[Commlist] call for papers - 40th APEAA Meeting

40th APEAA Meeting

6-8 June 2019

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

University of Porto, Portugal


EXTENDED CALL FOR PAPERS

NEW DEADLINE: 28 FEBRUARY 2019



Confirmed keynote speakers:

Alex Houen (Cambridge University)

Sarah Hentges (University of Maine at Augusta / University of Southern 
Denmark)

Isabel Fernandes (Universidade de Lisboa)


The Department of Anglo-American Studies of the Faculty of Arts and 
Humanities of the University of Porto is pleased to announce the 40th 
Conference of the Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies, 
which will take place between 6 and 8 June 2019.


Papers, panels and roundtables proposals are welcomed on any subject 
that falls under the remit of the two academic areas (including literary 
studies, cultural studies, post-colonial studies, performance, film and 
theatre studies, gender and sexuality studies, translation studies, 
linguistics, language teaching and methodology). Proposals for panels, 
put together around a common theme or research domain are welcome. We 
also welcome papers and panels on Canadian, Irish, Scottish and other 
(Anglophone) Studies. Media and communication studies scholars are welcome.


Although the conference programme will accommodate the whole range of 
topics pertaining to the field of Anglo-American Studies, the many 
anniversaries celebrated in 2019 may provide the foundations for panels 
and individual papers:

- the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919

- the 90th anniversary of the 1929 New York Crash

- the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War in 1939

- the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO in 1949

- the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

- the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe in 1719


Book Presentations: APEAA members are also invited to present their own 
recently published academic books and/or translations (2017-2019).


Submissions and queries should be sent by e-mail to 
(apeaa2019 /at/ letras.up.pt) <mailto:(apeaa2019 /at/ letras.up.pt)>.

Please include the following information with your proposal:

- the full title of your paper / panel / roundtable;

- a 250-300 word description of your paper / panel / roundtable;

- your name, postal address and e-mail address;

- your institutional affiliation and position;

- a short bionote;

- AV requirements (if any)


Working languages: English and Portuguese.


Conference webpage: http://apeaa.pt/cfp/


New deadline for submissions: 28 February 2019

Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2019

Deadline for registration: 3 May 2019


Registration Fee (APEAA and SAAS members): 60 Euros

Registration Fee (non-members): 90 Euros

Student fee (APEAA and SAAS members): 30 Euros

Student fee (non-members): 45 Euros


Scientific and Organizing Committee:

Carlos Azevedo | Rui Carvalho Homem | Fátima Vieira | Maria Teresa 
Castilho | Jorge Bastos da Silva



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