Postcolonial Studies Association Convention

School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London (UK), 18–20 September 2017

We are pleased to announce that the 2017 PSA Convention will be held at the School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London, from 18th to 20th September 2017. Paper and panel proposals are invited fr…[Read more]

Dear Friends,

There was a typo in the previous post so I am re-sending the message and the CFP. Here it is:

The South Asian and South Asian Diaspora Forum is partnering with the Keats-Shelley Association of America to propose a joint special session for MLA 2018 on “South Asia in/and Romanticism.” Below please find an expanded CFP and note the…[Read more]

Dear All,

The South Asian and South Asian Diaspora Forum is partnering with the Keats-Shelley Association of America to propose a joint special session for MLA 2018 on “South Asia in/and Romanticism.” Below please find an expanded CFP and note the deadline of 1 March 2017 for submitting abstracts. Please let us know if you have any…[Read more]

Maybe of interest to some folks here. I’m sure it will be great.</div>
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MLA 2018 Call for Papers! Calling Dumbledore’s Army: Activist Children’s Literature

Books can encourage children to question rather than accept the world as it is. Literature for young people can invite them to imagine a world where black lives matter, wom…[Read more]

Papers on the application of digital humanities techniques to pre-modern and modern Japanese literature. Challenges, possibilities, needs, and ideas. 250-word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017; Michael Emmerich (emmerich@humnet.ucla.edu).

Papers on the application of DH techniques to pre-modern and modern Japanese literature. Challenges, possibilities, needs, and ideas. 250-word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017; Michael Emmerich (emmerich@humnet.ucla.edu).

LLC Japanese since 1900 session CFP, MLA NY 2018 just posted:
Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese Media

Papers on the application of DH techniques to nontextual materials from or concerning Japan, including film, art, sound. 250 word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017

Joanne Bernardi (joanne.bernardi@rochester.edu)

We invite papers that examine translation and other aspects of
interlingual and/or intralingual textual practice in Japan prior to
the Meiji period. 250-300 word abstracts to Matthew Fraleigh
(fraleigh@brandeis.edu) by 28 February 2017.

States of precarity in premodern Japan

Papers on any state of precarious existence in premodern Japan.  Reasons for insecurity might be economic, social, political, religious, gendered, or symbolic.  300 word abstract by 28 February 2017; Terry Kawashima (terry.kawashima@umb.edu).

SITE SPECIFICS (a roundtable)

How place matters and insists, even at a hotel-centric MLA conference. Focus upon NYC environs (widely constructed: the Hudson, urban parks and ecosystems, tectonics, superstorm impacts, environmental justice) or “climate controlled” spaces especially welcome.

150 word abstracts by march 1 2018 to jjcohen@gwu.edu

For this roundtable session on “Legal Ecologies,” a collaboration between the MLA Law and Humanities forum and Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities forum, proposals are invited for short, 8-10 minute papers. Participants may consider a wide range questions, including, but not limited to, the following: how does the notion of <i cla…[Read more]

Thank you to De Gruyter Mouton for supporting Asian Studies at the MLA through a generous donation to the East Asia Reception!

Thank you, everyone, for the hugely successful East Asia Reception at the MLA in Philadelphia 2017!

Hi all,

Asian-themed panels were well-attended, and the Saturday night reception was a hit! Thank you all for supporting each other. Let’s build on this momentum for MLA 2018.

We have a lot of ideas that will be shared soon, but in the meantime, if there is someone who’d like to take over organizing another reception for next year, contact me…[Read more]

It is not too late to nominate a scholar of ecocriticism and environmental humanities for potential election to the forum’s executive committee! Please send your nominations as soon as possible to the current EC secretary Jeffrey Cohen (jjcohen@gwu.edu) or any other member of the executive committee (Stephanie LeMenager, Sharon O’Dair, Ron…[Read more]

You are invited!

Social Gathering and Networking Event Arranged by the Forums LLC Asian American, LLC East Asian, LLC Korean, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, and LLC Japanese to 1900
<span id=”OBJ_PREFIX_DWT467_com_zimbra_date” class=”Object”>Saturday</span>, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., 411-412, Philadelphia M…

It is my great pleasure to invite everyone to a late evening reception celebrating the creation of the new Asian literature forums at the MLA. Charlotte Eubanks is your host for the evening!

Saturday, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., 411-412, Philadelphia Marriott

Wine and appetizers generously provided by cosponsorship from Columbia UP, De Gru…[Read more]