2011 CONFERENCE UPDATES
Conference Registration Form (posted 1/15/2011)
Final Draft of Conference Program (posted 3/23/2011)
2011 CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
25th Annual MELUS Conference
held in conjunction with the
United States Association for Commonwealth
Literature and Language Studies (USACLALS)
April 7 – 10, 2011
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
THEME: Ethnic Canons in Global Contexts
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Karla Holloway, Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, and Gary Shteyngart
As an ongoing and vital process through which societies and cultures
have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communications,
economics, and politics, globalization addresses the transnational
circulation of ideas and languages. Its impact on literature is manifold,
with both positive and negative associations, wherein cultures receiving
outside influences ignore some, adopt others as they are, and then immediately
start to transform others. Certain aspects of globalization – such as
hybridity and multi-rootedness – are increasingly present in literary
texts as we witness ways in which they shape new literary forms, interrogate
existing canons, and explore the emergence of ethnic canons.
We invite paper abstracts and complete panels, workshops, and roundtable
proposals on all aspects of the multi-ethnic literatures of the United States
and elsewhere.
We are particularly interested in proposals that explore globalization in terms
of its influence on ethnic canons, and vice versa, and encourage presentations
on all global frameworks of analysis, such as Atlantic studies, global feminisms,
pan-Africanism, postcolonialism, transnationalism, global indigenous studies, etc.
Submissions should detail requests for specific audiovisual equipment, if needed.
We also ask that a proposal for a complete panel, roundtable, or workshop
include a short description of the central topic, supplemented by brief abstracts
of individual speakers’ contributions.
Deadline EXTENDED for abstracts and proposals (250 words in Word or rtf format): DECEMBER 1, 2010
Please e-mail abstracts to: Prof. Nora Erro Peralta and Prof. Taylor Hagood at melus2011@gmail.com
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Hotel rooms have been set aside at the Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel ($99/night) 2000 NW 19th Street, Boca Raton, FL 33431 (561) 368-5252 |
All presenters, chairs, and respondents must be members of MELUS.
Membership information can be found on the MELUS website at
Membership. All payments of membership dues must be mailed
directly to MELUS, not to the conference organizers.
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Past conferences
2010 Conference at The University of Scranton