13th International Conference on Chicanx Literature and Latino Studies

Manuel M. Martín Rodríguez - University of California, Merced
 
Manuel M. Martín Rodríguez is a Distinguished Professor of literature and founding faculty member at the University of California, Merced. He has published the books P. Galindo: Obras (in)completas de José Díaz (2016), The Textual Outlaw: Reading John Rechy in the 21st Century (2015), Cantas a Marte y das batalla a Apolo: Cinco estudios sobre Gaspar de Villagrá (2014), With a Book in Their Hands: Chicano/a Readers and Readerships Across the Centuries (2014), a scholarly edition of Gaspar de Villagrá’s Historia de la nveva Mexico (2010), Gaspar de Villagrá: Legista, soldado y poeta (2009), Life in Search of Readers: Reading (in) Chicano/a Literature (2003), La voz urgente: Antología de literatura chicana en español (1995), and Rolando Hinojosa y su "cronicón" chicano: Una novela del lector (1993). His essays have appeared in multiple edited books and journals, including PMLA, Modern Language Quarterly, The Bilingual Review, The Americas Review, Hispania, Revista Iberoamericana, Aztlán, New Mexico Historical Review, and Early American Literature, among others. Martín-Rodríguez is Académico Numerario (Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española), and Académico Correspondiente (Real Academia Española). He has created the digital project A Visual History of Chicano/a/x Literature, as well as the digital press alternaCtive publicaCtions.

Manuel M. Martín Rodríguez will be a plenary speaker on Wednesday, June 12th, at 12 p.m., in the inaugural conference of the 13th International Conference of Chicano Literature and Latino Studies, which will take place in Santiago de Compostela in June 12th-14th, 2024.

Graciela Limón - Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

Graciela Limón, Chicana/Latina writer, teacher and activist, daughter of Mexican immigrants, born in Los Angeles, California (USA). She received a Bachelor's degree from Marymount College, Los Angeles, and a Master's degree from the University of Las Americas, Mexico, DF. She later earned a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). During her teaching career she was also director of the Faculty/Chicano Studies at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California. Today she holds the position of Professor Emerita at this University. 

Limón has concentrated her efforts on Chicano fiction in recent years and has produced nine novels that reflect her interest in feminism, social justice, cultural identity, and immigration. These works have brought her several awards including The Before Columbus Foundation Award (In Search of Bernabé), The Gustavus Myers Book Award (Erased Faces), and the Luis Leal Literary Award for his complete work. Her latest novel, Dreamers, was published in 2023.

Graciela Limón  will be a plenary speaker on Thursday, June 13th, at 12:45 p.m., at the 13th International Conference of Chicano Literature and Latino Studies, which will take place in Santiago de Compostela in June 12th-14th, 2024.