2015 marks seventy years since the publication of Laforet’s Nada. This panel proposes to offer new readings of the author’s ground-breaking work and/or to revisit her lesser-known works (i.e., Insolación, La mujer nueva, Un matrimonio, etc.). Please send abstracts (250 words) and a brief biography to dochoa@trinity.edu by 3/10/15. You can find…[Read more]

This panel will consider the audiences for Bukowski’s oeuvre and public self in conversation with the social milieus of his fictional counterpart, Chinaski. Specific topics panelists might explore include, but are not limited to:

The varying nature of Bukowski’s reception across time and space (his contemporary European reception, for instance,…[Read more]

CFP: MLA Panels for 2016 – Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature:

Dear Friends,

The Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum invites proposals for the following two panels at the MLA convention in Austin, Texas (Jan 7-10, 2016):

Global Arab Texts and their Publics

Displaced writers. Deterritorialized texts. How do recent Arab é…[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 a combination of humor, hyperbole, and c…[Read more]

CFP – MLA 2016

“Miguel de Unamuno’s Literary Legacy”

This panel seeks innovative approaches to the contemporary reception and/or influence of
Unamuno’s works, particularly his fiction.

250-word abstract and CV by 10 March 2015 – lacastro@ufl.edu

Call for Proposals:

Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Triennial Conference
November 4-8, 2015
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA

Panel on “Arab American Women: Representation, Reception and Subjectivity in Contemporary American Literature by Women”

This panel welcomes papers that examine how Arab American women…[Read more]

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Dear Colleagues,

The MLA has agreed to launch the new forum on Global Arab and Arab American Lit & Culture (a.k.a. GAAM).

GAAM would like to urge MLA members who are interested in the new focum  to sign up for it on the MLA Commons: http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/global-arab-and-arab-american/

We still…[Read more]

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

5TH ANNUAL HISPANIC STUDIES GRADUATE CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE TITLE:

BODY, MEMORY, TRAUMA

Friday March 6 – Saturday March 7, 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENSION

Sponsored by:

Department of Hispanic Studies – Texas A&M University

Religious Studies Program – Texas A&M University

Indigenous studies Working Group -…[Read more]

The Tenth Biennial conference of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies will take place on 1st and 2nd July 2015 at the University Centre, High Melton, Doncaster.

And the official Call for Papers:
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The theme for this conference will be: Outlaws in their Contexts (local heroes to global outlaws,…[Read more]

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 she has been represented and underrepresented in American realistic and…[Read more]

American Literature Association
26th Annual Conference
May 21-24, 2015
The Westin Copley Place

10 Huntington Avenue
,
Boston MA 02116-5798

Conference Director:
Olivia Carr Edenfield,
Georgia Southern University

Conference Fee: For those who pre-register before April 15, 2015: $90
 ($60 for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, and Retired…[Read more]

The Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University has extended the deadline for general CFP submissions until January 9, 2015. Please also note that this CFP includes below a link for SEWSA conference registration and membership.

The FAU WGSS Center is proud to host SEWSA 2015: “Trafficking in Gender: Feminist Di…[Read more]

The Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University has extended the deadline for general CFP submissions until January 9, 2014. Please also note that this CFP includes below a link for SEWSA conference registration and membership.

The FAU WGSS Center is proud to host SEWSA 2015: “Trafficking in Gender: Feminist Di…[Read more]