We are requesting your authorization to post the
announcement that follows on your listserv, newsgroup,
and/or website. This announcement calls for submissions
by professors and independent scholars or researchers of
papers, panels, research and instructional materials as
part of a three-year project to better understand the
events of 1848 (Mexican-American War) and 1898 (Spanish-
American War) and the consequences of those events in the
shaping of contemporary society in the United States,
Mexico, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, and
elsewhere.
The project includes a conference (December 8-12, 1998)
and the subsequent production of a CD-ROM and one or more
scholarly books. The project is highly interdisciplinary
and *INCLUDES THE DISCIPLINE AREA(S) OF YOUR LISTSERV,
NEWSGROUP, AND/OR WEBSITE*.
We would greatly appreciate it if you would favor us with
a reply as to whether or not you posted the announcement
to your listserv, newsgroup, and/or website.
We look forward to your response in helping us to
announce this project to your membership.
Sincerely,
Cordelia Candelaria and Gary D. Keller
Project Coordinators
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PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS,
AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
for a major international conference on
1848/1898@1998 TRANSHISTORIC THRESHOLDS
Arizona State University
Multiple Sites, Greater Phoenix Area
Conference Dates:
December 8, 1998, Pre-Conference Workshops
December 9-11, 1998, Conference Sessions
December 12, 1998, Commemorative Events and Mariachi
Mass
June 1998, pre-collegiate and college teachers' summer
education institute
Exhibitions and Community Programs Before, During and
After Conference
CONFERENCE SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
Inter-University Partnership for Latino Research
National Council of La Raza
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AND ITS SCHOLARLY AND
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
In 1998 the anniversaries of two momentous landmarks in
world history converge: the sesquicentenary of the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (the most important date of
Mexican-American/Chicano history) and the centenary of the
1898 Spanish American War.
Our 1848/1898@1998 conference provides an optimal
moment for inter/national reflection, study and dialogue
regarding the history and cumulative impact of 1848/1898 on
the United States and the world.
The international conference that will take place in December
1998 at multiple sites at Arizona State University will be
multidisciplinary in nature and is expected to feature sessions
in numerous academic fields including, but not limited to:
African American Studies
Agriculture, Agribusiness, and Water Use Management
Anthropology
Architecture and Design
Art, Art History, and Art Education
Asian and Pacific Rim Studies
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Biology, Botany, and Horticulture
Border Studies, including Maquiladoras
Caribbean Studies
Chicana/Chicano Studies
Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
Cultural Studies
Economics
Education
Film, Television, Journalism, and Other Mass Media
Folklore
Geography
History
Humanities
Language and Language Policy
Latin American Studies
Literature and Theater
Medicine, Mental Health, Folk Medicine
Music and Dance
Native American Studies
Philosophy
Pilipino Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies and Folk Religion
Social Work
Sociology and Social Science
Puerto Rican Studies
Urban Planning and Urban Studies
Women's Studies
The conference is designed to present wide-ranging scholarly
research on and creative representations of the historic
milestones and numerous political, economic, cultural, and
other cumulative consequences of 1848 and 1898. Together
with artistic and cultural events including an art exhibit, film
program, and major book display, the Conference is planned
to accommodate up to 1,500 participants smoothly.
The conference strongly encourages the participation of
researchers, educators, and government and other officials
abroad, with special emphasis on Mexico, the Caribbean, the
Philippines, Guam, and Spain. We will make intensive
efforts to encourage the scholarly participation of educators
residing abroad.
Anticipated conference and allied products and programs
include: (1) A scholarly book published by the Bilingual
Press/Editorial Bilingue on the cumulative effects of 1848 and
1898 as transhistoric thresholds in the Americas. (2) A June
1998 summer Teacher Education Institute at Arizona State
University to bring teachers together with specialists to
collaboratively review the educational impact of the history
of 1848 and 1898 and its societal aftermath. (3) A CD-ROM
produced from the curricular and related educational
materials that emerge from the conference and its related
projects and activities.
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
*INDIVIDUALS* can participate in one or more of several
ways:
-Presentations at the conference itself (either single
presentations or pre-constituted panels)
-Submission of research for the scholarly book
-Submission of materials for the CD-ROM
-Submission of art or other exhibition materials
*ORGANIZATIONS* can participate in the following ways:
-Submission of a proposal for a pre-constituted panel
-Exhibition of the organization's materials at the
conference
Presentations can be submitted for the conference or for
publication and made at the conference in English or in
Spanish.
Single presentations (oral version) are limited to 20 minutes.
Pre-constituted panels run for 1:30 hours.
Written submissions for publication may extend to 50 pages.
Submissions to the CD-ROM are relatively unlimited in
size/scope except for audio or quick time video submissions.
All presenters must also pay the registration fee for the Conference.
The pre-registration fee is $100.00 through October 12, 1998
(postmark). After that date registration will be accepted only
on-site at the rate of $125.00.
There is a on optional fee of $15.00 for a reception on the
evening of December 8 (Tuesday). There is an optional fee of
$25.00 for a baile with live music on the evening of December
11, 1998 (Saturday).
DATES, DEADLINES, AND REGISTRATION
Deadlines
*Applicable Date (Postmark)*
Submission of abstract for paper or
pre-constituted panel (oral versions)
*September 16, 1998*
Submission (optional) of written papers
or submission to CD-ROM
*October 12, 1998*
Final date for mailed pre-registration
*October 12, 1998*
Submissions, registrations, and fees are not accepted by email.
To request a hard copy for these purposes send your request
to:
email: 1848/98.Conference@asu.edu
fax: (602) 965-0315
regular mail: 1848/1898@1998 Conference
c/o Hispanic Research Center
P.O. Box 872702
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona 85287-2702
You may also download and print these forms directly from
our website: http://www.asu.edu/1848and1898at1998
_______________________________________
Jo Ann Briseno
Web Designer
Hispanic Research Center
(602) 965-3363 (office)
briseno@asu.edu
http://www.public.asu.edu/~joannii