Ninth International Conference on Chicano Literature and Latino Studies
Urban and Human Cartographies
The 9th International Conference on Chicano Literature and Latino Studies was jointly organized by the Universidad de Oviedo and HispaUSA, with the sponsorship of the Instituto Franklin-UAH and the Ayuntamiento de Oviedo. The main objective of the venue was to create an open forum for specialists, researchers and people interested in Chicano Literature to discuss the existing relationship between literature, the city and identity from a multidisciplinary perspective.
- Norma Cantú (University of Missouri, Kansas)
- Isabel Durán (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Alicia Gaspar de Alba (University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA)
- Julio Cañero (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- José Antonio Gurpegui (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Rolando Hinojosa (Writer)
- Nicolás Kanellos (University of Houston)
- Francisco Lomelí (University of California at Santa Barbara, UCSB)
- Manuel M. Martín (University of California, Merced)
- Ellen McCraken (University of California, San Diego)
- Isabel Albella (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Esther Álvarez (Universidad de Oviedo)
- Cristina Crespo (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Ana Lariño (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Marta Walliser (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Lucía Bueno (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
- Ana-Maria Cristea (Universidad de Oviedo)
- Andrea Fernández García (Universidad de Oviedo)
- Eva Pelayo Sañudo (Universidad de Oviedo)
- Raluca-Marina Pinzari (Universidad de Oviedo)
- Anarrubenia Capellín (Universidad de Oviedo)
- Elena Avanzas Álvarez (Universidad de Oviedo)
Plenary speakers
- Francisco Lomeli, who has been a Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Juan Ignacio Oliva, Full Professor of English Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
- Helena Maria Viramontes, Writer and Professor of Creative Writing in the English Department at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
Highlights
Related activities:
- Round table:“Chicano Literature (Mexico-American): Transforming the Borders of History, Space, Race, Gender and Religion”.
- Exhibition“The Artist of the Border: Color, Miscegenation and Chicanism” by the Chicana Artist Santa Barraza.
The conference in the media:
