Puerto Rican Studies Association
20th Anniversary Conference
Oct. 24-28, 2012
University at Albany, State University of New York
In 2012, PRSA will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its foundation in 1992. This is a momentous occasion for the organization and its members to take stock of the evolution in the study of Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora in the United States, as well as for evaluating the efforts to strengthen and grow PRSA that have been put in place in recent years.
The organization of the 2012 Biennial Conference is in the hands of a remarkably able and experienced Local Organizing Committee led by PRSA co-founder and past-president Edna Acosta-Belén, one of the leading figures in the development of Puerto Rican Studies in the U.S. since the 1960s.
All events in the conference, from keynote speeches to plenary sessions and panels, will take place on the central area of the SUNY-Albany campus, a constellation of adjacent buildings that represent a notable example of high-modernist, post-war architecture. The advantages of holding the conference in an academic institution are numerous, and the dedicated group of conference organizers, representing various entities at SUNY-Albany will also help draw on natural synergies within the Local Organizing Committee.
2012 Conference Call for Papers
The 2012 Conference Call-for-Papers is available in both English and Spanish in adjacent pages accessible through the dynamic menu that appears immediately below our website's masthead banner . Just select: "Conferences" -> 2012 Conference -> Call-for-Papers (English), or Convocatoria (Spanish).
The deadline for submitting a proposal for possible inclusion in our 2012 conference is Monday, February 13, 2012. However, in order to submit a proposal you must be or become a 2011-2012 dues-paid PRSA member. The proposal submission form exists in a restricted-access area of this website. The deadline for registering as a PRSA member and paying your 2011-2012 membership dues is Wednesday, February 1, 2012.
Please read the "Noticiero" blog article, titled " PRSA's New Dues & Conference Proposals Systems ," in which we introduce these new online systems implemented in mid-October, 2011.
2012 Conference Updates: " El Noticiero "
As they emerge, we will post updates on the organization of the 20th Anniversary Conference here and in "El Noticiero" blog . Additional updates, including reminders of the CFP deadline will also be sent through email. In this sense, please make sure that you provide us your most current contact information, including email and post mail addresses, by using the form found on the page titled "Enter Your Contact Information Here," located in the "Membership section of this website.
PRSA 2012 Conference Hosting Committee,
University at Albany SUNY:
■ Edna Acosta-Belén, Committee Chair - Distinguished Service Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinoa and Women's Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), and Director of the Center for Latino, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CELAC).
■ Christine E. Bose - Professor of Stratification and Gender Studies in the Department of Sociology, SUNY, Albany.
■ Pedro Cabán - Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), SUNY, Albany.
■ José E. Cruz - Associate Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Sciene, and Director of the New York Latino Research and Resources Network (NYLARNet), SUNY, Albany.
■ Tomás Urayoán Noel - Assistant Professor, English Department, SUNY, Albany.
■ Virginia Sánchez-Korrol - Professor Emerita of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), and Founding President of PRSA (1992-1994)
■ Aida Torres-Horwitt - Lecturer, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, SUNY, Albany.
■ Carmen Pérez-Hogan (NYLARNet Board)
■ Librada Pimentel (LACS)
■ Jackie Hayes (NYLARNet and LACS Graduate Student)
■ Carmen Nieves (LACS Graduate Student)
■ Lissette Acosta (LACS Graduate Student)
For further information:
Puerto Rican Studies Association
c/o Latino Studies Program
Cornell University
434 Rockefeller Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853
Phone: (607) 255-3197
Fax: (607) 255-2433
http://www.puertoricanstudies.org/
PRSA Executive Council - 2010-2012
President: Roberto Márquez, Mt. Holyoke College
Past-President: Gladys Jiménez-Muñoz, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Vice-President/President-Elect: Charles Venator-Santiago, University of Connecticut-Storrs
Secretary: Zaire Dinzey-Flores, Rutgers University
Treasurer: Luis Figueroa-Martínez, Trinity College (CT)
Vilma Santiago-Irizarry, Cornell University
Kelvin Santiago-Valles, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Magali Roy-Fequière, Knox College
Arlene Torres, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Solsirée del Moral, Pennsylvania State University
Li Yun Alvarado, Fordham University (student representative)
Melissa Rosario, Cornell University (student representative)