2nd Conference

A window onto Latin-America

A 21^st Century Resignification of the Never-ending Conquest

UPDATE: NEW ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 27th SEPTEMBER

University of York, 8^th November 2019

Call for Papers

Has the colonisation of Latin-America really ended? Have we overcome the cultural and ideological of the European rule two centuries ago? What are the long-lasting consequences of the colonisation and how do they manifest today?

“A Window onto Latin America: A 21^st Century Resignification of the Never-ending Conquest” is an interdisciplinary conference within the Arts and Humanities, aiming to raise a discussion about the current state of the cultural, ontological, epistemological and ideological state of Latin America.

We invite scholars and early-career researchers from the Arts and Humanities and other disciplines to propose 15 minutes papers for this one-day conference at the University of York, England.

We want to create an encounter between scholars from Latin America and Europe to expose and discuss our contradictions as researchers from different epistemic paradigms and backgrounds, but who study the same subject: the Latin American subcontinent. We propose a discussion around this never-ending conquest, to approach the ongoing cultural hegemony and identity struggles from a wide range of disciplines within the arts and humanities. We want to invite scholars to observe and reflect on the ontological and epistemological tensions of studying Latin America from a European perspective, either as Latin American researchers formed and educated in Europe or under an European paradigm, or as Europeans studying a culturally and epistemologically different continent.

Topics include (but not limited to):

- Cultural syncretism

- Racial tensions

- Political consequences of colonialism

- History of colonialism in Latin America

- Construction of and contradictions in Latin American identity

- Western ideas in Latin America

- Western religions in Latin America

- Methodological and epistemological concerns in Latin American studies

- Material culture and materiality

- Anthropological and archaeological approaches to pre-Columbian cultures

- Global south and world peripheries

Applications must consist of a 250-word abstract and a short biography and institutional affiliation. They must be sent to conferenciaventana2019@gmail.com before 27 September.

Any questions should be sent to tgps500@york.ac.uk or magc500@york.ac.uk