Friday, July 22, 2011

Call for Papers -- Deadline Extended

CALL FOR PAPERS

Global and Local Struggles: Latin America in the New Millennium
Los Angeles, California, October 28-29, 2011

The 2011 PCCLAS annual conference will take place on October 28-29, 2011 at the California State University in Los Angeles, California. The conference will bring together scholars, educators, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members interested in Latin American Studies. Individual papers and panels from all areas of the social sciences, humanities and the arts, and/or cross-disciplinary studies and relating to Latin American/Hispanic/Latino/a Studies are welcomed. The conference also encourages proposals for round tables, workshops, film screenings, and poster sessions.
Submissions:
Please submit your proposal electronically to Program Chair Angela Vergara at pcclasconference@gmail.com by Sunday, August 29, 2011.

Single paper proposals should include: paper’s title and abstract (250 words), complete name, affiliation (if appropriate), and contact information. Session/round table proposals are limited to 5 presenters and should include: session’s title, contact person, and the same information required of single paper proposals for each of the session’s presenters. All information will be sent electronically, so please provide a working email address for each participant.

Registration fees for conference presenters: Faculty $50 and Students $15. Presenters must also be members of PCCLAS.

PCCLAS Membership Fees: Individual (U.S. and Canada) $25, Individual (Latin America) $15, Graduate and Undergraduate Students (U.S, Canada, and Latin America) $10, Institutional $50, Joint Membership $35.

For questions about the conference please contact:
Angela Vergara
Department of History
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90403
Ph: 323-343-2223 / email: avergar@calstatela.edu

Saturday, July 16, 2011

PCCLAS Membership

Join as a PCCLAS Member

Membership is open to all those who are interested in participating with PCCLAS. Participation is most welcome from the Pacific region of Mexico, Canada, and other states.
Membership dues are yearly and required to be paid with along with the membership registration form.
Please download, print, fill-in and send this membership form along with a check or money order for an appropriate membership fee listed here:

Individual (US, Canada and Latin America) $25
Individual (Latin America) $15
Students (US, Canada and Latin America) $10
Institutional $50 Joint Membership $35

Please make checks or money order, payable to PCCLAS.


Hubert Herring Award

The Hubert Herring Award

This award recognizes outstanding work on Latin America in each of the following categories: non-fiction book, article, Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, and non-print media (such as video, film, painting, etc.) The material must have been published between January 2009 and June 2011. Please note that no award will be given in a category with less than three submissions. Co-awards are also possible. Award certificates will be presented at the 2011 conference luncheon.

The author must reside or be based in the PCCLAS geographical area that consists of the Pacific Coast states and provinces of Canada, the United States and Mexico, but also includes Nevada and Arizona.
To be considered for the award, the author must be a member of PCCLAS.

Entries should be sent to:
Miriam Melton-Villanueva
(Chair of the Awards Committee)
1224 W 26th Place
San Pedro, California 90731