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Beyond the Professoriate: A Virtual Conference for PhDs in Career Transition

Hosted by Maren Wood (Lilli Research Group) and Jennifer Polk (From PhD to Life)

May 2 and 9, 2015

Attend one day: US $25

Attend two days: US $39

Register at: beyondprof.com/registration

Career Day (May 2, 2015)

11:00 A.M. – 12:20 P.M. (EDT): Higher E…[Read more]

Call for Papers for a guaranteed panel at the Modern Language Association

(MLA) Annual Convention, 7-10 Jan. 2016, in Austin.

Satire and the Editorial Cartoon

Ever since the days of William Hogarth and his brand of pictorial satire, expressing an opinion on the politics of the day in print demanded the combination of humor, hyperbole, a…[Read more]

CFP: Special session proposal for the 2016 Modern Language Association convention in Austin, TX.

“Circulating Notions of TB”

Conference papers invited that examine the representation of patients’ experiences with tuberculosis in imaginative, digital, and other texts.

How do these narratives, metaphors, or images intersect with–or even activ…[Read more]

The MLA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession invites you to submit proposals for one of our guaranteed panels “Humanities beyond Humanities.” We welcome proposals on teaching languages and general humanities courses at STEM institutions, military academies, and smaller programs, languages and literature and alt-ac and…[Read more]

The Asian American Literature Division has organized two panels for MLA 2015 in Vancouver. We hope you will be able to attend.
324. Asian American Literary Studies and the Vietnam War
Friday, 9 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 120, VCC West

Program arranged by the Division on Asian American Literature

Presiding: Crystal Parikh, New York Univ.

1. “…[Read more]

The Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages welcomes submissions for its annual awards. We are particularly eager to assure that graduate students are aware of the Annette Kolodny travel award for students presenting papers at MLA.

The 2014 Annette Kolodny Award

The Annette Kolodny Award is presented annually to a graduate student member o…[Read more]

Quantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)

How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]

(((Trans- & Trance)))

17th Annual Graduate Student Conference | Western University, Canada

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism

Keynotes by Dr. David S. Ferris (University of Colorado at Boulder) and Dr. Joel Faflak (Western University)

Trans- and trance are ways of life: from…[Read more]