FIFTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION to be held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, JULY 27th through 29th, 2011 (Wed., Thurs., Fri.):

THEME: “AMERICAN CONFIGURATIONS”

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America with its multiple narratives, landscapes, languages, and experiences,
 projects itself in time like a mosaic in movement: a mosaic of cartographies imagined over time and
 projected in the descriptions of travelers and scientists, in fiction and poetry, in the discourses of politicians and
 activists, and in the images of photographers, artists, and filmmakers.
 The 5th IASA World Conference proposes to be a space for debating how different communities form senses of Americanness, originating from places of knowledge, politics, art, memory, and
 lived experience, where a possible "America" may be configured.

The 5th IASA World Conference proposes to be a space for debating how different communities form senses of Americanness, originating from places of knowledge, politics, art, memory, and lived experience, where a possible "America" may be configured."

SUBTHEMES:

– imagination and images

– memory and community

– geographies of power

- time and Americanness

- routes and ´scapes´

– traditions in perspective

– possible modernities

Full instructions for submitting proposals will be posted here soon. Please help us spread the word by posting this announcement widely on listserves and distributing to your colleagues. We look forward to seeing you there!

Conference Chair: IASA Executive Director Sonia Torres (Brazil), Local Organizing Committee: Profs. Ana Mauad and Paulo Knauss, Universidad Federale Fulminense, and Prof. Limoncic (UniRio).

International Program Committee: Drs. Theo D’Haen (Belgium), Keiko Ikeda (Japan), Djelal Kadir (U.S.) Esra Korpez (Turkey), Amanda Lagerkvist (Sweden), Don Pease (U.S.), Ricardo Salvatore (Argentina)