Call for Presentations at the Biannual Conference of the

Council for Latin American Studies of Asia and Oceania (CELAO)

April 18, 2020, Shanghai

The Council for Latin American Studies of Asia and Oceania (El Consejo de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Asia y Oceanía (CELAO) CELAO) was established at the 11th General Assembly of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Federación Internacional de Estudios de América Latina y el Carib, FIEALC) in Osaka in September 2003.

The international conference of CELAO has already been held in eight countries/regions. It aims to bring together academics and intellectuals from Asia/Oceania and other places around the world to share their knowledge and experiences in the field of Latin American studies.

Previous conferences:

1st Conference - 2005, at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia;

2nd Conference - 2007, at the COEX Convention Center in Seoul, South Korea;

3rd Conference - 2008, at Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi, India;

4th Conference - 2010, at the University of Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico;

5th Conference - 2012, at the University of Asia and the Pacific in Manila, Philippines;

6th Conference - 2014, at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan;

7th Conference - 2016, at Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand;

8th Conference - 2018, at the University of Macau in Macau S. A. R., China.

The ninth conference (CELAO 2020) will be held on April 18 (Saturday), 2020, in Shanghai. It will be organized by the Center for Latin American Studies at the Institute of Global Studies, Shanghai University.

CELAO 2020 will discuss the main theoretical and practical issues of Latin American politics, economic development, foreign relations, diplomacy, social development, history and culture.

Working languages: Chinese, Spanish, English, Portuguese.

Registration fee: $90

The minimum price for an off-campus hotel room is up from RMB 250, and the price of a guest room on campus is around RMB 450. (1 USD=7 RMB)

Please send the summary (500 words) of your paper before December 31, 2019 to: celao2020shanghai@126.com]

Authors of the accepted presentations will receive an invitation letter from the conference organizer.