The Eleventh International Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will take place from 07-08 September 2012 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. in conjunction with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Brazil’s national capital.

The Congress program will include academic panels, invited speakers, workshops, plenary sessions, and cultural activities. Our partner at UIUC will be the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies.  

Paper submission

BRASA’s Executive Committee has adopted the following guidelines for proposing papers and organizing panels:

1. All proposals for panels or papers must be submitted directly to the Program Committee through the BRASA official Proposal portal starting August 15, 2011. The Program Committee will not consider proposals not submitted and received through the official Proposal portal: https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=293

2. All participants must be members of BRASA. Each participant may present only one paper in the Congress, but may also preside over a panel or serve as discussant.

3. BRASA suggests that all panels include at least four papers, but no more than five, and that the moderator not be presenting a paper. Each session should leave at least 30 minutes for discussion or for comments by a discussant immediately following the presentations.

4. The Congress will have 10 sessions with 12 panels per session during a period of three days, for a total of 144 panels.

5. Questions about the organization of panels should be directed to the BRASA secretariat or to the Chair of the Program Committee. Suggestions for other possible events at the Congress should be sent to the BRASA Executive Office at brasa-illinois@illinois.edu

6. The Program Committee will give preference to proposals to organize complete panels with professors and researchers from different universities and that have an interdisciplinary focus.

7. Dates for submission and acceptance of proposals are the following: the deadline for submission of proposals for panels or individual papers through the BRASA website is October 15. 2011. The Program Committee will announce final decisions by February 15. 2012.