LSA Conference: Justice and Joy

The LSA conference is an exciting event, held every two years during the summer at different geographic locations across the United States. The conference draws together over 500 academics, students, artists, writers, filmmakers and community activists whose work is dedicated to supporting, understanding, and engaging issues relevant to Latino/a/x people in the United States. The conference provides a generative and creative space for fostering community and broadcasting the lively and critical work that defines the field of Latina/o/x studies.

Each conference is slightly different depending on contemporary challenges facing Latina/o/x communities, the scholarship surrounding those issues, and the location of the conference. Plenary sessions are integral aspects of the conferences as well as presentations. Presentation formats include regular panel presentations, roundtable discussions, workshops, poster sessions and other creative venues depending on the interests and needs of the membership. Professional development workshops and panels on recent books in Latina/o/x studies are likewise integral to conference proceedings. 

Participants at past conferences have noted their unique character, particularly the sense of support and comradery among participants. Bringing together a diverse group of people in the community allows members to have conversations across disciplinary and institutional borders. The conference affords those interested and engaged in Latina/o/x Studies the opportunity to share work, exchange views, and share in meaningful conversations with scholars, teachers, students, writers, artists and community activists in the field.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION COST IS ON A SLIDING SCALE. 

• Arizona graduate and undergraduate students at any AZ institution: Free
• Community Members: $55
• Emeritus: $55
• Faculty Lecturers, Instructors, Adjuncts: $205
• Tenure Track Faculty: $280

Students, please come to the registration table on the second floor of the MU, near the Arizona Ballroom, to show your student ID and receive free entrance to the conference.