CALL FOR PAPERS

Association for
Contemporary Iberian Studies
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
8-10 SEPTEMBER 2009
The Association will hold its 30th Anniversary Conference at Dublin City University from 8-10 September 2009. You are cordially invited to offer a paper, panel, or workshop presentation. This year we are proposing to seek Panels on specific themes in addition to individual presentations. The idea would be that one person would offer to convene a Panel and would be responsible for inviting the speakers and chairing the session. You are also invited to suggest any speakers who you think would be willing to offer a paper, bearing in mind, however, that ACIS does not normally offer either a fee or expenses for speakers. The choice of all panels and papers will be made by the Conference Programme Organiser in consultation with the Executive Committee.
Suggested thematic areas for papers and panels, which are not exclusive and may overlap, and which must relate primarily to Spain and Portugal, are:
Politics, Government, International relations, the EU, Nationalism, Regionalisms
Economics, Business, Labour, Social and Welfare issues, Education
Film, Media, Advertising, Leisure, Tourism, Sport
Twentieth-Century History
Cultural Studies, Identities, Gender
Language, Linguistics, Language Policy and Pedagogy
Other suggestions are welcome, and Panels can be more specific within these broad areas.
Papers will be allocated a maximum of 30 minutes on the programme, in order to leave time for discussion and debate. If you wish to offer a paper, please refer to the Guidelines for Papers (on next page). For Papers, please send, preferably by e-mail, a provisional title and short description of content (approx 100 words) by 31 March 2009 and for Panels by 31 January 2009 to:
Professor John Macklin
Department of Spanish and Latin-American Studies
The University of Strathclyde
Glasgow
G1 1XH (UK)
Tel: + 44 (0) 141 548 3760 (Secretary 3418)
Email: john.macklin@strath.ac.uk
NOTE : Informal enquiries would be welcome before these dates.


Association for
Contemporary Iberian Studies
GUIDELINES FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS
The Constitution briefly describes the general aims of the Association as the promotion of “the study of the cultural, social, economic and political affairs of the Iberian area together with its languages”. Following on from this broad description we could further define our areas of activity in terms of geographical limits and historical period:
1. Geographical limits: Spain and Portugal and their dependent territories. International relations involving either country are included.
Historical period: approximately the past 100 years, from the late nineteenth century to the present. This is not meant to exclude references to an earlier period, where appropriate.
Language: the Spanish and Portuguese languages, especially contemporary usage; the minority languages of the Iberian Peninsula, especially in their cultural, social and political context.
If you have published a book on a subject of potential interest to ACIS members in the course of the past year, we invite you to take the opportunity to use our web pages to publicise it. Please contact Mike Shade at m.shade@bton.ac.uk to discuss this possibility.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.iberianstudies.net/




Association for
Contemporary Iberian Studies
ACIS CONFERENCE 2009
ACIS POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES
The Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies is offering six bursaries to cover half-fees (for registration and accommodation) for the forthcoming ACIS Conference at Dublin City University, 8– 10 September 2009. These bursaries are available to postgraduate students whose research is related to an area of interest to ACIS members (see attached Guidelines for Papers), and who are willing to offer a paper at the 2008 Conference. ACIS aims in this way to encourage postgraduate students to participate in the Association, which is concerned with the study of social, political and economic aspects of the Iberian area, as well as its languages and cultures.
Application should be made to Professor John Macklin (contact details below), using the form on the next page. The completed application form should be accompanied by a supporting reference from the candidate’s supervisor; the reference is needed to help the Conference Organiser and ACIS Executive Committee decide which applications will be of most interest and value, and of sufficient quality to be included in the Conference programme.
Successful applicants will be invited to the full conference at half-cost; travel expenses, however, are not included in the bursary. Successful applicants will also be invited to submit papers for publication in the International Journal of Iberian Studies (IJIS), on the understanding that publication is not guaranteed, as it is a refereed journal.
N.B. These bursaries are intended for postgraduate students who are not in full-time or fractional academic posts; students who are employed to undertake small amounts of part-time teaching (less than 0.5 FTE timetable) will be eligible.
Final date for applications will be 4 May 2009
PLEASE BRING THIS INVITATION TO THE ATTENTION OF
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
ACIS RELIES ON
ITS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO PUBLICISE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POSTGRADUATES.




Association for
Contemporary Iberian Studies
ACIS CONFERENCE 2009
APPLICATION FOR ACIS POSTGRADUATE BURSARY
NAME OF APPLICANT: INSTITUTION:
ADDRESS:
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:
Degree for which registered:----------- Duration:--------- Current year of research
NAME OF SUPERVISOR (and address if different from above):
PROPOSED TITLE OF PAPER TO BE OFFERED:
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PAPER (100 words maximum - continue on a separate sheet if necessary):
Return by 4 May 2009 to:
Professor John Macklin
Department of Spanish and Latin-American Studies
The University of Strathclyde
Glasgow
G1 1XH (UK)
Tel: + 44 (0) 141 548 3760 (Secretary 3418)
Email: john.macklin@strath.ac.uk