CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Congress of the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS)
CANADA AND THE AMERICAS:TRAVELLING KNOWLEDGES-PEOPLES-SOLIDARITIES
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA,
May 03-05, 2013
Call: Ottowa, Canada, May 2013 – CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Congress of the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS)
CANADA AND THE AMERICAS:
TRAVELLING KNOWLEDGES-PEOPLES-SOLIDARITIES
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
May 03-05, 2013
Canada’s role in the Americas has waxed and has been a very reluctant one for many years over many years. Over the last several years, however, Canada’s presence in the region has increased substantially, and the Canadian government has identified the Americas as a strategic priority in its design of foreign policy. Investment and trade flows have increased, and the growing presence of Canadian resource extraction companies has led to new controversies. The decline of the United States’ role in much of the region may leave more space for creative and productive contributions by Canada. At the same time, the Latin American and Caribbean presence in Canada has increased as well, as immigration and diaspora communities, contacts between indigenous groups, environmental flows, academic exchanges, investment, trade, culture, and ideas. These encounters may be cooperative and productive, or they may be conflictive.
The objective of this CALACS Congress is to reflect on the legacy of interactions between Canada and the other nations and peoples of the Americas. What role has Canada played in the region, and what role should it play in coming years? Who are the actors involved in processes of communication and dialogue? What has been the impact on both sides of trade and investment agreements, as well as other types of exchanges, such as the scientific, technical and cultural? In keeping with CALACS’ mission, it is expected that this Congress will contribute to disseminating and mobilizing knowledge of Latin America and the Caribbean and their diasporas through networks and partnerships in Canada and abroad. We also expect that it will contribute to the understanding of the cultural, political, social, and economic web of interactions that bring Canada, Latin America and Caribbean peoples together.
The Congress will highlight innovative research on Latin America and the Caribbean occurring both within Canada and more broadly across the hemisphere. In 2013, the CALACS Congress will overlap with the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS), which will also be held at Carleton. On Friday May 3rd, special events will be organized jointly by CALACS and CAAS to discuss the current situation in Haiti, and Canada’s presence in this country, as well as the Haitian presence in Canada. We encourage submissions that promote scholarly collaboration between Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The location within Canada’s capital region presents an exciting opportunity to bring together researchers with non-governmental, federal-government and embassy representatives.
In keeping with the multi- and inter-disciplinary spirit of the Congress, we strongly encourage submissions from scholars from all disciplines, as well as people working in all practical fields and sectors, including visual artists. We especially encourage submissions from scholars and other participants from Latin America and the Caribbean. We welcome submissions in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
The CALACS 2013 Congress will take place at Carleton but is organized by a multi-disciplinary committee from Carleton University, Université du Québec en Outaouais, University of Ottawa, Brock University, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) and the Writer’s Festival of Ottawa.
Selected presentations will be organized in the following program tracks:
Canada and the Americas
South-South Convergences
Migration and Diasporas
International Development and Alternatives to Development
Indigenous and Afro-descendents
Gender and Sexualities
Youth in the Americas
Health, Education and Social Policy
Corporate Social Responsibility
Environment, Biodiversity and Resource Extraction
Politics, Citizenship and Human Rights
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World
Culture and the Arts in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Social Movements and Civil Society
Classes and Class Mobility
Memory, History and Making History
Security, Peace and Conflict
Note: Submissions outside these program tracks are accepted.
PROPOSALS AND DEADLINES
Forms to be downloaded from the website http://calacscongress2013.org
For individual submissions
submit form by November 15, 2012 to calacs_congress2013@carleton.ca
For Panel/Roundtable/Workshop/Poster Submissions
We welcome proposals of three to four papers for panels (plus chair and/or discussant), and up to five participants for roundtables and workshops (plus a facilitator). Posters may be by a single-researcher and/or a research team. Submit form by November 15, 2012 to calacs_congress2013@carleton.ca
Participating via Virtual Platforms
Instructions about participation will be posted on the website.
Confirmation
We will review submissions and applicants will receive confirmation by January 15th, 2013.
Funding
Funding for participating in the Congress is limited; only graduate students may apply. Criteria and deadline for applications for funding will be announced on the Website on January 15th, 2013.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for funding at their own institutions.
Please note: All presenters must be members of CALACS and be registered in order to participate in the Congress. For more information about membership fees and payments go to the Website: http://www.can-latam.org
For questions and enquires please contact: calacs_congress2013@carleton.ca
