I am proposing a roundtable about new approaches and strategies to integrate the literary text into the language class. The subject is not new and  it is time for an update. The NeMLA convention will meet in Toronto, Ontario April 30 – May 3rd.  Each participant will have about 10 minutes to present a project or class experience and  the re…[Read more]

Of interest to women’s studies scholars:

MLA 2015: ROUNDTABLE

Of interest to women’s studies scholars:

Elena Poniatowska: Five Decades of Critical Inquiry

Elena Poniatowska’s corpus has inspired three generations of scholars to engage in highly diverse approaches to literary theory and criticism, including approaches to testimonio, j…[Read more]

Special Session for MLA 2015 (in association with South Asian Literatures and Languages (SALL) Discussion Group)

This special session seeks papers that examine literary or cinematic representations of unfinished South Asian and South Asian diasporic pasts. Papers could examine events such as the Partition of British India, the civil war in Sri…[Read more]

The Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus (WGSC) of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) welcomes session proposals (panel, roundtable, seminar) for the 2015 Convention in Toronto ON Canada, April 30 – May 3. The deadline for submission is April 22, 2014, and the online proposal form will be available mid-March.<b> </b>Please see [Read more]