Brujula CFP: Latin American Cities

Brujula is published annually by graduate students of the University of California at Davis, under the auspices of the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, Brújula is an interdisciplinary journal with a focus on Latin American literary studies. This journal seeks to foster a dialogue between established academics and a new generation of scholars, while including original essays from a variety of fields such as linguistics, anthropology, history, native american studies, comparative literature, art, music, spanish, and sociology. With each issue, Brújula intends to highlight a theme of relevance in current debates and to create a forum that explores transnational perspectives to critical approaches.

Bajo los auspicios del Instituto Hemisférico de las Américas y con un enfoque literario nace Brújula: revista interdisciplinaria sobre estudios latinoamericanos. Abierta a la discusión crítica entre diferentes generaciones y líneas de pensamiento, el objetivo de esta publicación se concentra en la articulación de un eje donde trabajen en común distintas disciplinas como son Antropología, Historia, arte, Música, Lingüística, Sociología y Estudios Indígenas. Bajo tal premisa Brújula propone dedicar cada número a un tema de destacado interés intelectual con el fin de provocar la reflexión desde diferentes perspectivas tanto teóricas como transnacionales.

Publicado anualmente por estudantes de graduação da Universidade da California Davis, sob o auspicio do Instituto Hemisferico das Americas, Brújula é um jornal interdisciplinar com enfoque em estudos literários da América Latina. Este jornal procura manter um dialogo entre acadêmicos estabelecidos e uma nova geração de “scholars”, através da inclusão de textos originais de uma variedade de disciplinas tais como a linguística, antropologia, música, historia, arte, estudos indígenas e sociologia. Em cada publicação, Brújula pretende dar ênfase a um tema de relevância em debates atuais e criar um fórum que explore perspectivas transnacionais de analise critica.

Brujula

CALL for PAPERs

LATIN AMERICAN CITIES

Call for Submissions: Latin American Cities

The fifth issue of Brújula will be devoted to the study of Latin American cities. We will consider for publication manuscripts that analyze the idea of the city from either historical, mythical or imaginary perspectives, as well as those that deal with the urban experience and its social, political, economic and cultural manifestations. Brújula is especially interested in submissions from diverse disciplines that examine the expression of the margin/periphery in the center and from pre-colonial times until today. Please submit materials to submitbrujula@ucdavis.edu by January 6, 2006.

Submissions:
Please submit your essay with a cover letter that includes a brief (50-75 word) professional statement (with your name, academic affiliation, and standing [graduate student, doctoral candidate, assistant professor], institution, research interests, and/or a few relevant publications) the title of your paper as well as a 100-word abstract.

_Brújula_ is a peer-reviewed journal that favors anonymity in the process of selection. Therefore we ask that essays be submitted without names. Names and e-mail addresses should appear on cover letter and envelopes only.

Essays may be written in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. Papers are limited to 15-20 pages, double-spaced, including endnotes and bibliography.
Send material via e-mail at: submitbrujula@ucdavis.edu. Use Microsoft Word 95 or higher. Or Mail 3.5" formatted disk (IBM or Mac) with document to: Brújula, Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8576.

We request that essay format follow the conventions of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing.

Tables, diagrams, maps, photos, and artwork may be included by arrangement with editors. Permissions to reproduce such materials will be the responsibility of the author.

_Brújula_ only accepts original contributions. Translations of articles or articles already published will not be accepted. Manuscripts will not be returned.


For more information visit us at: http://hia.ucdavis.edu/brujula

Claudia Darrigrandi
University of California, Davis
5206 Social Sciences Building
Phone: 530-7528535 or 7523046
Fax: 530-7525655
Email: submitbrujula@ucdavis.edu
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