Conferences
Past conferences
If you are interested in hosting the conference, please download our Conference Host Form, which provides a point-by-point description of Host and Board shared responsibilities for the conference.
Click on the link for a program of the conference in PDF format.
- September 13-15, 2012, Portland, Oregon
- September 23-25, 2010, South Hadley and UMass-Amherst, Massachusetts
- October 2-4, 2008, California State University, Long Beach
- October 5-7, 2006, Georgetown University
- October 21-23, 2004, University of Houston
- September 12-14, 2002 Portland, Oregon
- September 20-22, 2001, Georgetown University (cancelled due to September 11 events)
- October 5-7, 2000, Universidad del Claustro de sor Juana, Ciudad de México
- September 16-18, 1999, Tucson, Arizona
- October 22-24, 1998, Loyola Marymount University
- October 30-November 1, 1997, University of Virginia and Washington and Lee University
- October 10-12, 1996, Texas Tech University
GEMELA mini conference grants
GEMELA invites members to submit proposals for sponsorship of mini-conferences. To be eligible, proposals must meet the following guidelines:
- Co-sponsorship will be considered as long as GEMELA is not hosting its conference during the same semester.
- The maximum amount awarded for an individual conference will be $250.00. No more than two awards will be granted per academic year.
- The conference/symposium must be hosted by a current GEMELA member/s.
- GEMELA will be listed on program and advertisements as co-sponsor.
- The theme of the sponsored conference must relate to GEMELA's mission.
- Please send your short request in an email to GEMELA’s 2nd Vice President: second.vice-president@gemela.org
GEMELA sessions at other conferences
- "Early Modern Nun's Giving" session at the 2012 M/MLA meeting at Cincinnati, Ohio: November 8-11, 2012. Organizer: Prof. Elia J. Armacanqui-Tipacti.
- "Spiritual Voyages Beyond the Convent Walls" panel at the 14th Annual Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures: March 27-29, 2008, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- "Poesía femenina" panel at the Eighth Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry, October 17-20, 2007, Universidad de Córdoba.
- Panel at the III Simposio Internacional Interdisiciplinario de Estudios Coloniales de las Américas, June 5-8, 2007, Quito.
- "New Visions of Teresa of Avila and Sor Juana" panel at the 2006 MLA Convention, December 27-30, Philadelphia.