UPenn Conference
Motion, Medium, Message
February 16-17, 2024
University of Pennsylvania – Graduate Conference
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Keynote Speakers: Edmundo Paz-Soldán (Cornell) and Zeb Tortorici (NYU)
Call for papers
To become, displace, flip, withdraw, spin, convey, escape, dance, halt. Movement – or its absence – is experienced everywhere. It finds its carrier, its medium: in migration, in economic activity, in hybrid artistic forms, in the performing arts, in paradigm shifts, in fluctuations of affect. Only then the message is created and reaches its audience. Contemplating this panorama, it is worth asking: What dialogues are produced in this conduit of movement, medium, and message in diverse Hispanic-Lusophone-Caribbean theories and cultural products in a global context? This year’s conference seeks proposals that consider movement and its dispersion in all its manifestations.
Proposals written in Spanish, Portuguese or English may be sent to: hispanicstudiesgs@sas.upenn.edu<mailto:hispanicstudiesgs@sas.upenn.edu> until January 30, 2024 –
And should include a title and an abstract (max. 250 words), along with your contact information and academic affiliation.