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[Anselmo Villanueva]

*"AQUI LUCHAMOS, AQUI ESTAMOS: REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO ACTIVISM AND
RESISTANCE THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP" *

* *The 3rd Biennial Latina/o Studies Graduate Student Conference
Call for Proposals Deadline: November 17, 2006

The Latina/Latino Studies Program of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign invites proposals/abstracts for an interdisciplinary
graduate student conference to be held at UIUC on *February 23-25, 200*7.
The purpose of this Conference is to explore the historical and cultural
processes that affect Latinas/os in the United States. We aim to contribute
to the understanding of Latino/a communities in the U.S. by promoting
interdisciplinary analyses of shared social, political, cultural, histories,
and educational realities of Latinas/os. "Aqui Luchamos, Aqui Estamos:
Reaffirming our Commitment to Activism and Resistance through Scholarship"
will foster an ongoing dialogue across disciplines that will consider the
commonalities, differences, and diverse experiences of Latino/a populations
in this country. The Conference will commemorate the 10 th Anniversary of
the Latina/Latino Studies Program at UIUC. Limited funding support for
travel *may *be available.

Topics could include but are not limited to:

·        Activism

·        Issues of social justice

·        Reclaiming space

·        Identity politics

·        Building community

·        Immigration and Transnationalism

·        Citizenship

·        Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

·        Chicana/Chicano Studies

 Please send your abstracts (no more than 500 words) along with title, name,
contact information, program, and university affiliation, no later
than *November
17, 2006* to:

Latina/Latino Studies Program

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

510 East Chalmers

Champaign IL, 61820

http://www.lls.uiuc.edu

For questions, please email Laura Atuesta, LLSP Graduate Outreach
Coordinator at  latuest2 at uiuc.edu <%20latuest2 at uiuc.edu> or call
217-265-0370.





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