The 2014 Interdisciplinary Conference of AHLiST

Committees

Distinguished Executive Board

Directors

(Oversee all operations: announcement, budget, registration, etc.)

•   Dr. Francisco García-Serrano – Director –  Director of Ibero-American Studies
  Professor of HistorySaint Louis University  Madrid Campus
• Dr. Yudis Contreras Martínez – Co-Director – Facultad de Ciencias Humanas – Universidad de Cartagena
•  María Victoria González de Spicker – Co-Director – Jefe de Relaciones Internacionales y Cooperación -Universidad de Cartagena

Conference Coordinators

(Supervising proposal acceptance and panel organization)

• Leonor Zozaya – Coordinator – Postdoctoral fellowship – Coimbra University (Portugal)
• Yonsoo Kim – Coordinator –  Associate Professor of Spanish, Purdue U.
• Constantino Malagón Luque  – Coordinador – Professor of Computer Engineering

Primary Advisory Board

Eugenio Bustos Gisbert (Catedrático de Filología Española, UCM)

Epícteto Díaz Navarro (Profesor Titular de Filología Española, UCM)

Fenrong Liu (Professor, Tsinghua University)

Paul Dixon (Professor of Spanish, Purdue U.)

Patricia Hart (Professor of Spanish, Purdue U.)

R. Douglas Hurt  (Professor, Department Head, Department of History, Purdue U.)

Eugenio R. Luján (Vicedecano de Investigación y Postgrado de Facultad de Filología, UCM)

Howard Mancing (Professor of Spanish, Purdue U.)

Song No (Associate Dean,Purdue University)

Nancy Peterson (Professor & Interim Head, Department of English,  Purdue U.)

Jeffery Siskind (Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer 
    Engineering, Purdue U.)

Ronnie Wilbur (Professor and Chair of Linguistics program, Purdue U.)

The Cartagena University and the AHLiST suggests the following hotels:

To all the participants to AHLiST 2014 and, particularly, to those who want to publish their papers in the proceedings of the Congress this year in the page of AHLiST 2014.

• • The deadline to submit the final version of your paper is November 7, 2014. We ask you not to exceed this date, this is to facilitate the arduous work the coordinators of this event do to compile the required material.
  • Your papers must include an abstract in English and in Spanish, with no more than 15 pages, written in Times New Roma and at a double space.
  • During the congress, organizing committee will ask the participants to authorize the upload of your paper to AHLiST page, respecting the copy right and intellectual property.
  • The editorial rules to follow correspond to the last APA manual. See also: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
  • Send to Dr. Yudis Contreras Martínez, Co-Director

Emergencies abroad

• General emergency info
• International travel information to Colombia
• If you have been a victim of crime
• If you have lost your passport
• If you are sick or hurt
• US Embassies, Consulates & Diplomatic Missions

Getting a passport

• US Passport Services

If you are planning to go abroad in the next year and do not have a passport, apply for one immediately. If you do have one, be sure that it will be valid for as long as you need it, or apply for a renewal immediately. Click here to visit the U.S. Passport Services Office web page.

Cartagena de Indias Travel Tips

• Travel Cartagena Guide
• Colombia Currency
• Guía de Arquitectura de CARTAGENA

Money & Banking Abroad

• Online Currency Converter
• Sending/Receiving Money Overseas in an Emergency
• Images of other countries’ money

Food

•  Food in Colombia

Lodging

• Hostel reviews
• Internet Guide to Hostelling
• Hotels in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Sources of airline tickets

• STA Travel
• Orbitz
• Expedia
• Priceline
• Cheap Tickets
• Student Universe
• Sidestep
• Fly Low Cost
• Fly Cheap Abroad

Traveling while abroad

• Rail passes
• European Rail Travel
• RyanAir
• easyJet

Regulations

• US Customs rules on what you can bring home
• Documentation needed to visit other countries (NOTE: Check with embassies of each country for most specific, up-to-date info).

Safety abroad

• Country-specific advice & warnings (State Dept.)
• Safety tips for American travelers (State Dept.)
• Safety for Study Abroad participants (State Dept.)

Health abroad

• Center For Disease Control (CDC) Travel Info
• World Health Organization
• Medical tips for American travelers (State Dept.)

Of general interest to travelers

• Amadeus.net – a great source of travel info, including printable subway maps from all over the world
• World Citizen’s Guide
• Magellan’s travel products
• Campmor camping & travel gear
• Time Zone converter
• Make a personal multi-zone clock
• Unique “population” map
• Metric Conversion Calculator
• Phone Cards

Sources of world news

• BBC
• International Herald Tribune
• Reuters
• World Press Review

Information on other countries

• Background Notes & Country Pages (State Dept.)
• BBC country profiles
• Lonely Planet
• Globespotters Blog