Latino/Latina Focus Group

For more information about the Latino/Latina Focus Group, click here to send an e-mail to the focus group leadership.

The Latina/Latino Focus Group promotes the study of theater and performance throughout the Americas that address cultural issues of concern to Latinos, or are written, performed, or produced by Latinos. We bring together scholars and practitioners interested in the history, contemporary practice and future of Latina/o and Latin American theatre and performance. The LFG promotes scholarship and practice in the field and encourages collaborative participation between members and their respective institutions. We are open to new and varied ways of defining what constitutes Latino Theater and Performance and are developing networks to support both active scholarship and emerging scholars. The LFG is also committed to collaboration with the larger ATHE body and is invested in promoting the inclusion of Latina/o and Latin American theatre and performance within all activities of the organization.

We currently have a list-serve that is used to share ideas and disseminate information. The list-serve address is athe-lfg@ucdavis.edu. You may subscribe by contacting Gregory Ramos, Secretary: gramos@uvm.edu.

Officers
President/Focus Group Representative 
Jon Rossini
jdrossini@ucdavis.edu

Conference Planner and Focus Group Representative-elect
Patricia Herrera
pherrera@richmond.edu

Secretary/Treasurer
Gregory Ramos
gramos@uvm.edu

Graduate Student Representative
Hector Garza
hgarza1@asu.edu

Webmaster
Andrew Kircher
andrewkircher@mac.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

LATINO/A FOCUS GROUP DEBUT PANEL

CURTAINS UP: CONVERSATION AMONG EMERGING SCHOLARS 

The Latino/a FocusGroup of the Association 
for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) invitessubmissions from scholars who have not yet published articles or presented ata national conference for its competitively debut 
panel at the 2010 ATHEConference.  The theme of theconference is "Theatre Alive: Theater, Media, and Survival” and it takes placeat the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, August 3- 6, 2010. Both graduate students and faculty members are eligible tosubmit.  The deadline forsubmission is March 22, 2010.  Papers should be an appropriate lengthfor a 20-minute presentation 
(typically 10 pages or less) and address Latino/aAmerican or Latin American subject matter. While we welcome all panelsand papers that address the conference theme broadly, we also encouragesubmissions that address other disciplinary questions.  Transnational,comparative, and diasporic approaches are welcome.

A jury of theatre scholars will evaluate the submissions and select twopapers to be presented at the conference as a part of Curtain Up: Conversation Among Emerging Scholars, jointlyconducted with the Black Theatre Association (BTA) and the American Theatre andDrama Society (ATDS).   Thisinnovative format will allow greater dialogue among emerging scholars acrossthe range of American theater and performance imagined continentally. DavidRomán, Professorof English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and Adam Versényi, Distinguished Professor of Dramatic Art at the University of NorthCarolina-Chapel Hill will serveas judges for the competition. Students and faculty members fromnon-performance based departments are encouraged to submit work.

Allpresenters must register and pay the appropriate fees for the 
conference.Conference presenters should be ATHE members unless they 
work outside theacademic study of theatre. For information on the conference (includingapplicable costs), and the Latino Focus Group see 
http://www.athe.org.

Please email an rtf version of your paper without your name by March 22, 2010 to Patricia Herrera (pherrera@richmond.edu).  Please put “LFG Debut Panel Submission”in the subject heading and in the body of the email include the title of thepaper, your name, address, telephone, email address and affiliation. 

Receipt ofyour submission will be confirmed via email and you 
will be informed of thejudges' decisions by April 26, 2010. If you have any questions about eligibility, submissions or the LFG,please contact Patricia Herrera (pherrera@richmond.edu).

More CFP's, news, and LFG conversations at latinofocusgroup.org.