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The Society for Latin American Studies Annual Conference 2007

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Dates: 13– 15 April 2007
Venue: Newcastle University, UK

Plenary Speakers:
Carlos Ivan Degregori: (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos)
Fiona Wilson: Institute of Society and Globalisation, University of Roskilde, Denmark
Organising Committee, Newcastle University: Keith Brewster, Claire Brewster, Rosaleen Howard, Patricia Oliart, Vanessa Knights
Wider support team, Newcastle University: Ian Biddle, Jane Cartridge, Esteban Castro, Jens Hentschke, Nina Laurie, Patricia Ocampo Thomason

Conference Contact:

Melanie Kidd
Newcastle Institute for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
HASS Faculty Office
Newcastle University
7th Floor Daysh Building
Newcastle
NE1 7RU

Tel: +44(0)191 222 5807


 Important notice regarding accommodation:

Please note that unlike recent SLAS conferences, the conference fee does not include accommodation. You will need to book your own accomodation. Please see the Accommodation link for more information.

¡VAMOS!  FESTIVAL WEEKENDER
April 12th – 15th 2007

¡VAMOS!  is returning in a mini-weekend from April 12th-15th 2007.

The first ever ¡VAMOS!  Festival took place in July 2006.  We were thrilled to introduce this 10-day festival of music, theatre. Film, food, literature and fashion from Spanish and Portuguese speaking global cultures to the North-East region.  The festival gathered artists from all over the world and the region to celebrate those cultures in NewcastleGateshead together.

As art of the festival, there was also the ‘Popular Musics of the Hispanic and Lusophone Worlds’ conference, organized by Newcastle University which took place during the closing weekend of the festival and attracted music specialists from allover the world.

This year’s ¡VAMOS!  weekender will coincide with Newcastle University hosting the annual conference of the Society for Latin American Studies.  We hope delegates will enjoy the varied programme of events across NewcastleGateshead.  Visit www.vamosfestival.com for further details (programme to be confirmed in February).

Thursday 12th April : Star and Shadow Cinema ¡VAMOS! WEEKENDER
2007 LAUNCH EVENT

What does it feel like to know that you are about to be killed? Nearly a decade ago, a terrified village in southern Mexico sought refuge in a small wooden church & awaited their inevitable fate.
Until now the full story of the massacre at Acteal has never been told. This documentary screening is introduced by Mexican History expert Dr. Brewster (Newcastle University) followed by a Q+A session with filmmaker Nick Higgins. Nick Higgins is also the author of ?Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion? & the current director of the Cultural Studies programme at Edinburgh University. On the 12th of April to mark the opening of the VAMOS festival a special preview screening of A Massacre Foretold Nick Higgins will then be discussing the making of this
film between 9am and 10.30am on Sunday the 15th of April as part of the Art of Truthtelling: Narratives of Conflict and the (Im)possibility of Reconciliation session at the Society of Latin American Studies annual conference at Newcastle University.

for more information see:
http://www.vamosfestival.com/2007_star.php