Eighth International Conference on Chicano Literature
“Crossing the Borders of Imagination”
The Eighth International Conference on Chicano Literature jointly organized by HispaUSA and the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha with the collaboration of the Instituto Franklin-UAH and Iberia, brought together young scholars, academics and professionals to discuss issues related to the study of the Chicano literature.
- Elyette Benjamin-Labarte (Université Michel de Montaigne – Bordeaux 3)
- Isabel Durán (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- José Antonio Gurpegui (Director of the Instituto Franklin-UAH, President of HispaUSA)
- Julio Cañero (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- María Herrera Sobeck (University of California Santa Barbara)
- Nick Kanellos (Brown foundation Professor – University of Houston)
- Gary Francisco Keller (Arizona State University)
- Francisco Lomelí (University of California Santa Barbara)
- Manuel Martín Rodríguez (University of California, Merced)
- Esther Claudio Moreno (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Cristina Crespo (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Ana Lariño (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- María del Mar Ramón Torrijos (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
Plenary speakers
- Lucha Corpi, poet and writer.
- Tino Villanueva, professor at Boston University.
- Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz, lecturer on American Studies at the University of Deusto, Bilbao.
