The Texas Collection of Spanish Comedias Sueltas and Spanish Theater at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin contains approximately 15,000 titles spanning over three centuries. This conference will bring together scholars in various fields to share their work and to celebrate the completion of the cataloging of the UT collection and the approximately 500 titles heldin the Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M University. The cataloging has been funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives.We welcome 20 minute papers from researchers in a variety of fields including but not limited to Hispanic literature and culture, history of the book, music, theater, bibliography, conservation, library science, etc.Papers focusing on specific writers and/or works represented in the collection are particularly welcome.Please send abstracts (not to exceed 350 words) to:sueltas2014@gmail.comAlthough the catalog will not be complete until the end of the spring of 2014, a beta version of the database can be accessed here: //research.hrc.utexas.edu/sueltas/and those wishing to present papers are encouraged to consult it.A more complete description of the collections accompanies this call for papers.For information on fellowships for scholars at the Ransom Center, see://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/Cory A. ReedAssociate ProfessorThe University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese150 W. 21st Street, Stop B3700Austin, TX 78712-1611
