proposal Submission Deadline: November 1, 2022 Submit your abstract at this link. The Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) is pleased to announce a call for paper and panel abstract submissions Read more…
A very quick update about the 2023 annual meeting. We are working to finalize contracts with vendors and accommodations in Antigua, Guatemala. It has taken longer than expected. That said, we have honed in on three possible weekends to hold the conference in March 2023. The panels would be held Read more…
Presenters at the March 2022 SECOLAS meeting are encouraged to submit their papers for possible publication in The Latin Americanist Annals issue. The Annals edition is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal issue published by the University of North Carolina Press in behalf of SECOLAS, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Read more…
For our graduate students who presented at the meeting in Charlotte, please submit your conference paper for the Moseley and Brown competitions. The Edward H. Moseley Award is presented annually to the graduate student and SECOLAS member who has presented the best graduate student paper at the current year’s meeting. Read more…
The 69th annual meeting has officially concluded. Thank you very much to all participants who joined us in person and virtually. SECOLAS hopes the occasion was productive intellectually and socially. We look forward to seeing everyone next year in Antigua, Guatemala.
37. K-12 Teacher Workshop: “Demystifying Haitian Vodou” Location: Wine Room Organizer: Duke-UNC Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Moderator: Corin Zaragoza, Duke-UNC Consortium Presenter: Crystal Eddins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 38. Youth, Gender, and Class Subjectivities in Latin American Film and Fiction Location: Churchill Room Chair: Maya Read more…
33. Round Table: ¡Celebra Latinx!: Celebrating Latinx Culture with a Spanish Reading Program Location: Wine Room Organizer: Mauricio Hernandez, Duke University Laura Andrade, Duke University Olivia Bond, Duke University Melody Gao, Duke University Discussant: Ofelia Lopez, Duke University 34. The Body and Violence in Latin American Latin American Literature and Read more…
29. Art, Race, and Intersectionality in Early Modern Latin America and the Caribbean (1500-1800)–Part II Location: Wine Room The Cult of St. Anthony of Padua in Colonial Yucatán: The Intersection of Assimilation to Appropriation C. Cody Barteet, Western University Composing the World in Spanish Colonial Painting Ana Girard, University of Read more…
25. Art, Race, and Intersectionality in Early Modern Latin America and the Caribbean (1500-1800)–Part I Location: Wine Room Afro-Latin Art History: Identity, Representation, and Intersectionality Brisa Marie Smith Flores, University of California, Los Angeles Reading Inhumanity in the Casta Paintings of New Spain Aubrey Hobart, Savannah College of Art and Read more…
21. Latin American Politics and Party Competition: Identification, Race, and Victimization Location: Wine Room Chair: Mary Rose Kubal, St. Bonaventure University District Selection and Racial Identity: Determinants for Voting in the Colombian Congress’ Black District Mateo Villamizar-Chaparro, Duke University Progressive Ideology and Support for Punitive Crime Policy: Experimental Evidence from Read more…