IASECS at ASECS Toronto April 4-6, 2024

Friday, April 5
Official IASECS session:


“86. Triangulation: Collaborations and conflicts among African, Indigenous and European Knowledge in the Americas [Ibero-American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (IASECS)]
Friday 9:45-11:15, Wentworth
Chair: Mariselle MELÉNDEZ, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Respondent: Margaret EWALT, Wake Forest University
Alexander M. CORS, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, “Mapping Geographies of Knowledge in the Eighteenth-Century Mississippi River Valley”
Yolopattli I. HERNÁNDEZ-TORRES, Loyola University Maryland, “The Creation of Knowledge with Her Hands: Female Midwives in Late Colonial Mexico”
Ryan J. WHEELER, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, “Repatriation, Indigenous History, and the Eighteenth Century”

IASECS Business Meeting Lunch

Friday 1:15 PM, City Hall.
No actual lunch provided, so if you’d like to eat while we meet, bring your own.

Affiliate Reception

(sponsored by Elizabeth Mell in honor of Donald C. Mell, Jr.)
Friday 7:00pm-8:00 PM, Provincial Ballroom N

IASECS Annual Dinner Out

Friday 8PM. Baro Restaurant, 485 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1K4, Canada (1.5km or nearly a mile from Sheraton Hotel)

Steak dinner menu (although Baro has stated that they are happy to accommodate folks who don’t eat beef or meat)

$109 CAS https://cad.currencyrate.today/convert/amount-109-to-usd.html).

DUES

Please remember to pay your dues, just $20, payable with credit card via Paypal, or you can bring a check to the business meeting made out to Ibero-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

FELICIDADES!!

We would also like to extend congratulations to our IASECS member Elena Deanda who was recently elected 2nd Vice President of ASECS, and thanks to Karen Stolley who continues her role as ASECS Member at Large

CFP MLA New Orleans 2025

MLA 2025 /LLC 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY SPANISH AND IBERIAN CALLS FOR PAPERS.


PLEASE CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN OUR FORUM-SPONSORED SESSIONS.

MASKING AND UNMASKING: 18TH-AND-19TH CENTURY SPANISH LITERATURE AND ART


WE INVITE PAPERS THAT EXPLORE MASKING/UNMASKING EITHER BY THE USE OF PSEUDONYMS THAT REVEAL UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS, OR DISGUISES AS MEANS OF SURVIVAL/BETRAYAL. PLEASE SEND A 250-WORD ABSTRACT AND 1-PAGE CV. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FRIDAY, 15 MARCH 2024.
CONTACT: YVONNE FUENTES, UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA (YFUENTES@WESTGA.EDU )

SPOOKY SPAIN: HAUNTING IN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY IBERIAN LITERATURE AND ART


WE INVITE PAPERS THAT EXPLORE FORMS OF HAUNTING IN IBERIAN ARTISTIC REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING HAUNTED SPACES; DEATH; SACRED/PROFANE; GHOSTS AND MONSTERS; TRADITIONAL/SCIENTIFIC MODES OF THINKING; SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ANXIETIES, AMONG OTHERS. PLEASE SEND A 250-WORD ABSTRACT. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FRIDAY, 15 MARCH 2024
CONTACT: SARA MUNOZ-MURIANA, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (SARA.MUNOZ@DARTMOUTH.EDU )

CREOLES AND CRIOLLOS: VISIBILITY OF COLONIAL SUBJECTS AND CULTURES IN LOUISIANA AND BEYOND – SPECIAL SESSION


THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY SPANISH AND IBERIAN FORUM INVITE PAPERS THAT EXPLORE THE INTERSECTIONS OR DIVERGENCES OF CREOLE AND/OR CRIOLLO CULTURES AND SUBJECTS —VISIBLE OR HIDDEN–IN ART, LANGUAGE, OR SOCIAL PRACTICES. PLEASE SEND 250-WORD ABSTRACT.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FRIDAY, 15 MARCH 2024
CONTACT: ELIZABETH FRANKLIN LEWIS, UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON (ELEWIS@UMW.EDU )

IASECS at ASECS in Toronto, 2024 Dues, Calls for Papers

We are preparing for our meeting at the ASECS annual meeting in Toronto, April 4-6

  • Meeting information, including registration and hotel, can be found on the Annual Meeting page. You can find the detailed program draft for the meeting on the Preliminary Schedule.

On Friday, April 5 we will hold our annual IASECS business meeting. Time and place TBA. We have also made dinner reservations for Friday night at 8pm at Baro. We will send out more information about both very soon.

Also, it is time to pay your 2024 IASECS dues. Dues are $20 and run with the calendar year. You can pay them via Paypal from our website https://iasecs.org, clicking the “Donate” button. Adding a bit extra will cover the Paypal processing fee. Thanks!

Lastly, two CFPs passed along by our members:

From Elena Deanda: CFP for ECASECS next fall in Lancaster, PA https://ecasecs2024conference.wordpress.com/

From Oscar Ruiz Hernández: a CFP for a special issue of the academic journal Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos under the executive direction of Dr. Luis González (Connecticut College), as I am editing this special issue.

Mi nombre es Óscar Ruiz Hernández, llevo trabajando en la Universidad de Massachusetts Lowell como Lector Visitante de Español durante los últimos tres años. Mi actividad académica y profesional está enfocada en el área de teatro español de los siglos XVIII y XIX y, como tal, estoy ejerciendo en este momento como miembro del comité ejecutivo del Foro sobre España e Iberia en los Siglos XVIII y XIX de la MLA (Modern Language Association), y como Miembro General del comité ejecutivo de la Sociedad Ibero-Americana para los Estudios del Siglo XVIII (IASECS).

Hace unos meses llegué a un acuerdo con Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos bajo la dirección ejecutiva del Dr. Luis González (Connecticut College) para encargarme de la edición de un volumen especial de la revista (https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/teatro/about.html). Con este fin, he terminado recientemente de elaborar la siguiente convocatoria de estudios que formen parte de este número especial de la revista:

Más allá del canon: Teatro de la Península Ibérica e Hispanoamérica al margen de los estudios centrales académicos. Teatro periférico y de la periferia. Teatro fuera de las grandes capitales. La vida de actores y actrices invisibles. Dramaturgos poco valorados, olvidados o desconocidos. Autores y actores de etnias o comunidades culturales diversas. Obras censuradas por su temática o el momento histórico en el que surgieron. Obras que por su contenido, estructura o modo de representación no se consideren dentro del canon literario (teatro educativo en escuelas, teatro musical, teatro breve, microteatro, espectáculos callejeros, etc.).

Ahora mismo, no hay ninguna restricción geográfica o temporal en el periodo de la historia literaria (desde la Edad Media hasta la actualidad), siempre y cuando trate sobre teatro relacionado con la cultura hispana. Teniendo en cuenta los temas tratados para el volumen que edito y lo que ha publicado hasta el momento, no tengo ninguna duda de la credibilidad y calidad que su colaboración aportaría a la revista. Es por ello que me gustaría invitarle a que se una al proyecto escribiendo un ensayo que aborde uno de los temas propuestos más arriba.

Por el momento sirva como adelanto que estoy pensando en dos fechas importantes en el proceso de la elaboración del número especial de la revista:

1) Entrega de un párrafo corto (300 palabras) describiendo un borrador del contenido del artículo para el último día de abril.

2) Entrega del artículo completo (6000-10000 palabras, en español o inglés, formato MLA) para el último día de junio. 

La publicación del número especial se llevará a cabo si es posible en el semestre de otoño de 2024.

Le agradecería mucho se comunique conmigo en los próximos días para confirmar su interés o no, o incluso para sugerir el nombre de otro/s investigador/es que pudieran escribir un artículo al respecto. Si tiene alguna pregunta, no dude en contactarme.

Cordialmente,

Dr. Óscar Ruiz Hernández (oscar_ruizhernandez@uml.edu)

CFP: Magical Eighteenth-Century Workshop

The Center for Eighteenth-Century-Studies has hosted a Spring Workshop every year (excepting 2020) since 2002. The typical format consists of intense discussion of pre-circulated papers and an occasional lecture, interspersed with ample opportunities for socializing and refreshment. We typically cover travel costs for all participants, who are selected by an interdisciplinary committee of scholars. It is a really great, interdisciplinary, collegial conference, and I would love to work on increasing the presence of hispanists!

Magic-Workshop-Flyer

CFP: “CreadorAS en la Educación Literaria e Intercultural” Alicante, 11-13 de julio, 2024

Estimadas/os colegas

Como continuación de las tres ediciones anteriores celebradas en la Universidad de Valencia con notable éxito, el Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Estudios de Género y el Departamento de Filología Española, Lingüística General y Teoría de la Literatura de la Universidad de Alicante se complacen en anunciar elIV Congreso Internacional “CreadorAS en la Educación Literaria e Intercultural” (CICELI), que tendrá lugar en la Sede Universitaria Ciudad de Alicante entre el 11 y el 13 de julio de 2024. Les invitamos a enviar sus propuestas de participación antes del 8 de marzo de 2024.

Adjuntamos a este correo la primera circular, con las líneas temáticas principales y las fechas relevantes. Podrán encontrar la información completa del evento en la página web: https://www.ciceli.es/ 

Les agradecemos que den la máxima difusión a este mensaje y confiamos en poder disfrutar de su participación. 

Un saludo cordial,
El comité organizador

ASECS 2024 Toronto CfP

See below a message regarding the Call for Proposals for next year’s ASECS meeting

Dear ASECS members and friends,

Today’s the day! Round 2 submissions for chaired sessions for our 54th Annual Meeting (April 4-6, 2024, in Toronto) are due Monday, July 17, 2023 11:59pm ET. It’s easy to submit a session. You can find more information, including the submission form, here: Annual Meeting CfP.

The Program Committee will review sessions and we’ll send out acceptances soon thereafter.

Next up: 

Round 3, Aug. 1- Sept. 15: Open call for individual abstracts to chairs’ sessions 

Round 4, Oct. 1-15: Open call for individual papers to become part of sessions (“rehoming” abstracts that were not accepted, and inviting new individual papers) 

Make sure to check passport and visa requirements. US citizens will typically only need a valid passport for Canadian travel (check the expiration date!). Holders of other passports should check with their home countries’ state departments and the Visit Canada website for possible visa requirements.

May 2023 Announcements

ASECS Elections: Don’t forget to vote by May 23rd!

Election Slate 2023, ASECS Executive Board

As announced at the Business Meeting of the 53rd Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO, the new dates for the delayed Executive Board elections are as follows:

  • March 21st-April 18th: Publish nomination slate; open petition period
  • May 9th-May 23rd: Election period.
    Use this link to log in, using your member credentials: 2023 ASECS Elections. You can retrieve your log in information or reset your password by logging in to your profile here: ASECS Membership. Note that only members in good standing (i.e. membership dues are up to date) may vote. 

IASECS member Karen Stolley (Emory U) is running for the At-Large#2 seat.

From Madeline Sutherland-Meier for the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas

Please contact Madeline for the Zoom link.

Estimados/as  socios/as, 

Es un placer anunciar el segundo encuentro de Coloquios del Hispanismo, la nueva actividad telemática de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas, que tendrá lugar el miércoles, 31 de mayo de 2023, a las 20 horas (horario de Europa Central).  

El título del Coloquio es Confrontando barreras de género en el siglo XIX español: literatas, filántropas y solteronas. Participarán las profesoras Catherine Jaffe (Texas State University), Gabrielle Miller (Baylor University) y Ana Rueda (University of Kentucky).  

Les mandaré el enlace unos días antes del Coloquio y lo pondré en la página web de la AIH también. 

Espero que este e-mail les encuentre bien a todos/as. 

Un cordial saludo, 

Madeline 

Madeline Sutherland-Meier
Secretaria General, Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas

Minutes from St. Louis, Virtual Retreat

Meeting IASECS
March 10, 2023
St Louis, MO
Minutes

Attendance: Clorinda Donato, Cathy Jaffe, Oscar Ruiz Hernandez, Sahai Couso, Luis Ramos, Mariselle Melendez, Maria Carrillo Marquina, Amit Yahav, Enid Valle, Kathleen Fueger, Valentina Tikoff, Hazel Gold, Karen Stolley, Peggy Bonds, Renée Gutiérrez, Mehl Penrose, Betsy Lewis, Elena Deanda.

Reports:

Travel prizes and grants (Enid Valle): 2023 María Salgado Student Travels Grants given to María Carrillo Marquina (Tulane U), Anahit Manoukian (U California – Berkeley)

Membership and finance report (Betsy Lewis): 14 regular memberships paid in 2022. End of the year balance of $5617.

ASECS Executive Committee (Cathy Jaffe):

  • ASECS 2024 Toronto: Forthcoming two models for next ASECS meeting–A thematic panel lead by a chair (usual format) or a single paper proposal to go to a pool to be organized into panels.
  • Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture is seeking clusters for publication, David Brewer is SECC editor.

Elections of 2024 Officers

President: Mehl Penrose (University of Maryland, College Park)

Vice-President: Mariselle Meléndez (U of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

At Large Members: Luis Ramos (NYU), 1 year; Hazel Gold, (Emory University), 2 years; Oscar Ruiz Hernández (U of Massachusetts Lowell), 3 years

Executive Secretary/Treasurer (2 years): Elizabeth Lewis, (University of Mary Washington)
Immediate Past President: Elena Deanda (Washington College)
Pilar G. Sáenz Student Essay Prize & María Salgado Student Travel Grants: Enid Valle, Chair of Committee (Kalamazoo College)

Webpage editor: Elizabeth Lewis, University of Mary Washington

New Business

Amendments to the IASECS Constitution approved (see attached) : Voted to accept amendments to the IASECS Constitution to allow for virtual attendance if future ASECS meetings are held virtually.

Creation of an IASECS Endowed Fund within ASECS:

Approved making a deposit from IASECS account of $4,000 to create an IASECS endowed fund. This first deposit will be made in the 2024 ASECS fiscal year which begins July 1, 2024. It is anticipated that fund will begin generating approximately $400 a year, beginning in 2027.

This fund will require three years before funds can be disbursed. In the interim, we will continue gathering yearly dues and donations to award the essay prize and travel grants.

Kathleen Fueger reported that an anonymous donor has pledged a $1000 matching donation. We will announce this challenge after the fund has been established and begin our first fundraising campaign. Donations to the endowed fund will be tax deductible (which is not the case for current donations to IASECS).

Brainstorming for Toronto

Some preliminary ideas included the following. These will be finalized at our virtual retreat in April

a. Black Legend: Cathy and Karen
b. Triangular collaborations: African, Indigenous, and European Knowledge in the Americas.
c. Channeling the Ancients: Normative representations of classical sexualities in Enlightenment Literature (“channeling” inspired by the etymology of Toronto [Mohawk “Tkoronto” meaning channel between lakes Simcoe and Couchiching).

IASECS Virtual Retreat

IASECS is planning a virtual retreat for next Wednesday, April 26, at 5pm EDT. Check your email for the Zoom link. If you don’t receive it and would like to join us, please email or message Betsy and she’ll send the link.

Agenda for IASECS Retreat on 4/26/23

1.     Brainstorming on IASECS sessions for the ASECS conference in Toronto in 2024

2.     Online Symposium: “The Spanish and Spanish American Eighteenth-Century Lecture Series” (book presentations, thematic series, stand-alone talks, etc.) 

3.     NEH grant (discussion based on Clorinda Donato’s ASECS 2023 session)

Atención a los jóvenes dieciochistas: Convocatoria IV JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE JÓVENES DIECIOCHISTAS Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII (Universidad de Oviedo)

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