The Fifth Bi-annual 2014 Conference of the Dominican Studies Association “Making a Difference…”

The Fifth Bi-annual 2014 Conference of the Dominican Studies Association “Making a Difference…”
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 10/24/2013

Naugatuck Valley Community College, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI), the Office of Community Relations, Hostos Community College &
the Latino Artist Round Table (LART):

The fifth bi-annual interdisciplinary conference of the Dominican Studies Association (DSA) welcomes the submission of papers in any disciplinary area focusing on Dominican studies.

Invite you to join

The Fifth Bi-annual 2014 Conference of the Dominican Studies Association“Making a Difference…”

Thursday, May 1 – Friday, May 2, 2014 atNaugatuck Valley Community College
Playbox Theater
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708

The fifth bi-annual interdisciplinary conference of the Dominican Studies Association (DSA) welcomes the submission of papers in any disciplinary area focusing on Dominican studies. The conference seeks to explore the multiple narratives of documenting the life experiences of the Dominican people in the United States. The conference welcomes papers that document new knowledge about Dominicans. For example, papers that explore the increased participation of Dominicans in institutional and grassroots politics in the U.S, offer comparative perspectives of Dominicans with other groups, highlight women’s work in the making of the Dominican Community, examine the impact of second and third generations in U.S. society, study the Dominican literary production in Spanish in the U.S., issues of transnationalism, examine immigrants and/or second generation Dominicans in education, or contribute to the field of queer Dominican Studies.

Presentations will be accepted in English or Spanish. Presen-tations in Spanish must be accompanied by a one-page summary in English of no more than 800 words to be made available during the conference.

Registration and membership dues provide travel stipends for students and community scholars who want to attend the conference but are unable to cover their expenses.   

Naugatuck Valley Community College