LALISA
Latin American, Latino/a, and Iberian Studies Association of the Pacific Northwest
The Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Association (LALISA) is dedicated to the promotion of these areas of research across academic disciplines. LALISA aims to foster productive professional relationships and exchanges between members who contribute to such academic study and civic engagement in the Northwestern Region of the United States of America and Canada.
4TH LALISA CONFERENCE, WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA, APRIL 11-12, 2019
KEYNOTE
We are honored to welcome Jon Beasley-Murray as our keynote speaker to this year’s LALISA conference. Jon Beasley-Murray is associate professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His research interests include social, cultural, and political theory, as well as Latin American studies. His book Posthegemony: Political Theory and Latin America was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2010. In reviewing the book for the journal MLN (2012), Charles Hatfield called Posthegemony “a book of major theoretical importance and profound political and disciplinary implications." Jon Beasley-Murray also has a very active presence online through his two blogs: Posthegemony, a blog about cultural studies and the concept of hegemony; and Projections, a blog about the representation of Latin America in Hollywood and European cinema. |
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April 11-12, 2019 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA |