Please consider submitting an abstract for this guaranteed 19th-c French LLC Forum session at the MLA 2025 in New Orleans.

We invite submissions of 250-word abstracts for a roundtable with short papers on migrations, diasporas, and centers of cultural exchange in the 19th-century francophone world. Special focus on Louisiana and New Orleans is e…[Read more]

Please consider submitting an abstract for this 19th-c French LLC Forum guaranteed session at the MLA 2025 in New Orleans.

This panel invites submissions of 250-word abstracts for papers related to masks and masquerade broadly defined. Topics may include various forms of deceit, disguise, performance, appearance, and secrets.

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MLA New Orleans, January 9-12, 2025 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Section 

The members of the Executive Committee invite colleagues to submit their proposals for the following panels:  
Iberian Exteriorities
What are the dynamics at play in the historical, political, and theoretical configurations of Spai…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the LLC 16th- and 17th-Century
Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose forum, chaired by Professor Juan
Vitulli, I invite you to nominate yourself or a colleague to the Forum
Delegate Assembly Election. You can find…[Read more]

From Proust’s queer bumblebee to Deleuze and Guattari’s tick, insects play an outsized role in 20th/21st-century literature, art, and critical thought. Speakers will explore the French/Francophone entomological imagination, examining concepts from swarm to camouflage, pollination, and beyond.

This is a guaranteed 2025 MLA panel. Please send 250…[Read more]

Dear colleagues and members of the 16th and 17th Century Spanish and Iberian Drama Forum of the MLA,

We extend our sincere gratitude for your participation in our three organized sessions at the annual convention in Philadelphia. It was a pleasure to have you with us. As we look forward to future endeavors, we are excited to invite you to submit…[Read more]

CFP Games and Players in Iberian and Early Modern Theater  

We invite submissions that explore and analyze the role and/or representation of games, players, tricksters, or related topics, in the Spanish comedia. Submit a 250-300 word abstract and 1 page CV by March 15, 2024, to Carmela Mattza at: cmattza@lsu.edu.

NARRATIVE

The 16th and 17th C…[Read more]

The LLC 16TH CENTURY FRENCH Forum is seeking self-nominations to fill the next open seat on the Executive Committee, for convention years 2026-2030.

This appointment implies a 5-year commitment. The Executive Committee mostly works remotely. MLA Convention attendance in at least 3 of the 5 years served is expected. You would effectively start in…[Read more]

Colleagues in the MLA’s Language Studies and Linguistics (LSL) forums, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to serve on the LSL General Linguistics Forum Committee. Forum Committee members help to organize a guaranteed session at the annual MLA conference, bolster and promote activity in linguistics in the MLA, and get to meet and i…[Read more]