With a lifetime of passion for studying other cultures, followed by a Ph.D. in Spanish and now nearly a decade of research, conference papers, and publications about Antarctica, I am most excited to bring Antarctica to North Amercia, via the Modern Language Association.

The Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences of Antarctica have always been…[Read more]

Putting the Bowtie on Funk : The Sound of Philadelphia

Guaranteed session for MLA 2024 sponsored by Forum MS Sound, in collaboration with Forum African American Literature, Language, and Culture

Philly Soul, with its roots in the Black performance traditions of gospel, funk, and rhythm & blues, transformed popular music in the 1970s. How have…[Read more]

CfP: Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching2024 Modern Language Association Annual ConventionJanuary 4-7, Philadelphia
The MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2024 MLA…[Read more]

CFP: We invite papers examining Lessing’s critique of neocolonialism in works such as <i>African Laughter</i>, especially in conversation with postcolonial African writers from Aidoo, Gordimer, Dangarembga, and Vera to Gappah, Bulawayo,and Mbue. Bio and 250-word abstract. Deadline: 20 March, 2023. Josna Rege jrege@worcester.edu, jo…[Read more]

CFP: We invite papers exploring figures of the griot—as chroniclers, poets, song makers, and Memories—in Doris Lessing’s later works, and in the works of writers from Africa and throughout the postcolonial diaspora. Bio and 250-word abstract. Deadline: 20 March, 2023. Josna Rege jrege@worcester.edu, josnarege@comcast.net

Dear colleagues,

we’ve extended the deadline for submitting to ENN7, the European Narratology Network conference.

The new deadline is: 10th March 2023 (timezone: anywhere in the world).

This year’s conference is co-located with IGEL 2023, the conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature, and the common theme i…[Read more]

MLA 2024 – Philadelphia

LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama announces the following CALL FOR PAPERS:

Session 1: Translating and Staging Spanish Early Modern Plays Throughout Time
Submissions on staging early modern Spanish plays in languages other than Spanish exploring the interplay of language, translation, and emotions. 2…[Read more]

Black Aesthetics and Politics: Fugitivity and Postsocialism in Contemporary Cuba

How do Black aesthetics and politics participate in the context of postsocialism? How does Black fugitivity, or resistance to state capture and incorporation, operate in contemporary Cuba?

Cuba Disassembled: Infrastructures, Consumption, and Material Cultures in…

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[This session is organized by the HEP Teaching as a Profession Forum]

Teaching Beyond University

In its effort to recognize other spaces for postgraduate careers beyond 4-year institutions, the Teaching as a Profession Forum is inviting submissions for a virtual roundtable focused on teaching beyond a traditional university department. We are…[Read more]

[This session is organized by the HEP Teaching as a Profession Forum]

Ungrading as Liberatory Practice 

As a pedagogical practice, ungrading decenters grade-based assessment and focuses instead on student learning. It is based on the philosophical premise that grades are not an accurate assessment of learning, and institutionalized grading…[Read more]