Charlotte 2027
74th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies
The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City
Charlotte, NC
March 11-13, 2027
Proposal submission deadline: November 1, 2026
The Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) is pleased to announce a call for paper and panel abstract submissions for SECOLAS’s 74th Annual Meeting, to be held March 11-13, 2027, at the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City in Charlotte, NC.
SECOLAS invites faculty members, independent scholars, and students to submit panel andindividual paper proposals for participation in the conference.
SECOLAS welcomes submissions on any aspect of Latin American and/or Caribbean Studies.
Graduate student presenters will be eligible to submit their paper for the Breanna C. David Student Paper Award for the best paper presented at the SECOLAS meeting.
After the conference, all presenters will be eligible to submit their paper for publication consideration in the SECOLAS Annals issue of The Latin Americanist, an international, peer-reviewed journal published by SECOLAS.
* Please note that panels will run all-day Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 11, 12, and 13).
For the required conference registration and membership fees, please click below:
Note: Discounted rates apply to students, post-docs, contingent faculty, scholars based outside of the U.S., emeritus faculty, and K-12 educators. For more information on professional and discounted membership rates, click here.
SECOLAS 2027 Program Chairs:
Program Committee Chair:
Dr. Jürgen Buchenau
Department of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
jbuchenau@charlotte.edu
History and Social Sciences
Dr. José Luis Ramirez
Department of History
University of Illinois Chicago
jramir94@uic.edu
Literature and Cultural Studies
Dr. Ty West
Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
St. Mary’s College
twest@saintmarys.edu