Biennial conferences

Spanish Association for American Studies

Since its foundation in 1993, SAAS has been organizing biennial three-day conferences hosted by local universities. So far Madrid (l994, Universidad Autónoma), Seville (l995, Universidad de Sevilla), León (l997, Universidad de León) Santiago de Compostela (l999, Universidad de Santiago), Salamanca (2001, Universidad de Salamanca), Vitoria (2003, Universidad del País Vasco), Jaén (2005, Universidad de Jaén) and Coruña (2007, Universidad de La Coruña) have been venues for these conferences, drawing international participants and attendees from the United States and Europe. La Universidad de Barcelona will be hosting the 9th SAAS conference in 2009. Submit your paper proposal

These conferences have addressed topics on significant aspects of American Studies such as "History and Fiction: Fictions of History" (l994), "Urban U.S.A.: Real and Imaginary Cities" (l995) "Century Ends, Crises and New Beginnings" (l997), "Travelling Across Cultures: The Twentieth Century American Experience" (l999), "Power and Culture: Forms of Interaction and Renewal" (2001), "American Mirrors: Sef-Reflections and Self-Distortions" (2003), "Masculinities, Femininities and Hybridities in U.S. Culture" (2005), and have regularly attracted between 100 and 120 registrants. Their format includes plenary lectures (5), panel sessions (12 to 16), dialogue sessions, roundtables and workshops on specific issues or areas of study.

Most of the plenary lectures have been addressed by prestigious literary, artistic or academic personalities,--among them Robert Coover, William Kennedy, Philip Levine, Mary Gordon, Leo Marx, Robert Brustein, Emory Elliott, Robert Allen, Shirley Lim, Heinz Ickstadt and Bobbie Ann Mason. Their participation has been important to set the intellectual standards of the conventions and determine their critical orientation. All this work has been made possible by the generous and enthusiastic support of the American Embassy in Madrid and its Cultural Services. Acknowledgement of this support and of its continued collaboration with the Association should certainly go to the dialogue promoted by Ambassador Richard N. Gardner, the firm encouragement provided by Brian E. Carlson (Councellor for Cultural Affairs), and the fruitful implementation carried out by D. Anthony B. Chillura, Tom Leary, Mark Jacobs, Anne Barbaro, and Edward Loo, Cultural Affairs Officers.

Biennial Conferences
Since its foundation in 1993, SAAS has been organizing biennial three-day conferences hosted by local universities. So far Madrid (l994, Universidad Autónoma), Seville (l995, Universidad de Sevilla), León (l997, Universidad de León) Santiago de Compostela (l999, Universidad de Santiago), Salamanca (2001, Universidad de Salamanca), Vitoria (2003, Universidad del País Vasco), Jaén (2005, Universidad de Jaén) and Coruña (2007, Universidad de La Coruña) have been venues for these conferences, drawing international participants and attendees from the United States and Europe. La Universidad de Barcelona will be hosting the 9th SAAS conference in 2009. Submit your paper proposal


		These conferences have addressed topics on significant aspects of American Studies such as "History and Fiction: Fictions of History" (l994), "Urban U.S.A.: Real and Imaginary Cities" (l995) "Century Ends, Crises and New Beginnings" (l997), "Travelling Across Cultures: The Twentieth Century American Experience" (l999), "Power and Culture: Forms of Interaction and Renewal" (2001), "American Mirrors: Sef-Reflections and Self-Distortions" (2003), "Masculinities, Femininities and Hybridities in U.S. Culture" (2005), and have regularly attracted between 100 and 120 registrants. Their format includes plenary lectures (5), panel sessions (12 to 16), dialogue sessions, roundtables and workshops on specific issues or areas of study.

Most of the plenary lectures have been addressed by prestigious literary, artistic or academic personalities,--among them Robert Coover, William Kennedy, Philip Levine, Mary Gordon, Leo Marx, Robert Brustein, Emory Elliott, Robert Allen, Shirley Lim, Heinz Ickstadt and Bobbie Ann Mason. Their participation has been important to set the intellectual standards of the conventions and determine their critical orientation. All this work has been made possible by the generous and enthusiastic support of the American Embassy in Madrid and its Cultural Services. Acknowledgement of this support and of its continued collaboration with the Association should certainly go to the dialogue promoted by Ambassador Richard N. Gardner, the firm encouragement provided by Brian E. Carlson (Councellor for Cultural Affairs), and the fruitful implementation carried out by D. Anthony B. Chillura, Tom Leary, Mark Jacobs, Anne Barbaro, and Edward Loo, Cultural Affairs Officers.