Despite Russell Berman’s claims in a previous posting to this group, David Lloyd’s article summarizing the open discussion at the MLA 2015 Delegate Assembly meeting in Vancouver fairly reflects the mood in the room, where for 90 minutes many Delegates and numerous members of the MLA spoke from the floor strongly in support of the academic boycott…[Read more]

The recent Delegate Assembly meeting in Vancouver included a robust discussion on a set of issues, prompted by the clash of two different proposed resolutions–one supporting academic boycotts, one opposing them. The Delegate Assembly Organizing Committee has wisely created space for discussion of these matters (an agreement that included a w…[Read more]

Reminder of deadline for all proposals: February 13, 2015

 For the 2015 Triennial Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Nov. 4-8, 2015, Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA., the conference organizers welcome proposals on any topic related to the study of American women writers, broadly conceived. The strength of…[Read more]

ASAP/7: Arts & the Public, September 24-27, 2015 (Clemson University)
For ASAP (Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present) conference, ASAP/7: Arts & the Public, September 24-27, 2015, hosted by Clemson University. Looking for papers for a panel on pamphleteers, broadsiders, sidewalk ranters, bloggers, trollers, Tweeters, and other…[Read more]

Dear Members of the Twentieth-Century American Literature Group:  I thought you would be interested in this project:

Call for Critical Essay Submissions: Working Women

For a book to be published by a major publisher, I am inviting essays on working women in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century American literature. The volume will focus…[Read more]

Dear Members of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century literature group:

Call for Critical Essay Submissions: Working Women

For a book to be published by a major publisher, I am inviting essays on working women in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century American literature. The volume will focus on the American working woman and how…[Read more]

Here’s David Palumbo-Liu’s report in the Huffington Post on the discussion of boycott in the DA on Saturday.

Preliminary votes show that the DA recognizes (by a significant margin) that this is a urgent topic that the MLA needs to be addressing; that academic boycotts promote, rather than harm, academic freedom; and that those who speak…[Read more]

There will be a #BlackLivesMatter solidarity action at MLA on FRI at 1:30PM. Please assemble at 1:30 in Ballroom D, on the first floor (not ground floor) of the convention center.

We plan to have speakers and an open mic there, and then march outside.

Participants without MLA badges can access Ballroom D through the south entrance. We will have…[Read more]

Mentoring isn’t just for students. Great advice from Joycelyn Moody. Let’s keep the conversation going at #MLA15! Blog post here: http://bit.ly/1wPU6y9

Special Session 77: “Sustainability and Population in American Literary History” at this year’s MLA might be of interest to folks studying ecocritical topics, demography in literature, race, reproduction, or other American literary topics. The panel is on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in 116 VCC West. More information about the panelists and papers can b…[Read more]

Special Session 77: “Sustainability and Population in American Literary History” at this year’s MLA might be of interest to folks studying nineteenth-century American literature. The panel is on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in 116 VCC West. More information about the panelists and papers can be found at ht…[Read more]