MARK DEL MASTRO, LECTURE: THE HISTORY OF SIGMA DELTA PI, 2018
1er. CONGRESO UNIVERSIDAD Y SOCIEDAD, 2018
THE XII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF LITERATURE
St. John’s University (Queens Campus)
8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York 11439, USA
on October 12 to 14, 2016
Conference and participants. Program 2016
The XII International Conference on Literature
Keynote Speakers / Conferencistas
It is a privilege to welcome participants from all over the world, and work with Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), and the Centro de Investigaciones sobre America Latina y el Caribe de la Universidad de Mexico.
It is with great emotion that St. John´s is opening its doors to an international conference in literature that will host and reflect the diversity in culture of today´s global society through the English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese languages.
Special thanks to the administration of St. John´s University for its warm welcome and generosity.
Main Topics:
Literatures and Languages: Crossing Frontiers and Finding Diversity in Culture
Special Tribute:
The 70th Anniversary of Gabriela Mistral’s Nobel Prize in Literature
The Passing of two Giants: Cervantes and Shakespeare (1616 – 2016)
Subtopics:
Literature and its relationship with history, politics; Oral and written expression, memory and literacy; Development and reform in science and technology; Ethnicity and cultural diversity; Literature, ecology and environment; Referential genres (fiction/ non fiction); Gender and body Literature and all artistic expressions; Literature and science (physics, math, biology, etc.); Pop culture and innovations; Digital proposals; Global migrations; Linguistics and acquisition of a second language
Creative writing.
Student Participation
PROFESSIONAL CONGRESS ORGANIZERS,
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
Marie-Lise Gazarian
Ph.D. Columbia University
Director, Graduate Program in Spanish, St. John´s University
Director and host of the International Conference on Literature at St. John´s University
Vice-President for the Northeast, Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
Moderator of Epsilon Kappa, St. John’s Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi
Founder and co-editor Journal of Creative Writing “Entre Rascacielos”
Member PEN American Center
Myrna Lillian Fuentes M.A.
Director of Logistics
MA. in Spanish, St. John´s University
Life member, Epsilon Kappa, St. John’s Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi
Teacher at St. John´s University and York College
MA Candidate in Digital Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Mónica Sarmiento Castillo
Multimedia Marketing Director
MA. in Spanish, St. John´s University
Ph.D. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Director bi/Coa: base Iberoamerican Community of the Two Americas, NY
Member, Epsilon Kappa, St. John’s Chapter, Sigma Delta Pi
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CONSULTANTS
Milton Romero Obando
Independent Consultant for the Conference
MA. in Spanish, St. John ́s University
Member of the Committee of the International Conference on Literature: Memory and Imagination of Latin America and the Caribbean through the Oral and Written Paths
Carlos Huamán López
Researcher, Center for Research on Latin America CIALC, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, UNAM, México; Coordinador General del Congreso
Internacional de Literatura, Memoria e Imaginación de Latinoamérica y el Caribe
Vicente Robalino
Professor and Researcher, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Presidente General del Congreso Internacional de Literatura, Memoria e Imaginación de Latinoamérica y el Caribe
collaborators:
Nieves Almagro Alonso
Ph.D. Stony Brook University
Suffolk County Community College
Center for Survey Research. Department of Political Sciences
Co-editor, Entre Rascacielos, Epsilon Kappa, St. John’s Chapter, Sigma Delta Pi
Alex Lima
Teacher and Poet
MA. in Spanish, St. John´s University
Ph.D. The Graduate Center, New York
Adjunct Instructor at Farmingdale State College
Co-editor, Entre Rascacielos, Epsilon Kappa, St. John’s Chapter, Sigma Delta Pi