I draw your attention to this MLA 2017 special session CFP, which may be of interest to some:

Creative Mysticism
Practices of mystical writing and reading in any language, genre, or tradition. Possible topics: comparisons, commentarial traditions, modern re-creations of earlier works, other forms of art. 300-word abstract and CV by 15 March…[Read more]

“Liberty Crack’d”

What are possibilities and fault lines within the promise of US liberty when examined through the lens of immigration, incarceration, police brutality, etc.? 200-300-word abstract; 1-page cv by 15 March 2016; Olga Herrera (herr0480@stthomas.edu).

2. “La Raza y Gaza”

Papers engaging the political resonances of Palesti…[Read more]

“25 Years of Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage”

Special session proposed by the 19thc American LLC and the Chicana and Chicano LLC

Papers considering past contributions, archival silences, and future prospects of the Hispanic Recovery Project with interest on dissensus or dialogue with other currents in the long American 19th c…[Read more]

“Teaching Borderlands at 30”

As we commemorate the thirty-year anniversary of Anzaldúa’s Borderlands we invite papers that address how we teach this genre-blurring text. 200-300-word abstract; 1-page cv by 15 March 2016; Laura Halperin (lhalperi@email.unc.edu)

“La Raza y Gaza”

Papers engaging the political resonances of Palestine for Chican@s. Intersections in various texts, teaching, or other topics. 200-300-word abstract; 1-page cv by 15 March 2016; José Navarro (jnavar17@calpoly.edu)

“Liberty Crack’d”

What are possibilities and fault lines within the promise of US liberty when examined through the lens of immigration, incarceration, police brutality, etc.? 200-300-word abstract; 1-page cv by 15 March 2016; Olga Herrera (herr0480@stthomas.edu).

This will be of interest to many:

ANNOUNCEMENT: DEADLINE EXTENDED

The journal Religion and Literature is soliciting submissions for its second annual syllabus prize. Syllabi should address both religion and literature in a substantial manner, and should encourage reflection on the many possible relations between them.

To submit a syllabus for…[Read more]

Shared Common Spaces: Medieval Toledo 711-1517

 Editors: Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya and Dr. Jason Busic, with a preliminary agreement with Brill.

Abstract:

Toledo is recognized as emblematic nucleus that brought together all the heterogeneous communities that made up medieval Iberia and from which emanated significant ideas, fashions,…[Read more]