Pacific Northwest Foco

Chican@ Studies Matters:  The Legacy of Chican@ Studies in Northern Aztlán 2012 Regional Conference

March 30-31, 2012
Washington State University, Pullman

Call for Submissions

The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Pacific Northwest Foco, with the Inland Northwest Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Alliance and the Pacific Northwest Center for Indigenous and Mestizo Research, requests paper and panel proposals for its regional conference to be held at the Center for Undergraduate Education at Washington State University, Pullman.

Interdisciplinary papers, panels and workshops that address the following topics are especially welcome:

1. Chicana/os Latina/os  and the Environment
2. Chicana/o Cultures in the Northwest
3. Queering the far North of Aztlán
4. Creating Latino/a Visibility and/or Challenging White Dominance
5. Raza and Immigration and Struggles for Citizenship
6. Latina/o Labor and Politics in the Pacific Northwest
7. Status of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies in the Northwest
8. Chicana/o Latina/o Access to Education, Reforming The Educational Systems Of The Northwest
9. Legacy of Chicana/o Studies in the Pacific Northwest

Papers should be 20 minutes, panels will be one hour and half (including questions).  Students, Faculty, Staff, and Community members are all encouraged to submit. 

Proposals: Send an abstract of no more than 150 words. Include a list of contacts (phone, email, snail mail) for all panelists and chairs.  For complete panels, include an abstract for the full panel as well as for each panelist.  State whether the proposal is for a paper panel, workshop, or round table. Deadline for proposals: March 1, 2012.

Send proposals and inquiries to:
Linda Heidenreich                                   
lheidenr "at" wsu.edu
 
In the subject line write “NACCS FOCO 2012”

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