Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce that the Korean Language, Literature and Culture (LLC) Forum is now an official part of the Modern Languages Association (MLA).  Korean LLC Forum is the only East Asian LLC Forum within the MLA thus far, and we thank everyone’s support that made this possible (especially if you went to the MLA Commons on…[Read more]

Reiterating Melek’s invitation to submit panel ideas, anyone who has an idea for panels on Asian literature, broadly conceived, feel free to email them to Melek or I (cde13@psu.edu) and/or to attend either of the Executive Committee meetings in-person at Vancouver.

Any and all interested parties are invited to attend the Executive Committee meeting for the East Asia to 1900 group, which will be held on:

10 January 2015, 7:00-8:15 pm, 7 East, in the Vancouver Convention Centre.

At the meeting, we will drink wine, nominate people to fill the open seat(s) on the committee, and propose panel topics for the…[Read more]

If you do, please contact me or another member of the current ExCo with a brief proposal. We will discuss them at our January ExCo meeting and select the best. This Forum will have two guaranteed panels in 2016, and may propose two further panels (non-guaranteed). We are eager to hear your ideas, so fire away! MLA deadlines are quite far in…[Read more]

(My apologies for the cross-post, but wanted to make sure this reaches as many people as possible. Please feel free to circulate widely.)

Dear Colleagues,

The MLA annual conference is being held in Vancouver, Canada from January 8 to 11, 2015 and the program features a number of panels related to Asia. In honor of those representing Asia within…[Read more]

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 of…[Read more]

I support the establishment of the forum “East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900”

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]