FINAL PROGRAMME

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11TH INTERNATIONAL SAAS CONFERENCE

“TRANS-”: The Poetics and Politics of Crossing in the US

Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife).March 20-22, 2013

Transcending roles and borders, as well as physical and mental boundaries, has always been a primary motif in the narrative of the United States of America. Coming across the “Other”—either by pioneering into new territories, traveling East & West, South & North; or by colonizing/contacting/contesting other cultures, languages, identities—has resulted in complex and problematic experiences of crossing. The 11th SAAS International Conference, to be held at La Laguna University, Tenerife, aims at exploring those transits in order to understand the American practice of transgressing limits and crossing real and metaphorical, political and cultural borderlands. Some issues that could be addressed are the following:

A) Transnational: Border crossings; inter- & multi- Nations; Geo- & Supra- Nations; dis- & post- locations; political subsidiarity; global, local, & “glocal” places.

B) Transliterary: Trans-genre; trans-mediality; literary “exhaustion;” e-books; trans-lations; computering literature; cyber-palimpsests: reusing and recycling documents; trans-publishing.

C) Transgender: Transcending gender roles; androgyny; trans-sexuality; /hetero/bi/homo/pan/poly/a/-sexual normativities; “post-genderism.”

D) Transhuman: Cyborgs and ultra-humans; “transSci-fi”; post-anthropocentrism; dialogues and disruptions between humans and non-humans; environmental & toxic discourses; transgenic foods; human-made catastrophes.

LIST OF PANELS

1) Trans-textuality in American Literature, Film, and Culture

Panel Chair: Jesús Ángel González

Institution: Universidad de Cantabria

E-mail: gonzalezja@unican.es

2) Crossing as Empowerment: the Boundaries of Theatrical Illusion

Panel Chair: Barbara Ozieblo

Institution: Universidad de Málaga

E-mail: ozieblo@uma.es

3) Life-Writing In The U.S.: Negotiating Border, Inter-, and Trans- Identities

Panel Chair: Isabel Durán Giménez-Rico

Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

E-mail: idurangi@filol.ucm.es

4) The Transgressional Impulse in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fiction

Panel Chair: Francisco Collado Rodríguez

Institution: Universidad de Zaragoza

E-mail: fcollado@unizar.es

5) ‘White Indians’ and Other Trans-Identities: Comparative Readings of the Experience of Adopted Captives

Panel Chair: Mª Ángeles Toda Iglesia

Institution: Universidad de Sevilla

E-mail: mtoda@us.es

6) Transgressing Boundaries: The Interrelationship of Poetry and the Visual Arts

Panel Chair: Viorica Patea Birk

Institution: Universidad de Salamanca

E-mail: vioricap@usal.es

7) Transnationalism and Masculinities: U.S. Literary and Filmic Representations

Panel Chair: Josep M. Armengol

Institution: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

E-mail: JoseMaria.Armengol@uclm.es

8) Transnational/Transcultural Female Bodies in American Literature

Panel Chair: Eulalia Piñero Gil

Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

E-mail: eulalia.pinero@uam.es

9) Characterizing Diaspora Literatures in the U.S. Today

Panel Chair: Aitor Ibarrola Armendáriz

Institution: Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao

E-mail: ibarrola@fil.deusto.es

10) Transactions: Financial Elites, the Politics of Austerity and the Destruction of the Welfare State

Panel Chair: Dan Fyfe

Institution: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

E-mail: dfyfe@dfm.ulpgc.es

11) Food Crossings: From Transgenics to Black Vegans

Panel Chair: Salvador Rodríguez Nuero

Institution: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

E-mail: salvador.rodriguezn@upm.es

12) Music Which Crosses Borders: Sounds and Songs Which Come and Go

Panel Chair: Ángel Chaparro Sainz

Institution: Universidad del País Vasco

E-mail: angel.chaparro@ehu.es

13) Opaquely Transparent: Crisscrossing Identities in American Literature and Film

Panel Chair: Isabel González Díaz

Institution: Universidad de La Laguna

E-mail: igonzad@ull.es

14) The Trials and Tribulations of Translation

Panel Chair: Michael A. Rockland

Institution: Rutgers University

E-mail: rockland@rci.rutgers.edu

15) Trans-Communication: Making Matter Talk

Panel Chair: Irene Sanz Alonso

Institution: Universidad de Alcalá

E-mail: irene.sanza@uah.es

16) Encounters of the Third Space Kind: American Science Fiction as the Experience of Coming Across Otherness

Panel Chair: Ángel Mateos-Aparicio Martín-Albo

Institution: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

E-mail: Angel.Mateos@uclm.es

17) Crossing the Border in American Culture

Panel Chair: Ana María Manzanas Calvo

Institution: Universidad de Salamanca

E-mail: amanzana@usal.es

18) The Historical Significance of Border Crossing in the United States

Panel Chair: María Luz Arroyo Vázquez

Institution: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

E-mail: larroyo@flog.uned.es

19) Miscellaneous Panel

Panel Chairs: Begoña Simal/Víctor Junco

Institution: Universidade da Coruña/Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

E-mail: bsimal@udc.es / vjunco@dfm.ulpgc.es

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND VENUE

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE / COMITÉ ORGANIZADOR

- Juan Ignacio Oliva (U. La Laguna) Coordinator

- Matilde Martín González (U. La Laguna) Secretary

- Manuel Brito Marrero (U. La Laguna) Treasurer
- Mª Concepción Brito Vera (U. La Laguna)

- Juan José Cruz Hernández (U. La Laguna)

- Pedro Domínguez Caballero de Rodas (U. La Laguna)

- Marta González Acosta (U. La Laguna)

- Isabel González Díaz (U. La Laguna)

- Mª Luz González Rodríguez (U. La Laguna)

- Beatriz Hernández Pérez (U. La Laguna)

VENUE
Conference Site:

AULA MAGNA DEL AULARIO DE HUMANIDADES &
FACULTAD DE FILOLOGÍA

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA
Campus de Guajara s/n
(38071) La Laguna

SPEAKERS

CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS

The following plenary speakers have confirmed their participation in the conference:

-    Karen Tei Yamashita (U. California, Santa Cruz)

-    Isabel Durán (U. Complutense, Madrid) 

REGISTRATION

Download the registration form here.

ACCOMMODATION

This is a list with some hotels that might be of your interest. We have tried to select those which seem to be nearer and more adequate in terms of price and proximity to the conference venue, in the Metropolitan area (Santa Cruz de Tenerife & La Laguna). An alternative option (much cheaper but at approx. 35 kilometres driving distance from the University) is to lodge in the touristic zone of Puerto de la Cruz. You will find a link with each hotel's webpage in case you may need further information. Especially for those who come from abroad, you have the chance to make your reservation on-line by clicking on the links below.

HOTELS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA (SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE & LA LAGUNA)

Hotel Laguna Nivaria****

Plaza del Adelantado 11, 38201 (La Laguna)

Tel. 0034922264298 / Fax: 0034 922 259 634

http://www.hotelnivaria.com/

Hotel Aguere**

C/ La Carrera 55, 38205 (La Laguna)

Tel.: 0034 922 259 490 / Fax: 0034 922 631 633

http://www.hotelaguere.es/

Hotel Colón Rambla***

C/ Viera y Clavijo 49, 38004 (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel.: 0034 922 272 550 / Fax: 0034 922 272 716

http://www.hotel-colonrambla.com/

Hotel Contemporáneo***

Rambla de Santa Cruz 116, 38001 (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel.: 0034 922 271 571 / 0034 922 271 223

http://www.hotelcontemporaneo.com/

Hotel Taburiente***

C/ Dr. José Naveiras 24ª, 38001 (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel.: 0034 922 276 000 / Fax: 0034 922 270 562

http://www.hoteltaburiente.com/

Hotel Silken-Atlántida****

Avda. Tres de Mayo, 38005 (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel.: 0034 922 294 500 / Fax: 0034 922 224 458

https://www.hoteles-silken.com/wp-content/themes/silken/book_simple_opera/step1.php?_h=32&_l=es_ES&_in=&_out=&adults=1&childs=0

HOTELS IN PUERTO DE LA CRUZ (35-40 KMS. AWAY FROM THE VENUE)

Apartamentos Bellavista ***
C/ Eucaliptus, 4, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz - Tenerife
Tel: 0034 922 383 111 / Fax: 0034 922 383 518

http://www.apartamentosbellavista.com/

Hotel Best Semiramis *****


C/ Leopoldo Cologan Zulueta, 12 - Urb. La Paz 38400 - Puerto de la Cruz ( Tenerife )

Tel .(+34) 922 373 200 Fax.(+34) 922 373 193
http://www.granhotelsemiramis.com

Hotel Blue Sea Puerto Resort ****

C/ Aceviño, 10, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel .(+34) 922 381 200 Fax.(+34) 922 375 103
http://www.blueseahotels.com/es/hotel-tenerife/hotel-blue-sea-puerto-resort

Hotel Blue Sea Interpalace ****

C/ Aceviño, 21, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel .(+34) 922 383 101 Fax.(+34) 922 383 400
http://www.hotelinterpalace.com

Apartamentos MASARU***

C/ Los Robles, 2, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Tel. (+34) 922 370 085

www.apartamentosmasaru.com

Hotel La Paz****

Calle La Haya, 4, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz

Tel. 922 38 44 86

http://www.hotellapaztenerife.com ‎

STUDENTS

Those graduates and postgraduates who want to attend the conference can obtain a certificate of attendance at special reduced price after being evaluated positively equivalent to 20 hours/2 credits ECTS.

SPECIAL REGISTRATION PRICE: 75 EUROS (ATTENDANCE ONLY)

TRAVEL INFORMATION

How to get to TENERIFE: There are two airports in the island: Tenerife-North “Los Rodeos” & Tenerife-South “Reina Sofía”. Tenerife-North is much nearer the venue of the conference (5-10 minutes driving distance to La Laguna, 25-30 minutes to Santa Cruz, and 30-35 minutes to Puerto de la Cruz), but it is more of a national airport, mainly for those who come in transit from Madrid or Barcelona; Tenerife-South, on the other hand, is the international airport and it is located in Granadilla de Abona (at about 45-50 minutes driving distance to Santa Cruz, 1 hour driving distance to La laguna & 1 hour 30 minutes to Puerto de la Cruz), most of the low-cost companies land there but there are regular green buses (TITSA company) who take you to the capital of the island: Santa Cruz de Tenerife (please, do not confuse it with Puerto de la Cruz, which is another town!), at an estimated price of  about 7 euros.

The main venue of the conference will be the Faculty of Philology, U. La Laguna, in Guajara Campus, in the following address,

AULA MAGNA DEL AULARIO DE HUMANIDADES &
FACULTAD DE FILOLOGÍA

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA
Campus de Guajara s/n
(38071) La Laguna

Tenerife

Tel. 0034 933 31 76 07

FAX: 0034 922 31 76 11

Google Maps: http://maps.google.es/maps?hl=es&rlz=1C1DVCO_enES400ES400&q=google+maps+facultad+filologia+ull&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=124l124l1l925l1l1l0l0l0l2l1224l2416l7-2l2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=677&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Guajara Campus: http://www.ull.es/view/institucional/ull/Campus_de_Guajara/es

To move between the Metropolitan Area, there is a tram that goes two-way from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to La Laguna every 5 min. Single tickets cost 1 euro.

The trip from Santa Cruz de Tenerife/La Laguna to Puerto de la Cruz takes 40-50 minutes by regular bus (TITSA company), depending on traffic. Here is the link of TITSA schedules: http://www.titsa.com/index.php?idioma=1

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ABOUT TENERIFE

WELCOME TO TENERIFE!

The island of Tenerife is not only the largest volcanic island of the Canarian archipelago, but it is also home to the highest mountainous peak in Spain: Mount Teide (3718 metres). It is a continent in miniature, surrounded by beautiful landscapes that vary from green Pine and Laurel forests, to brownish moors, moulded by lava eruptions, dark sandy beaches and huge and impressive sea cliffs. Spanish colonial architecture can be enjoyed by walking in the historical towns of La Orotava and San Cristóbal de La Laguna (UNESCO World Heritage City since 1999), the place where the first University in the Canaries was founded in the 18^th century. During the conference, we will have the opportunity of visiting “Las Cañadas del Teide National Park” (which is the most visited park in Spain). We dearly hope that the most promising academic programme of the venue comes to terms with the leisure activities planned and the outstanding beauty of the fortunate islands, as they have been called ever since ancient Roman times to present day. Enjoy it!

Some links of interest about Tenerife:

http://www.tenerifeisland.com/en/que_ver_en.html

http://www.islas.co.uk/tenerife_attractions.htm

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g187479-c54603/Tenerife:Spain:Places.To.Go.And.Things.To.See.html

http://www.spain-tenerife.com/UK/places.html

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Spain/Canary_Islands/Isla_de_Tenerife-252903/Things_To_Do-Isla_de_Tenerife-TG-C-1.html

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