Cincinnati Conference on RALL
April 7-9, 2022
42nd Cincinnati Conference on Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures
Keynote Speakers:
Katelyn Knox, French University of Central Arkansas
Naomi Quiñonez, Spanish San Francisco State University
Department of Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures
University of Cincinnati
Co-chairs: Dani Granja, Spanish & Lucas LaVere Proper, French
Head Graduate Assistant: Camila Valdebenito
Conference Director: Dr. Nicasio Urbina
Call for Papers
42nd Cincinnati Conference on Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures
April 7-9, 2022
The Cincinnati Conference on Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures is the oldest graduate students conference in the United States. It has run uninterrupted since 1980, with panels on all aspects of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese languages and literatures. In 2019 Arabic was added to the department and to the conference. By 1983 the conference was attracting more than 200 presenters annually, currently we only accept 120 papers to make it an enjoyable and intellectually satisfying experience.
Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for papers dealing with all areas and aspects of Romance and Arabic languages, literatures and cultures. Proposals on film, popular culture, cultural studies, creative writing, digital humanities, and non-canonical approaches to literature are especially welcome.
Please submit abstracts here through the 42nd CCRALL website.
The keynote speakers this year are:
Katelyn Knox, French, University of Central Arkansas Naomi Quiñonez, Spanish, San Francisco State University
Individual presentations will be limited to 20 minutes and will be accepted in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic. For consideration, please submit an abstract or panel proposal here through the CCRALL webpage. Please fill out all the boxes and make sure you include the category in which your paper fits best. The abstract should be 250 words explaining your thesis and potential outcomes. If proposing a panel, follow the panel proposal options in the Google Form, including the title of the panel and of all the papers to be presented in the panel with their corresponding abstracts. There is a limit of four papers presented per panel.
Co-chairs: Dani Granja, Spanish & Lucas LaVere Proper, French Head Graduate Assistant: Camila Valdebenito Conference Director: Dr. Nicasio Urbina
If you have any questions, please email us at cinciconf@gmail.com.
Deadline for submission: Friday, December 17, 2021
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Download the Call for Papers PDF here.
Registration
You received a registration form with your acceptance email. This form must be filled completely and emailed back to cinciconf@gmail.com or sent by mail. There are two options for payment of registration fees:
By PayPal, the simplest and preferred option because it is secure, quick, and easy to track. If you pay this way, please to attach the payment voucher to your registration form. PayPal payments can be made via our Payment Zone located here.
-If you prefer to pay your registration fee by check, please send the check (made out to Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages) along with your Registration Form to: Nicasio Urbina, Director of Graduate Studies, P.O. Box 210377, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0377.
We look forward to seeing you in Cincinnati!