The 10th International Conference on Chicano Literature and Latino Studies, focuses on analyzing how literature has represented culture and Hispanic heritage as the tools to build the Latino identity, and wants to research in the repercussion of the Latino presence in the North American culture.
Papers on the following topic are welcomed:
Interculturalism, Multiculturalism and Transculturalism
Group identity
Social marginalization
The Latino women in the society
Social and cultural trasnformation
Challenges of the new society
Buiding the “Latino worlds”
Evolution and development of the Chicano movement
The Conference welcomes post-graduate students as well as more established scholars, and aims to be a forum for disciplines ranging across the humanities (literature, culture, art and philosophy) and the social sciences.
Proposals: Proposals should consist of a title, an abstract of 250-300 words and a brief biography (100-150 words) and can be written in English or Spanish. They should be sent through the form available on the conference’s website.
Submission deadline: January 17, 2016.
Conference venue: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Filología. Edif. A,
Campus de Moncloa, Plaza Menéndez Pelayo, s/n, 28040 Madrid
Other important dates:
February 19, 2016: Publication of the provisional program. April 29, 2016: Deadline for online registration with paper. May 30 – June 1, 2016: Conference.
For further information: http://www.institutofranklin.net/ or contact Ana Elena Sancho anaelena.sancho@institutofranklin.net. Organizing institutions:

Universidad Complutense Madrid and HISPA/USA
