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25nd Annual MELUS Conference
held in conjunction with the

United States Association for Commonwealth
Literature and Language Studies (USACLALS)

PAST CONFERENCES
2011 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Ethnic Canons in Global Contexts"
April 7-10, 2011
Final Conference Program (.pdf)
Conference Webpage 2011



24nd Annual MELUS Conference
2010 The University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ethnic Transformation in the Self and the City"
April 8-11, 2010
Final Conference Program (.pdf)
Conference Webpage 2010



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

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