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Wednesday,
October 29th
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1:30-4:30
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Executive Council
Retreat
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4:00-7:00
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Registration
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5:15-6:30
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Executive Council
Dinner
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5:30-7:00
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Graduate Student
Reception
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7:00-8:30
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Welcome: Krista Comer,
Rice University, WLA President
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8:30-9:30
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Opening Reception
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9:45
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Film Screening: Come
and Take It Day (2002)
Introduction: Priscilla Ybarra, Rice University
Q&A with Director Jim Mendiola
to follow
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Thursday,
October 30th
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8:00-4:00
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Registration
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9:00-5:00
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Book Exhibit
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8:00-9:30
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Panel
Session A
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9:30-10:00
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Coffee Break
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10:00-11:30
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Panel
Session B
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11:30-12:45
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Past Presidents’
Luncheon
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1:00-2:00
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Plenary Session: "Why in the
World Study Diaries: A Tale of the Road Less Traveled," Judy Nolte
Temple, Past President's Address
Introduction: Melody Graulich, Utah State University
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2:15-3:45
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Plenary Session: "The Status of Western Studies:
From Inside and Out"
Speakers:
TBA
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3:45-4:15
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Coffee Break
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4:15-5:30
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Panel
Session C
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5:30-7:00
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Chicano/a Studies & Friends
Reception (All Are Welcome)
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7:30-9:00
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An Evening with Sandra Cisneros, Recipient of WLA’s Distinguished Achievement Award for
Literature
Featuring Special
Guests, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having
Their Say
Sponsored by Rice
University President's and Provost's Offices
Award Presentation: WLA President Krista Comer, Rice University
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9:00
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Book
Signing
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Friday,
October 31st
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8:00-4:00
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Registration
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9:00-5:00
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Book Exhibit
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8:00-9:30
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Panel
Session D
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9:30-10:00
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Coffee Break
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10:00-11:45
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WLA Distinguished
Achievement Award Plenary (Award
to be presented at the awards banquet)
Featuring: José David Saldívar, Ramón
Saldívar, and Sonia Saldívar-Hull
Award Presentation: WLA President Krista Comer, Rice University
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12:00-1:30
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Post-Plenary Luncheon
& Conversation
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1:30-2:45
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Panel
Session E
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2:45-3:15
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Coffee Break
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3:15-4:30
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Panel
Session F
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5:30-6:00
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James Welch: A
Memorial Tribute
"Heartsong of
James Welch," Mary Clearman Blew, University of Idaho
Introduction by Nancy Cook,
University of Rhode Island
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6:00-7:00
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Pre-Banquet Reception
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7:00-9:30
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Annual Banquet
Speaker:
Rubén
Martínez, University of Houston
Brief Reflections: Ann
Ronald, University of Nevada, Reno: “Sites and Sounds of WLA”
Award Presentations:
WLA Distinguished Achievement Award for
Literary Criticism
Thomas
J. Lyon Award
J.
Golden Taylor Award
Don
D. Walker Award
Delbert
and Edith Wilder Award
Frederick Manfred Creative Writing Award
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9:30
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Dancing
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Saturday,
November 1st
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8:00-12:00
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Book Exhibit
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8:00-9:15
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Panel
Session G
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9:30-10:30
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WLA Business Meeting
and Coffee Break
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10:45-12:00
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WLA Readers'
Theatre: Hispanic Playwrights Project
A Revue of Selections from Plays from South Coast Repertory
Directed and adapted for WLA by David Fenimore, University of Nevada, Reno
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12:30
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Buses Depart for Saturday Tours
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