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association of British and irish lusitanists
VI International Conference
7 - 8 September 2015
University of Exeter
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We welcome proposals for papers, roundtabled and panels on all aspects of Lusophone cultures, histories and literatures, from the medieval period to the present day.
Postgraduate and early career members are most welcome! ABIL is strongly committed to enhancing the participation of postgraduate students and early career members in the events and life of the organisation. We offer:
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up to £100 of support (plus fee waiver) to a selection of postgraduate students (UK or international) presenting papers at ABIL
a session on "Career Planning" aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers, which is scheduled to take place during the event
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Proposals in the form of an abstract (150-200 words) may be submitted electronically via the conference website (see "Submit Paper") for either individual papers (classic papers of 20 minutes, or "hot topic" papers of 15 minutes), and themed panels. The new deadline for submissions is 31st March 2015.
Special Sessions
NÓS MATÁMOS O CÃO TINHOSO
We are delighted to announce the presence of acclaimed Mozambican writer Luís Bernardo Honwana as keynote speaker at this conference. Howana is responsible for the writing of a literary landmark, the collection of short-stories, Nós Matámos o Cão-Tinhoso (1964). To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Honwana's book, we invite papers that deal explicitly with this famous collection of short-stories. All disciplinary perspectives are welcome. Possible thematic approaches might include the exploration of techniques of readjustment, re-writing, and intermedial re-casting of Honwana's collection.
TRANSLATING CULTURES
We welcome proposals for a special session on translation. Possible topics might include: the issue of intermediality, the problems and possibilities of translation, the relationship between the domestic and the foreign, the roles of languages and translation in processes of artistic and literary creation, explorations of the untranslatable and the untranslated.
IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR R. C. WILLIS
As a tribute to Professor R.C. Willis, Emeritus Professor of Portuguese at the University of Manchester, who passed away on April 18, 2014, we invite proposals for papers that celebrate the life and work of our much missed colleague and friend. Clive Willis was a leading scholar well known for his work on the history, language and literature of Portugal, Brazil and Africa.
Languages, literatures and postcolonialism
interdisciplinarity between linguistics, literary scholarship and postcolonial theory
language ecologies and multilingualism in Portuguese-speaking countries and in the diasporas
language contact and (emerging) varieties of Portuguese, language maintenance and shift
endangered languages of the Portuguese-speaking world
Theories and utopias
ideals of unity and revolution
feminisms: legacies, dialogues, partnerships, and splits
gender and time/space, science
daughters, mothers and grandmothers
LBGT and trangender perspectives
Theatre and the body
theatre production and spectatorship
language, body and movement in theatre
performance and the creation of cultural value
600th anniversary of the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta (1415)
Portuguese culture of writing about Africa and other non-European spaces
narratives of contact, presence and authority (crisis) in Portuguese
Justice and apologies
the politics of apologies in Portuguese
intergenerational justice
memories and legacies of wars on the internet and in photography, music and film
Humanity and the environment
relationships between humans and their environment, and humans and animals
how language challenges our experience of the world
Other themes
(non-exhaustive list)