One-Hundred-Sixth Annual Conference
November 7-8, 2008
Pomona College
Claremont, California
Call for Papers
For complete conference planning schedule and guidelines, see the February 2008 Newsletter (PDF).
* UPDATE *
The following panels have extended the deadline for submissions to April 7. Please send proposals to the session organizer as listed below in the main call.
Asian and Asian-American Literature
Chaucer and Related Topics
Classics: Greek
Composition and Rhetoric
Critical Theory
East West Literary Relations
English Literature post-1700
Futurity and the Style of the Modern
Gay and Lesbian Studies
The History of American Literary Criticism 1900-50's
Indigenous Literatures and Languages of the Pacific Rim
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies
Literature and the Other Arts
Magic and Witchcraft
Media Representation of Violence
Medieval Literature
Place- and Community-Based Language Pedagogies
Rhetorical Approaches to Literature
Scandinavian Literature
Spanish and Portuguese Literature: Latin American
Women and Work
SPECIAL TOPIC: VIOLENCE AND REPRESENTATION
Biennally PAMLA adopts a special topic for its conference and its journal. For the 2008 conference the topic will be Violence and Representation. For more information, please visit this page.
GENERAL SESSIONS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
Proposals of 500 words and a 50-word abstract must be submitted to presiding officers listed below by March 15, 2008. Updated information on the call for papers and the conference will be posted on this website as it becomes available.
Presentations may be in one session only. Papers may not be read in absentia. Please, no multiple submissions of the same paper to different sessions allowed, but requests to have the paper rerouted to another session are encouraged. Presenters must be members of PAMLA by April 15, 2008. For membership information visit Membership.
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African-American Literature
Courtney D. Marshall
University of California, Los Angeles
cdj [at] ucla [dot] edu
American Literature pre-1865
Roland Finger
Concordia College
finger [at] cord [dot] edu
American Literature post-1865
Emily Merriman
San Francisco State University
estm [at] sfsu [dot] edu
and Kimberly Drake
Scripps College
kdrake [at] scrippscollege [dot] edu
Ancient-Modern Literary Relations
Nandan Choksi
American Intercontinenal University
anpadh [at] yahoo [dot] com
Asian and Asian-American Literature
Wenji Zhou
University of South Carolina, Columbia
jadestone557 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Autobiography
Jung Choi
Harvard University
choi2 [at] fas [dot] harvard [dot] edu
Beowulf and Related Topics
Logan D. Greene
Eastern Washington University
logan.greene [at] mail [dot] ewu [dot] edu
Chaucer and Related Topics
Keri Wolf
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
kawolf [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
Children's Literature
Craig Svonkin
University of California, Riverside
svonkco [at] netzero [dot] com
Cinéma Francophone
Marie-Magdeleine Chirol
Whittier College
mmchirol [at] whittier [dot] edu
Classics: Greek
Damian Stocking
Occidental College
stocking [at] oxy [dot] edu
Classics: Latin
Victor Castellani
Denver University
vcastell [at] du [dot] edu
Comparative Literature
Ray Fleming
Florida State University
rflemmin [at] mailer [dot] fsu [dot] edu
Composition and Rhetoric
Kristin Brunnemer
Pierce College
Kristin_Brunnemer [at] msn [dot] com
Critical Theory
Jenna Sunkenberg
University of Toronto
jenna.sunkenberg [at] utoronto.ca
Cultural Economies
Andrea Gogrof-Voorhees
Western Washington University
agvoorhees [at] yahoo [dot] com
East West Literary Relations
Paul Cheng
University of California, Riverside
fasttrackxf [at] verizon [dot] net
English Literature pre-1700
Jennifer Ailles
Rollins College
jenniferailles [at] yahoo [dot] com
English Literature post-1700
Jeff Strabone
New York University
jeff [at] strabone [dot] com
Fictions of Honor and Violence in the Old South
William Etter
Irvine Valley College
better [at] ivc [dot] edu
Film and Literature
Sean Easton
Gustavus Adolphus College
seaneaston [at] hotmail [dot] com
Film and National Identity
JoAnn Cannon, Professor
University of California, Davis
jccannon [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
Folklore and Mythology
Heide Witthoeft
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
heide [at] iup [dot] edu
Food, Literature, and Film
Jann Purdy
purd6219 [at] pacificu [dot] edu
French and Francophone Literature
Claudia Nadine
Lewis and Clark College
cnadine [at] lclark [dot] edu
French Politics and German Art 1789-1813
Jeff High
California State University Long Beach
jhigh [at] csulb [dot] edu
Futurity and the Style of the Modern
Mike Frangos
University of California, Santa Barbara
mfrangos [at] umail [dot] ucsb [dot] edu
Gay and Lesbian Studies
Mark W. Bundy
University of California, Riverside
oogabeluga [at] verizon [dot] net
Germanics
Karin Bauer
McGill University
Karin.bauer [at] mcgill [dot] ca
The History of American Literary Criticism 1900-50s
Al Drake
ajdrake [at] ajdrake [dot] com
Indigenous Literatures and Languages of the Pacific Rim
Jeanne Northrop
Western Washington University
dianaredwing [at] juno [dot] com
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies
Leila May
North Carolina State University
leila [at] unity [dot] ncsu [dot] edu
Italian Literature
Nicoletta Tinozzi Mehrmand
University of California, Riverside
nicoletta.tinozzi [at] ucr [dot] edu
Latin American Film and Literature
Hector Mario Cavallari
Mills College
hm.cavallari [at] ekit [dot] com
L'immigration en France (Women in French)
Catherine Montfort
University of Santa Clara
cmontfort [at] scu [dot] edu
Linguistics
Kendra Douglas
Western Washington University
Kendra.Douglas [at] wwu [dot] edu
Literature and Religion
Brigitte Prutti
University of Washington
triest [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu
Literature and the Other Arts
Philip Walsh
Brown University
philip_walsh [at] brown [dot] edu
Literatures and Cultures of Oceania
Cheryl Edelson
Chaminade University of Honolulu
cedelson [at] chaminade [dot] edu
Magic and Witchcraft
Elizabeth A. Campbell & Tara Williams
Oregon Stage University
ecampbell [at] oregonstate [dot] edu & tara.williams [at] oregonstate [dot] edu
Marriage and the Family in Literature
Anne C. Reitz
University of Houston
Anne.Reitz [at] mail [dot] uh [dot] edu
Media Representation of Violence
Christelle Rolland
Pomona College
Christelle.Rolland [at] pomona [dot] edu
Medieval Literature
Brantley Bryant
Sonoma State University
brantley.bryant [at] sonoma [dot] edu
Milton
Andrew Fleck
San Jose State University
afleck [at] email [dot] sjsu [dot] edu
Modern Austrian Literature and Culture
Wolfgang Nehring
University of California, Los Angeles
nehring [at] humnet [dot] ucla [dot] edu
Nineteenth Century British Literature and Culture
Jolie Braun
University of California, Davis
jlbraun [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
Place- and Community- Based Language Pedagogies
Gisela Hoecherl-Alden
University of Maine
Gisela_Hoecherl_Alden [at] umit [dot] maine [dot] edu
Poetry and Poetics
Brian Adler
University of California, Irvine
badler [at] uci [dot] edu
Post-Colonial Women's Writing
Melissa Fabros
University of California, Berkeley
fabros.m [at] gmail [dot] com
Rhetorical Approaches to Literature
Anke S. Biendarra
University of California, Irvine
abiendar [at] uci [dot] edu
Romanticism
Carol Padgham Albrecht
University of Idaho
caroltheoboist [at] hotmail [dot] com
Scandinavian Literature
Thomas S. Conner
Saint Norbert College
tom.conner [at] snc [dot] edu
Science Fiction
Matthew Snyder
University of California, Riverside
withsecretnoise [at] yahoo [dot] com
Shakespeare and Related Topics
Liberty Stanavage
University of California, Santa Barbara
lstanavage [at] gmail [dot] com
Spanish and Portuguese Literature: Latin American
John Cerkey
Virginia Military Institute
cerkeyje [at] vmi [dot] edu
Spanish and Portuguese Literature: Peninsular
Matthew Warshawsky
University of Portland
warshaws [at] up [dot] edu
Surveillance and Voyeurism in Contemporary Cultures
Heidi Schlipphacke
Old Dominion University
hschlipp [at] odu [dot] edu
Teaching with the Internet and Technology
Thierry Boucquey
Scripps College
tboucquey [at] scrippscollege [dot] edu
Travel Writing/Writing Travel
John Schwetman
University of Minnesota - Duluth
jschwetm [at] d [dot] umn [dot] edu
Violence and Representation (Special Topic for PAMLA 2008 Conference)
Beverly Voloshin
San Francisco State University
volsand [at] pacbell [dot] net
Click here for additional information
Women and Work
Christine Mower
Seattle University
and Susanne Weil
Centralia College
sweil [at] centralia [dot] edu
Women in Literature
Claudia Routon
University of North Dakota
claudia.routon [at] und [dot] edu
* Please check this website for updates.
PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
PAMLA invites proposals for special sessions (panels, workshops, seminars) that are more specialized than or different in topic from the standing sessions. Please include the title of the session, name and affiliation of the chair, contact information for the chair, and a brief description of the proposed session and the rationale for its proposal. To ensure time for evaluation and selection with a view toward a balanced program, please submit proposals by 15 December. They should be sent to PAMLA's first vice president, Beverly Voloshin (voloshin [at] sfsu [dot] edu).