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Calls for Papers (CFPs)SAMLA welcomes broad participation in planning, chairing, and presenting as part of sessions for its next conference, SAMLA 95, taking place on November 9-11, 2023, in Atlanta, GA. Each Session Chair writes their own Call for Papers (CFP) and submits it to SAMLA for approval and posting. Presentation abstracts are then directed to the individual Chair, who selects and notifies their panelists accordingly. The Chair then submits information about the panel they have selected to SAMLA for inclusion in the conference program. Please read the instructions below for further details and links to the appropriate forms.
Instructions for Prospective ChairsProspective Chairs should begin by deciding on the session's type and format:
Next, prospective session chairs should prepare their CFP language and submit a CFP form for SAMLA's approval. A CFP form should be submitted for each session, even if the session already has a full list of presenters. SAMLA will post all approved CFPs below to encourage scholars to submit abstracts to Session Chairs for approval and, ultimately, inclusion in the conference program. When selecting panelists, Chairs are asked to take note of the eligibility guidelines posted in the "Instructions for Prospective Presenters" section below. Chairs may choose to widen their selection process by posting their CFPs to other databases. To have your CFP included in SAMLA News, please submit it by February 28. The final deadline to submit a CFP is June 20, 2023. Instructions for Prospective PresentersScholars interested in presenting at SAMLA 95 should review the approved Calls for Papers (CFPs) below and follow any submission instructions set by the individual Session Chairs. SAMLA asks that you abide by certain eligibility guidelines when planning your participation in our conference:
CFPs by CategoryNOTE: You can jump to a specific subject by selecting a category from the list below, or you can hit Control-F or Command-F to enter a search term (Chair name, keyword, etc). African / African American StudiesAmerican StudiesAsian / Asian American StudiesCaribbean StudiesCreative WritingEnglish Studies (UK & Ireland)Film StudiesFrench StudiesGender & Sexuality StudiesGerman StudiesHispanic StudiesInterdisciplinary StudiesItalian StudiesLuso-Portuguese StudiesOther Languages & LiteraturesPedagogyRhetoric & CompositionSlavic StudiesAfrican / African American StudiesRituals of (In)Security in Black Speculative Fiction American life is steeped in ritual: the ritual of waking up, our daily routines, honoring our dead, or praying to the powers we believe in. Rituals provide us with a sense of safety, security, and comfort from the uncertainties of daily life. For various communities, especially those which live under the constant threat of racism, such as the Black community, rituals take on an even greater significance. In what might be called the Age of Insecurity, rituals have taken on even greater significance to combat feelings of entrapment and paranoia, particularly for marginalized communities. Rituals portrayed by authors of Black speculative fiction help to envision new sorts of security that resist complacency and complicity. We welcome papers on ritual as either a form of oppression and surveillance or of resistance, especially in Black speculative fiction. Please submit a 200-300 word abstract, a 50-100 word bio, and any A/V requests to Ruth Myers, University of Georgia, at [email protected] by July 1st, 2023. American StudiesAddressing Colonial Insecurities Through Radical Forms Expanding upon SAMLA’s phrase “age of insecurity,” this panel will interrogate subjectivities that exceed the settler/Indigenous binary. What if we consider the moment of Euro-Indigenous encounter as its own age of insecurity? What does it mean to live through multiple moments of insecurity? How are the tools that we have to express or reflect insecurity actually beholden to the too-naturalized architecture of colonial regimes? Interrogating settler and Indigenous texts, this panel will consider transgressive art and literary forms. We are especially interested in genre play that manipulates or reassesses established, colonial mediums of representation, including but not limited to the novel, found text and other poetic forms, photography, film, etc. How do settler and Indigenous subjects interact with each other through mediums? How does genre play make naturalized phenomenon like colonialism visible and interactive even within a larger discourse of insecurity and paranoia? Please submit a 200-300 word abstract, a 50-100 word bio, and any A/V requests to Anthony Gottlich and Stacey Balkun via the following Google Form (https://forms.gle/6np8d8RMptcSaUcZ7) by May 26, 2023. Edith Wharton Society The Edith Wharton Society invites papers for the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference (SAMLA 95) to be held at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 9-11, 2023. We encourage papers that explore the conference theme for this year (In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies. Contributions may address any of the wide range of ways that Wharton’s work speaks to the 2020s with its pandemics, human migration, environmental challenges, increased surveillance, and (geo)political conflicts. How does reading Wharton’s literature through the lens of in/security shape our insights? We also welcome papers beyond this topic that contribute to our understanding Edith Wharton and her contexts. Please submit a 300-500 word abstract and one page CV by to Mary Carney, University of Georgia, [email protected] Emily Dickinson's (In)Security The Emily Dickinson International Society panel welcomes submissions on any aspect of Dickinson studies. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By July 15, 2023, please submit an abstract, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Dr. Trisha Kannan at [email protected]. Ethnic Self-Representation Post-Identity This panel invites submissions on any aspect concerning contradictions in the self-representation of embodied subjects resisting assimilation and asserting their heritage in twentieth and twenty-first century American literature. Please submit a 250-word abstract, a brief bio or CV, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Maria Orban (Fayetteville State University) at [email protected] by July 1, 2023. The Future of Indigenous Futurism This roundtable seeks participants to consider some basic definitions: what are the differences among Indigenous science fiction, Indigenous speculative fiction, and Indigenous Futurism? The table members (and the audience) also will consider other fundamental questions, such as: How did Indigenous Futurism arise from Native Nationalism and what is its relationship to Tribalography? Indigenous Futurism was imagined as a critical category before there were many examples to place within it; have recent works fulfilled the potential for Indigenous Futurism, and what does the future of Indigenous Futurism look like? Interested participants should propose a response or perspective on some of these questions (or pose their own) in 250 words. Please send that response, along with a brief bio and any A/V or scheduling requests to Miriam Brown Spiers, Kennesaw State University, at [email protected] The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2023. Indigenous Pathways in Critical Latine/x Studies - Transborder Poetics and Remapping Home Drawing on the recent formulation of "Critical Latina/o Indigeneity" (Maylei Blackwell, Floridalma Boj Lopez & Luis Urrieta Jr. 2017), this conference proceedings invites essays in various formats and stages of development that interrogate Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous border and transnational narratives, whether in Latin America and the United States and Africa and Europe, further inviting questions as to the analytic boundaries of Afro-Indigeneity and Indigeneity within these spaces, thereby questioning the geopolitical implications of English-language terminologies where they override and obviate endonyms. Drawing on historiography, literature, and other disciplines, this panel will unpack "settler time," "settler space," and gender norms and formalisms expressed in European languages but necessarily expressed through dense articulations in Indigenous cultures, whether among the Binnizá or Mayas. Please submit abstracts by July 25, 2023. Media-Chaos in Late Modern and Post Modern World in the Don DeLillo's Work How does the media, chaos, and particularly the chaos in the media work in Don DeLillo’s fiction? How can we understand his fiction as an index of this particular form of chaos in both the modern culture and post-modern world? Does the chaotic media environment replace our religiosity, foment identity crises, and create a lack of focus through a mindless feedback loop of entertainment? This panel invites submissions that examine how these topics and others related to media, chaos, and post-modern American culture are approached in DeLillo’s novels and shorter fiction. Please send abstracts of 250 words, along with AV requirements, scheduling requests, and brief bios, to Maria Nazir, Georgia State University, at [email protected]. Muslims in America This panel intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights, jazz musicians, punks, hip hop artists, filmmakers, and visual artists. Papers are invited that explore the diverse compositions of Muslim American identities in cultural texts as they challenge and engage with the canonical codes and sociopolitical norms of national, theoretical, literary, and aesthetic spaces. With the theme of SAMLA 95 - (In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies - panelists are asked to consider how these Muslim American writers and artists employ different media in their contrapuntal articulations of assimilation, alterity, dissent, and transgression in high and low art forms to the following: economic inequities, environmental insecurity, and state and corporate surveillance. Please submit a 300-word abstract, with a short biography and A/V requirements, to Mahwash Shoaib ([email protected]) by June 15. The Souths and Science Fiction Society for the Study of Southern Literature (SSSL) The Society for the Study of Southern Literature invites papers on the South and science fiction for a panel at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s 95th Annual Conference from November 9-11, 2023 in Atlanta, GA. This conference’s theme of “(In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies” presents a unique opportunity to consider the imagined futures offered within SF works, including their representation of social inequalities and the possibilities of the SF genre to raise awareness to the value of Literature and Language studies. Papers may discuss any of the sub-genres of science fiction, including Afrofuturism, post-apocalyptic, or alternate history and may focus on any media including video games, novels, poetry, movies, television, or comics. The chosen texts should share the South, “Southern-ness,” or Global Souths as a concern. We welcome presentations that offer to 'expand' the canon of Southern literature and science fiction itself, especially papers that focus on works by BIPOC, AAPI, or LGBTQ+ writers. Please direct any questions to Cameron Winter and Zita Hüsing at [email protected] and [email protected] Submit 200-500 word abstracts, 50 word bio notes, and A/V requirements via the following link by June 1, 2023: https://forms.gle/9MNUyz2GNCwKf7B1A Speculative Mapping The Emerging Scholars Organization (ESO), an affiliate of the Society of the Study of Southern Literature, invites current students and/or beginning faculty to submit abstracts for an upcoming guaranteed panel on (re/un)mapping the South. There has been an increased interest in relationships between speculative mapping, spaces of resistance, and hierarchies of place. Some examples include: interactive visualizations of networks of enslaved and freed Black communities in the South (Mapping Marronage, Black Craftspeople Digital Archive), research around Faulkner's maps of Yoknapatawpha, and seminal work by scholars such as Thadious Davis, Gina Caison, Dolores Flores-Silva and Keith Cartwright. ESO invites papers that discuss topics related to (re/un)mapping the South, including, but not limited to:
Please submit 200-250 word abstracts and a 50 word bio via the following link by July 15th: https://forms.gle/QkJBp6pWpDzxzTvY7 Studies in the works and life of Truman Capote Truman Capote Literary Society This session welcomes submissions on any aspect of studies in the works and life of Truman Capote. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By June 30, 2023, please submit an abstract of 200 words or less, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Dr. Stuart Noel, Georgia State University at [email protected]. What Does the Future Look Like for Single-Author Societies and What Will Their Place Be in the Study of Literature?Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society welcomes submissions from scholars who are interested in discussing the future of single-author societies at a roundtable discussion at SAMLA 95 in 2023.The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society celebrated its 25th anniversary conference in the summer of 2023, but with the continued decrease in stable faculty positions in academia, the society has observed real challenges to membership and participation. Given this changing climate, what does the future look like for single-author societies? Where might societies draw new membership and encourage participation if traditional pathways in academia are no longer available? What will be lost if single-author societies are unable to sustain themselves in the future? What is the role for such societies as both the humanities and, even more specifically, literary studies continue to be maligned within and without higher education? These are the kinds of questions this roundtable discussion hopes to consider and explore. Please submit abstracts of no longer than 250 words to James Stamant at [email protected] by June 16, 2023. Writing Beyond Identity This special session will examine textual representations in which authors explore positionalities outside their own (with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, nationality, ability status, religion, et cetera). Submissions are welcome that consider the limitations, liabilities and/or opportunities of crossing such boundaries. Or, just as climate scientists take core samples of glaciers to collect climate data, panelists may investigate how such boundary crossings provide data on the cultural climates of periods past or present. Representations in any genre and inclusive of popular culture are welcome. Please submit by May 30 an abstract of 100-500 words, along with a brief bio and/or c.v., and any A/V or scheduling requests to George Hovis, SUNY Oneonta, at [email protected] Please include in the email’s subject line “SAMLA Writing Beyond Identity.” The Writings of Lillian E. Smith This traditional session welcomes submissions on any aspect of Lillian E. Smith's writings. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By June 1, 2023, please submit an abstract of 250-300 words, along with a brief bio, to [email protected] Writing with Security and Insecurity in Early America How might the ideas of security and insecurity, broadly conceived, apply to pre-1900 American writers? From the colonial era to the early Republic, through the rise of abolition and the Civil War, and through the Reconstruction era, Americans from diverse backgrounds experienced security and insecurity in a wide variety of ways that both challenged and changed American society and literature. How were these challenges faced through literature? How were cultural changes made through people’s writings? How did authors depict the precariousness of being (in)secure? What lessons can we learn from pre-1900 Americans about security and insecurity that speak to contemporary society? This panel invites proposals for 3-4 presentations of not more than 20 minutes each to address the above questions, or other ideas related to the South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s 95th Conference theme of “(In) Security: The Future of Language and Literary Studies.” Presenters are required to become members of SAMLA and to register for the conference which is scheduled to be held in-person in Atlanta, GA, from November 9-11, 2023.Please submit an abstract of not more than 250 words, along with a CV, and any audio/visual requirements to Benjamin Crawford ([email protected]) by July 4, 2023, for consideration.
Asian / Asian American Studies(In)security: Envisioning the Future of Asian / Asian American Literature and Studies Historically in the United States of America, immigrants of Asian origin have been the subject of extremely violent legal measures—one need only recall the 1882 “Chinese Exclusion Act” or the other major laws against the naturalization of Asians voted in 1924 and 1934. These acts aimed at excluding or limiting their presence on racial grounds—that lasted until the 1965 “Immigration and Nationality Act”—which enact and signify political and social rejection, were accompanied by cultural exclusion, denial, and marginalization, through powerful operating racist and Orientalist stereotypes such as “inferior race,” “yellow peril,” “unassimilable,” “perpetual foreigners,” and even “model minority” —all of which are rife in Anglo-American literature since the 19th century. As Lisa Lowe had rightfully formulated it in her groundbreaking study Immigrant Acts (1996), the conception of the “Asian American” is “haunted” by a national memory that has consistently envisioned them as the “foreigner-within”—even when “born in the United States and the descendant of generations born here before” (5-6). Lowe’s analysis has unfortunately been confirmed anew in the current pandemic and post-pandemic times—most recently through the back-to-back shootings in California in January 2023. It is also no wonder that the myriad forms of symbolic and physical violence and antagonism manifested against Asian Americans have led to an exasperation of their sense of unbelonging, illegitimacy, misfitness and (in)security. While these aspects have been continuously brought to the forefront and confronted by academics and writers of different fields, genres and affiliations, our panel aims to prolong some of the examinations and expand the epistemological and aesthetic possibilities of reconnecting the text and the world. We thus welcome presentations on any aspect of studies and/or teaching in literature, language, history, culture, and arts within the realms of Asian/Asian American Studies that will address the following question: How do Asian American studies and literature not only chronicle conditions and realities of (in)security, but also engage with them? What acts and manners of writing could be identified as meaningful and pertinent ways of not only dealing with these conditions and realities, but also confronting them whilst further providing solutions and venues for change? Comparative or interdisciplinary studies, multiethnic, transnational, and cross-cultural research related to the SAMLA 95 theme, (In)security, are especially welcome. Please submit a 250-300 word abstract/proposal, a brief academic bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to both I-Hsien Shannon Lee ([email protected]), and Nicoleta Alexoae-Zagni ([email protected]) by July 15, 2023. International Fan Culture in the Age of In/Security: Language, Literature, Music and Technology Across Borders This session invites submissions on all aspects of Fan Culture and Cross-Cultural interaction. Topics include (but are not limited to) K-pop, J-pop, fan-celebrity relationships, forms of fan intimacy, and online communities. We will ask how fan culture builds identity and community beyond geographical, cultural, and language boundaries. All approaches are welcome. Please send 300-word abstracts, a brief bio, and CV by June 30 to Catherine Roh, Georgetown University, at [email protected]. Pandemic and the (De)formation of the "other" This special session will examine contemporary Asian American authors who have published during the pandemic. These textual representations will be focused on the idea of fear, its propagation in society, and how it contributes to the forming/deforming/unforming/informing of the identity of the other. This session welcomes submissions that focus on the analysis of such texts including their commentary upon the perpetual otherization, the fear attached to certain identities, and how these identities are represented through literature written during the pandemic. How has the government/religion/social media treated the “other” during the pandemic? Has the precarity of these marginalized identities changed or have we landed ourselves in sympathizing with the “other” post-pandemic? For those interested, please submit an abstract of 100-500 words by May 30, along with a brief bio and any A/V or scheduling requests to Swati Gilotra, University of Georgia, at [email protected]. Caribbean StudiesCreative WritingDeciphering the "I" in First Person Writing When we write in first-person, there are, of course, a plethora of “I”s--the imagined self, the narrator self, the authentic self, and/or the public-presented self. Considering this, how should creative writers best approach first-person writing? Can we even distinguish among the different “I”s we put on the page? Should we try? Should the reader know and/or care about what version of ourselves we are using? This Special Session welcomes creative work of any genre that uses first-person writing: e.g., memoir, poetry, creative nonfiction, or autofiction. Contributors will be asked to read from their work (maximum of eight pages) as well as discuss their thoughts and ideas behind the persona of “I” in their writing. By July 25, please submit the first two pages of your work, an abstract of your piece, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Julie Boutwell-Peterson, University of Kentucky, at [email protected].
Fragmented Writing in the 21st Century (In)security: Poets for SAMLA 95 This regular session welcomes poetry submissions that draw on interpretations of the SAMLA 95 conference theme: (In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines security in part as “freedom from danger” and “freedom from fear or anxiety.” It defines insecurity in part as “a feeling of anxiety, fear, or self-doubt”; “lack of dependability or certainty”; “lack of a reliable means of meeting one's basic needs”; and “lack of safety or protection.” This session aims to feature poets whose poems thoughtfully address these and other definitions of security and insecurity. All poetic interpretations of the conference theme are welcome. By June 30, 2023, please submit a sample of original poetry that fits the conference theme (3-5 poems, 10 pages max), a brief bio, and any A/V requests to Valerie A. Smith, Kennesaw State University, at [email protected]. English Studies (UK & Ireland)"delicious security and freedom”: The Lives of Children in D.H. Lawrence’s Work Late in the lengthy, posthumously published essay, “The Education of the People,” D.H. Lawrence associates the continuation of the infant’s early education into “physical motion” with “the keen, fierce, unremitting swiftness of the parent, whose warm love opens the valves of glad motion in the child, so that the child plays in delicious security and freedom.” In this polemical essay as well as in his critical writings on psychoanalysis, his fiction, his poetry, his drama, his literary criticism, his letters, and beyond Lawrence’s oeuvre is populated with discussions of childhood education, scenes that catch children at moments of developmental crisis or confusion, and children placed at the margins of fictional worlds—as in The Woman Who Rode Away (1924), where the only appearance of a child agitates the protagonist who is the middle of her flight. “‘Why are you going alone, Mother?’ asked her son, as she made up parcels of food. / ‘Am I never to be alone? Not one moment of my life?’ [s]he cried, with sudden explosion of energy. And the child . . . shrank into silence.” This brief scene raises many questions—as does Lawrence’s entire oeuvre—about security, freedom, and children’s precarity and resilience. The D.H. Lawrence Society of North America invites papers that study Lawrence’s elaboration on the lives of children in his life and work. Possible topics include but are not limited to: ● Lawrence’s challenge(s) to Freudian theories of childhood Please send an abstract (200-300 words), a short bio, and any A/V requirements or scheduling requests by June 30, 2023 to Benjamin Hagen ([email protected]). English IV: 19th Century Insecurities Essays and/or presentations are welcome that discuss responses in 19th Century British literature to insecurities of the period. Some topics scholars might consider include:
Conversely, essays might address how to teach Romantic or Victorian literature in a political and social climate wherein the Humanities are increasingly suspect, de-emphasized, or rejected. How do scholars of this time period respond to current insecurities in our field? Please submit a 500-word abstract and a brief bio by July 30 to [email protected], Dr. Anita Turlington, Associate Professor, English University of North Georgia (In)Security in the World(s) of James Bond 2023 is a banner year for Bond studies, the 70th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming’s first novel, Casino Royale. 2023’s other significant Bond anniversaries include Fleming’s novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963) and the films From Russia with Love (1963), Live and Let Die (1973), Octopussy (1983), and Never Say Never Again (1983). Yet this is also a time of insecurity regarding Bond’s future in print and on screen. Censored versions of Fleming’s books, released by Ian Fleming Publications, have raised a storm of controversy, and James Bond’s death in the film No Time to Die (2021) has cast doubt on the future of Eon’s film franchise. We invite papers reflecting on the threats Bond (as a character and/or a franchise) has faced, past or future, and/or Bond’s insecurities in fiction, film, or other media. Please send 300-word abstracts by July 1, 2023 to Oliver Buckton ([email protected]) and Matthew Sherman ([email protected]). Please include a brief bio statement and any AV needs. "One of US:" Joseph Conrad in The Age of Insecurity Ninety-nine years since his passing, nothing makes Conrad's place among us more secure than his and our shared insecurities: our many different ways -- for better and/or worse -- of being firmly unfixed. Conrad's precarity and opportunity are ethical conditions we share: states of mind, heart, and soul emblematic of the ongoing age he saw before us and which mark him out as "one of us" today.The Joseph Conrad Society of America invites proposals for presentations on any aspect of Conrad's work as it relates to this year's SAMLA conference theme of "(In)Security." Abstracts and inquiries may be sent to the panel Chair: Dr. John B. Murphy Assistant Professor of English Middle Georgia State University [email protected] Ushering in a New Era: How David Lowery's The Green Knight Exposes (In)Security When it comes to (In)Security, David Lowery sets the bar high in The Green Knight, a subversive adaptation of the medieval romance that has captured readers’ attention for nearly seven hundred years—Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Those familiar with the poem know all too well that Gawain displays moments of insecurity when faced with a beheading from the Green Knight, but Lowery’s vision of the titular character, played by Dev Patel, radiates insecurity with every decision he makes. His weaknesses become even more apparent when paired with the empowering characters that pose a threat to his masculinity—both those original to the poem, and additions Lowery makes to his version of the tale. Last year’s SAMLA call for papers, “Out With the Old, In With the New: Changing Trajectories in David Lowery’s Green Knight,” was so popular that we were able to form two panels, and we look forward to continuing our lively discussion of the film, with the hope of welcoming new participants. Please submit a 250-word abstract, a brief bio, and any A/V requirements by July 30, 2023 to Melissa Crofton at [email protected]. Film StudiesFrench StudiesFactual Fictions and Fictional Facts: Autofiction's (Un)certainty In 2016, the usage of the word “post-truth” became codified not just in English dictionaries and American politics but also in a world-wide discussion of personal opinions, ideologies, and political beliefs. While this neologism began as a term mostly disseminated in contemporary news and social media outlets, it inherits meaning from centuries-long philosophical, literary, and religious debates about the relationship between truth and reality. In literature, perhaps the most applicable discussion is the one on autofiction in which critics and writers have been engaged since Serge Doubrovsky coined the term in 1977. This panel will examine how autofiction can be read and function, and ironically even embody truth, in a “post-truth” or “post-vérité” era that capitalizes on the destructive uncertainty between fact and fiction. As Marjorie Worthington proposes in her 2017 article on the subject, “Autofictions consciously play with readerly expectations about memoir and fiction, thwarting both, thereby simultaneously calling into question, and making a case for, the importance of distinguishing between fact and fiction.” This panel invites contributions that explore any aspect of autofiction in French and Francophone literature, film, visual and plastic arts, journalism, and new medias and the work’s relationships to the “truth” of historical events and social and political issues of the 20th and 21st centuries. Please submit an abstract of 250 words (in French or English), a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Noelle Giguere, Emory University, at [email protected] by May 31, 2023. Francophone Women's Narratives of Insecurity As we consider the nuances of “insecurity”--such as lacking confidence, feeling inadequate, or living in dangerous or unstable situations--this panel aims to explore ways in which francophone women across the world gain (self-) awareness and overcome adversity as they generate stories about their experiences. Proposals focusing on women writers and artists whose work features anxiety, self-doubt, precarity, or other insecurities in literature, film, theatre, and other modes of creation from all time periods are welcome. Possible topics might include but are not limited to crisis, disability, difference, illness, trauma, family, and exile. Please send 250-word proposals in English or French along with presenter’s name, academic affiliation, and email to Adrienne Angelo ([email protected]) by May 31, 2023. In(security) and Foreshadowing Wider Conflicts in Francophone Women's Writing In mid-September 2022, Burkinabe author, Monique Ilboudo, told a group of young scholars that what citizens of Burkina Faso really need is security. A week later, the country witnessed its second coup d’état in one year. Her novel, Carrefour des veuves (2020), alludes to the imminent consequences of ethnic tensions and jihadism in Burkina Faso. In 2002, Malian author Aïda Mady Diallo published Kouty, mémoire de sang, a novel which foresaw the conflict between the north and south plaguing Mali for the last decade. This session welcomes submissions on any aspect of in(security) that Francophone women writers discuss in their works which analyzes or foresees wars and conflicts occurring several years later. Please submit an abstract of 250 words (in French or English), a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Cheryl Toman, University of Alabama, at [email protected] by May 31, 2023. (In)Stability of Being In the In-between Increasing violence, changing and / or crossing borders, and general insecurity impact all aspects of “normal” life in the French-speaking world. Fluctuating between multiple identities, languages, and homelands, French and Francophone texts mirror plural ways of being, through moving boundaries of language, identity, genre, gender and forms of narration. We welcome papers that explore aspects of the in-between in multiple forms of creation in French, including but not limited to autofiction, autobiography, film, graphic novels, novels, poems, music, podcasts, etc. Please submit in either in French or in English by April 15, 2023, 250-300 word abstracts, a brief bio, and any A/V requests to both E. Nicole Meyer, [email protected] and Azza Ben Youssef, [email protected] Making Sense Out of Chaos In a century full of upheavals and catastrophes, what is the value of teaching French women authors and artists, especially when students are still suffering from the pandemic? Studying the works of French women creators can heighten our understanding of how to make sense out of chaos, and how to survive chaos. In a world dominated by men, where the rules of space, time, government, or an individual’s rights to speak and create were not made with them in mind, French women authors and artists had to create their own space and meaning. Questions for consideration: how do the works of women creators give voice to their struggle to balance domestic responsibilities and a career while affirming their own right to be taken seriously as creators? How can the experimental space of writing be a place of making sense out of chaos? How does the reading and writing process of women authors draw power from the energy of chaos and insecurity and arrive at artistic creation? Finally, how does teaching women authors contribute back to our attempts to create a world more diverse, inclusive, and secure? By examining these questions, teaching French women authors will be shown to be a useful pedagogical and philosophical tool in making sense of the 2020s, this “Age of Insecurity.” Please send a 250-word abstract in English or French by May 31, 2023 to organizer: Cathy Leung, [email protected] along with presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information and A/V requirements. Pandemic Impacts: Reflections on Saving French Programs Changes to job security, faculty workloads and notions of what constitute student success proliferate. In addition, ChatGPT, AI and online translators menace the value and existence of the humanities in a more general way. This session focuses both on factors threatening French studies programs as well as potential creative solutions. What needs to change? What should be preserved? Please submit by April 15, 2023, 250-300 word abstracts, a brief bio, and any A/V requests to both E. Nicole Meyer, [email protected] and Noëlle Brown, [email protected] Propaganda from the past to the present / La propagande d’hier à aujourd’hui Noticeable in authoritarian regimes as well as in democracies, in the political sphere, or in the business world, disinformation has become omnipresent. Independently from its medium, (e.g. in writing, by image or sound) the manipulation of information has grown exponentially with the digital revolution and the development of social networks. This multidisciplinary panel aims to question the various modes and fields of action of disinformation and propaganda, through the performing, cinematographic or visual arts, literature, the media, including social networks, and any other possible form of representation. The objective is to better understand their origins, their theoretical, ethical, or political foundations, as well as the motivations underlying their use. Please send a 250-word abstract either in French or in English and a short academic biography to Frederic Leveziel (University of South Florida) at [email protected] by June 30, 2023. Présente aussi bien dans les régimes autoritaires qu’en démocratie, dans la sphère politique ou dans le monde des affaires, la désinformation est aujourd’hui omniprésente. Indépendamment de son support de diffusion, par l’écrit ou par l’image ou le son, la manipulation de l’information a connu une croissance exponentielle avec la révolution numérique et le développement des réseaux sociaux. Ce panel, qui se veut par définition multidisciplinaire, encourage la participation d’intervenants qui s’interrogent sur les divers modes et champs d’action que revêt la désinformation ainsi que la propagande, à travers les arts scéniques, cinématographiques ou visuels, la littérature, les médias, y compris les réseaux sociaux, et toute autre forme possible de représentation. L’objectif est de mieux comprendre leurs origines, leurs fondements théoriques, éthiques ou politiques, ainsi que les ressorts qui en sous-tendent l’usage.Veuillez adresser une proposition d’intervention de 250 mots environ, en français ou en anglais, ainsi qu’une brève biographie académique par courriel, à Dr. Frédéric Leveziel: [email protected] avant le 30 juin 2023. Gender & Sexuality Studies
Global South Feminisms and Cultural Production: Exploring Intersectionality, Resistance, and Representation This panel aims to critically examine the multifaceted intersections of feminism, cultural production, and the Global South, exploring diverse perspectives and practices that challenge dominant narratives and offer alternative discourses. We seek to foster a deeper understanding of how Global South Feminisms intersect with cultural production, encompassing various forms of expression such as literature, film, art, media, performance, and digital platforms. By examining these intersections, we aim to shed light on the complex relationships between gender, race, class, sexuality, and nationality while considering the impact of globalization, colonial legacies, and transnational networks. We welcome proposals from scholars at all career stages, including undergraduate/graduate students and independent researchers, and encourage interdisciplinary approaches. Please submit an abstract of 250-300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Lidiana de Moraes (Vanderbilt University), at [email protected], by July 15, 2023. We look forward to receiving your submissions and fostering a rich dialogue on Global South Feminisms and cultural production. If you have any questions or require further information, do not hesitate to contact Lidiana de Moraes at the provided email address. Grumpy Women in Fiction Much of the appeal of some of our best-loved literature is their depiction of grumpy women: Jane Eyre. Elizabeth Bennett. Joy-Hulga Hopewell in “Good Country People.” For this special session, we invite proposals for traditional conference papers on the broad topic of the depiction of “grumpy women” in fiction. Presenters may choose to reflect on the concept of grumpiness through a variety of theoretical frameworks, such as affect theory or Sara Ahmed’s Feminist Killjoys framework, though all papers should have some connection to a literary work or works. Please send abstracts of 200-250 words, along with AV requirements, scheduling requests, and brief bios, to Monica Carol Miller at Middle Georgia State University at [email protected] by June 1, 2023. Overcoming Insecurity: Empathy in Literature, Film, and Television The psychology of intolerance--racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of prejudice--is grounded in both ignorance and insecurity. When groups are Othered, they are dehumanized and treated as a threat. Empathy--the ability to see through another’s eyes--is one way to overcome those dangerous feelings of insecurity. People who have never had any real interaction with those that they consider to be Others may end up encountering characters in fictional works who challenge their views. Literature, film, and television programs can help audiences relate to other people who have had similar experiences or introduce them to new ways of seeing the world. This traditional session will explore attempts in literature, film, and television to create empathy. Which characters have provoked empathy in unexpected audiences? Why have some works or projects succeeded in creating empathy where others have not? What makes a work more likely to create empathy? There are many possible approaches to the topic using works from the past and/or the present; approaches that include some discussion of the reception of the work and/or reception theory are especially welcome. Please send an abstract (200-300 words), a short bio, and any A/V requirements or scheduling requests by June 30, 2023, to Dr. Laura Getty, University of North Georgia ([email protected]). Securing Feminisms in the Digital Age: Community, Discourse, and Activism This session will investigate the impact of digital media on feminist discourse, community, and activism. Papers are welcome on all aspects of feminism in the digital age, including its manifestation in online communities and fora, online displays of popular culture, and digital media forms (such as video, film, television, and online comics). Topics may include (but are not limited to) cross-cultural feminism, sexist stereotypes, body image, political discourse, and fan culture. Please send a 300-word abstract, a brief bio, and a CV to Ye LI, Georgetown University, at [email protected] by June 25th. German StudiesChanges to the German Public Sphere: Insecurities and Opportunities This session welcomes submissions on any aspect of developments in or changes to the public sphere in Germany. The session will consider traditional media, urban sites and hubs of transportation, digital realms, and other public forums and discuss the insecurities as well as opportunities that these spaces provide for public interaction. Papers on topics dealing with public discussions, shared experiences, public opinion, global public spheres, as well as the opposite, the private sphere, in all its manifestations, are welcome. By July 3, 2023, please submit an abstract of 250-400 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Margit Grieb, University of South Florida, at [email protected]. Hispanic StudiesApocalyptic Imagination in Latin America This roundtable welcomes submissions on any aspect of Apocalypse, Pandemic, Virality, and Science fiction in Latin America. In particular, abstracts we are interested in papers that depict how dystopian futures as portrayed in Latin America represent aspects of (in)security; and cultural productions that derive from environmental, political, societal, and economic unrest in the region. By June 20th, 2023, please submit an abstract of 250 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Dr. Andrea Gaytán Cuesta, Assistant Professor of the University of North Florida, at [email protected] España sí es racista: ayer y hoy En este panel se aceptan propuestas en inglés o en español de presentaciones sobre el tema de la raza en España y de las inseguridades que este tema ocasiona. Envíen sus propuestas antes del 15 de junio con un máximo de 500 palabras, una breve biografía, y si necesitan equipo audiovisual a Ana Zapata-Calle, University of West Georgia, [email protected] Innovation in Language and Composition Classes - "Flipping" the Script on Tech Insecurities This Roundtable session welcomes submissions on any aspect of the proposed session, especially those fitting the theme of the conference, by June 30, 2023. In the roundtable discussion, we will share ideas for flipped classroom techniques that provide instructors with new approaches as they navigate the technology of predictive writing, chatbots, and online translation tools. Please submit an abstract of 200 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Deanna Mihaly, Virginia State University, at [email protected]. The In/securities in the Hispanic Classroom Following the topic of the Conference, our session would like to address the ongoing digital revolution and the way it is/will be affecting us. What is the future of the humanities in such circumstances? Is it to be one of gradual (or accelerated) obsolescence? What alternative futures might be imagined for the study of literature and language? For creative writing? For the teaching of rhetoric and composition? How do we think about in/security when we teach? present at conference? and/or publish?. Please send an abstract to Ruth Sànchez Imizcoz at [email protected] by June 30th. Insecurity and Fear: The Future of Cervantes Studies in the Humanities Recent years have borne witness to scholars and academics facing various types of insecurities and fear, especially as regards our health, professions, and the future of the Humanities. Echoing the conference theme, the Cervantes Society of America (CSA) would like to openly address issues of fear and insecurity in two manners. First, we seek themes of insecurity, fear, paranoia, catastrophe, and obsolescence, among others, that have been intimated or explicitly addressed in the works of Cervantes. How did Cervantes approach them thematically within his work? What other related topics, such as censorship, have ignited these strong emotions and situations? Second, we inquire as to how scholars envision Cervantes Studies within the overall future of the Humanities. What role can Cervantes Studies pioneer to expose, assess, and overcome the challenges associated to the so-called crisis of the Humanities? What is the relationship of Cervantes’s works with new thecnologies (e.g. Open AI artificial intelligence ChatGPT)? What new pedagogical approximations are achieving positive results? These are very timely topics for today’s Cervantes scholars, and when framed thematically by these two optics onto insecurity and fear, particularly poignant conversations regarding scholarship and pedagogy begin to resonate. The Cervantes Society of America at SAMLA 95 welcomes 15-minute paper presentations in English and Spanish that engage with any aspect of insecurity and fear as related to Cervantes Studies. Please submit by e-mail a 200-word abstract, brief bio (200-word maximum), one-page CV, and A/V requirements by June 15, 2023 to both Medardo Rosario ([email protected]) and Daniel Holcombe ([email protected]). Languages, Human-ness and Cultural Bridges in the Works of Golden Age Spanish Peninsular Writers The study of languages enabled us to comprehend better the realities of another age, another culture and historical events. Perhaps language study has come full circle now and can be seen as an agent to bridge cultural gaps, dispel domestic and international crises, make the world a gentler and welcoming place. While translators can be employed for comprehension, language and/or humanities can also be strategic channels that work to promote a softening of humanity and bridge gaps between cultures and nations. This session welcomes submissions on any aspects of the ways in which language(s) can be seen as agents of domestic, historical, intercultural harmony in the works of Spanish Peninsular writers of the Golden Age. By June 30, 2023, please submit an abstract of 200 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests in Spanish or English to Linda Marie Sariego, at [email protected] Mexican Literature, Culture, and Film You are invited to present an aspect of Mexican literature, culture, and film. You can consider presenting a paper on a contemporary Mexican writer and intellectual. In addition, you can compare and contrast a specific literary work, which has been taken to the cinema or you can also choose a Mexican film and make a presentation on its importance on various aspects of literature, history, and culture. Furthermore, please feel welcome to present a paper integrating SAMLA 95 theme: (in) Security: The Future of Literature and Language studies. By May 15, please send a 200 word-abstract to Jose A. Cortes-Caballero, Georgia State University, Perimeter College, [email protected]. The Narration of Insecurity in 20th and 21st Century Central American Texts The social, psychological, and economic insecurity many are feeling for the first time in the 21st century has been a constant condition for generations in Central America for many reasons: European colonization; US imperialism; civil wars; political / elite corruption and impunity; racism; narcotraffic; etc. This panel invites submissions that study how these insecurities are brought to light in Central American texts from the 20th and 21st Century. By July 15, please send a 250-word abstract, a brief bio, and any A/V requests in Spanish or English to Kerri A. Muñoz, Auburn University, [email protected]. Peninsular Literature and/or Culture from 1700 to the present Abstracts for sessions A, B, and C will reflect any theme related to Peninsular Literature and/or Culture from 1700 to the present. These sessions will explore a wide range of topics from different periods. Abstracts for session D should reflect the 2023 conference theme, "In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies." This is a quadruple session with a maximum of three presenters per session, with presentations not to exceed 20 minutes. Presenters must be SAMLA members to attend and may read only one paper at the convention. Interested participants may send a 250-word abstract in Spanish or English, a short academic bio (approximately 100 words), and contact information via email in a single Word document at their earliest convenience. Deadline for abstract submission: May 19, 2023. Please send materials and/or questions via e-mail to Dr. Patricia Orozco, Chair of Spanish II Peninsular: 1700 to Present, at [email protected] Securing their Futures: Women in Spain, Portugal and the Americas, pre-1800 GEMELA (Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas, pre-1800) invites 15-minute presentations for a panel on pre-1800 women’s writing and other forms of cultural production in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. The session’s theme is “security,” broadly construed. Some papers might address issues of financial, personal or psychological security among early modern women, particularly as they relate to gender. Others may consider the future of studying female cultural production from this time period. What research or pedagogical endeavors are useful in securing the future of scholarship in the field? By taking a perspective that looks both forward and back, the panel examines the strategies that women writers and artists developed to overcome insecurities and also considers these histories’ contemporary relevance. For consideration, submit a 250-word abstract, a 100-word bio and any A/V requirements to Sarah Finley, First Vice-President at [email protected] The submission deadline is June 1, 2023. Spanish-American Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries In keeping with the general conference theme and its importance, this session welcomes proposals for papers that address how “Future and/or In/security” intersects in the context of Spanish-American Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. Topics may include but are not limited to Ethno-Environment, Post-pandemic adaptations, Literature, language and technology, Isolation, and community. Please send 250-word abstracts by July 17th to Alvaro Torres-Calderón (University of North Georgia) [email protected] Please do not hesitate to send questions or inquiries prior to submitting your proposal. Tactics for Negotiating In/Security in Spanish-Language Literatures and Authorship Performances: Models for Red-State Instruction What models for instructors in the humanities, especially in Spanish-language classrooms, do feminist critics discover in contemporary Spanish-language texts and authorial performances grounded in the US, Latin America, the Caribbean, or Spain? “Contemporary” here indicates a preference for twenty-first-century examples, although abstracts on earlier periods will receive consideration. How might university-level instructors learn from these models, whether in print literature, performance tactics, or other genres? How might we apply the tactics beyond the classroom? Relevant questions include: How might we approach the task of forming networks of solidarity with K-12 teachers? Which other allies might be crucial to success in combatting censorship and related official policy? Does shifting the focus to a study of seemingly unrelated domains, such as infrastructure studies, environmental studies, or other adjacent theme help to chart a pathway to greater freedom and equity? Which among contemporary theories threatening to red-state governments, such as Black Feminist Theory, might prove helpful? This traditional format session welcomes abstract submissions by June 30, 2023. Please submit a 300-word abstract and a 150-word bio, in addition to A/V or scheduling requests to Emily Hind, Feministas Unidas/University of Florida, at [email protected]
Trashed: Abandoned Bodies and Places in Modern Iberian Literatures and Cultures This panel welcomes submissions for a traditional format considering any aspect of Modern Iberian (18th-21st centuries) literary or cultural works that portray the discarded remnants of society. Abstracts addressing social waste as a security risk are especially welcomed. By May 31st, please submit an abstract of 250 words in Spanish or English, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Sarah Sierra, Virginia Tech, at [email protected]. Interdisciplinary StudiesBig Bad Future: Scale and Speculation in Environmental Literature From Thoreau’s description of “vast, Titanic, inhuman nature” to Timothy Morton’s hyperobjects, scale has long been an epistemological tool for theorizing the relationship between nature and humanity. This tool has taken on special significance in the age of global anthropogenic climate change as artists and scholars struggle to give form to such enormous, widely dispersed upheaval as it slowly but persistently creeps into view. In the light of drowning major cities and intensifying weather events, we are left with the evergreen question: “what is to be done?” What role, if any, can literature play in the comprehension of and adaptation to such a brave new world? What interdisciplinary connections can be adopted to make art a more transformative force? What part can literature and language studies play in such a world where potential destruction may make the university as an institution altogether obsolete? Potential presenters are welcome to consider these among other questions in constructing their proposals. Presentations from all fields of literature and language studies and all time periods are welcome. Interdisciplinary links are encouraged but not required. Presentations may address any of the following:
By June 1st, please send proposals of 300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V requests to Dr. Matthew Spencer ([email protected]). Childhood (In)Security This special session welcomes submissions on any aspect of childhood insecurity. Abstracts addressing film and image studies are especially welcome. By July 1st, 2023, please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Meghan Hodges, Louisiana State University, at [email protected] Enhancing Literature and Language Study through Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities In recent years, more and more scholars in the humanities have increasingly engaged in interdisciplinary research, where their expertise in narratives, languages, and culture constitutes a rare and necessary contribution to teams from STEM fields and beyond. This panel seeks to explore the benefits that such interdisciplinary work can contribute to the development of the humanities. We invite scholars to submit proposals for presentations on current interdisciplinary projects in the humanities, as well as reflections on the value of interdisciplinary research and pedagogy for literature and language study. Please submit a 250-300 word abstract, a brief bio, and any A/V needs by June 30, 2023 to Victoria Lagrange, Kennesaw State University, at [email protected] or Ludovic Mompelat, Indiana University Bloomington, at [email protected]. The Entanglement(s) Leading to Insecurity: Studies of Literary Representations of the Entangled Characters An individual's interests are usually constructed by his society that results in contradiction with one's own desires, and thereby entangles the individual into the web of societal impositions making him insecure within his own breathing space. Such entanglement consequently leads to indecisiveness, depression, anxiety and other psychological factors. This session welcomes the submissions that contemplate, theorize, and critically analyze such characters of communities across the globe that are or have been insecure within the state where they are born. The papers may feature study of any of the characters or communities that find themselves entangled either because of rigid gender roles, society's demand of consistent identities, or suffering with the trauma resulting from their societies' performative expectations. The interested scholars are invited to send 250-300 word abstracts, a brief bio, and any A/V requests to Saud Hanif ([email protected]) by July 20, 2023. Evolutionary and Cognitive Approaches to Literature: New Developments in Interdisciplinary Study Major media are replete with essays on the demise of the English major. However, this panel will argue that literary studies are rhizomic, perhaps diminished in the academic garden, but growing underground to emerge and flourish in other fields. New knowledge in evolutionary psychology and biology, neuroscience, and the cognitive sciences has transformed our understanding of the role of stories in the emergence, perpetuation, and identity of our species. A major purpose of this regular SAMLA session is to provide a forum for the presentation and exchange of ideas flowing from this emergent body of knowledge, as it bears upon the interpretation of literature. Proposals are invited for papers that explore literary texts (of any genre, nationality, or historical period) from a well-defined evolutionary or cognitive perspective, including the following:----Exploration of evolutionary concepts, including evolved adaptations, in literary texts, e.g., kin selection, parental investment, sibling rivalry, inter- and intra-sexual competition, reciprocal altruism, sexual selection.----Investigations of inter-relationships between literary art and the human mind, e.g., Machiavellian intelligence, self-deception, theory of mind, personal narrative, status, reputation.----Theoretical approaches, e.g., the adaptive functions of storytelling‚ how do fictions help us interact with our world and our species?----Evolutionary ecology, e.g., inter-relationships between humans and their physical environments, including biophilia and biophobia. Proposals from scholars in the sciences and social sciences are welcome. Send proposals (200-250 words) and condensed CV to Session Chair Jeff Turpin ([email protected]) and session secretary Judith Saunders ([email protected]). Fashion & (In)Security Insecurity, danger, and lack of support can redirect human efforts to focus on survival. But uncertainty can also be an impetus for innovative rebellion and imaginative solutions. Even under the worst circumstances, humans create, sometimes in order to survive, sometimes as an act of revolt—including in regard to one of the most distinctly human forms of creativity and expression: fashion. Further, as the psychoanalyst John Carl Flügel has observed, humans have historically used clothing as a means of protection against physical danger, but also as psychological protection and comfort. This panel explores the ways that fashion, dress, and style emerge during times of uncertainty, insecurity, and stress. What changes happen to fashion during shifts from security to insecurity? What roles does fashion take on as we seek to find stability in the surrounding world, or recover confidence within ourselves? We welcome papers devoted to fashion during times of insecurity and security in contemporary society as well as papers focused on the earlier Victorian and Modern periods. We seek papers on both textual and graphic representations of fashion, and we encourage submissions that examine sartorial themes in literature, theater, art, film, photography, design, periodicals, digital media, and other aesthetic modes of expression. Topics that might be considered include:
By July 1, 2023, please send abstracts of 250-500 words along with AV requests and short bio to both Loretta Clayton, Middle Georgia State University, at [email protected] and Marylaura Papalas, East Carolina University, at [email protected] Graphic Psychiatry--Exploring Visual Narratives of Mental Health The "Age of Insecurity," as attested by the general call, made mental health a public health concern. From barriers to access to a provider shortage, from soaring suicide rates to supply chain issues that affect the availabilty of ADHD drugs, mental healthcare has become a pervasive topic that affects higher education as well. In this context, the special session sets out to rethink our approaches to ubiquitous cultural visual narratives and iconographies of mental health. For this purpose, this session will focus on “Graphic Psychiatry" which here describes a prolific subsection of Graphic Medicine: The term denotes the role that comics/graphic novels can play in healthcare; it is also a shorthand for this area of study and practice. Graphic “Medicine” (“as in the bottled panacea rather than the profession,” I. Williams) is meant to suggest therapeutic potential, both for makers and readers. Comics have been discussed in connection to the history of psychiatry, their graphic pathography or their demonization of psychiatrists, etc. By contrast, graphic novels offer additional types of knowledge. They are book-length narratives, often autobiographical “quest narratives” (A.W. Frank), that depict mental illness, suffering, trauma in their own right. Often, they provide critical insights into treatment, practices, systems and institutions. The first was a wordless novel, Lynd Ward's The Madman’s Drum, published in 1930, but there has been a proliferation of graphic novels on mental health in the past decade, including Marbles, Rx, Tangles, Lighter Than My Shadow, to name but a few. This special interdisciplinary session invites papers that explores “Graphic Psychiatry” and how it goes beyond showing psychiatry as a spectacle by discussing the illness narratives, systemic criticism, and pathologies. Additionally, we welcome pedagogy papers on teaching visual narratives of mental health. By June 15, 2023, please submit an abstract of 500 words or less, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Ronja Tripp-Bodola, LSUHSC New Orleans, at [email protected]. Happy Endings are Here Again: Fostering Hope through Texts The happy ending in literature and screen stories has usually been devalued, seen as superficial, unrealistic, and unworthy of serious study. So much of what are deemed as “quality” stories seem to necessarily involve sorrow, anxiety, and tragedy, the portrayal of human experience seen as inevitably imbued with suffering, often without redemption. In a post-pandemic world, what kind of value can be found in stories that provide rays of hope, peaceful resolution, and unmitigated joy? Are such stories idealistic anachronisms or direly needed antidotes? This panel invites exploration of narratives that evoke such happiness and satisfaction, without sacrificing meaningful journeys of discovery and realization. Papers on literature, film, television, and related pedagogy are welcome.
This traditional panel welcomes submissions on any aspect of narratives that evoke happiness and satisfaction Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By June 15, please submit an abstract of 250-300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Sean Dugan, Mercy College, at [email protected].
The Holocaust in Literature and Film This panel invites papers on representations of the Holocaust in texts or films. Paper proposals addressing the SAMLA 95 theme are especially welcome. By June 15, please submit an abstract of approximately 250 words, a brief bio, and A/V requirements to Mike Rice at [email protected].
Hope for Humanistic Study: Contemporary Views
What reason(s) do the humanities have to be hopeful about its continued existence and value in contemporary society? How, if it is indeed possible, can it survive in view of recent trends in higher education declining numbers of humanities majors, declining numbers of faculty positions, wholesale eliminations of departments in the humanities, and the rising tides of STEM- and strictly career-focused programs? Do language and literature studies still have something meaningful to offer contemporary culture? This special session invites papers that explore these issues on practical, institutional, ethical, and political grounds, but also invites those that reflect on the perennial tangible-intangibles that humanistic study bring to the table--both for the modern individual and for broader modern society. For those interested, please submit queries, suggestions, or abstracts of up to 300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Elliot Shaw, University of Georgia, at [email protected] by June 30, 2023. Insecure Ecologies: Resource Exploitation in Postcolonial Ecospheres The climate crisis posits a major threat to the anthropocene regardless of geopolitical boundaries. However, Eurocentric discourses seldom acknowledge the resource exploitation that fuels climate change. This panel seeks to explore works of literature that highlight such instances of resource exploitation in the postcolony vis-a-vis the ideas of security and insecurity in the times of an emergent climate crisis. With a special focus on the specters of neocolonialism that threaten the security of postcolonial ecospheres, this panel seeks to decolonize the discourses of climate change that refuse to address the role played by Western ideology and capital in the rendering insecure of ecologies in the postcolony. This panel invites proposals for presentations of not more than 20 minutes to address the topic stated above, or other ideas related to the South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s 95th Conference theme of “(In) Security: The Future of Language and Literary Studies.” Presenters are required to become members of SAMLA and to register for the conference which is scheduled to be held in-person in Atlanta, GA, from November 9-11, 2023. Please submit an abstract of not more than 250 words, along with a brief bio, and any audio/visual requirements to Paushali Bhattacharya ([email protected]) by May 31, 2023, for consideration.
Life Writing The production of identities and subjectivities across narrative spheres and histories, from narratives of captivity or enslavement, autobiographies, biographies, and commonplace books, to contemporary iterations in memoir, blogs, social media, and reality television, challenge expectations for how lives can be documented and shared. Life writing crucially expands the bounds of what lives and literatures can look like, demanding that readers attend to histories, lives, languages, and experiences that are often unfamiliar or different from their own. This panel welcomes presentations on any aspect of life writing, and those projects that are related to the conference theme, "(In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies," are especially welcome. By June 1, please submit an abstract of 250 words, along with presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information, and A/V requirements, to Nicole Stamant, Agnes Scott College, at [email protected]. Literary Monsters In today's culture, it's almost impossible to avoid "monsters." Straight from mythology and legend, these fantastic creatures traipse across our television screens and the pages of our books. Over centuries and across cultures, the inhuman have represented numerous cultural fears and, in more recent times, desires. They are Other. They are Us. This panel will explore the literal monsters--whether they be mythological, extraterrestrial, or man-made--that populate fiction and film, delving into the cultural, psychological and/or theoretical implications. Please submit a 250-300 word abstract, a brief bio, and any A/V needs by May 31, 2023 to Tracie Provost, Middle Georgia State University, at [email protected]. Saving the Discipline: What Adaptation Studies Has to Offer Literary Studies As this year’s conference theme, “(In)Security: The Future of Literature and Language Studies,” acknowledges, both the demand and the rationale for literary studies have reached moments of crisis. At this inflection point, adaptation studies offers distinctly different approaches to reading and writing that have the power to regenerate the field in new and exciting ways. This series of panels, sponsored by the Association of Adaptation Studies, welcomes submissions on any aspect of adaptation studies, but especially on its power to rejuvenate the field that has historically marginalized it. Please send queries, suggestions, or abstracts of 250-500 words, along with A/V requirements, scheduling requests, and brief bios, to Thomas Leitch (University of Delaware) at [email protected] by 15 July 2023. Special Session on Applied and Theoretical Linguistics Languages simultaneously have the power to reflect the reality that one perceives and also the ability to impact, positively or negatively, the ways in which we understand, conceptualize, and constitute that reality. With this in mind, Thomas Payne (2010) remarked that languages are like rivers: "Every river rises and falls with the seasons, and its path changes from year to year. Sometimes it may be calm and gentle, while other times ranging and violent" (p. 2). As a result, this special session welcomes submissions on any aspect of applied or theoretical linguistics from non-literary perspectives. To this end, abstracts addressing the issue of linguistic (in)security, which is the theme for this year's conference, are especially welcome, though submissions on other topics within linguistics more broadly will also be considered. By July 28, 2023, please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words, a brief biographical blurb, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Troy E. Spier, Florida A&M University, at [email protected] Speculative Fiction Speculative fiction covers a broad range of narrative styles and genres. The cohesive element that pulls works together under the category is that there is some “unrealistic” element, whether it’s magical, supernatural, or a futuristic/technological development: works that fall into the category stray from conventional realism in some way. For this reason, speculative fiction can be quite broad, including everything from fantasy and magical realism to horror and science fiction--from China Mièville to Margaret Atwood to Philip K. Dick. This panel aims to explore those unrealistic elements and all their varied implications about society, politics, economics, and more. Please submit a 250-300 word abstract, a brief bio, and any A/V needs by May 31, 2023 to Lisa Bro, Middle Georgia State University, at [email protected]. What is Humanities Leadership? “Leadership” is often viewed as an extension of business or the job of academic administrators, but what if leadership is claimed and reimagined by the humanities to create the conditions for positive change in our discipline? There is no fixed definition of humanities leadership; instead, this panel asks participants, what does humanities leadership mean to you? How can different types of leadership build resilience in our field and the communities we serve? What does leadership look like in the humanities classroom, or in humanities scholarship? How can leadership be repurposed for the collective wellbeing of humanities scholars, teaching staff, and students--and how can it serve as a foundation upon which we secure our discipline? This panel aims to explore different approaches to leadership that are distinct from the neoliberal emphasis on individual excellence. Specifically, the goal of this panel is to generate discussion around the topic of leadership in the humanities, which can manifest in the classroom, in course design, and in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This panel welcomes a broad definition of leadership and invites a wide range of topics on humanities leadership, specifically with regards to the ways small changes to teaching, learning, and scholarship can create systemic change in our discipline--and in the communities we occupy outside of the university. What does leadership look like in the humanities? How can the humanities forge its own path to recovery through small acts of leadership? How can humanities scholars practice leadership in the classroom? Please send a 200-300 word abstract, brief bio, and request for A/V to Sheena Jary, McMaster University, [email protected] by June 30, 2023. Italian StudiesLiterature, Media, and Culture Studies This panel is open to contributions on Italian literature, cinema and media studies from the 1600 to the present. Please send a 200- 300- word abstract, brief bio, and request for A/V to the session organizer by June 30th, 2023. Chair: Annachiara Mariani, The University of Tennessee, [email protected] . Co-Chair: Silvia Tiboni-Craft, Wake Forest University, [email protected] Literature and Culture Studies This panel is open to contributions on Italian literature and cultural studies with a social focus on the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Please send a 200–300-word abstract, brief bio, and request for A/V to the session organizer by June 30th, 2023. Chair: Annachiara Mariani, The University of Tennessee, [email protected] . Co-Chair: Silvia Tiboni-Craft, Wake Forest University, [email protected] Luso-Portuguese StudiesThe Literatures of Luso-Afro-Descendants This session welcomes submissions focusing on literary and artistic works by Afro-descendants in the Portuguese-speaking world. We welcome presentations that reflect on the production of black and/or afro-descendant authorship in Portugal and Brazil, that address themes such as, but not limited to: literature and social life, literature and history, literature and social transformation, literature and resistance to light characteristics of the Portuguese and Brazilian contexts. The aim of the session is to expand critical inquiry on the history, literature, and culture of Luso-afro-descendants around the world. By May 15, please submit an abstract of 250 words, along with presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information, and A/V requirements, to Sandra Sousa, at [email protected] Other Languages & LiteraturesPedagogyArchival Pedagogy: Connecting Past and Future through Literature & Language Studies Since archivist Ken Osborne’s 1980s call to integrate archival sources in the classroom, educators have sought to connect how we research and how we teach. Archival research and pedagogy have the potential to reshape narrative, while connecting conversations between scholar-educators across disciplines, institutions, and academic spaces. This roundtable welcomes submissions on any aspect of archival integrations in literature and language studies classrooms. Some questions to consider include: How can we integrate archival research practices into English studies classrooms? How do archival sources illumine historically marginalized voices? To what extent does archival research and teaching support inclusive approaches to pedagogy and/or augment accessibility and equity disparities across digital and non-digital sources? How might the collaborations produced in archival research and teaching--across disciplines, libraries, educators, students, and communities--address (in)securities? By April 1, 2023, please submit an abstract of 250-300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Heather Fox, Eastern Kentucky University at [email protected] and Amanda Stuckey, Central Penn College at [email protected] The Future of Literature Programs at Comprehensive Regional Institutions Humanities programs across the country continue to confront declining enrollments for a number of reasons, including the emphasis on STEM disciplines; lack of adequate funding; the removal of programs and faculty; the politicization of topics surrounding gender, race, sexuality, social class, etc.; and the perceived disconnect between program objectives and transferable skills. This roundtable is open specifically to faculty who teach in comprehensive regional institutions to address challenges to and suggestions for bolstering security in the future of literature and language studies. We welcome submissions treating any aspect of the possibilities for innovation and adaptation with a view towards re-centralizing language and literature studies as an essential part of a liberal arts education. By June 30, 2023, please submit an abstract of 300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Kimberly Jackson, Florida Gulf Coast University at [email protected] Insecure Classrooms: Place-Based Pedagogy and Identity Construction This traditional session format welcomes papers that consider practices that immerse students in experiential learning outside of the classroom. By turning to the local environment, place-based learning troubles the “secure” space of the classroom, causing students to reflect more deeply about the ways in which communities are imagined and imbued/disavowed of cultural value. Our panel considers pedagogical strategies that cause a reckoning of which stories are accepted without question. By June 5, 2023, please submit an abstract of 150-200 words, a brief bio, and any A/V scheduling requests to Lisa Van Zwoll or Jeanette Vigliotti, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, at [email protected] and [email protected] Pedagogical Practices for Networked Narratives: Incorporating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Public Space(s) into a Student’s Publication Process This workshop welcomes submissions on the pedagogy of disseminating and publishing narratives inside and outside of academia in the 21st century, specifically with regard to amplifying marginalized voices during a time where academic and public/social freedom(s) are threatened. Some major topics might include:
By July 1, 2023, please submit an abstract of 300 words, a brief bio (including affiliation and contact information), and any A/V or scheduling requests to Emma Stanley (North Carolina State University) at [email protected] Prison Pedagogy: Collaborative Critical Thinking Inside and Outside the Prison Classroom The Clemson Humanities Prison Initiative strives to enact the educational philosophy Paulo Freire describes in Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Freire’s concept of Reflection/Praxis, invoked in the dialogue that occurs between our carceral and free students, sustains an area of pivot for a continually revolving pedagogy. In conversation with SAMLA’s 2023 theme, we, too, ask,” What is the future of the humanities in such circumstances?” We invite practitioners, educators, and students to share the work being done to support the development of collaborative critical thinking inside and outside the prison classroom. By May 30th, 2023, please submit an abstract of 300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Nancy Paxton-Wilson, Clemson University, [email protected] Second Language Acquisition, Motivation, and Retention This traditional session format welcomes submissions on any aspect of language pedagogy and/or student motivation, attrition, and retention. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. Presenters may consider topics including the following: how languages remain essential for interdisciplinary undergraduate study; strategies to foster world language vitality; and/or how language programs maintain student motivation and enrollment. This topic is especially relevant for post-pandemic instruction. By May 31, 2023, please submit an abstract of 200-300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V scheduling requests to Olivia Holloway, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, at [email protected] From Taboo to Opportunity? Using Machine Translation Tools in Second/Foreign Language Classroom This Roundtable discussion welcomes submissions on any aspect of the use of Machine Translation (MT) tools in Foreign/Second language teaching and learning. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. We hope to be able to dialogue with our colleagues on their perspectives on students' use and abuse of MT tools and how, in their experience, this has helped and/or hindered student learning of a language lately. By June 30th, please submit an abstract of 200 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Elena Schoonmaker-Gates and Ketevan Kupatadze at [email protected] and [email protected] Teaching Diversity and Inclusion in Language, Literature and Culture Classes In recent years, classrooms have become a space for Instructors in the United States and around the world to start a conversation on how to properly represent in their course curriculum the richness of the cultural and linguistic diversity. Integrating diversity from the first level of a language, literature and cultural class not only fosters awareness of the different cultures that influence the world, but also creates a more inclusive environment for students from different backgrounds so that they feel accepted and encouraged to thrive academically. This panel aims to incorporate the teaching of diversity and inclusion in lower and upper level language, literature and culture classes. In particular, the panel welcomes papers that examine and propose strategies and activities to integrate and represent diversity in the contemporary world. How can we incorporate an inclusive vocabulary? What material can be used to represent the different identities of each country? How can food and music disclose multiculturalism? What approach and activities can be used to reproduce up-to-date topics in a language class? Participants are encouraged to discuss challenges and solutions to foster inclusivity and diversity since the first semester of a language, literature and cultural class. Please send a 200-300 word abstract, brief bio, and request for A/V to Silvia Tiboni-Craft, Wake Forest University, [email protected], by June 30th, 2023 Teaching with Anxiety A character in George Eliot’s Middlemarch explains, “To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.” Teaching students in an age of anxiety has been a topic for many of us over the last decades and has become more intense, focused, and even layered in the last few years. But what spaces are there to think creatively about being someone who teaches with anxiety, oneself? This roundtable will explore the insecurity anxiety can engender; however, we will ask how being a person with anxiety might be a pedagogical benefit. This is not to romanticize anxiety but to think about how excellent, imaginative teaching happens in spite of anxiety, and at times in relationship with it. In keeping with this year’s theme, how might pedagogy shift to incorporate anxiety from multiple vantage points? Possible topics:
Please send a 300-word abstract for an 8-10 min paper or presentation to Jenny Pyke ([email protected]) by May 30, 2023 and include a brief bio. Voices from the 21st Century College Composition Classroom This traditional session format welcomes submissions on any aspect of "Voices from the 21st Century College Composition Classroom." Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By May 31, 2023, please submit an abstract of 150-200 words, a brief bio, and any A/V scheduling requests to Deborah Coxwell Teague, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, at [email protected]. Rhetoric & CompositionDigital Multimodal Genres in Academic Communication
The prevalent use of digital technologies in academic contexts give birth to a wide variety of digital (and inherently multimodal) genres, which enable scholars to produce and exchange knowledge in innovative ways. This traditional session welcomes submission on any aspect of digital multimodal genres in academic communication. This session seeks to discuss how academic writers construct, promote, disseminate scholarly arguments through emerging digital genres (e.g., video essays), and how these genres, together with traditional text-based writing, form a new landscape of academic communication. Proposed presentations may include but are not limited to research that
Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By May 31, 2023, please submit an abstract of 300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Xiao Tan, Arizona State University at [email protected]. The Emergence of ChatGPT and (In)securities in the Classroom Composition classrooms have traditionally been places for innovative pedagogy. The emergence of ChatGPT has generated interest and some trepidation among composition scholars and faculty. But whatever the implications and consequences may be, AI-generated texts are now a reality. This session seeks proposals that explore the challenges and opportunities of this change in our relationship with the production of texts and the implications for writing instruction in higher education. Proposals might address some of the following questions:
This panel encourages presentations that theorize the changing realities of the rhetoric and composition classroom while also discussing student writing. The panel aims to offer a space for open discussion among participants. We invite proposals of 250 words along with a brief, one-paragraph bio, any A/V or scheduling needs to the co-chairs David Brauer [email protected] and Steffen Guenzel [email protected] by June 1, 2023. The Future of Literature and Language Studies is Secure English in the Two-Year College In an article entitled “The End of the English Major” by Nathan Heller in the March 6, 2023, edition of The New Yorker, startling statistics about the decline in enrollment in the humanities are presented. Amanda Claybaugh, Harvard’s dean of undergraduate education and an English professor stated, “Young people are very, very concerned about the ethics of representation, cultural interaction--all these kinds of things that, actually, we think about a lot!” Ostensibly, the humanities teach one how to think; “the goal of such an education isn’t direct career training but cultivation of the mind.” The article goes on to state that “Humanities enrollment is down among bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students, but it is increasing among students seeking two-year associate degrees.” This panel is open to faculty who teach in associate degree-granting institutions to address challenges to and suggestions for reinforcing the trend and bolstering security in the future of literature and language studies. Abstracts presenting innovative methods of underscoring the study of language and literature as foundational to a college education amidst the trend toward STEM studies are especially welcome. Please submit an abstract of 150-200 words by 31 May 2023, to Karen Holley, Perimeter College of Georgia State University, at [email protected]. The Language of Fear: Pathos, Insecurity, and Disinformation in the Twenty-First Century This traditional session welcomes submissions on any aspect of rhetoric, rhetorical theory, and related areas. The precarious nature of our post-COVID world coincides with a longer history of disinformation in the twenty-first century and an even longer history of anti-intellectualism in the United States. Although the 2020s might very well be called the Age of Insecurity, the insecurity of the past two decades has still not been fully appreciated. This panel seeks to draw connections among fear mongering discourse from a variety of outlets: news media, entertainment, digital media outlets, etc. From “the smoking gun in the form of a mushroom cloud” to “too big to fail” to “liberty over lockdowns,” US consumers of dis/information have been bombarded with messages of insecurity. Proposed presentations may include but are not limited to analyses of these messages’ attempts to move audiences. This panel is not limited to US-centric discourse but welcomes comparative rhetorical analyses of fear mongering. Additionally, this panel is not limited to non-fiction texts: many popular culture texts have dealt with precariousness in life that appears “ripped from the headlines” or foreshadows a potential dystopian future. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By June 30th, 2023, please submit an abstract of 200-300 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Aaron A. Toscano, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, at [email protected]. Navigating the security in the future of digital writing among technological transformation Navigating the security in the future of digital writing among technological transformation Living in this post-pandemic age, the insecurity from fear, suffering, and spacial constraint is now extended by technology to a new setting: academia, particularly the writing classroom. The latest technological transformation, like AI-powered writing assistants and tools, are challenging traditional writing pedagogy and practice, challenging us to work with such a “technological problematic” (Sundvall 5). In the past, technological transformations, such as personal computing and the advent of the internet, have established the field of digital writing. The evolving and complex nature of Web 2.0 further enables scholars and practitioners to explore the potential of digital writing with its affordance of interactivity and media coverage. Traditional digital writing is primarily characterized as using multimodality to compose and deliver on digital devices. Facing the last wave of technological advancements like Web 3.0, artificial intelligence, algorithm, Internet of Things, and Blockchain, will these technological transformations consolidate and bring more security to the digital writing field with its affordance and functionality? This panel examines “how rhetoric and writing might appropriate emergent technologies before they have already after-the-fact arrived” (Sundvall 6) and focuses on the future of digital writing amid the rapidly changing technology landscape that redefines and contextualizes writing practice. Proposals might address but are not limited to the following questions:
This roundtable panel welcomes submissions on any aspect of connectedness between digital writing and technological transformation. Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome. By July 1, 2023, please submit an abstract of 250 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Liping Yang, Georgia State University, at [email protected] and Dr. Baotong Gu, Georgia State University, at [email protected]. References:Sundvall, S. (Ed.). (2019). Rhetorical speculations: The future of rhetoric, writing, and technology. University Press of Colorado, Utah State University Press. #SuffrageSyllabus Project: Securing the Future of Intersectional Citizenship This roundtable focuses on the research of emerging scholars and welcomes submissions addressing 100 years of Women’s Suffrage. Building upon the Long 19th Amendment Project (shepherded by the Schlesinger Library and Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study), presenters are invited to explore archival holdings, pedagogical approaches, historical turning points, and the present cultural moment to locate “American women’s still-unfinished struggle for full and equal citizenship in a broad intersectional context” (https://long19.radcliffe.harvard.edu/teaching/suffrage-syllabus/about-syllabus/). Submit 250 word abstracts, a brief bio, and a CV to Lynée Lewis Gaillet, by June 1, [email protected].
Teaching Writing in College: Navigating (In)Security and Change The Teaching Writing in College section welcomes all submissions but is particularly interested in those that consider writing instruction in relation to the conference theme of “(In)Security.” The teaching of writing in college—from first-year composition to writing centers and intensive writing courses in the disciplines—provides a case study of the insecurities and sweeping structural changes impacting language and literature studies over the past two decades. Consider, for example, the demise of developmental reading and writing programs (with the rise of corequisite support courses), changes in placement metrics, precarious contracts for contingent writing faculty, increased class sizes/teaching loads, and new technologies like ChatGPT. College writing instructors have also seen growth in the number of high school, linguistically diverse, non-traditional, and neurodiverse students sitting in our classrooms. All of our students—like us—have lived the upheaval and uncertainty of Covid. In the midst of upheaval, writing instruction and support remain critical for students across disciplines and programs. Students need rich opportunities to write, receive feedback, and revise; they need encouragement to approach writing critically and build a repertoire of transferable concepts, skills, and strategies to succeed across the range of writing tasks they will encounter in their majors and careers.We seek papers that engage the issues of insecurities and/or possibilities inherent in writing instruction across contexts. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:
The section encourages presentations that foreground student writing as well as interaction and collaboration with engage audience members.By June 1, please submit an abstract of 300-500 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Miriam Moore, Co-Chair, at [email protected]? Please contact one of our co-chairs:Miriam Moore, [email protected], Paige Green, [email protected]
Slavic StudiesSlavic Studies Papers may treat the literary works of Slavic writers in any genre and from any literary period, tradition or theoretical perspective. Comparative literary approaches are also welcome, as are papers on grammar, film, or language teaching methodology. Please send abstracts of approximately 350 words, a brief bio, and any A/V requests by May 31 to Karen Rosneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, at [email protected] |