Hello everyone,

Thanks to those who have signed the petitions for the prospective fora. As there seems to be a little bit of confusion about how to navigate to/sign the petitions, however, please allow me to post some instructions:

If you can read this, you are logged into the Commons, which is the first step. Next, you need to know the names…[Read more]

Hello everyone, another PLEA TO SIGN THE PETITION(S) SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED NEW FORA. We are under-enrolled in all of the proposed Asian fora (except for Korean — nice work folks!), which means that they will not be established. This would be a shame, since we have the potential for much more participation of Asianists at the MLA with fora in…[Read more]

CFP

Center for Korean Studies, University of Washington-Seattle

Call for Papers: “Serialization in Asia”
Proposals Due July 1st, 2014

The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Washington invites paper
proposals for “Serialization in Asia,” a conference on serialized cultural
production to be held at the University of Washing…[Read more]

Watch for this exciting panel, which has just been approved, at the 2015 meeting!

“Writing the Future”
The East Asia to 1900 and East Asia after 1900 divisions have selected for a collaborative session four short papers that focus on the ways in which literature written for children addressed the often turbulent transitions to modernity in East…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

It’s time to participate! As you know, the the restructuring of the association’s divisions and discussion groups has been approved. And thank you to Henry Em and the rest of the executive committee, our voice has been heard. East Asianists now have a variety of forums in which to participate — POTENTIALLY.

Here are the new f…[Read more]

CALL FOR PAPERS — MLA 2015, VANCOUVER

Around the World in Eighty Clicks: Travel and New Technologies

Discussion Group: Travel Literature

How have new technologies – the internet, planes, trains and automobiles influenced the experience of travel? 250 word abstract and c.v. by 15 March 2014; Gaurav G. Desai (gaurav@tulane.edu).