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The popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin America

VIII biennial conference of the Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia

2-4 July 2008
Monash University, Caulfield Campus

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Original 20-minute papers are sought for the VIII biennial conference of the Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia on any aspect exploring notions of the “popular” in Spain, Portugal, Lusophone Africa, and Latin America, including:

  • popular fictions and films
  • high and low cultures
  • popular music
  • cultura popular
  • popular movements
  • intellectuals and the popular
  • popularism and popularists
  • the politics of the popular
  • popular religious expressions
  • indigenous movements
  • the nation and the popular
  • social histories
  • theories of the popular
  • the popular and minority cultures
  • gender and popular culture
  • popular images of the nation
  • popular culture and second language acquisition
 photo of Spanich ornament

Although the main focus of the conference is on the popular, papers on other topics are welcome. The organising committee also welcomes suggestions for panels.

Deadline for submission of abstracts and panels: 29 February 2008.

Submitting an Abstract

Accommodation and Travel

Registration

Draft Program (pdf format)

Organising committee: Dr Marisa Cordella, Assoc. Prof. Kevin Foster, Dr Stewart King, and Dr Sarah McDonald (Monash University)

The Popular in Spain, Portugal
and Latin America