SLAS Annual Conference

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SLAS Football

The inaugural SLAS 6-a-side football tournament will take place on the afternoon of Friday 20th April from 2.30-3.45. Anyone wishing to take part (all very welcome to what will be a fun event rather than serious competition!) please e-mail slas2012@sheffield.ac.uk with the subject header 'SLAS football'.

SLAS 2012

Wednesday 18th to Friday the 20th of April 2012
Hosted by the University of Sheffield, Department of Hispanic Studies.

The Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield is hosting the 48th Annual Conference of the Society for Latin American Studies. The Conference will be as wide ranging as is customary, and will run from 1.30 on Weds 18th April, to lunchtime on Friday 20th. There will then be a 6-a-side SLAS football tournament on the afternoon of Friday 20th, with all very welcome to join in.

Conference Timetable, Panels' Schedule, Panels' Synopses, Papers' Synopses

The Conference Timetable, Panels' Schedule, Panels' Synopses and Papers' Synopses are now available here.

Booking and Fees

BOOKING

To book your place at the conference please use this link: http://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=67&deptid=5&catid=34

You will see that there are sixteen different conference package options, and they cover members, non-member, postgraduates, those working and those not working. So please read through carefully before selecting which package to choose. For you reference only, the different packages are listed here:

  1. (SLAS Member Delegate Rate) Full Conference
    £170.00; this includes all meals and tea/ coffee breaks.
    Please note: Lunch on Wednesday 18th is not provided. 

  2. (Non-Member Delegate Rate) Full Conference
    £195.00; this includes all meals and tea/ coffee breaks.
    Please note: Lunch on Wednesday 18th is not provided.

  3. (Non Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Full Conference
    £110.00; this includes all meals and tea/ coffee breaks.
    Please note: Lunch on Wednesday 18th is not provided. 

  4. (SLAS Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Full Conference
    £100.00; This includes all meals and tea/ coffee breaks.
    Please note: Lunch on Wednesday 18th is not provided. 

  5. (SLAS Member) Day Rate - Wednesday 18th April
    £45.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  6. (Non Member) Day Rate - Wednesday 18th April
    £70.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  7. (SLAS Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Day Rate - Wednesday 18th April
    £25.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  8. (Non Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Day Rate - Wednesday 18th April
    £35.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  9. (SLAS Member) Day Rate - Thursday 19th April
    £70.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee breaks, lunch and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  10. (Non Member) Day Rate - Thursday 19th April
    £95.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee breaks, lunch and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  11. (SLAS Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Day Rate - Thursday 19th April
    £40.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee breaks, lunch and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  12. (Non Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Day Rate - Thursday 19th April
    £50.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee breaks, lunch and wine reception, but not evening meal.

  13. (SLAS Member) Day Rate - Friday 20th April
    £45.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and lunch.

  14. (Non Member) Day Rate - Friday 20th April
    £70.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and lunch.

  15. (SLAS Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Day Rate - Friday 20th April
    £25.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and lunch.

  16. (Non Member Postgraduate / Unwaged) Day Rate - Friday 20th April
    £35.00; Day rates - includes registration, delegate pack, tea/ coffee and lunch.

Accomodation

ACCOMODATION

For those that require accomodation for the conference, you can use this site which has been created by the Sheffield Tourist Office: https://www.conferencebookings.co.uk/delegate/YSTSLAS2012. For those of you who wish to organize your own accomodations the conference will take place in the Jessop West buildings of Sheffield University, at the junction of Upper Hanover Street and Leavygreave Road. It is worth noting that the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible start on 21st April, and while most snooker spectators may not be in Sheffield during the conference, early booking of accommodation is recommended.

Reports of previous SLAS conferences

About the Annual Conference

The conference is the key event in our calendar, attracting 200-350 participants. It takes place during the Easter vacation in different locations each year.

Academic panels vary widely, from economics to music via anthropology, politics, history, literature, geography and film. We have a keynote speaker and social events which in the past have included visits to galleries, film festivals and which culminate in the conference dinner with salsa dancing.

PILAS runs research workshops for postgraduate students and all panels are strongly encouraged to include at least one postgraduate speaker. Postgraduate attendance is facilitated by the conference bursary.

Funding is available to assist Latin American scholars who are presenting a paper at the SLAS conference with their travel expenses.