I’d love to see this forum become a place where we can brainstorm classes and resources for teaching. Would anyone else be interested in a syllabus exchange and teaching thread here?

Call for Papers. “Considering the Western Sahara: Multi-Discipinary Approaches to Post-Colonialism”Special Issue on the Western Sahara for the Journal

Transmodernity, co-edited “y Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo and Jill Robbins.

Call for Papers:

This special issue aims to provide an interdisciplinary assessment of the representations of the unreso…[Read more]

Call for Papers. “Considering the Western Sahara: Multi-Discipinary Approaches to Post-Colonialism”Special Issue on the Western Sahara for the JournalTransmodernity, co-edited by Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo and Jill Robbins.

Call for Papers:

This special issue aims to provide an interdisciplinary assessment of the representations of the unresol…[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]

Please join us for our MLA Panel tomorrow:
678. Politics of Difference and Poetics of Reconciliation
Sunday, 11 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 14, VCC East

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on South Asian Languages and Literatures

Presiding: Masood Raja, Univ. of North Texas

1. “Cosmopolitan Aesthetics in Shakeel Adilzada’s Baazigar,” Masood R…[Read more]

We held our annual Executive committee meeting yesterday and will soon share the news about new members for the next five year term.

Meanwhile, please do post your comments and suggestions to this forum so that we can make this into a viable place to generate ideas and to increase the visibility of our group.

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 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]

Dear Colleagues:

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in this graduate student conference at the University of California in Irvine. Please see attached CFP and feel free to visit the Eco-Materialisms website for more information.

EcoMaterialisms: Organizing Life and Matter

University of California, Irvine

Friday…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

this is to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, Scotland, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on Gl…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, Scotland, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on G…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, Scotland, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on G…[Read more]