23nd Annual MELUS Conference
2009 Washington State University, Pullman, Spokane

“Poetic Justice: Imagination, Empowerment, and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the US”
April 2-5, 2009

Conference Program (MS Word.doc)

Conference Webpage 2009



22nd Annual MELUS Conference
2008 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

"Towards a Confluence of Multi-Ethnic Arts and the University"
March 27-30, 2008

Conference Program (MS Word.doc)



21th Annual Conference,
2007 California State University, Fresno

"Work, Migration, and Globalization: Contested Journeys in Multi-Ethnic US Literature," March 22-25 2007
Conference Program (with cover pdf 2.2MB)
Conference Program (MS Word.doc)
Photos from the 2007 Fresno Conference



20th Annual Conference,
2006 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

"Crosscurrents: Navigating the Mainland and the Margins in U.S. Ethnic Literatures," April 27-30, 2006
Conference Program (MS Word.doc)


19th Annual Conference,
2005 University of Illinois at Chicago

"Urban Ethnicities," April 8-10, 2005
Conference Program (MS Word.doc)




18th Annual Conference,
2004 The University of Texas at San Antonio

"Transfronterismo: Crossing Ethnic Borders in U.S. Literatures," March 10-14, 2004



17th Annual Conference,
2003 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

“Home Place, Identities, and the Political in U.S. Ethnic Literature," April 10-12, 2003

16th Annual Conference,
2002 University of Washington, Seattle

“Pedagogy, Praxis, and Politics: Multiethnic Literature in U.S. Education,” April 11-14, 2002


2002 Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad, India (3rd conference of MELUS-India)

“Politics of Location in the Literatures of the Americas”

15th Annual Conference,
2001 Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee

“Taking Stock of Multiethnic Literatures,” March 1-4, 2001

14th Annual Conference,
2000 Tulane University, New Orleans

“Multiethnic Literatures and the Idea of Social Justice,” Mar. 9-12, 2000

2000 Université d’Orléans, France (2nd conference of MELUS-Europe, now MESEA)
“Comparative Ethnicities: Europe and the U.S.”

13th Annual Conference,
1999 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

“Migrating Bodies: Movements in Ethnic, Racial, and Gender Discourses,” March 1999 Conference Program

12th Annual Conference,
1998 Howard University, Washington, D.C.

“Stylin’ Out in American Literature(s),” April 23-26, 1998

11th Annual Conference,
1997 University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu

“Multi-Ethnic Literatures Across the Americas and the Pacific: Exchanges, Contestations, and Alliances,” April 18-20, 1997

10th Annual Conference,
1996 University, Greensboro, North Carolina

“Conference Theme," April 1996

9th Annual Conference,
1995 Johnson and Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island

“Conference Theme,” April 28-30, 1995

8th Annual Conference,
1994 Texas A&M University at College Station

“Conference Theme,” April 23- 1994

7th Annual Conference,
1993 University of California, Berkeley

“Conference Theme,” April 30-May 1, 1993

6th Annual Conference,
1992 University of California, Los Angeles

“Conference Theme,” April 24 1992

5th Annual Conference,
1991 University of Minnesota

“Conference Theme," April 11-13, 1991

4th Annual Conference,
1990 University of Illinois at Chicago

“Conference Theme,” April 20-21, 1990

Third Annual Conference,
1989 East Carolina University

“Conference Theme,” March 17-18, 1989

Second Annual Conference,
1988 University of Massachusetts in Amherst

“Conference Theme,” April 16-17, 1988

First Annual Conference,
1987 University of California Irvine

“Conference Theme,” April 25-, 1987