UTSA hosts multiethnic literature conference
(March 8, 2004)--The University of Texas at San Antonio hosts the 18th annual conference of the Society for the Study of Multiethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) March 10-13 at the UTSA Downtown Campus and the Radisson Hotel.
The theme of the conference is "Tranfronterismo: Crossing Ethnic Borders in U.S. Literatures," reflecting the shifting cross-cultural focus of contemporary U.S. literary studies.
Registration is $75 for full-time faculty; $50 for part-time faculty; and $30 for students, community members and UTSA staff. A lecture by activist Cherrie Moraga and an art exhibit are free and open to all.
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RSS FeedsMoraga, author of "Loving in the War Years," will deliver a keynote lecture, "Indigena as Scribe: The (W)rite to Remember," at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 11 in the Radisson Hotel Salon de Gala Room. Additionally, she will speak on "An Irrevocable Promise: Re-imagining the Story Xicana" at 2 p.m. March 12 in Business Building Room 2.06.04 at the 1604 Campus. The lectures are presented in conjunction with Women's History Month.
The conference includes an exhibit of works from the UTSA art collection curated by Art Almeida. An opening reception is from 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 10. The exhibit in the Durango Building Southwest Room Art Gallery (1.124), Downtown Campus, features art by Daniel Guerrero, Luis Guerrero, Charles Ingram, Paul Karam, Janis Porter Markstein, Sky Patterson, John Segovia, Curt Slangal, Kathy Vargas and Lilliana Wilson.
For more information about the exhibit, contact Art Almeida at 210-240-9942.
Conference speakers include David Palumbo-Liu, professor of comparative literature at Stanford University and author of "Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier," and Harriet Kelly, who will speak on African American art. The conference features a performance by New York composer Fred Ho and Austin poet Raul Salinas.
The MELUS conference is sponsored by UTSA's Office of the President, Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, Women's Studies Institute, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, Department of English, Classics and Philosophy, and Trinity University.
For more information, contact Bill Mullen at 210-458-5351 or Norma Cantu at 210-458-5134.