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Association for Contemporary
Iberian Studies
42nd Annual Conference
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY 1- 3 SEPTEMBER 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Association will hold its 42 nd Conference, organised by the School of Modern Languages Cardiff
University, from 1-3September 2021. The conference will take place at the School of Modern Languages
with accommodation available in university residences and locally.
You are cordially invited to offer a paper, panel, or workshop presentation. Proposals for individual
papers as well as panels on specific themes (max. four papers per panel) are encouraged. Any proposed
panel should be organised by one convenor who will be responsible for inviting the speakers and chairing
the session. You are also invited to suggest any speakers you think would be willing to offer a paper, but
please note that ACIS does not normally offer a fee or expenses for speakers.
ACIS encourages proposals from postgraduate students and a small number of partial conference fee
bursaries are available – please see application process details below and encourage your students to
consider this.
Below are the suggested thematic areas for papers and panels, which must advance understanding of
nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century socio-cultural, economic and political issues and realities and
relate primarily to Spain and/or Portugal and transnational issues and processes relating to the Iberian
Peninsula within the wider Lusophone and Hispanic worlds. Both single-disciplinary and interdisciplinary
perspectives are encouraged and the themes listed below are not exclusive.
Politics, Government, International Relations, the EU, Nationalism, Regionalisms, Transnational
issues and processes
Economics, Business, Labour, Social and Welfare issues
Cultural Production in all its forms (e.g. film, television, journalism, literature, media, advertising,
digital communication & social networking)
Social and Cultural Studies (e.g. identity, gender, ethnicity, popular culture)
Leisure, Tourism, Sport
Contemporary History
Language, Linguistics, Language Policy
Education and Pedagogy
The selection of panels/papers will be made by the Conference programme convenors in consultation with
the Executive Committee and these decisions will be [Link] will be allocated 30 minutes on the
programme (20 mins for the paper 10 mins for discussion).
We will shortly be announcing the keynote speakers for the conference on our ACIS website. Keynote
speakers in previous years have included novelist Use Lahoz, journalist and writer Elvira Lindo, historian
and diplomat Professor Angel Viñas and the Association’s President, historian Professor Paul Preston.
If you wish to offer a paper, please see the Guidelines for Papers (on the next page) and send your
proposal to the ACIS 2021 Programme Convenors (Susana Relvas, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and
Cindy Pinhal, Farmingdale State College, SUNY) at the email address: acis2020cardiff@[Link] by
TUESDAY, 27th April [Link] enquiries concerning papers and topics are welcome before the
deadlines. Conference booking can be made at ACIS registration 2021 and there is more information about
the Association at [Link]
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Conference Fees
Full Conference £
70
Student - members ACIS early bird
90
Student - non-members ACIS early bird
150
Members ACIS early bird
190
Non-members ACIS early bird
90
Student - members ACIS standard
110
Student - non-members ACIS standard
160
Members ACIS standard
210
Non-members ACIS standard
2-day Conference
45
Student - members ACIS early bird
70
Student - non-members ACIS early bird
105
Members ACIS early bird
130
Non-members ACIS early bird
60
Student - members ACIS standard
75
Student - non-members ACIS standard
115
Members ACIS standard
145
Non-members ACIS standard
Early bird payments are accepted to the deadline of 25th June 2021.
Please make your booking at ACIS registration 2021
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Association for Contemporary
Iberian Studies
GUIDANCE FOR PAPERS ACIS CONFERENCE
2021
Please include the following information for your paper/panel proposal. Please note that proposals will be
accepted in any of the following languages: English, Spanish or Portuguese.
NAME OF APPLICANT (including title – e.g. Dr, Prof, …):
INSTITUTION:
ADDRESS:
Tel:
E-mail:
Please indicate if you are proposing a Paper or a Panel:
IF PROPOSING A PANEL, Please state Panel title, list papers and provide an abstract for each paper
(max. 4 papers per panel).
TITLE AND ABSTRACT OF PAPER (approx. 150 words):
Please send your proposal by TUESDAY, 27th April 2021 to:
ACIS 2019 Conference Programme Convenors (Susana Relvas, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and
Cindy Pinhal, Farmingdale State College, SUNY) at the email address: acis2020cardiff@[Link]
ABOUT ACIS
The Constitution briefly describes the general aims of the Association as the promotion and advancement
of “study and understanding of contemporary socio-cultural, economic and political issues and realities
relating primarily to Spain and/or Portugal and transnational issues and processes relating to the Iberian
Peninsula within the wider Lusophone and Hispanic worlds”.
1. Geographical limits: Spain and Portugal, their dependent territories and their relations with the wider
Lusophone and Hispanic worlds. Broader international relations involving either state are also included.
2. Historical period: from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. This is not meant to exclude
references to an earlier period, where appropriate.
3. Language: All the languages of the Iberian Peninsula and their varieties, especially in their contemporary
social and political context.
If you have published a book on a subject of potential interest to ACIS members in the course of the past
year, we also invite you to take the opportunity to use our web pages to publicise it. Please send details to
ACIS@[Link]
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Iberian Studies
ACIS CONFERENCE 2021 POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES
The Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies is offering four postgraduate student bursaries.
Successful applicants will have the conference fee waived for the forthcoming ACIS Conference at Cardiff
University, 1-3 September 2021.
These bursaries are available to postgraduate students whose research is related to an area of interest to
ACIS members (see above Guidelines for Papers), and who are willing to offer a paper at the 2019
Conference. ACIS aims in this way to encourage postgraduate students to participate in the Association,
which is concerned with the study of social, political and economic aspects of the Iberian area, as well as
its languages and cultures.
N.B. These bursaries are intended for postgraduate students who are not in full-time or fractional academic
posts; students who are employed to undertake small amounts of part-time teaching (less than 0.5 FTE
timetable) will be eligible.
Applications should be made to the ACIS 2021 Conference Convenors (Susana Relvas, Universidade
Católica Portuguesa and Cindy Pinhal, Farmingdale State College, SUNY) at the email address:
acis2020cardiff@[Link] using the form below.
The completed application form must be accompanied by a supporting reference from the
applicant’s supervisor; the reference is needed to help the Conference Convenors and ACIS Executive
Committee decide which applications will be of most interest and value, and of sufficient quality to be
included in the Conference programme.
Successful applicants will receive aconference fee waiver but please note thattravel expenses and
accommodation willnotbe covered by the bursary.
Successful applicants will also be invited to submit papers for consideration for publication in the
International Journal of Iberian Studies (IJIS), on the understanding that publication is not guaranteed, as
this is a refereed journal.
Final date for applications will be TUESDAY, 27th April 2021.
PLEASE BRING THIS INVITATION TO THE ATTENTION OF
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
ACIS RELIES ON ITS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO PUBLICISE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
POSTGRADUATES.
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Iberian Studies
APPLICATION FOR ACIS POSTGRADUATE BURSARY ACIS CONFERENCE 2021
NAME OF APPLICANT:
INSTITUTION:
ADDRESS:
Tel: Fax: E-mail:
Degree for which registered:--------------------------------------------
Duration: -------------- Current year of research:--------------------
NAME OF SUPERVISOR (and address if different from above):
PROPOSED TITLE OF PAPER TO BE OFFERED:
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PAPER (100 words maximum - continue on a separate sheet if necessary):
Return by TUESDAY, 27th April 2021 to:
ACIS 2021 Programme Convenors (Susana Relvas, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Cindy Pinhal,
Farmingdale State College, SUNY) at the email address: acis2020cardiff@[Link]
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