CALL FOR PAPERS
XXI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
of the
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
http://www.pitt.edu/~lasa/
September 24-26, 1998, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois=20
Proposal deadline Nov 1 1997
SOCIAL JUSTICE: PAST EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Overall Theme of the Congress
LASA President: Susan Eckstein, Boston University
Program Chair: Timothy Wickham-Crowley, Georgetown University
You are invited to submit a proposal for LASA98. Please choose the proper
form from the LASA web site http://www.pitt.edu/~lasa/ and indicate clearly
the track for which a panel, workshop, or paper should be considered. Two
hard copies of the proposal must be sent BY REGULAR OR EXPRESS MAIL to reach
the LASA98 Program Office BY NOVEMBER 1.=20
Additional forms on the LASA Website, http://www.pitt.edu/~lasa/ may be
printed from the site and filled out, but they must be mailed in hard copy
by the deadline date. ENCLOSE A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED POST CARD WITH YOUR
PROPOSAL IF YOU WISH CONFIRMATION OF THE RECEIPT OF THE PROPOSAL.=20
Mail forms to:=20
LASA98
Department of Sociology
Box 571037
Georgetown University
WASHINGTON DC 20057-1037
Email inquiries may be sent to lasa98@gunet.georgetown.edu. NOTIFICATIONS TO
PROPOSERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR MAILING BY APRIL 1, 1998.
In keeping with the theme of the Congress, papers addressing the topic of
social justice may be submitted for any of the tracks, not just Social
Justice. We are planning an edited volume on that subject; if you wish your
paper to be considered for that volume, please send a separate statement and
an abstract to Timothy Wickham Crowley, Program Chair, at the above address.
Program Tracks and Committee Members
Members of the Committee are provided for information purposes only. All
correspondence must be directed to LASA98, the Program Office. Select the
most appropriate track for your proposal from the following list:
=95Agrarian and Rural Issues: Cristobal Kay, Institute of Social Studies,=
=20
The Hague
=95Arts, Music, Culture and Mass Media: Isabel Arredondo, SUNY/Plattsburgh
(film); George Yudice, NYU;
=95Cities, Citizenship and Quality of Life: Diane Davis, New School for=20
Social Research; Manuel Perlo Cohen, UNAM;
=95Democratization: Evelyne Huber, University of North Carolina at Chapel=
=20
Hill;
=95Economic Issues and Development: Albert Fishlow, Council on Foreign=20
Relations; Gary Gereffi, Duke University;
=95Environment: William Vickers, Florida International University
=95Family, Community, Religion: Virginia Garrard-Burnett, UT at=20
Austin (religion); =C1lida Metcalf, Trinity College (Texas) (family)
=95Gender and Sexuality: Matthew Gutmann, Brown University (as of Fall=
1997);
Patricia Fern=E1ndez-Kelly, Princeton University (as of Fall 1997);
=95History and Historical Processes: Brooke Larson, SUNY/Stony Brook
=95Indigenous and Ethnic Groups and Issues: Le=F3n Zamosc, UC/San Diego;
Edward Telles, Ford Foundation/Brazil & UCLA
=95International Relations: Dami=E1n Fern=E1ndez, Florida International=
University
=95Labor Studies and Class Relations: Ruth Collier, UC/Berkeley;=20
John French, Duke University
=95Latinas/os in the US: Manuel Pastor, UC/Santa Cruz; Mar=EDa de los=20
Angeles Torres, De Paul University
=95Law, Jurisprudence and Crime: Jeremy Adelman, Princeton;=20
Migdalia Dejes=FAs Torres, CUNY/John Jay College;
=95Literature: Sara Castro-Klar=E9n, John Hopkins University; Veronica=20
Salles-Reese, Georgetown University
=95Politics and Public Policy: Marcelo Cavarozzi, FLACSO-Mexico;=20
Robert Kaufman, Rutgers University
=95Rethinking Latin American Studies--Transborder, Transnational:=20
Gilbert Joseph and Patricia Pessar, Yale University
=95Social Movements and Revolution: Eric Selbin, Southwestern University
=95Social Justice: Timothy Wickham-Crowley, Georgetown University
=95Technological and Scholarly Resources: Sandy Thatcher, Pennsylvania=20
State University Press
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SESSION PROPOSALS AND INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS
Sessions and papers may be in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Provide
sessions and paper titles in the language in which they will be presented.
Indicate clearly the track for which the session or paper should be
considered. Be sure to indicate surname(s) for indexing purposes. Session
organizers must also list participants in the expected order of appearance.
All addresses must be current and complete. Incomplete proposals will not be
accepted, and inclusion in the program of any given proposal cannot be
guaranteed. To emphasize: EVERY BLANK ON THE FORMS MUST BE FILLED OUT; IF
INFORMATION HAS TO BE LOOKED UP BY THE PROGRAM STAFF TO COMPLETE THE FORM
THE PROPOSAL WILL BE NULL AND VOID.
TRAVEL AND JUNIOR LECTURER GRANTS
Although LASA continues its commitment to fund as many non-U.S. participants
as possible, and funds many more such participants than other area studies
associations, funds are always in short supply. LASA expects to fund fewer
than 20 percent of the travel grant requests it receives. ACCEPTANCE OF A
PAPER OR PANEL OR AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUNDING.
Thus, participants are strongly urged to seek other sources of funds when
applying through LASA. At any rate, no more than one participant per panel
can possibly be awarded travel funding. Junior Lectureship applicants are
required to fill out both sets of travel grant applications.=20
Failure to accurately fill out every blank on the form or to type or print
clearly, will invalidate a travel application.
ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 1, 1997